PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kennedy Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels comes to the cage accompanied by Folsom Prison Blues cover by Everlast. Steele has chosen Freak On A Leash 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 George Steele was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Michaels
vs
Steele

188 cm
26
212 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

184 cm
27
218 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kennedy Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Steele!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels scores with a nice head shot.

It looks like George Steele has been cut.
Michaels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michaels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Michaels is looking to score with low kicks.
Michaels tries to clinch there but Steele circles away.
Steele cracks Michaels with a good jab.

Michaels pushes Steele up against the cage in a clinch.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Michaels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michaels lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Steele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Michaels works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
Steele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steele.
Steele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steele lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Michaels prevents a body shot from Steele.
Michaels blocking some punches.
Michaels landing knees to the body.
Michaels lands a good knee to the midsection. Steele won't want to take too many of those.
Steele looks gassed!
Michaels blocks a body shot from Steele.
Steele tries a body shot but Michaels blocks it.

Steele pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Steele is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Michaels.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch but Steele swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steele misses with an uppercut.
Steele keeps the fight on the outside.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Michaels.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Michaels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Michaels moves into the clinch.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but Michaels blocks with his arms.
Michaels digs a right hand underneath Steele's ribcage. Steele let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Michaels is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Michaels blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
A short left from Michaels.
Stalling in the clinch from Michaels.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michaels looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele is looking to score with low kicks.
A big left from Steele misses.
Steele avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michaels throws a leg kick that is checked
and Steele counters with a three punch combo that has Michaels backing up. Michaels nods at Steele to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels throws a hook but Steele blocks it.

Michaels drives through and clinches with Steele against the cage.
Steele avoids a wild elbow strike from Michaels.

Steele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michaels moves away from the strike by Steele.
Steele avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Michaels tries to clinch up
and Steele counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Michaels misses with a body shot.

Michaels closes the distance and clinches.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Michaels lands with a short shot to the head.
Michaels trying to land knees to the body.
Michaels on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Steele avoids a wild elbow strike from Michaels.
Nice elbow from Steele.
Steele blocks an elbow strike from Michaels.
Michaels blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steele avoids a wild elbow strike from Michaels.
Steele dodges an elbow strike from Michaels.
A hook to the body from Steele.
Michaels blocking some punches.
Michaels blocks an elbow strike.
Steele makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Michaels is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Steele.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Michaels uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michaels.
Michaels trying to land knees to the body.
Michaels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Michaels tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele lands a hook that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Steele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michaels tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steele avoids it.
Steele blocks an elbow strike.
Steele landing knees to the head.

It looks like Kennedy Michaels has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele lands a shoulder strike.
Steele blocks the elbow strike.
Steele lands a body punch.
Steele lands a right hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Steele lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Steele lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Michaels just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steele's brow.
Michaels blocking some punches.
Steele is working Michaels over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steele.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Michaels's ribcage.
Steele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steele lands with a left to the head.
Steele lands a right hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
A short left from Steele.
Steele avoiding damage as Michaels throws knees to the body.
Steele lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Michaels.
A right hand to the body from Steele.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steele throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Michaelss head.
A shot in the inside from Steele.
Steele utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steele.
Steele lands a left hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Steele dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Michaels with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steele to score with a decent uppercut.

Steele gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Michaels's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Michaels throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michaels.
Michaels takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Steele.

Michaels is rocked!
Steele creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Michaels's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Michaels drops to his knees and Steele pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Steele!