PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Duck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Steele's choice of entrance music: Lil Wayne-Drop the World. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Duck
vs
Steele

190 cm
20
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

194 cm
26
288 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donald Duck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Steele!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele misses with a double jab.
Steele throws a right and a left that both miss.
Duck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.

Steele shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Steele throws and elbow that misses. Duck uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Steele's guard. Nice move by Duck!
Steele keeping moving, preventing Duck from controlling successfully.
Steele is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Duck sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Steele's guard.
Steele wants to improve his position but Duck is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck wants to pass the guard but Steele is defending well.
Steele trying to control but Duck postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Duck is looking to advance position but Steele won't allow it.
Steele wants to get back to full guard.
Steele is looking to control Duck's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Steele avoid being mounted?
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Duck is looking to advance position but Steele won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Steele is trying to get back to full guard.
Duck is looking to take a break and control but Steele is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Steele makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Steele connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Steele shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Steele misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Duck as Steele shoots in.
Steele looks gassed!
Duck moves out of range as Steele strikes.
Steele falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Duck to counter with a crisp jab.
Duck tries to work over Steele's front leg with a kick but Steele checks it.
Ben Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A leg kick checked by Steele.
Duck throws a leg kick that misses.
Duck throws a leg kick that misses.
Duck stuffs the takedown.
Donald Duck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Steele.
Steele throws a body punch but Duck moves out of range.
Duck slaps away a takedown attempt from Steele, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Steele doesn't manage to clinch there - Duck circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele checks a leg kick.
Duck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steele closes this distance looking for a takedown but Duck circles away.
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 checks a leg kick nicely.
Duck throws a low kick but it's checked well by Steele.
Steele lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Duck backs up against the ropes.
Duck misses with a low kick as Steele jumps back.
Steele checks a low kick from Duck.
Steele tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ben Steele will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Steele swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Duck counters with a slapping leg kick.
Duck will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Duck shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Steele checks the leg kick nicely there.
Steele misses with a lunging right hand
and Duck counters with a low kick, right behind Steele 's knee.
Steele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steele fails with the takedown.
Duck finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Duck fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Steele is out of range.
Steele falls off balance throwing a combination
and Duck counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Steele is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Steele will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A good leg kick by Duck.
Duck throws a nice inside leg kick.
Steele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Steele does no damage.
Duck is looking to score with low kicks.
Duck wants to land a leg kick but Steele is out of range.
Donald Duck is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duck displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Steele.
Donald Duck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Steele.
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steele checks a leg kick nicely.
Steele misses with a right hand
and Duck counters with a thumping low kick.
Duck pivots, looking for a leg kick but Steele is out of range and Duck settles back down.
Sloppy strikes from Steele. Those never looked like landing.
Duck connects with a leg kick. Steele looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Duck.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Duck misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Duck misses.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Steele scores a takedown into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duck is wriggling around trying to escape.
Duck tries to hold on but Steele postures up.
Steele trying to control but Duck is having none of it.
Duck tries to hold on but Steele postures up.
Duck sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Steele is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Steele is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Steele is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Steele trying to mount his opponent but Duck defends it.

Duck makes his way to full guard, as Steele worked for a kimura.
Duck keeping full guard, as Steele tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Duck dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Duck motions for Steele to come forward. Duck throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Duck gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Steele prevents Duck from getting back to his feet.
Duck working a defensive guard here.
Steele showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Steele is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Duck is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Duck has escaped and now he's on top!
Duck has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Steele takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steele keeping moving, preventing Duck from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Duck preventing the sweep.
Duck trying to control but Steele is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Steele tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Duck trying to control but Steele is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Donald Duck wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Duck thows a leg kick but Steele checks it
and Steele counters with a stiff right hand.
Steele throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Steele throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Donald Duck is winning the standup battle so far.
Steele throws a right and a left that both miss.
Duck misses with a low kick as Steele jumps back.
Duck throws a low kick but Steele avoids it.
Steele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duck sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duck keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steele.
Duck moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Duck lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Steele has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Steele and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The fighters circling - Steele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steele has a takedown stuffed.
Duck scores with a leg kick.
Duck tried to score with a low kick but Steele checks it.
Duck throws a leg kick but Steele sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ben Steele is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steele wants to clinch.
Steele dives in and grabs Duck's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duck pushes down on Steele's head and hops out.

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.
Duck attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Steele shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Steele was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Steele throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Steele avoids the attempt from Duck to control.
Steele trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Steele moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Duck has worked his arm free - good work by Duck!
Steele with the ground and pound but Duck regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Steele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Steele 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Donald Duck!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Donald Duck!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Donald Duck!

Donald Duck wins by unanimous decision!