PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bla Bla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bla comes into the arena with I'm gonna live forever blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bla
vs
Stevens

180 cm
32
264 lbs
24 - 26 - 0

183 cm
31
198 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bla Bla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bla swings widly with a right hand
and Stevens counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Bla Bla has been cut.
Stevens throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bla takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Stevens. Beautiful body shot.
Bla throws an overhand right that lands on Stevens's shoulder, as Stevens tries to avoid the shot.
Bla misses with a takedown attempt
and Stevens counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Stevens shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bla's guard.
Stevens landing some decent shots from guard.
Bla preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bla preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bla preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stevens controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bla wants to sweep but no luck.
Bla is trying to control the position but Stevens postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens throwing strikes from guard but Bla blocks nicely.
Stevens trying to control but Bla is working from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bla wants to sweep here but Stevens controlling him for the moment.
Bla keeping moving, preventing Stevens from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bla Bla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevens displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bla scores with a jab.

It looks like Mike Stevens has been cut.

Bla moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Stevens goes down! Can Bla finish him!?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bla content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Stevens not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bla's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bla with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stevens pushes Bla off and scrambles back to his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stevens.
Stevens scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bla doesn't seem bothered though.
Stevens keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
No luck for Bla with that takedown attempt.
Bla lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stevens at a distance.

Stevens closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bla did well to prevent Stevens getting side control.

Bla is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stevens pulls his head out easily.
Bla keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bla works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bla has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Stevens looking to sit in guard and control but Bla gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bla has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stevens avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stevens has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Stevens is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bla throwing strikes from guard but Stevens blocks nicely.
Stevens has his hands on Bla's head, controlling the position.
Bla tries to free his leg and advance position but Stevens is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stevens is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Stevens working a defensive guard here.
Stevens utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bla pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stevens is keeping the position for now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bla postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bla pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stevens is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bla shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stevens is looking for the big counter here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bla Bla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stevens throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bla.
Bla shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Stevens dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stevens takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That has opened up Mike Stevens's cut even more.
Stevens lands a glancing blow to the side of Bla's head.
Bla stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stevens.
Bla tries to score a power double leg takedown but Stevens sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bla somewhat.
Stevens stuns Bla with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stevens has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Bla is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stevens.
Bla fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stevens fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bla looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bla fails with the takedown
and Stevens counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bla Bla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevens wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stevens has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sloppy strikes from Bla. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bla will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Stevens closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bla did well to prevent Stevens getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens works his way into full mount!
Bla is trying desperately to improve position.
Stevens scoring with strikes but Bla is staying in there.
Stevens pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Bla Bla's cut is getting worse.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stevens looking to control but Bla is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stevens lands a big elbow.

Bla Bla's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bla is squirming around, avoiding Stevens's attempts to control the action.
Stevens dominating with strikes here.

Jeez, Bla Bla's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bla Bla's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mike Stevens!
Our winner, Mike Stevens, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.