PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freddy Steel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Steel
vs
Williams

195 cm
31
282 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
34
266 lbs
28 - 17 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Steel Penn's All 160
Merciless Gladiators

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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eli Williams!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Steel is out of range.
Steel wants to clinch.
Freddy Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Steel rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Steel with a knee to the head.
Steel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Steel.
Steel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Steel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williams looks winded!
Steel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Steel working aggressively here.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
A hook to the body from Steel.
Steel scores a nice knee to the body.
Steel works on Williams's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Eli Williams has been cut.
Steel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Steel tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Williams jumps guard and drags Steel to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Steel wants to stand but Williams has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Steel stands up from Williams's guard - Steel perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Steel.

Steel moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steel.
Steel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steel tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Steel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Steel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Steel crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Steel is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steel tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Steel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Steel tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Steel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Steel.
Steel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steel lands a knee to the head.
Steel lands a nice knee to the body.
Steel tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Steel fails to land.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams wants a takedown.
Steel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steel crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Steel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Steel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eli Williams's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Steel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Williams gets tackled into the cage by Steel. Steel maintains the clinch.
Freddy Steel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Steel.
Steel tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Williams is working for takedown but Steel is calmly controlling the position for now.
Steel swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Steel lands a knee to the body.
Steel misses with a body punch.
Steel misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steel.
Steel working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Steel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams avoiding damage as Steel throws knees to the body.
Steel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steel tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Steel misses with a knee strike.
Steel misses with a knee strike.
Williams blocks a body shot from Steel.
Steel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Steel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steel gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Steel crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Steel misses with a punch to the body.
Steel missing with knees to the body.
Steel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Steel on the inside.
Steel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steel misses with a knee strike.
Steel working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Steel.
A short body shot lands from Steel as the two fighters clinch.
Steel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steel looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Williams prevents a body shot from Steel.
Steel misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Steel.
Steel tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Steel lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right handed body shot lands from Steel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williams avoids it.
Steel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Steel pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Steel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.
Steel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Steel scores with a knee to the head.
Steel looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Steel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steel lands a body punch.
Steel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy Steel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eli Williams's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Steel instigates a clinch.
Steel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Steel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williams avoids it.
Steel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Steel.
Steel lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steel tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Steel.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Steel misses with a punch to the body.
Steel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short left from Steel.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Steel tries a knee to the head but Williams blocks it.
Steel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Steel turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Eli Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Freddy Steel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Steel.
Williams wants a takedown.
A knee to the head by Steel.
Williams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Freddy Steel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eli Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking for a takedown.
Steel stops a takedown attempt from Williams.
Williams blocks a body shot from Steel.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Good body shot from Steel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Williams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Steel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy Steel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steel 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy Steel!
Freddy Steel decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.