PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Stein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Almighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stein comes to the cage accompanied by Rolling Stones - Paint it Black. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Stein
vs
Almighty

190 cm
29
270 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

206 cm
22
273 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Determined

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Stein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Almighty!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almighty throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stein's waist but Stein gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Almighty off to one side.
Stein defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Almighty.

Almighty gets caught napping as Stein dives in and scores a takedown. Almighty manages to retain guard.
Almighty looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stein is one step ahead there.
Stein works over Almighty with some ground and pound from guard.
Almighty preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stein accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stein working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stein has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stein preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stein stands up over Almighty, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Stein sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Almighty's guard.
Almighty is looking to control Stein's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Almighty avoid being mounted?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Stein connects with a nice short shot to Almighty's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stein drops an elbow to the side of Almighty's head.
Almighty wants to improve his position but Stein is controlling well.
Almighty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stein.
Stein looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stein throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stein prevents Almighty from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Stein.
Stein seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stein is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stein lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stein lands with a punch from half guard.
Stein winds up and cracks Almighty with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Almighty is rocked!
Stein lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Almighty quite badly. Almighty pulls Stein in close trying to recover. Stein postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Almighty on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Almighty doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Stein!