PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Freak On A Leash. Gonzalez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Why Cant we Be Friends!. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Steele
vs
Gonzalez

184 cm
28
212 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

196 cm
28
214 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

FNF Energy & Stamina - Sale!

Resistance
►Q150 Schwarzenegger Nutrition

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesus Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez slips under a jab from Steele.
Steele throws a hook to the side of Gonzalez's head but Gonzalez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steele uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gonzalez throws a lazy right hand but Steele sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steele throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzalez.
Steele throws a low kick, looking for Gonzalez's leg but Gonzalez calmly moves out of range.
Steele lands a right hook to the body.
Gonzalez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonzalez slips under a jab.
Steele throws a leg kick but Gonzalez checks it.
Gonzalez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gonzalez slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez ducks under a wild hook from Steele.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Steele moves away and avoids it.
Gonzalez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
George Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele punishes Gonzalez's body with a nice straight punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele misses with a two punch combination.
Gonzalez avoids the head kick by Steele.
Steele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gonzalez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Steele throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Steele avoids the punch easily.
Steele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gonzalez.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Steele is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
Steele plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gonzalez checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Steele looks to land a left hand but Gonzalez moved out of range nicely.
Steele throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steele throws a nice outside leg kick.
Steele lands the left hand.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steele throws a jab but it's blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An inside leg kick lands from Steele.
Steele swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Steele misses with a looping right.
Steele is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Gonzalez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez looks to land a right hand but Steele moved out of range.
Steele tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses with a hook.
Steele scores with a shot to the body.
Gonzalez throws a looping overhand right but Steele ducks down to avoid it.
Steele moves away from the strike by Gonzalez.
Steele scores with a punch to the head.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Steele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Steele avoids them all with ease.
Steele attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Steele.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonzalez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steele clobbers Gonzalez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Steele strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele throws a head kick that misses.
Gonzalez walks into a straight right hand from Steele.
Steele misses with a straight left.
Gonzalez tries a low kick but Steele avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Steele misses the jab.
Steele is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez cracks Steele with a good jab.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the side of Steele's head but Steele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gonzalez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steele to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Steele dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Steele throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gonzalez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Steele is out of range and Gonzalez settles back down.
Steele throws a looping overhand right but Gonzalez ducks down to avoid it.
Steele throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gonzalez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzalez throws a hook but Steele blocks it.
Steele throws a nice looking combination but Gonzalez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steele throws a big shot that misses.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
Steele moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez looks to land a right hand but Steele moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzalez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gonzalez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steele.
Steele wants to slow Gonzalez down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steele ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steele looks to land a right hand but Gonzalez moved out of range.
Steele throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steele throws a nice looking combination but Gonzalez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steele is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
Steele lands an overhand right.
Gonzalez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steele doesn't seem bothered though.
George Steele is winning the standup battle so far.
Gonzalez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gonzalez counters with a left and a right that stings Steele.
Gonzalez connects with a nice looking jab.
Steele lands with a right hand.
Steele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez ducks under a wild hook from Steele.
Steele misses with a looping left.
Steele throws a lazy head kick
and Gonzalez counters with an inside leg kick.
Steele takes a swing at Gonzalez's ribcage but misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Steele.
Steele walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice defenses there by Gonzalez.
Steele misses with a looping left.
A big right from Steele misses.
Gonzalez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Steele misses with a leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a jab when Steele was well out of range.
Steele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steele with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gonzalez to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Steele.
Steele checks the leg kick.
Gonzalez dodges the punch combination from Steele.
Steele bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steele lands a jab to Gonzalez's midsection.
Steele tries to clinch but Gonzalez moves away
and Gonzalez counters with a thumping low kick.
Gonzalez loads up on a big right hand but Steele slips the punch.
Gonzalez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Steele throws a lazy head kick
and Steele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
Steele defending well as Gonzalez loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gonzalez throws an overhand right that lands on Steele's shoulder, as Steele tries to avoid the shot.
Gonzalez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonzalez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gonzalez dips to his left and cracks Steele with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Gonzalez misses its intended target.

Steele instigates a clinch.
Gonzalez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Steele lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gonzalez backwards.

Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
Steele lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gonzalez backs up against the cage.
Steele wants to clinch up but Gonzalez keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Steele throws a combination that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like George Steele has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steele was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Gonzalez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on George Steele's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Gonzalez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Steele throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez slips a jab from Steele.
Gonzalez checks a leg kick nicely.
Steele's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Steele duly obliges.
Steele looks to land a right hand but Gonzalez moved out of range.
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
Steele misses with a straight right.
Steele throws a leg kick
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Steele throws a lazy right hand but Gonzalez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steele misses the jab.
Steele throws a hook but Gonzalez avoids it easily.
Steele ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele cracks Gonzalez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gonzalez scores with a punch to the head.
Steele misses with a straight left.
Gonzalez circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonzalez.
Steele throws a head kick that misses
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
Steele is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Steele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steele looks to land a left hand but Gonzalez moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Gonzalez misses its intended target.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gonzalez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Steele.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Steele ducked under it nicely.
Steele misses with a combination
and Gonzalez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzalez lands a nice hook to Steele's body. Steele takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gonzalez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Steele throws the left hand but Gonzalez avoids the punch easily.
Steele misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez slips under a jab from Steele.
Steele throws a head kick that misses
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Steele's ribcage but misses.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut. Steele saw that one coming.
Gonzalez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gonzalez tries to keep at a distance but Steele has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steele is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Steele manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Gonzalez avoiding damage.
Gonzalez is trying to maintain a safe position but Steele gets an underhook and turns Gonzalez into the cage.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Steele using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gonzalez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gonzalez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzalez dodges an elbow strike from Steele.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzalez.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gonzalez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
Steele is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steele.
Gonzalez can't find room to land a body shot as Steele controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele digs a right hand underneath Gonzalez's ribcage. Gonzalez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hand to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez wants to stall.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gonzalez scores with a hook to the body.
Steele lands a left hand.
Steele throws a head punch that misses.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gonzalez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice body punch from Gonzalez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzalez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steele can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzalez controls the action.
Gonzalez struggles to land a body shot inside as Steele controls his hands.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gonzalez blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Gonzalez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gonzalez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight for Jesus Gonzalez!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Jesus Gonzalez!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Jesus Gonzalez!

Jesus Gonzalez wins by unanimous decision!