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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Stepp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Brona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as DJ Brona enters the cage!
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218 lbs
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steven Stepp!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DJ Brona!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stepp darts in and clinches Brona up against the cage.
Brona blocking some punches.
Stepp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brona swings for the body but Stepp moves out of range.
Stepp avoids the body shot from Brona.
Steven Stepp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brona looks to land a combination but Stepp avoids it well.
Brona circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brona throws a right and a left that Stepp avoids nicely.
Stepp tries to clinch but Brona moves out of range.
Brona fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stepp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stepp takes the fight into the clinch.
Stepp escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stepp tries to clinch up.
Stepp closes the distance and pushes Brona back into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brona.
Stepp lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brona blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brona prevents a body shot from Stepp.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brona wants to break free but Stepp has control.
Stepp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stepp tries to clinch up.
Brona tries to sprawl but Stepp drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Stepp misses with a head shot. Brona uses the momentum to regain guard.
Stepp wants to pass the guard but Brona is keeping the position.
Stepp throws a strike but Brona rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stepp wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Brona manages to pass to side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brona lands a nice short elbow.
Brona scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brona throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stepp slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stepp is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stepp missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stepp throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brona trying to control here.
Brona blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stepp.
Brona is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brona slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Stepp scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stepp is working Brona over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brona manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Stepp is in a horrible position here. Brona smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stepp is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Stepp in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Brona connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stepp is trying to escape the mount.
Brona tries to control but Stepp wriggling away.
Stepp tries to reverse the position but Brona maintains control.
Stepp is working hard here to advance position.
Brona trying to control but Stepp is having none of it.
Brona has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stepp is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brona in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brona pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Brona with a couple of short strikes.
Stepp is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stepp tries to hold on but Brona postures up.
Brona looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Stepp is trying to escape the mount.
Brona punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stepp taking shots to the head.
My spies in MuscleWorks Amsterdam™ inform me that Brona has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brona has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Stepp's face.
Stepp is rocked!
Stepp is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Oh Stepp is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brona lands a big shot to the head and Stepp winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). DJ Brona!
DJ Brona is the new light heavyweight champion!
DJ Brona was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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RATING
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