PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Snider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfonso Unk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Unk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Marky Mark - Good Vibrations kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Snider
vs
Unk

180 cm
20
158 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

189 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Demonic Drugs
Demonic Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Snider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alfonso Unk!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Unk slips a jab and a cross from Snider.
Unk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Snider throws a series of punches but Unk avoids them all with ease.

Unk closes the distance and clinches.
Snider is trying to break the clinch but Unk has him pressed against the cage.
Unk missing with knees to the body.
Snider avoiding damage as Unk throws knees to the body.
Unk connects with a knee to the head.

Snider breaks from the clinch.
Unk moves in looking to clinch but Snider pushes him off.
Snider misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Unk wants to clinch.
Snider blocks a head kick by Unk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snider throws a series of punches but Unk avoids them all with ease.
Unk is looking to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Unk throws a head kick but Snider moves out of range.
Snider misses with an uppercut. Unk saw that one coming.
Snider throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Unk.
Snider connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Unk doesn't manage to clinch there - Snider circles away.
Unk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Unk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Unk blocks a low kick nicely.
Unk is looking to clinch but Snider is avoiding it.
Snider circles away from the clinch attempt.
Unk tries to close the distance and clinch but Snider swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Snider throws a right hand that Unk ducks under and follows up with a left that Unk also avoids with ease.

Unk pushes Snider up against the cage in a clinch.
Unk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Snider has had enough of the clinch but Unk keeps him there for the moment.
Unk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Unk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snider lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Unk missing with knees to the body.
Unk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Unk looks gassed!
Snider has had enough of the clinch but Unk keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snider lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Unk has Snider pushed against the cage.
Snider can't break the clinch.
Snider can't break the clinch.
Unk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Unk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snider avoiding damage as Unk throws knees to the body.

Snider breaks from the clinch.
Unk dodges the punch combination from Snider.
Unk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Unk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Snider.
Snider lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snider looks to land a left hand but Unk moved out of range nicely.
Snider lands a two punch combo.
Snider waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Unk.
Snider throws a right and a left that both miss.
Unk throws a combination. Snider tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Unk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Snider paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Snider keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Unk misses with a looping right.
Unk tries to clinch but Snider moves out of range.
Snider looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Snider throws a combination that misses

and Unk moves into the clinch.
Unk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Snider.
Snider wants to get back to striking at distance but Unk won't allow it.
Snider tries to break the clinch but Unk is controlling the position.
Unk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Unk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Snider.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snider avoiding damage as Unk throws knees to the body.
Snider on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Unk prevents Snider from breaking the clinch.
Snider wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Unk has him pressed against the cage.
Snider is trying to break free.
Unk tries to land a knee to the head but Snider blocks with his arms.
Snider avoiding damage as Unk throws knees to the body.
Snider wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Snider has had enough of the clinch but Unk keeps him there for the moment.
Snider wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Snider is trying to break the clinch but Unk has him pressed against the cage.
Unk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Unk tries to stall but Snider uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Unk looking to throw knees to the head but Snider is blocking nicely.
Unk misses with an elbow strike.
Unk keeps control of Snider as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Steve Snider will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Snider takes one on the button.
Unk tries to clinch but Snider is having none of it.
Snider swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Unk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Unk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Snider.

It looks like Alfonso Unk has been cut.
Snider misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A thudding body kick lands there by Snider!
Snider misses with a looping left.
Snider throws a right hand that Unk ducks under and follows up with a left that Unk also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Unk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Unk darts in and clinches Snider up against the cage.
Snider can't break the clinch.
Unk tries to land knees in the clinch but Snider avoids the damage to the body.
Unk scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stalling in the clinch from Unk.
Unk misses with a knee strike.
Unk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Snider has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snider is trying to break the clinch but Unk has him pressed against the cage.
Snider can't break the clinch.
Unk with a knee to the head.
Unk lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Snider is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Snider is trying to break the clinch but Unk has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Unk.
Unk slows down the pace here.
Unk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Snider.
Unk's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Snider tries to break the clinch but Unk is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unk is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Snider avoiding damage as Unk throws knees to the body.
Snider managing to block the knees to the body from Unk.
Unk tries to land a knee to the head but Snider blocks with his arms.
Unk has Snider pressed against the cage.
Unk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Unk crunches a lovely knee into Snider's ribcage.
Unk trying to stall but Snider improves his position.
Unk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Snider is looking to break free of the clinch but Unk has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Snider blocks it with crossed arms.
Unk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Snider blocks it with crossed arms.
Snider is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Unk.
Unk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Snider has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Unk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Snider lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Unk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Unk holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Unk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Unk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Snider has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Snider on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snider managing to block the knees to the body from Unk.

That's four 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.
Snider is trying to break the clinch but Unk has him pressed against the cage.
Unk looking to throw knees to the head but Snider is blocking nicely.
Unk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Snider is trying to break free.
Unk scores a nice knee to the body.
Unk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Snider's face.
Unk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Unk lands an elbow that stopped Snider in his tracks for a moment.
Unk lands a knee to the head.
Unk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snider blocks an elbow strike.
Unk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Snider breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snider misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alfonso Unk will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alfonso Unk's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Snider.
Snider tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Snider tries a low kick but Unk avoids it.
Unk wants to clinch up but Snider keeps it at a distance.
A right-left combo lands from Snider.
Unk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snider.
Snider throws a right and a left that both miss.
Unk tries to clinch up.
Snider avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snider throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Unk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Unk is looking to clinch.
Snider misses with a few strikes there.
Snider misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Unk is looking to clinch.
Snider misses with an uppercut.
Steve Snider is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Snider misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Unk.
Snider takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Steve Snider has been cut.
Unk is looking to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Unk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Snider swinging wilding here.
Snider throws the kick towards the body but Unk avoids it.
Snider throws a right and a left that both miss.
Snider avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Unk scoring well with a low kick there.
Unk has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A head kick by Snider misses

and Unk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Unk.

Snider breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snider throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Unk.
Snider throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Snider throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Unk.
Snider circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unk wants to clinch up but Snider keeps it at a distance.
Unk doesn't manage to clinch there - Snider circles away.
Snider misses with a double jab.
Unk moves away from the strike by Snider.
Unk is looking to clinch but Snider is avoiding it.
Snider keeps the fight on the outside.
Steve Snider is winning the standup battle so far.
Unk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Unk blocks the low kick.
Snider misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steve Snider seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Unk is looking to clinch but Snider is avoiding it.
Snider throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Unk stumbling backwards into the cage! Unk bounces back off the cage towards Snider, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Snider lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Snider celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Steve Snider!