PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Care Less (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele has chosen Lil Wayne-Drop the World as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Less
vs
Steele

192 cm
26
273 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

194 cm
26
288 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Care Less!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Steele!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Less counter with a right hand.

It looks like Ben Steele has been cut.
Steele swinging wildly here.
Steele needs to keep his hands up - Less had a free shot at his head there.
Less lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Steele circles away quickly and effectively.
Less staying out of range there.
Steele shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Less sprawls well. Less wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Steele gets slowly back to his feet.
Less bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Steele's head.

Less shoots in and gets a takedown into Steele's guard.
Less wanted to stand there but Steele had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Less is wriggling around trying to escape.
Less tries to lock up and control but Steele gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Steele is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Less to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Less shrugs it off.

Steele is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Less to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Less shrugs it off.
Steele controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less tries to lock up and control but Steele gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Steele lands a nice shot to the head.

Steele goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Less is on top in guard.
Steele controlling Less's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Less wants to stand but Steele is controlling his posture from full guard.
Steele trying to control the position.
Steele looking for a sweep. Not yet Steele, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Steele is trying to keep Less in close.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ben Steele wasn't active enough on the ground.
Less lands a two punch combo.
Sloppy strikes from Less. Those never looked like landing.
Steele throws a shot from downtown. Less moves away and avoids it.
Steele bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steele looks to throw the jab but Less is out of range.
Less just misses with a punch to the body.
Less lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Steele gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Less postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Care Less dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Steele's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Less avoids the body shot from Steele.
Less connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Less throws a right and a left that Steele avoids nicely.
Less stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That has opened up Ben Steele's cut even more.
Less jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steele has his takedown stuffed
letting Less counter with a right hand.
Steele shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Less cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Less misses with an attempted mid kick.
Some wild striking there from Steele.
Steele misses with a double jab
and Less cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Less does it's job there.
Less lands a glancing blow to the side of Steele's head.
Steele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Less is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Steele like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Steele from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Care Less!