PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Victor Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyle Willems (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stevens comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Hold Us. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Stevens
vs
Willems

175 cm
32
135 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

162 cm
33
144 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lyle Willems!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens looks to land a body kick but Willems moved away.
Willems takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Stevens lands an overhand right.
Stevens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Willems swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Willems gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Willems looks to land a right hand but Stevens moved out of range.
Willems looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Willems throws a body shot but no joy.
Stevens tries to counter by clinching up but Willems breaks away and moves out of range.
Willems cracks Stevens with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stevens works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Willems bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevens is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Willems has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The strikes coming from Willems are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willems throws a strike aimed at the side of Stevens's head but Stevens avoids it well.
Stevens tries to buck Willems off but Willems is having none of it.
Willems looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Stevens is avoiding damage well.
Willems tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willems misses with the ground and pound.
Stevens prevents Willems from improving position.
Stevens is trying to get back to half guard.

Willems is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Stevens knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Willems throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Stevens prevents Willems from moving into mount.
Willems working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Willems throws a strike aimed at the side of Stevens's head but Stevens avoids it well.
Willems throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Willems advances to full mount.
Willems unloads with some shots from mount but Stevens bucks and avoids them well.
Stevens working to try and regain half guard.
Willems lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Willems connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Willems trying to control but Stevens is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is wriggling around trying to escape.
Willems has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Willems throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Stevens trying desperately to get to his feet.
Stevens is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Stevens blocking the ground and pound.
Stevens wants to get back to his feet.
Willems throwing strikes here but Stevens is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens avoids a series of strikes thrown by Willems.
Willems thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Willems sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Willems punching from mount but Stevens doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Willems throwing strikes here but Stevens is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Willems scoring with strikes but Stevens is staying in there.
Willems with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Willems misses with some ground and pound and Stevens recovers position to half guard.
Willems trying to pass the guard but Stevens defending well.
Willems works his foot free and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyle Willems dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Stevens wants to clinch up but Willems keeps it at a distance.
And Willems responds with a good body kick, but Stevens manages to step out the way in time.
Stevens looks to land a combination but Willems avoids it well.
Willems takes a kick to the side of the head.

Willems is rocked!
Stevens lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Willems falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Victor Stevens!
Victor Stevens seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.