PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Cranium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Steel
vs
Cranium

190 cm
22
260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

193 cm
29
250 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jim Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Cranium!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel scores with a decent looking hook.
Steel scores with a nice right hand.

Steel tries to keep at a distance but Cranium has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steel lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Richard Cranium has been cut.
Cranium working hard to break the clinch.
Cranium tries to break the clinch but Steel is controlling the position.
Steel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel managing to block the knees to the body from Cranium.
Steel is pushing Cranium up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Steel lands a nice elbow.
Steel connects with a knee to the head.
Steel stalling.
Cranium with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steel stalling against the cage.
Steel landing knees to the body.
Cranium looks gassed!
A knee to the head by Steel.
Steel avoiding damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steel lands a good knee to the midsection. Cranium won't want to take too many of those.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Steel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cranium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cranium lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steel working Cranium over with knees to the body.
Steel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cranium up against the cage.
Steel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Steel avoiding damage.
Steel seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Cranium throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Steel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Steel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jim Steel.
Steel lands a head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Steel.
An inside leg kick lands from Steel.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steel.
Steel is looking to slow Cranium down with leg kicks.
Cranium shoots in but Steel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Steel lands a two punch combo.
Steel lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Steel.
Steel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Good exchange - Steel coming out on top.
Steel lands a jab to the head.

Steel drops Cranium with a beautiful combination! Cranium stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Steel is looking for the KO!

Cranium is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Steel! Cranium is backing up but he can't get away as Steel lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Cranium and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jim Steel!
A very excited looking Jim Steel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.