PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Button (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guillaume Steckels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guillaume Steckels acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Button
vs
Steckels

175 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

Fightworld Formula

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benjamin Button!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Guillaume Steckels!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Button avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steckels lands with a nice combination. Button backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Benjamin Button has been cut.
Button has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Good leg kick by Button there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Button tries to clinch up.
Steckels throws a right hand that Button ducks under and follows up with a left that Button also avoids with ease.
Button falls off balance throwing a combination
and Steckels counters with a nice body shot.
Button throws a combination that misses
and Steckels counters with a left and a right that stings Button.
Steckels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steckels thumps Button with a low kick.
Button is breathing heavily.
Steckels connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steckels lands a high kick!
Steckels wants to clinch

and Button counters with a shoot takedown. Steckels fights it but they end up in guard.

Steckels uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steckels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Button takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Steckels scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Donk. Steckels catches Button right on the button with a cross.
Steckels throws a series of strikes that have Button backpedaling.
Steckels is working the combinations to good effect here.
Steckels scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Decent striking displayed by Steckels there.
Steckels pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Button back to the cage. Steckels follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Steckels throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Button.

Button is rocked!

Steckels closes the distance and clinches.
Steckels lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Button keeps control of Steckels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Steckels wants to break free but Button has control.
Button wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Button drops down looking for an ankle pick but Steckels pulls his leg out and moves away.
Steckels feints a jab promting Button to slip. Steckels then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Button slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters circling a little - Steckels finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Steckels stalks Button and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Button's face. Button staggers backwards, shaken.
Button moves forwards but Steckels connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Steckels lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Steckels throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Steckels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Button gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Guillaume Steckels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steckels throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Button.
Button is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Steckels.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steckels scores with a three punch combo!
Button dodges the punch combination from Steckels.
Steckels throws a series of punches but Button avoids them all with ease.

Steckels closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Steckels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Button shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Steckels manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Button slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Steckels keeping moving, preventing Button from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Button wanted to stand there but Steckels had control of the position.
Steckels has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Steckels manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guillaume Steckels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benjamin Button's cut.
That's time! Button's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Steckels is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Button gets tackled into the cage by Steckels. Steckels maintains the clinch.
Steckels is trying to push Button away but Button has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Steckels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steckels lands with a right hand.
Button connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Steckels pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Button back to the cage. Steckels follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nice shot lands for Steckels.
Steckels tries a head kick but it misses.
Steckels throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Button on the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Steckels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Button throws a series of punches but Steckels moves out of range.
Steckels lands a glancing blow to the side of Button's head.
Steckels lands a nice shot to the body.
Button avoids the head kick by Steckels.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Button has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Steckels.
Steckels smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Guillaume Steckels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steckels scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Steckels lands with a nice combination. Button backs away looking to recover.
A head kick from Steckels lands but Button takes it in his stride.
Button gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Steckels.
Button doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Steckels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Button takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Guillaume Steckels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steckels throws a quick inside leg kick.
Button avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steckels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steckels scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steckels lands with a kick to the temple. Button shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Steckels closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Button has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Button stuns Steckels with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Button tries to close the distance and clinch but Steckels swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steckels lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Button circles away quickly and effectively.
Steckels cracks a nice hook into Button's ribs.
Steckels lands a nice looking kick to the body. Button takes a step back to recover.
A head kick from Steckels lands but Button takes it in his stride.
Steckels misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steckels's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Steckels duly obliges.
Button shoots in looking for a takedown but Steckels manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Button's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steckels lands a nice looking body kick.
Steckels lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nice sprawl there from Steckels as Button shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Button. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steckels slaps away a takedown attempt from Button, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Steckels lands a jab-cross combination.
Steckels throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Benjamin Button is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Button throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Steckels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steckels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Button backs up against the cage.
Steckels displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Button misses with a takedown attempt
and Steckels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A punch combination from Steckels misses.
Steckels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Button shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Steckels counters with a series of strikes. Button will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Steckels tries to bum rush Button with a series of wild strikes but Button uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Button shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Steckels but Steckels pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Steckels throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Button.
Button misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Button walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Steckels scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Steckels tries to close the distance and clinch up but Button swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Button shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Steckels counters with a left and a right that stings Button.
Steckels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Button. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guillaume Steckels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Benjamin Button's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Steckels works over Button's head and body with a nice combination.
Steckels misses with a head kick.
Button with a poor takedown
and Steckels counters with a head kick. That will keep Button thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Horrible takedown by Button or perhaps it was just good defense by Steckels which made him look bad.
Steckels scores with a three punch combo!
Button slips a jab and a cross from Steckels.
Steckels lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Steckels scores with a kick to the body.
A left and a right from Steckels both land. Nice combination.
Button slips a jab and a cross from Steckels.
Steckels tries to clinch up.
Button fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Button showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steckels.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steckels takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Button shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Steckels as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benjamin Button. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steckels goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A combination from Steckels does no damage.
Steckels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Steckels does it's job there.
Button blocks a head kick by Steckels.
Steckels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steckels lands a body shot.
Button takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Steckels lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Button circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Button moves into range and clinches up with Steckels.
A short left from Steckels.

Steckels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steckels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steckels misses with a head kick.
Steckels defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Button.
Steckels scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Steckels tries a head kick but it misses.
Button shoots for a double leg takedown but Steckels sprawls well. He's pushed Button's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Steckels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Button backs up against the cage.
Button closes this distance looking for a takedown but Steckels circles away.
Button gets cracked there but stands up to it.
An inside leg kick lands from Steckels.
Button is looking to clinch but Steckels is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steckels fakes the leg kick and cracks Button in the body.
Nice cross by Steckels.
Steckels tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Button holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Button pulls Steckels into guard.
Button controlling the position.
Button trying to keep a closed guard but Steckels is proving a slippery customer.
Steckels makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Steckels keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Button's head.
Button keeping full guard, as Steckels tries to pass.
Button is trying to control the position but Steckels postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steckels wants to stand but Button is controlling his posture from full guard.
Button wants to control the position but Steckels says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Guillaume Steckels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Well, if Steckels is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Button wants to control but Steckels is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Button has a hand on Steckels's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Steckels takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

And that's the end of the fight!
Guillaume Steckels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Steckels winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guillaume Steckels!