PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Steinburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Guan Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steinburg comes to the cage accompanied by Under and Over It - Five Finger Death Punch. Yu has chosen Tale of Three Brothers as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Steinburg
vs
Yu

190 cm
30
223 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

183 cm
20
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Pitt Nutrition + Laundry (160 Recovery, Stamina

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 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Steinburg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Guan Yu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinburg throws a series of strikes that have Yu backpedaling.
Steinburg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Steinburg darts in and clinches Yu up against the cage.
Steinburg looking to throw knees to the head but Yu is blocking nicely.
Steinburg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yu.
Our sources have told us that Steinburg has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Yu working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Billy Steinburg has been cut.
Steinburg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steinburg backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yu lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yu.
A right hand to the body from Yu.
Yu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steinburg's elbow.
Steinburg missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steinburg.
Steinburg tries to work over Yu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Yu.
Steinburg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yu avoids it.
Yu blocking some punches.
Steinburg misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu lands with a short shot to the head.
Steinburg can't break the clinch.
Yu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yu tries to throw a body punch but Steinburg avoids it by throwing Yu back against the cage.
Yu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yu struggles to land a body shot inside as Steinburg controls his hands.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Yu lands a shoulder strike.
Steinburg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yu.
Yu digs a right hand underneath Steinburg's ribcage. Steinburg let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Steinburg trying to land knees to the body.
Yu lands with a short shot to the head.
Yu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steinburg is trying to break the clinch but Yu is controlling him.
Steinburg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steinburg misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yu struggles to land a body shot inside as Steinburg controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steinburg.
Yu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Steinburg fails to land.
Nice body punch from Yu.
Yu stalling in the clinch.
Yu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steinburg backwards.
Steinburg has a couple of punches blocked by Yu.
Yu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yu blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Steinburg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yu misses with a few strikes there.
A slow jab from Yu misses its intended target.
Steinburg lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Yu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Billy Steinburg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steinburg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steinburg misses with a two punch combination.
Steinburg keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steinburg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steinburg.

Yu has Steinburg up against the cage in a clinch.
Steinburg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Steinburg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yu tries to throw a body punch but Steinburg avoids it by throwing Yu back against the cage.
Steinburg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yu tries to work over Steinburg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steinburg throws a punch but it's blocked by Yu.
Yu misses with a punch on the inside.
Yu blocks an uppercut.
Steinburg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yu can't find room to land a body shot as Steinburg controls the action.
Steinburg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steinburg takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinburg is trying to push Yu away but Yu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Steinburg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yu prevents Steinburg from breaking the clinch.
Yu presses Steinburg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Steinburg throws a punch but it's blocked by Yu.
Yu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steinburg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steinburg working aggressively here.
Steinburg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yu backwards.
Steinburg working Yu over with knees to the body.
Yu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steinburgs head.
Yu can't find room to land a body shot as Steinburg controls the action.
Steinburg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steinburg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steinburg blocks a body shot from Yu.
Steinburg throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steinburg blocks a body shot from Yu.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yu blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Guan Yu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy Steinburg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Steinburg connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yu's hands.

Yu closes the distance and pushes Steinburg back into the cage.
Steinburg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steinburg's elbow.
Steinburg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yu tries to throw a body punch but Steinburg avoids it by throwing Yu back against the cage.
Steinburg missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Yu as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Steinburg fails to land.
Steinburg lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yu takes an elbow to the temple.
Yu blocks an uppercut.
Yu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steinburg backwards.
Yu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Steinburg missing with knees to the body.
Yu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Steinburg throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steinburg tries a knee to the head but Yu blocks it.
Steinburg is trying to force a seperation but Yu has the dominant position.

