PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seia comes into the arena with The Offspring - All i Want blaring out of the sound system. Steel has chosen Kollegah - Bossaura as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Seia
vs
Steel

190 cm
30
209 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

190 cm
27
215 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kelemi Seia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Steel!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Steel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steel misses with a body kick.
Steel looks to land a right hand but Seia moved out of range.
Seia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steel avoids the head kick by Seia.
Steel takes a kick to the side of the head.
Steel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Seia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Steel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seia.
Seia misses with a wild body shot.
Steel throws a head kick that misses
and Seia counters with a thumping low kick.
Steel digs a good hook to Seia's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seia lands a nice looking body shot.
Steel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Steel staying out of range there.
Steel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Steel moves out of range of the leg kick from Seia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steel throws a combination. Seia tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Kelemi Seia has been cut.
Steel needs to keep his hands up - Seia had a free shot at his head there.
Steel scores with a kick to the body.
Seia slips under a jab from Steel.
Steel misses with a hook
and Seia counters with a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Steel, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seia avoids the body shot from Steel.
Seia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Steel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Seia misses with a wild body shot.
Steel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steel scores with a leg kick.
Seia misses the shot to the body.
Steel moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Seia's sensitive parts.
Seia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Seia misses with a hook.
Steel looks to throw a body kick
and Seia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Steel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Seia throws the kick towards the body but Steel avoids it.
Steel throws a body punch but Seia moves out of range.
Steel misses with a head kick.
Seia just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel lands with a nice body punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Steel blocks the leg kick.
Seia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Steel at a distance.
Steel throws a head kick that misses.
Seia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Steel.
Seia looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Seia counters with a stiff right hand.
Seia slips under a jab from Steel.
Seia tries a low kick but Steel avoids it.
Steel throws a low kick but Seia moves out of range easily.
Seia is looking to wear down Steel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Steel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Seia is out of range.
A head kick misses from Steel.
Steel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Seia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steel misses with a looping left.
Steel cracks the inside of Seia's front leg.
Seia lands a body shot.
Steel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Steel tries to work over Seia's front leg with a kick but Seia checks it.
Seia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Seia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Steel has time to react.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Steel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Steel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steel catches Seia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Seia moves into the clinch.
Steel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Seia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Steel.
Seia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seia prevents Steel from breaking the clinch.
Seia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Seia blocks a body shot from Steel.
Seia tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Steel as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Steel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelemi Seia's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Seia clobbers Steel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Steel tries to score with a low kick but Seia moves his leg out of the way.
Steel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Seia tries to clinch up.
David Steel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Steel.
Steel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Seia.
Steel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Steel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Seia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steel's hands.
Steel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steel looks to throw a body kick
and Seia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seia misses with a low kick.
Steel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Seia.
Steel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Seia blocks the body kick.
Seia throws the kick towards the body but Steel avoids it.
Seia lands a lovely overhand right.
Steel scores with a leg kick.
Steel cracks Seia with an open hand slap.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
Steel throws a front kick that sends Seia stumbling back into the cage.
Seia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel lands with a kick to the ribs.
Seia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Seia.
Steel throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Seia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A left and a right from Steel both land. Nice combination.
Seia misses with a hook. Steel ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands the left hand.
Steel misses with a body shot.
Seia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Steel at a distance.
Seia blocks a leg kick.
Seia moves out of range of the body kick from Steel.
Steel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Seia can pounce on him.
Steel is looking to slow Seia down with leg kicks.
Steel tries to land a body kick
and Seia counters with a nice body shot.
Steel throws a head kick that misses.
Seia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Steel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Seia.
Seia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Steel throws a push kick but Seia slaps the foot to one side.
Steel thows a leg kick but Seia checks it
and Seia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Seia misses with a lunging right hand
and Steel counters with an inside leg kick.
Seia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Steel throws a big shot that misses.
Steel walks into a jab.
Seia blocks the body kick.
Seia just misses with a punch to the body.
Seia connects with a right hand. Steel shakes it off.
Seia 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.
Steel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Steel misses with a body kick.
Seia avoids a kick to the body.
Steel throws a hook but Seia avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seia walks into a straight right hand from Steel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steel looks to land a body kick but Seia moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Seia.
Steel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Seia gets a clinch.
Steel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
Seia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Seia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seia has a couple of punches blocked by Steel.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Seia controls the action.
Steel blocks an uppercut.
Steel misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Steel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kelemi Seia's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Seia ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
Seia throws a hook to the side of Steel's head but Steel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Seia scores with the left hand. Steel knows he should have avoided that one.
Steel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seia.
Steel misses with a low kick.
Steel just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel moves forwards but Seia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Seia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Steel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Seia on the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Steel.
Steel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good shot there by Seia.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Seia tenderised Steel's leg. Steel is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Seia as he connects with a hook.
Steel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Steel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Seia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Steel.
Steel throws a front kick that sends Seia stumbling back into the cage.
Seia lands a really nice looking cross but Steel seems unphased.
Steel just misses with a punch to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Steel lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Seia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Seia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Steel misses the jab.
Steel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Seia.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Seia.
Steel looks to throw a body kick
and Seia counters with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel throws a leg kick
and Seia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Seia cracks the inside of Steel's front leg.
Kelemi Seia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia throws a poor cross that misses
and Steel counters with a leg kick.
Steel misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Seia.
A low kick from Steel is predictable there
and Seia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Seia moved out of range nicely.
Seia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Seia throws out a loose jab but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seia lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Seia gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Steel.
Steel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Seia throws a hook but Steel avoids it easily.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt.
David Steel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Steel tenderised Seia's leg. Seia is trying to keep his angry face on.

Seia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Steel, pushing him back against the cage.
Seia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Steel has a couple of punches blocked by Seia.
Seia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Seia fails to land.
Steel misses with a punch on the inside.
Steel blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Steel fails to land.
Seia working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Seia.
Seia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Seia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Seia.
Seia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Seia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Seia swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seia tries to work over Steel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Seia avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Seia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kelemi Seia showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Steel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Steel!
David Steel thanked the fans post fight for their support.