PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Victor Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stevens comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Hold Us. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Stevens
vs
Luiz

175 cm
34
135 lbs
17 - 17 - 0

170 cm
37
143 lbs
22 - 20 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 17 - 17 - 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 22 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Luiz!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luiz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Luiz moves in looking to clinch but Stevens pushes him off.
Stevens throws a head kick that misses.
Stevens tries a head kick but it misses.
Luiz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Luiz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stevens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luiz lands with a light punch inside.

Stevens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stevens scores with a decent looking hook.
Luiz moves out of range as Stevens strikes.
Stevens wants to clinch
and Luiz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Luiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevens circles away.
Stevens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Stevens misses.
Luiz now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stevens scores with a head kick.

Luiz closes the distance and pushes Stevens back into the cage.
Stevens prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luiz gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Stevens wants to get back to his feet.
Luiz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Luiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Luiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Luiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stevens's head.
Luiz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stevens defending well though.
Luiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stevens's head.
Stevens has hold of Luiz's hands but Luiz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stevens wants to improve his position but Luiz is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens has hold of Luiz's hands but Luiz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Luiz is looking to stall here but Stevens recovers full guard.
Stevens keeping moving, preventing Luiz from controlling successfully.
Luiz throws a strike but Stevens rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Luiz trying to keep a closed guard but Stevens is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luiz is pulling down on Stevens's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Luiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Luiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Luiz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Stevens throws a sloppy head kick and Luiz moves out of range easily.

Stevens has managed to clinch.
Luiz blocks a body shot from Stevens.
Stevens prevents the takedown attempt.
Stevens fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Luiz wants a takedown.
Victor Stevens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Luiz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stevens unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Luiz is trying to drag Stevens to the mat but Stevens just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Stevens has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Luiz uses from the top position.
Luiz pushing down on Stevens's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Luiz is stalling here. Stevens is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Luiz seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Stevens has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Luiz is trying to control Stevens's posture but Stevens avoids it.
Luiz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Stevens is looking to take a break and control but Luiz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Stevens dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luiz tries to bum rush Stevens with a series of wild strikes but Stevens uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luiz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Luiz wants it to stay on the feet.
Stevens tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Luiz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stevens tries a head kick but it misses.
Victor Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevens connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Luiz's hands.
Luiz moves out of range as Stevens throws a body kick.
Luiz is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Stevens lands the left hand.
A big left from Stevens misses.
Luiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Stevens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Luiz takes one to the chin there.
Luiz throws a body punch but Stevens moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Stevens as he connects with a hook.

Luiz moves into the clinch successfully.
Stevens prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Luiz manages to break the clinch.
Stevens is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Stevens tries to clinch up.
Luiz unleashes a big counter combination but Stevens bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A head kick misses from Stevens.
Luiz doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Luiz scores with a one two! Stevens had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Luiz takes one to the chin there.
Stevens rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Luiz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Luiz.
Luiz trying to control but Stevens is working from the bottom.
Luiz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luiz is working Stevens over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Luiz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Luiz throwing strikes from guard but Stevens blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Luiz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Stevens really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Luiz wants to pass the guard but Stevens is keeping the position.
Stevens preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Stevens throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Luiz.
Sloppy strikes from Stevens. Those never looked like landing.
Luiz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick from Stevens lands but Luiz takes it in his stride.
Luiz tests Stevens's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luiz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Luiz lands in his opponent's guard.
Stevens looking for a sweep. Not yet Stevens, not yet.
Luiz throwing strikes but missing.
Luiz landing some decent shots from guard.
Luiz throwing strikes but missing.
Luiz's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Luiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Stevens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Victor Stevens is winning the standup battle so far.
Luiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Stevens.

Stevens closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stevens is pressed up against the cage. Luiz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stevens down to the mat. Stevens avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Victor Stevens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luiz loads up on a big right hand but Stevens slips the punch.
Luiz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stevens's waist but Stevens gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Luiz off to one side.
Victor Stevens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Luiz.
Stevens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stevens lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens misses with a head kick.
Luiz throws out a counter right but Stevens avoids it with no problem.

Luiz closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Stevens's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Victor Stevens will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Luiz misses with a series of wild punches.

Stevens rushes Luiz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stevens trying to stall but Luiz improves his position.
Luiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stevens prevents a takedown attempt there.

Stevens pulls Luiz into guard.
Luiz landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luiz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Luiz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stevens wants to stand up but Luiz is controlling him.
Luiz trying to control but Stevens is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Luiz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stevens throws a poor cross that misses
letting Luiz counter with a right hand.

