PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Ewell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caeas Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ewell comes to the ring accompanied by White Dude. Liege is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Will T. Bear: For a Few Dollars . Caeas Liege is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ewell
vs
Liege

187 cm
25
181 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

183 cm
34
188 lbs
24 - 18 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
KO power

TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ultra Fight Gear
Perkele!

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 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Ewell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Caeas Liege!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ewell wants to clinch but Liege slips to the side

and Liege moves into the clinch.
Ewell is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Ewell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steve Ewell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ewell closes the distance but Liege moves to the side
and Ewell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ewell darts in trying to clinch

and Liege counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ewell stops a takedown attempt from Liege.
Ewell is trying to maintain a safe position but Liege gets an underhook and turns Ewell into the ropes.
Ewell lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Caeas Liege has been cut.
Ewell stops a takedown attempt from Liege.
Steve Ewell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caeas Liege.
Liege is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ewell lands a damaging elbow.
Ewell looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ewell pushes off an throws an elbow but Liege leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Ewell is pressed up against the ropes. Liege has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ewell down to the mat. Ewell avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ewell darts in trying to clinch

so Liege counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ewell wants to get back to his feet but Liege is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Liege looking to pass the guard.
Ewell is looking to stand up but Liege isn't so interested in that idea.

Ewell scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ewell throws a head kick that misses.
Ewell misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ewell looks to clinch

and Liege counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Ewell!

Liege tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Liege tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ewell wants to get back to his feet.

Liege looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Liege is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ewell is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ewell is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Liege is controlling him well.

Liege looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Liege is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ewell is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Liege is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ewell is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ewell is looking to get back to his feet here but Liege is keeping cool and he's managed to take Ewell's back.

Liege is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Ewell has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Ewell is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Liege is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
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!

Ewell manages to escape to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ewell closes the distance looking to clinch

and Liege counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caeas Liege dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caeas Liege's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Ewell misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Liege counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ewell won't be happy with that.

Liege is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Ewell looks calm but he's in trouble here. Liege gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Ewell is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Liege lets go of the hold and Ewell can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Caeas Liege!
Caeas Liege took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.