PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Summers comes to the cage accompanied by Meatloaf: In The Land Of The Pigs. The crowd seem to be enjoying Steel's choice of entrance music: Its a Fight. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Summers
vs
Steel

178 cm
34
171 lbs
20 - 11 - 3

190 cm
38
181 lbs
24 - 21 - 3

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dylan Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Julius Steel!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Summers. Those never looked like landing.
Summers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steel.
Summers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Summers throws a right hand that Steel ducks under and follows up with a left that Steel also avoids with ease.
Summers avoids the body shot from Steel.
Steel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Summers momentarily.
Steel throws a combination that misses
and Summers counters with a left and a right that stings Steel.
Steel throws a hook but Summers blocks it.

Summers darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Summers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers prevents Steel from standing back up.
Summers throwing shots but Steel is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel is staying active underneath Summers, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Steel can do anything to dispel that myth.
Steel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Summers.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Summers in particular looking to stall.
Summers winds up and cracks Steel with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Summers is trying for a kimura here. Steel looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Summers wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dylan Summers!
Post fight, Dylan Summers took to the microphone: 'i wanna fight rural advantage in a regular mma fight!'.