PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between LJ Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry McQueen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jerry McQueen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with LJ Stevens's chin.

Stevens
vs
McQueen

170 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, LJ Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jerry McQueen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stevens clinches with his opponent.
Stevens lands a left hand that snaps the head of McQueen backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
Stevens working aggressively here.
McQueen taking a breather.
Stevens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stevens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McQueen's elbow.
Stevens manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Stevens breaks from the clinch.

Stevens closes the distance and pushes McQueen back into the cage.
McQueen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stevens up against the cage.
Stevens connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens tries a body shot but McQueen blocks it.

Stevens breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Stevens moves into the clinch.
Stevens misses with a knee strike.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McQueen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stevens lands a knee to the head.
Stevens really is a fat lump.
Stevens with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McQueen managing to block the knees to the body from Stevens.
Stevens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McQueen up against the cage.
Stevens tries a body shot but McQueen blocks it.
McQueen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McQueen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Stevens misses with a body punch.
A short right from Stevens on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stevens lands with a light punch inside.
Stevens misses with a body punch.
Stevens looking to throw knees to the head but McQueen is blocking nicely.
Stevens misses with a body punch.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by McQueen.
McQueen prevents a body shot from Stevens.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McQueen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McQueen wants to get back to striking at distance but Stevens won't allow it.

Stevens breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stevens gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McQueen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stevens is struggling to control the position.
Stevens misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stevens tries a body shot but McQueen blocks it.
Stevens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McQueen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stevens tries to land knees in the clinch but McQueen avoids the damage to the body.
Stevens swings wildly with an uppercut but McQueen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevens struggles to land a body shot inside as McQueen controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LJ Stevens dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

McQueen clinches.
McQueen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stevens misses with the head strike.
Stevens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stevens trying to stall but McQueen improves his position.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Stevens misses with a punch to the body.
McQueen wants to break free but Stevens has control.
Stevens with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Stevens to work.
Stevens misses with some punches.
McQueen takes a shot to the head.
LJ Stevens has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McQueen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stevens's efforts to push away.
McQueen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stevens is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stevens landing knees to the body.
Stevens displaying some good clinch control by pressing McQueen up against the cage.
McQueen prevents a body shot from Stevens.
Stevens landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stevens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stevens misses the body punch

and McQueen moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevens is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McQueen is breathing heavily.
McQueen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevens just leaning against McQueen, taking a breather.
Stevens tries to land knees in the clinch but McQueen avoids the damage to the body.
Stevens lands a knee to the body.
Stevens working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stevens will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McQueen up against the cage.
Stevens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McQueen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stevens taking a breather.
Stevens lands a hook that snaps the head of McQueen backwards.
Stevens scores a nice knee to the body.
Stevens misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevens throws a knee to the head but misses.
McQueen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stevens just leaning against McQueen, taking a breather.
Stevens landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stevens misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McQueen working hard to break the clinch.
Stevens misses with some punches.
Stevens misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevens'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.
Stevens misses with some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McQueen blocks a body shot from Stevens.
Stevens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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!
McQueen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LJ Stevens dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Stevens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McQueen moves away.

Stevens clinches up with McQueen and pushes him back against the cage.
Stevens keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McQueen's efforts to push away.
Stevens tries to throw a body punch but McQueen avoids it by throwing Stevens back against the cage.
Stevens with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A hook to the body from Stevens.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stevens tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by McQueen.
Stevens manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens looking to throw knees to the head but McQueen is blocking nicely.
McQueen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stevens is looking to control McQueen's arms but McQueen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stevens has his back to the cage.
Stevens misses with the head strike.
Stevens misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McQueen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McQueen blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens misses with a knee strike.
Stevens misses with a hook to the ribs.
McQueen prevents Stevens from breaking the clinch.
Stevens misses with some punches.

McQueen manages to break the clinch.
Stevens stuns McQueen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stevens lands a really nice looking cross but McQueen seems unphased.

McQueen instigates a clinch.
McQueen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McQueen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McQueen is looking to control Stevens's arms but Stevens gets an underhook and turns him. Now McQueen has his back to the cage.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Stevens tries to work over McQueen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stevens tries to stall but McQueen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McQueen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevens misses with a knee to the head.
McQueen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stevens keeps control of McQueen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stevens is looking to control McQueen's arms but McQueen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Stevens has his back to the cage.
Stevens manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McQueen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McQueen blocks an uppercut.
McQueen blocks an uppercut.
Stevens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McQueen's elbow.
Stevens letting McQueen take a breather here.
Stevens tries to throw a body punch but McQueen avoids it by throwing Stevens back against the cage.
McQueen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jerry McQueen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
LJ Stevens showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stevens has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... LJ Stevens!