Luiz drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz wants to control from the top but Stevens keeps moving.
Stevens utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Luiz stopping the sweep attempt from Stevens.
Luiz not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Luiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Stevens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luiz connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens wants to stand but Luiz is controlling the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Stevens swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Luiz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Stevens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luiz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Luiz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been told by Stevens's head coaches at Elite Dojo [21 Coaches / 52 cap] that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Luiz avoids the head kick by Stevens.
Luiz tries to clinch but Stevens is having none of it.
Stevens misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Stevens as Luiz shoots in.
Luiz throws a shot to the body.
Luiz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stevens misses with a straight right.

Luiz has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz scores with a shoulder strike.

Luiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Luiz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens trying to control but Luiz postures up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Stevens avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Luiz.
Luiz working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Luiz working the head and body with strikes.
Stevens is trying to stand up here but Luiz is controlling him well.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Nice strikes from Luiz there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Luiz really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Luiz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Stevens looks like he's trying to stand up.
Luiz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Luiz trying to control from half guard but Stevens is working away.
Luiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens is trying to stand back up but Luiz is controlling him
Stevens is refusing to be controlled, as Luiz sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz prevents Stevens from standing back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Stevens backs off Luiz throws a huge counter combo but Stevens manages to avoid it all.
Stevens lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevens paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Luiz forces Stevens back against the cage and clinches.
David Luiz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Luiz is looking for a takedown.
Luiz goes for a takedown attempt but Stevens pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Stevens throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Luiz's head.
Luiz misses with a double jab.
Stevens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luiz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Stevens did well to prevent Luiz getting side control.
Luiz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stevens defending well though.
Luiz lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luiz throwing shots but Stevens is blocking nicely.
Stevens keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stevens is trying to stand.
Stevens is not content to let Luiz control the position.
Luiz is nestled in close to Stevens, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevens wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stevens fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Luiz, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stevens.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Luiz holds him up against the cage and eventually Stevens drops back down to his feet.
Stevens tries to land knees in the clinch but Luiz avoids the damage to the body.

Stevens breaks from the clinch.
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stevens tests Luiz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stevens lands a jab to the nose.
Luiz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stevens avoids it really well and circles away.
Victor Stevens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Luiz.
Luiz blocks a head kick by Stevens.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens closes the distance but Luiz moves to the side

and Luiz counters with a single leg into guard. Stevens didn't expect that.
Luiz looking to sit in guard and control but Stevens gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Stevens has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevens trying to control but Luiz is working from the bottom.

Luiz uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Stevens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luiz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Stevens throws a lazy uppercut
and Luiz counters with a nice uppercut.
Stevens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luiz.

Luiz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Luiz dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Stevens's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Stevens throws a sloppy head kick and Luiz moves out of range easily.
Stevens is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luiz takes one to the side of the head.
Luiz throws a body shot but no joy.
Stevens misses with a kick to the body.
Luiz feints the counter takedown.
Luiz lands the left hand.
Stevens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luiz now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Stevens misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Stevens.
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luiz paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Luiz has managed to clinch.

Luiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luiz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Stevens.
A slow jab from Stevens misses its intended target.
Stevens stuffs the takedown attempt from Luiz. Luiz gets slowly back to his feet.
Good shot there by Luiz.
Stevens slips a jab and a cross from Luiz.

Luiz gets the takedown into side control.
Luiz is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Luiz laying and praying for a moment but Stevens takes advantage and regains half guard.
Luiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stevens keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries to roll over but Luiz keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Luiz.
Luiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Luiz wants to control but Stevens is keeping him busy.
Luiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stevens with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Victor Stevens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luiz stops Stevens from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens is positioning himself well to prevent Luiz advancing to mount.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz moves in looking to clinch but Stevens pushes him off.
Luiz is looking to clinch but Stevens is avoiding it.
Stevens tries a head kick but it misses.
Luiz scores with a jab to the head.
Stevens tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Luiz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Luiz closes the distance and clinches.
Luiz tries for a takedown. No joy.

Stevens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Luiz darts in and clinches Stevens up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Stevens.

Luiz turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Luiz manages to end up in side control.
Stevens is looking for a sweep.
Luiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stevens keeps working.
David Luiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is looking for a sweep.
Luiz trying to control the action but Stevens is working from the bottom.
Stevens is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Luiz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Luiz thows a huge punch but Stevens dodges it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luiz is controlling the pace.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Luiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Luiz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for David Luiz!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for David Luiz!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for David Luiz!

David Luiz wins by unanimous decision!