Steinburg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yu fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yu can't find room to land a body shot as Steinburg controls the action.
Steinburg has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Steinburg tries to work over Yu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steinburg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steinburg backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yu.
Steinburg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steinburg misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steinburg prevents a body shot from Yu.
Yu lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu scores with a shoulder strike.
Steinburg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Good body shot from Yu.
Yu lands with a short shot to the head.
Steinburg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yu.
Yu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yu tries a body shot but Steinburg blocks it.
Yu lands with a light punch inside.
Guan Yu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yu lands a shoulder strike.
Steinburg lands a nice knee to the body.
Yu misses with a body punch.
Steinburg misses with a knee strike.
Yu works on Steinburg's body with a couple of short punches.
Yu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steinburg backwards.
Yu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Steinburg.
Nice body punch from Yu - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Steinburg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Steinburg being controlled against the cage.
Steinburg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yu lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Billy Steinburg's cut is getting worse.
A short left from Yu.
Yu lands with a left to the head.
Yu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yu pushes Steinburg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Steinburg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yu is defending well for now.
Yu is working Steinburg over against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Yu.
Yu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Steinburg or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yu.

Steinburg is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steinburg backwards.
Oh Steinburg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yu scores with a hook to the body.
Steinburg seems to have got his legs back now.
Yu lands a shoulder strike.
Steinburg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Steinburg or not.
Yu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Billy Steinburg's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Steinburg throws a punch but it's blocked by Yu.
Yu lands a body punch.
Yu pushes Steinburg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Steinburg fails to land.
Yu is working Steinburg over against the cage.
Yu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steinburg takes a shot to the head.
Yu struggles to land a body shot inside as Steinburg controls his hands.
Yu can't find room to land a body shot as Steinburg controls the action.
Steinburg wants to get back to striking at distance but Yu won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guan Yu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Steinburg's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Steinburg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Yu drives through and clinches with Steinburg against the cage.
Yu dodges an elbow strike from Steinburg.
Yu managing to block the knees to the body from Steinburg.
Yu lands a nice shot to the body.
Yu avoiding damage as Steinburg throws knees to the body.
Steinburg blocks a body shot from Yu.
Yu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Steinburg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steinburg swings wildly with an uppercut but Yu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short body shot lands from Yu as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Yu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yu lands an uppercut.
Yu is working Steinburg over against the cage.
Yu stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Yu.
Good body shot from Yu.
Yu stalling.
Yu blocks an elbow strike from Steinburg.
Steinburg wants to get back to striking at distance but Yu won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steinburg tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yu avoids it.
Steinburg lands a damaging elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Yu.
Yu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yu gets through Steinburg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yu works on Steinburg's body with a couple of short punches.
Yu pushes Steinburg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steinburgs head.
Yu lands a body shot.
Yu tries a body shot but Steinburg blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Yu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yu lands with a short shot to the head.
Yu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stalling in the clinch from Yu.
Steinburg prevents a body shot from Yu.
Good body shot from Yu.
Yu blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yu.
Yu lands an uppercut.
Yu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Yu.
A left hand lands to the body for Yu.
Yu pushes Steinburg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Yu.
Come on Yu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yu misses with a punch to the body.
Yu lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu lands with a left to the head.
Yu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steinburg's elbow.
Yu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Steinburg.
Yu lands with a right to the head.
Yu lands a shoulder strike.
Yu is leaning against Steinburg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Come on Yu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Billy Steinburg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yu slowing the pace effectively.
Yu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Steinburg missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steinburg misses with a punch on the inside.
Yu lands a left hand.

Steinburg manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinburg throws a head kick that misses.
Steinburg keeps the fight on the outside.
Yu tries to close the distance and clinch but Steinburg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steinburg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yu misses with a double jab.
Steinburg on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Steinburg misses with a few strikes there.
Steinburg takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Guan Yu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Yu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yu lands a body punch.
Steinburg lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yu blocking some punches.
Yu blocks an elbow strike from Steinburg.
Yu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yu can't find room to land a body shot as Steinburg controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guan Yu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Yu 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guan Yu!
Guan Yu decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.