PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie The Rocket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robbie The Rocket will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Stevens
vs
The Rocket

175 cm
23
220 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

182 cm
24
249 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jerome Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robbie The Rocket!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Stevens, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Rocket fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stevens.
The Rocket tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Rocket tries to score with a low kick but Stevens moves his leg out of the way.
Stevens stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Rocket.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Rocket, right into the meat.
Stevens keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Rocket scores with a leg kick.
The Rocket misses with a body shot.
Jerome Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Rocket.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket misses with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Rocket.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket throws a front kick aimed at Stevens's knee but Stevens avoids it well.
The Rocket lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Rocket throws a leg kick but Stevens sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Rocket throws a leg kick but Stevens sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Rocket turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket scores with a leg kick.
Stevens tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Rocket tries to clinch but Stevens moves out of range.
The Rocket takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Rocket, right into the meat.
The Rocket tries to clinch but Stevens is having none of it.
Stevens checks a leg kick nicely.
The Rocket scores with a leg kick.
The Rocket throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Rocket throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens takes a body punch but keeps moving.
An inside leg kick lands from The Rocket.
The Rocket connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stevens is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Rocket, right into the meat.
Stevens takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Rocket is looking to clinch but Stevens is avoiding it.
The Rocket is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stevens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stevens checks a low kick from The Rocket.
Stevens misses the body punch
and The Rocket counters with an outside leg kick.
The Rocket lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stevens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Rocket can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Rocket. The Rocket obviously looking to wear him down.
The Rocket throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stevens counters with a series of strikes. The Rocket will be more careful next time no doubt.
The Rocket just misses with a punch to the body.
The Rocket scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stevens doesn't seem bothered though.
The Rocket fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Rocket with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Rocket fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Rocket takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
The Rocket is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stevens rather than just go for the knockout.
The Rocket is looking to clinch but Stevens is avoiding it.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Rocket.
Stevens takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket cracks a nice hook into Stevens's ribs.
The Rocket connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Rocket throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
The Rocket throws a leg kick but Stevens sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Rocket.
The Rocket finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stevens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Rocket connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Rocket swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Rocket is looking to clinch but Stevens is avoiding it.
The Rocket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevens manages to avoid it.
Stevens avoids the body shot from The Rocket.
The Rocket throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Rocket can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Rocket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Rocket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevens manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by The Rocket.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Rocket.
The Rocket lands a jab to Stevens's midsection.
The Rocket lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
The Rocket fails with an attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
Stevens moves out of range of the leg kick from The Rocket.
The Rocket throws and low kick but Stevens moves out of range easily.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Rocket. That's going to slow Stevens down.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Rocket is looking to clinch.
The Rocket tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from The Rocket.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket throws a front kick aimed at Stevens's knee but Stevens avoids it well.
The Rocket misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Rocket.
The Rocket tries to clinch but Stevens is having none of it.
The Rocket fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stevens blocks a low kick nicely.
The Rocket finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie The Rocket dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stevens keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Rocket throws a leg kick that misses.
Stevens blocks a low kick nicely.
The Rocket lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice combination there by Stevens.
Some bone on bone action there as Stevens checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Rocket misses with a body shot.
Stevens takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stevens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Rocket pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stevens is out of range and The Rocket settles back down.
The Rocket misses with a low kick as Stevens jumps back.
The Rocket cracks the inside of Stevens's front leg.
The Rocket scores with a jab to the body.
Robbie The Rocket seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Rocket attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Rocket throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Rocket fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Rocket lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Rocket just misses with a punch to the body.
The Rocket looks to score with a jab to the body but Stevens is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rocket misses the shot to the body.
The Rocket swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Rocket has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Stevens blocks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Rocket looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Rocket swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
Stevens falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Rocket makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The Rocket fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Rocket buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Rocket dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stevens has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The Rocket misses the shot to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Stevens might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The Rocket misses with a body shot.
The Rocket tries to work over Stevens's front leg with a kick but Stevens checks it.
The Rocket throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket moves in looking to clinch but Stevens pushes him off.
The Rocket thumps Stevens with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevens takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Rocket ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevens moves away.
The Rocket swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
