PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cory Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Brathe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel's entrance music is Immortal Technique-Point of no return. A fine choice. Brathe has chosen Axewound-Cold as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Steel
vs
Brathe

184 cm
44
212 lbs
31 - 28 - 1

189 cm
29
219 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 31 - 28 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cory Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Brathe!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brathe misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Brathe misses.
Brathe throws a head kick but Steel moves out of range.
Steel scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Marcus Brathe has been cut.
Brathe throws a quick inside leg kick.
Steel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marcus Brathe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brathe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
Brathe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Steel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Brathe throws a right and a left that Steel avoids nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Steel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brathe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Steel dodges the punch combination from Brathe.
Brathe scores with the left hand. Steel knows he should have avoided that one.
Brathe scores with a leg kick.
Brathe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brathe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brathe throws a series of punches but Steel moves out of range.
Brathe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brathe throws an overhand right that lands on Steel's shoulder, as Steel tries to avoid the shot.
A quick step to the side and Steel tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brathe uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brathe takes one to the side of the head.
Brathe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brathe.
Steel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brathe.
It looked like Steel was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Brathe unleashes a big counter combination but Steel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Steel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel misses with a straight left.
Steel checks a low kick from Brathe.
Steel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brathe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brathe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brathe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice defenses there by Steel.
A clash of legs there as Steel blocks the low kick.
A jab from Steel does it's job there.
A jab from Steel misses.
Steel checks a low kick from Brathe.
Brathe misses with an uppercut. Steel saw that one coming.
Brathe misses the jab.
Steel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steel checks the leg kick.
Brathe tries a head kick but it misses.
Steel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brathe throws out a loose jab but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brathe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Brathe.
Brathe misses with a right hand
and Steel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brathe misses with a double jab.
Steel lands with a right hand.

Brathe is rocked!

That has opened up Marcus Brathe's cut even more.
BAM! Steel delivers a spinning backfist that drops Brathe like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Cory Steel!
Cory Steel decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Marcus Brathe was interviewed post fight and said 'I want to thank my fans am sorry I couldn't win tonight but he just had my number tonight but I will bounce back from this and I wont let you down again.'.