PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Albert Steller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronson has chosen The Wild Boys as his entrance music. Charlie Bronson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Steller
vs
Bronson

185 cm
21
265 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

189 cm
25
245 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Control Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Albert Steller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Charlie Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steller looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bronson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steller throws a right and a left that Bronson avoids nicely.
Bronson moves in looking to clinch but Steller pushes him off.
Steller lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bronson at a distance.

Bronson gets a clinch.
Steller wants to break free but Bronson has control.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Bronson landing knees to the body.
Bronson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steller working hard to break the clinch.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Steller is breathing heavily.
Bronson lands a nice knee to the body.
Bronson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bronson.
Bronson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson lands a knee to the body.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Bronson connects with a knee to the head.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steller blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Steller is blocking nicely.
Bronson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Steller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bronson tries to clinch up.

Steller feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Steller is looking to stand up but Bronson won't let him.

Bronson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Steller ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Steller looks for a takedown but Bronson sprawls well.
Bronson is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steller fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bronson avoids it really well and circles away.
Bronson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bronson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bronson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bronson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good exchange - Steller coming out on top.
Steller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steller is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bronson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Albert Steller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steller moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steller swats away the attempt to clinch by Bronson.
Bronson throws a body punch but Steller moves out of range.
Steller tries to bum rush Bronson with a series of wild strikes but Bronson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steller lands with a nice combination. Bronson backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Charlie Bronson has been cut.
Bronson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Bronson drives through and clinches with Steller against the cage.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Steller's face.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Steller is blocking nicely.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson has Steller pressed against the cage, preventing Steller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steller's efforts to push away.
Steller digs a right hand into Bronson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bronson's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steller is trying to break the clinch but Bronson is controlling him.
Steller tries to break the clinch but Bronson is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steller misses with some punches.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steller digs a right hand into Bronson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bronson's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steller has had enough of the clinch but Bronson keeps him there for the moment.

Steller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Steller misses with a two punch combination.
Steller ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Steller lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Steller throws a right hand that Bronson ducks under and follows up with a left that Bronson also avoids with ease.
Steller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bronson manages to avoid it.
Bronson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Steller scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bronson is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bronson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Steller!
Bronson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Steller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Bronson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bronson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steller lands with a right hand.
Bronson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steller lands a two punch combo.
Bronson is looking to clinch but Steller is avoiding it.
Bronson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bronson is looking to clinch.
Steller shoots in looking for a takedown. Bronson tries to sprawl out of it but Steller keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bronson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Steller misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steller digs a good hook to Bronson's body.
Steller swats away the attempt to clinch by Bronson.
Bronson wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steller throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bronson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bronson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steller.
Bronson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bronson thows a body shot but no joy.
Albert Steller is winning the standup battle so far.
Steller fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bronson avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Bronson.
Bronson scores with a one two! Steller had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A shot to de liver by Steller. Beautiful body shot.
Albert Steller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Steller.
Steller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Steller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steller swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bronson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steller.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bronson tries to close the distance and clinch but Steller swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Charlie Bronson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steller with a nice cross.
Steller shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bronson sprawls well. Bronson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Steller gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Albert Steller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steller swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bronson counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Albert Steller has been cut.

Bronson closes the distance and clinches.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steller blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steller tries to break free but Bronson pushes him back against the cage.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Steller blocks with his arms.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller pushes Bronson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Steller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steller is trying to break free.
Steller has a couple of punches blocked by Bronson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Steller working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steller is looking to break free of the clinch but Bronson has double underhooks.
Steller takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Steller fails to land.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steller lands with a light punch inside.
Steller lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bronson backwards.
Bronson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steller's efforts to push away.
Bronson has Steller pressed against the cage, preventing Steller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steller tries to circle away but Bronson has him pinned against the cage.
Steller lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Steller scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bronson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steller is defending well for now.
Steller lands an uppercut.
Steller tries to stall but Bronson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bronson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Steller blocks with his arms.
Steller misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Steller is trying to break the clinch but Bronson is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bronson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Steller wants to break free but Bronson has control.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steller throws a punch but it's blocked by Bronson.
Bronson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Steller's face.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson misses with a knee to the head.
Bronson has Steller pressed against the cage, preventing Steller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steller wants to break free but Bronson has control.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steller working hard to break the clinch.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A frustrated look appears on Steller's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steller lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bronson.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steller misses with a punch on the inside.
Bronson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Charlie Bronson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Steller scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Steller looks to land a right hand but Bronson moved out of range.
Steller fails with a takedown attempt.

Bronson instigates a clinch.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steller blocks it with crossed arms.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steller throws a head punch that misses.
Steller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bronson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steller has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bronson as Steller tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steller blocks it with crossed arms.
Steller tries to circle away but Bronson has him pinned against the cage.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steller blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Steller.
Steller stalling in the clinch but Bronson improves position.
Bronson tries to land knees in the clinch but Steller avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Steller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bronson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steller blocks it with crossed arms.
Steller wants to break free but Bronson has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steller is trying to break the clinch but Bronson has him pressed against the cage.
Steller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steller has had enough of the clinch but Bronson keeps him there for the moment.
Steller lands a body punch.
Steller holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Steller's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steller is trying to break free.
Steller wants to break free but Bronson has control.
Steller is trying to break the clinch but Bronson has him pressed against the cage.
Bronson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bronson keeps control of Steller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bronson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bronson.
Bronson has Steller pressed against the cage, preventing Steller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Charlie Bronson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bronson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bronson lands a good knee to the midsection. Steller won't want to take too many of those.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steller scores with a hook to the body.
Steller is trying to break the clinch but Bronson has him pressed against the cage.
Steller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Steller works on Bronson's body with a couple of short punches.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steller works on Bronson's body with a couple of short punches.
Steller has Bronson pressed against the cage.
Steller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steller avoids it.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller wants to break the clinch but can't.
Steller tries to break free but Bronson pushes him back against the cage.
Steller can't break the clinch.
Steller takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bronson obliges.
Steller wants to get back to striking at distance but Bronson won't allow it.
Steller stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson prevents Steller from breaking the clinch.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bronson keeps control of Steller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Steller blocks with his arms.
Bronson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steller has had enough of the clinch but Bronson keeps him there for the moment.
Bronson blocks an uppercut.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Steller.
Steller working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steller managing to block the knees to the body from Bronson.
Steller misses with some punches.
Steller misses with some punches.
Bronson with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bronson misses with a knee strike.
Steller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steller is trying to force a seperation but Bronson has the dominant position.
A short body shot lands from Steller as the two fighters clinch.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller wants to break free but Bronson has control.
Steller is looking to break free of the clinch but Bronson has double underhooks.
Bronson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steller lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steller wants to get back to striking at distance but Bronson won't allow it.
Steller throws a punch but it's blocked by Bronson.
Steller slows down the pace here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steller.
Steller is looking to break free of the clinch but Bronson has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steller.
Bronson lands a knee to the head.
Steller is looking to break free of the clinch but Bronson has double underhooks.
Bronson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Steller blocks with his arms.
Steller is trying to break the clinch but Bronson is controlling him.
Bronson has Steller pressed against the cage, preventing Steller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steller trying to control the position but instead, Bronson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steller into the cage.
Bronson tries to land a knee to the head but Steller blocks with his arms.
Bronson looking to throw knees to the head but Steller is blocking nicely.
Steller wants to break free but Bronson has control.
Steller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bronson landing knees to the body.
Steller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Steller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bronson tries a knee to the head but Steller blocks it.
Steller wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steller trying to control the position but instead, Bronson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steller into the cage.
Steller is trying to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Steller showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Steller has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert Steller!