PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeager The Great (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steiner's entrance music is Atreyu- Doomsday. A fine choice. The Great has chosen Du Hast By Rammstein as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jeager The Great was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Steiner
vs
The Great

180 cm
23
149 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

167 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin

Crashforce Voodoo Labs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Steiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeager The Great!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steiner shoots in but The Great avoids the takedown attempt easily.

The Great has managed to clinch.
Steiner blocks the elbow strike.
Steiner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Great walks away with a smile on his face. Steiner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Steiner tries to keep at a distance but The Great has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steiner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Great gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Steiner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Steiner jumps into guard, dragging The Great to the mat.
Steiner will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Steiner is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Steiner throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Steiner will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The Great avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Great wants to stand but Steiner has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Steiner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Steiner has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Great can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Steiner escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Great gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Great would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Steiner throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Steiner is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. The Great is aware though and is defending well.

Steiner is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. The Great is aware though and is defending well.
Steiner is breathing heavily.
The Great wants to stand but Steiner has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Steiner working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. The Great doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. The Great manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The Great must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The Great gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

The Great has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. The Great gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The Great creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steiner's defenses.

It looks like Mark Steiner has been cut.
Steiner takes an elbow to the temple.
The Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
The Great lands an elbow just above Steiner 's eye.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steiner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Steiner takes an elbow to the temple.
Steiner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Steiner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Great walks away with a smile on his face. Steiner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Great tries to clinch there but Steiner circles away.
Steiner swats away the attempt to clinch by The Great.
The Great fails with an attempt to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Steiner.
Steiner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

The Great closes the distance and pushes Steiner back into the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steiner tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Great smiles and moves away.
The Great tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Steiner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Great doesn't manage to clinch there - Steiner circles away.
The Great leaves Steiner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

The Great closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mark Steiner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mark Steiner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Steiner tries to keep at a distance but The Great has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Great.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Great.
Steiner is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The Great creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Great throws an elbow that misses.
Steiner has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. The Great is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The Great misses with an elbow over the top.
Steiner fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Steiner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steiner tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Great smiles and moves away.
The Great tries to clinch but Steiner moves out of range.

The Great pushes Steiner up against the ropes in a clinch.
The Great comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Great gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Mark Steiner's cut is getting worse.
The Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Great pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
The Great lands a damaging elbow.
Steiner tries to pull guard but The Great won't allow it.
The Great looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steiner fails to pull guard.
Steiner fails to pull guard.
Steiner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Great walks away with a smile on his face. Steiner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Great stuffs the takedown.
Steiner shoots for a takedown but The Great saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steiner swats away the attempt to clinch by The Great.
Steiner keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner looks for a takedown but The Great sprawls well.

The Great has managed to clinch.
The Great lands an elbow just above Steiner 's eye.

Mark Steiner's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Steiner is working for takedown but The Great is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Great lands an elbow inside that Steiner shrugs off.
Steiner takes an elbow to the forehead.

Jeez, Mark Steiner's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The Great lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mark Steiner's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jeager The Great!