PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Steinberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Landon Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little has chosen Lion King - Circle of Life as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Steinberg
vs
Little

190 cm
25
172 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
170 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Steinberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Landon Little!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinberg throws a lazy right hand but Little sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Little tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steinberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steinberg's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Little connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steinberg scrambles back to his feet.

Little closes the distance and pushes Steinberg back into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Steinberg takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Steinberg lands a left hand.
Little misses with an elbow over the top.
Steinberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steinberg is trying to break free.
Steinberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Steinberg is pushing Little up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Steinberg lands a hook to the side of the head.
Little lands with a light punch inside.
Steinberg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Little backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinberg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Little using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Little is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Steinberg is keeping busy.
Little utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Little throws an elbow but it misses.
Little throws an elbow but it misses.
Little is trying to stall.
Little is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Steinberg has denied him.
Little misses with the head strike.
Little misses with a punch on the inside.
Steinberg dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Steinberg breaks the clinch.
Landon Little seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Little lands.
Little throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steinberg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Little fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Steinberg is out of range.
Steinberg throws a leg kick but Little checks it.
Steinberg stuns Little with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Little scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Frank Steinberg has been cut.
Steinberg feints and then cracks Little's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Little down.
A big left from Little misses.
Steinberg fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Little looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steinberg walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Donk. Steinberg catches Little right on the button with a cross.

Little fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Steinberg, pushing him back against the cage.
Little lands an elbow inside that Steinberg shrugs off.

Steinberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steinberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Steinberg as Little shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little moves in looking to clinch but Steinberg pushes him off.
Little looks to land a combination but Steinberg avoids it well.
Steinberg keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Little doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Little shoots in but no luck this time.
Frank Steinberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Landon Little.
Little looks winded!
A punch lands to the side of Little 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Little takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Little.
Little needs to keep his hands up - Steinberg had a free shot at his head there.
Little darts in trying to clinch
and Steinberg counters with a nice uppercut.

Little is rocked!
Steinberg is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Steinberg drops Little with a naaaaasty hook - Little is in real trouble here! Steinberg dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Steinberg!