PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steffan Stove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asa Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stove comes to the cage accompanied by Fire. Asa Sharp is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Stove
vs
Sharp

165 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steffan Stove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Asa Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Stove misses the target.
Sharp misses with a straight left.
Stove lands a jab.
Stove lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stove lands a nice hook to Sharp's body. Sharp takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sharp looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Steffan Stove seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharp stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stove.
Sharp is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stove sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Stove connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stove keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sharp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stove.
Sharp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stove.
Sharp takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sharp takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sharp misses with a combination
and Stove counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Sharp misses.
Stove swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sharp shoots for a double leg takedown but Stove sprawls well. He's pushed Sharp's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Stove circles away and keeps his distance.
Stove lands a nice looking body shot.
Stove uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sharp.
Some wild striking there from Sharp.
Stove throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sharp counters with a two punch combo.
Stove scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stove throws a big shot that misses.
Stove scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stove moves out of range of the strikes.
Sharp takes one to the chin there.
Stove cracks the inside of Sharp's front leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Stove enables Sharp to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Stove manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sharp wants to control from the top but Stove keeps moving.
Sharp stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stove swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Stove keeping moving, preventing Sharp from controlling successfully.
Sharp trying to move into half guard but instead Stove has managed to sweep!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stove got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sharp has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stove has managed to get both his arms back between Sharp's legs - danger averted.
Sharp wants to control but Stove passes easily into half guard.
Stove prevents Sharp from improving his position.
Still in half guard, Stove seems content to control.
Sharp is looking for a sweep. Stove is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sharp manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Sharp is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stove defends well.

Stove avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stove stays in close to Sharp's body and controls the position.

Sharp has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stove can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sharp is looking to cinch up a triangle. Stove throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Sharp's body to avoid the submission. Sharp has instead reached around Stove's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Sharp arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Asa Sharp!
An intense looking Asa Sharp took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'First, I want to give all praise to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I also want to thank all my fans for your support!!!'.