PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francois Van Steyne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kunta Kinte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Steyne comes to the cage accompanied by When Angels Cry. Kinte is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wu Tang Clan- Shame On A Nigga. Francois Van Steyne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Van Steyne
vs
Kinte

187 cm
28
195 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

187 cm
33
194 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francois Van Steyne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Kunta Kinte!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Steyne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kinte connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Van Steyne scrambles back to his feet.
Kinte throws a hook but Van Steyne blocks it.
Van Steyne digs a good body shot into Kinte's ribs.
Kinte lands a nice hook to Van Steyne's body. Van Steyne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kinte throws a low kick but Van Steyne moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kinte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Steyne looks for the body kick but Kinte saw that one coming.
Van Steyne takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kinte with a nice cross.
Van Steyne blocks a head kick by Kinte.
Kinte 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.
Kunta Kinte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Steyne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kinte misses with a body kick.
Van Steyne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kinte wants to clinch up but Van Steyne keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Van Steyne's head backwards.
Kinte jabs Van Steyne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kinte throws a lazy right hand but Van Steyne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Steyne throws a shot to the body.
Van Steyne throws a head kick that misses.
Kinte throws a looping overhand right but Van Steyne ducks down to avoid it.
Kinte throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Steyne.
Van Steyne walks into a left hand.
Kinte tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Steyne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kinte smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kinte scores with a body shot.
Van Steyne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kinte misses with a wild body shot.
Kinte is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinte uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kinte throws the kick towards the body but Van Steyne avoids it.
Kinte closes the distance looking to clinch
and Van Steyne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Van Steyne.
Kinte scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kinte dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kinte lands with a straight right. Van Steyne didn't see that one coming.
Van Steyne scores with a jab to the head.
Kinte lands a jab to Van Steyne's midsection.
Kinte connects with a looping right hand.
Van Steyne avoids the body shot from Kinte.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Van Steyne lands a glancing blow to the side of Kinte's head.
Kinte closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kinte moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Van Steyne throws a wild body kick that Kinte sees coming a mile off.
Kinte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Steyne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Steyne lands a head shot.
Kinte delivers a nice body kick.
Van Steyne throws a looping overhand right but Kinte ducks down to avoid it.
Kinte throws a leg kick
and Van Steyne counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Steyne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kinte fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab from Kinte.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Steyne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kinte tries to clinch but Van Steyne moves out of range.
Van Steyne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kinte misses with a shot to the body
and Van Steyne counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Van Steyne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Van Steyne lands with a cross.
Van Steyne ducks under a wild hook from Kinte.
Van Steyne swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kinte.
Jab by Kinte.
Van Steyne ducks under a wild hook from Kinte.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left and a right from Van Steyne both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Kunta Kinte has been cut.
Kinte scoring well with a low kick there.
Kinte jabs Van Steyne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kunta Kinte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kunta Kinte's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kinte looks to land a right hand but Van Steyne moved out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kinte, as that shot connected.
Kinte staying out of range there.
Van Steyne tries to land a front kick but Kinte steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kinte has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kinte there as he acknowledges the shot.
Van Steyne connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kinte. Kinte circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Kinte closes the distance and pushes Van Steyne back into the cage.
I was talking to Van Steyne's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Kinte breaks from the clinch.
Kinte defending well as Van Steyne loads up on a big left hand.
Kinte will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kinte chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kinte lands a nice looking body kick.
Kinte has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Van Steyne misses.
Kinte misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Van Steyne.
Kinte tries to clinch up.
Van Steyne throws the left hand but Kinte avoids the punch easily.
Kinte misses with a body shot.
Van Steyne throws a nice looking combination but Kinte bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kinte throws a looping overhand right but Van Steyne ducks down to avoid it.
Kinte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kinte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kinte dips to his left and cracks Van Steyne with an uppercut!
Kinte thuds his right hand into Van Steyne's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kinte lands with a straight right. Van Steyne didn't see that one coming.
Van Steyne lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kinte scores with a leg kick.
Kinte doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Steyne circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinte slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kinte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Steyne was well out of range. Poor timing from Kinte.
Kinte is looking to chop away at Van Steyne's legs.
Kinte throws a shot to the body.
Kinte tries to clinch up
and Kinte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kinte misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Kinte.
Kinte feints and then cracks Van Steyne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Steyne down.
Kinte doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Steyne circles away.
Kinte misses with a wild body shot.
Kinte tests Van Steyne's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte tries to score with a low kick but Van Steyne moves his leg out of the way.
A good leg kick by Kinte.
Kinte throws a lazy uppercut
and Van Steyne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kinte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kinte takes one to the chin there.
Van Steyne avoids the body shot from Kinte.
Nice straight punches there by Kinte. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kinte.
Van Steyne misses with a straight right.
Van Steyne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kinte.
Van Steyne lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Steyne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kinte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Steyne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kunta Kinte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Steyne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kinte crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Van Steyne - the referee stops the clock and Kinte gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Van Steyne. Kinte manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kinte thumps Van Steyne with a low kick.
Van Steyne misses with a straight left.
Kinte looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kinte throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Steyne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Steyne moves out of range of the strikes.
Kinte's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van Steyne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kinte scrambles back to his feet.
Kinte tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Steyne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kinte.
Kinte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Steyne.
Kinte tries to clinch but Van Steyne moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kunta Kinte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kunta Kinte's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Van Steyne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kinte darts in trying to clinch
and Van Steyne counters with a series of strikes. Kinte will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kinte misses with an uppercut.
Van Steyne throws a jab when Kinte was well out of range.
Van Steyne has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kinte.
Kinte digs a good body shot into Van Steyne's ribs.
Kinte looks to land a right hand but Van Steyne moved out of range.
Kinte tried to score with a low kick but Van Steyne checks it.
Kinte chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kinte cracks the inside of Van Steyne's front leg.
Kinte gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Van Steyne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Steyne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kinte.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinte staying out of range there.
Van Steyne takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Van Steyne attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Van Steyne throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kinte on the side of the head.
Van Steyne misses with a kick to the body.
Van Steyne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kinte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Steyne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from Van Steyne misses.
Van Steyne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kinte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Steyne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Steyne with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kinte to score with a decent uppercut.
Kunta Kinte is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Steyne walks into a straight right hand from Kinte.
A slow jab from Van Steyne misses its intended target.
Kinte throws a low kick but Van Steyne avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Van Steyne blocks the leg kick.
Van Steyne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
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!
Kinte moves out of range of the body kick.
Kinte fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Van Steyne on the side of the head.
Van Steyne scores with a shot to the body.
Van Steyne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kinte.
Kinte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Steyne takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kinte throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kinte tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Van Steyne is able to avoid easily.
Van Steyne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinte connects with a single shot there.
Van Steyne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Francois Van Steyne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Steyne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kinte jabs Van Steyne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kinte misses with a hook.
Kinte feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Van Steynes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Van Steyne tries a head kick but it misses.
Kinte sizes up Van Steyne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kinte lands a body shot.
Van Steyne misses with a hook

and Kinte counters with a nice double leg into side control. Van Steyne won't be happy with that.
Kinte has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Kinte working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Steyne is desperately trying to improve his position but Kinte has a good base and remains in mount.
Kinte controlling the pace for now.
Van Steyne really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kinte controlling his opponent.
Kinte putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Steyne throwing hammer fists to the chest of Kinte. What's that going to do exactly?
Kinte controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kunta Kinte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kinte has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kunta Kinte!
Kunta Kinte bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.