PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mooses Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gonzales might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Liehuva Liekinvarsi. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Gonzales
vs
Steele

175 cm
25
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

180 cm
25
150 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mooses Gonzales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dick Steele!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Steele looks gassed!
Gonzales takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A shot to the body from Steele misses
and Gonzales counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gonzales lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Steele backs up against the ropes.
Steele defending well as Gonzales loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzales avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gonzales lands with an uppercut that bounces Steele off the ropes and back into rage.
Steele checks a leg kick nicely.
Gonzales catches Steele with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Donk. Gonzales catches Steele right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steele walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gonzales digs a good body shot into Steele's ribs.
Gonzales cracks Steele with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gonzales ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Steele keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gonzales connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big right from Gonzales misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gonzales jabs Steele right on the nose. Steele blinks but takes it well.
Gonzales tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steele was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzales.
Gonzales is looking to slow Steele down with leg kicks.
Gonzales lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Gonzales misses.
Gonzales cracks Steele with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Gonzales thuds a left hand into Steele's body.
Gonzales scores with a nice right hand.
Gonzales connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steele's hands.
Gonzales connects with a body shot that sends Steele's belly button to the back.
Gonzales misses with a double jab.
Steele takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dick Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzales throws a lazy right hand but Steele sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steele takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steele avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzales misses with a straight right.
Gonzales misses with a low kick.
Gonzales fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gonzales buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gonzales moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gonzales throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzales clobbers Steele with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gonzales digs a good body shot into Steele's ribs.
Gonzales misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mooses Gonzales dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gonzales cracks Steele with a right hand to the side of the head.
Steele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steele misses with a leg kick.
Gonzales throws a leg kick which misses Steele's front leg but catches the back leg as Steele tries to avoid it.
Gonzales has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steele.
Gonzales misses with the combination.
Good shot there by Gonzales.
The fighters circling - Gonzales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gonzales digs a good body shot into Steele's ribs.
Gonzales explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mooses Gonzales is winning the standup battle so far.
Gonzales scores with a decent looking hook.
Gonzales lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzales dips to his left and cracks Steele with an uppercut!
Gonzales lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steele's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gonzales lands a really nice looking cross but Steele seems unphased.
Steele takes one on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Gonzales. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gonzales.
Gonzales attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A jab from Gonzales misses.
Steele throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Gonzales to counter with a crisp jab.
Steele takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gonzales finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Steele misses with an uppercut
and Gonzales counters with a good low kick that Steele was not able to check.
Steele on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Steele throws a leg kick
and Gonzales counters with a straight right hand.
Gonzales lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele needs to keep his hands up - Gonzales had a free shot at his head there.
Gonzales misses with a hook
and Steele counters with a nice kick to the body.
Steele thows a leg kick but Gonzales checks it
and Gonzales makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Steele might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gonzales has got the better of the exchanges.
Steele looks to throw the jab but Gonzales is out of range.
Gonzales walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Steele checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gonzales throws a series of punches but Steele moves out of range.
Gonzales lands a lovely overhand right.
Steele bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonzales scores with a sloppy right hand. Steele should have avoided that one.
Steele wants to land a leg kick but Gonzales is out of range.
Steele swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gonzales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steele misses with a leg kick
and Gonzales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steele chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gonzales jabs at Steele's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mooses Gonzales dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Steele getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Steele takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gonzales moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gonzales attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice defenses there by Steele.
Gonzales scores with a hook to the body. Steele takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A shot to the liver by Gonzales. Beautiful body shot.
A head kick by Steele misses
and Gonzales counters with a stiff right hand.
Steele misses with a left hand
and Gonzales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Steele slips under a jab from Gonzales.
A nice combination there by Gonzales.
Steele steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gonzales.
Steele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele moves out of range as Gonzales strikes.
Gonzales dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steele.
Gonzales scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A left and a right from Gonzales both land. Nice combination.
Steele connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Steele throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gonzales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steele throws a head kick that misses
and Gonzales makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Steele throws a head kick that misses
and Gonzales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dick Steele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gonzales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steele can do to turn this around?
Steele takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steele misses with a leg kick
and Gonzales counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gonzales throws a leg kick but Steele moved away.
Steele misses with a left hand
and Gonzales counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Steele catches Gonzales with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Steele slips under a jab from Gonzales.
Donk. Gonzales catches Steele right on the button with a cross.
Steele has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Steele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzales lands with a cross.
Gonzales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steele.
Steele misses with a right hand
and Gonzales counters with a slapping leg kick.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gonzales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzales tests Steele's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head kick by Steele misses
and Gonzales counters with a nice low kick that buckles Steele's knee momentarily.
Steele wants to slow Gonzales down by chopping away at his legs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gonzales.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mooses Gonzales showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gonzales has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight for Mooses Gonzales!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Mooses Gonzales!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Mooses Gonzales!

Mooses Gonzales wins by unanimous decision!