The Rocket swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
The Rocket takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
The Rocket feints and then cracks Stevens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stevens down.
The Rocket lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stevens at a distance.
The Rocket tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stevens was well out of range. Poor timing from The Rocket.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket lands with a good body shot.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Rocket misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Rocket lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stevens at a distance.
The Rocket lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Rocket connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens keeps the fight on the outside.
Jerome Stevens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Rocket.
The Rocket swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.
The Rocket digs a good hook to Stevens's body.
Stevens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The Rocket throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Rocket lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Rocket with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stevens keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Rocket feints and then cracks Stevens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stevens down.
The Rocket thumps Stevens with a low kick.
Stevens tries to bum rush The Rocket with a series of wild strikes but The Rocket uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stevens checks the leg kick nicely there.
The Rocket just misses with a punch to the body.
The Rocket tries to clinch but Stevens is having none of it.
A big right from Stevens misses.
A good leg kick by The Rocket.
The Rocket chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Rocket buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
Stevens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Rocket tries to clinch there but Stevens circles away.
Stevens missing with a left hand there. The Rocket was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stevens swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and The Rocket counters with a three punch combo that has Stevens backing up. Stevens nods at The Rocket to acknowledge the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Rocket. Stevens does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by The Rocket there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The Rocket throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Rocket stuns Stevens with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Rocket feints and then cracks Stevens's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stevens down.
The Rocket throws a shot to the body.
The Rocket misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Rocket tries to land a leg kick but Stevens saw it coming and moves away.
Stevens circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Rocket is looking to clinch.
The Rocket misses with a low kick as Stevens jumps back.
Stevens keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie The Rocket showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Stevens throws a series of punches but The Rocket avoids them all with ease.
Stevens avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Rocket lands a nice looking body shot.
Stevens throws a body punch but The Rocket moves out of range.
The Rocket displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevens throws out the jab.
The Rocket wants to slow Stevens down by chopping away at his legs.
Stevens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Rocket looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Rocket throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stevens checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Stevens checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Rocket moves away.
The Rocket fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stevens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Rocket uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stevens.
The Rocket fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stevens.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Rocket tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Rocket.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Rocket.
A good leg kick by The Rocket.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Rocket.
Stevens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Rocket can pounce on him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Rocket wants to clinch.
The Rocket lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Rocket tries a low kick but Stevens avoids it.
The Rocket dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevens. That did some damage!
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stevens takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stevens checks a leg kick nicely.
The Rocket lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stevens checks a low kick from The Rocket.
Robbie The Rocket is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stevens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A combination from The Rocket does no damage.
The Rocket connects with a solid leg kick.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket tries to clinch there but Stevens circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Rocket.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Rocket.
The Rocket cracks the inside of Stevens's front leg.
The Rocket scoring well with a low kick there.
The Rocket feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stevens's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Rocket.
The Rocket moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stevens keeps the fight on the outside.
The Rocket doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevens circles away.
The Rocket throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Rocket doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevens circles away.
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket scores with a shot to the body.
The Rocket with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stevens doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Rocket throws a leg kick which misses Stevens's front leg but catches the back leg as Stevens tries to avoid it.
The Rocket buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Rocket dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stevens. That did some damage!
The Rocket is looking to clinch but Stevens is avoiding it.
The Rocket is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Rocket throws a leg kick which misses Stevens's front leg but catches the back leg as Stevens tries to avoid it.
The Rocket fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stevens.

The Rocket moves into range and clinches up with Stevens.
The Rocket tries a knee to the head but Stevens blocks it.
Stevens can't break the clinch.
Stevens is looking for a takedown up against the cage. The Rocket gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Rocket misses with a knee strike.
The Rocket tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket prevents Stevens from breaking the clinch.
The Rocket with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stevens looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stevens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stevens throws a punch but it's blocked by The Rocket.
Stevens throws a head punch that misses.
The Rocket keeps control of Stevens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stevens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stevens looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Rocket misses with a knee to the head.
Stevens tries to work over The Rocket's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Rocket misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stevens tries to circle away but The Rocket has him pinned against the cage.
Jerome Stevens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stevens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stevens is trying to force a seperation but The Rocket has the dominant position.
Stevens misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robbie The Rocket comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Rocket has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 24:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 24:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robbie The Rocket!