PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Even Steven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Sorvino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven's entrance music is Metallica-Enter Sandman. A fine choice. Even Steven has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Steven
vs
Sorvino

183 cm
19
189 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Poweful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Even Steven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Sorvino!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steven misses with a low kick.
Steven misses with a straight left.
Steven waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sorvino.
Sorvino throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Steven's waist but Steven gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sorvino off to one side.
Sorvino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steven.
Steven throws a body punch but Sorvino moves out of range.
Sorvino changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Steven tries to avoid it but Sorvino manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Steven to the ground. Steven escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Steven misses with a looping left.
Sorvino avoids the body shot from Steven.
Steven thows a body shot but no joy.
Sorvino uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steven.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sorvino uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steven.
Steven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Steven throws a looping overhand right but Sorvino ducks down to avoid it.
Sorvino checks the leg kick.
Steven looks to land a left hand but Sorvino moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Steven.
Jab from Steven.
Steven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No joy there for Steven, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steven misses with a few strikes there.
Steven misses with a hook. Sorvino ducked under it nicely.
Sorvino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steven thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Steven.
Steven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steven throws a hook but Sorvino avoids it easily.
Sorvino with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steven to score with a decent uppercut.
Steven misses with a wild combination.
Even Steven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steven pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sorvino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Steven as Sorvino shoots in.
Even Steven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Sorvino.
Steven loads up on a big right hand but Sorvino slips the punch.
Steven throws a nice looking combination but Sorvino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sorvino closes the distance and clinches up with Steven, looking for a takedown. Sorvino pushes Steven against the cage but Steven circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Steven misses.
Steven lands a slapping body shot.
Sorvino on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A punch combination from Steven misses.
Steven throws an overhand right that lands on Sorvino's shoulder, as Sorvino tries to avoid the shot.
Steven looks to score with a jab to the body but Sorvino is just out of range.
Steven takes a swing at Sorvino's ribcage but misses.
Steven throws a lazy right hand but Sorvino sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorvino bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steven throws a sloppy head kick and Sorvino moves out of range easily.
Steven throws a sloppy head kick and Sorvino moves out of range easily.
Jab, jab by Steven - just one landing.
Steven misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Steven misses.
Some wild striking there from Steven.
Sorvino takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Steven fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A punch combination from Steven misses.
Steven throws a head kick but Sorvino moves out of range.
Steven misses with a hook.
Sorvino moves away from the strike by Steven.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steven throws a hook but Sorvino blocks it.
Steven loads up on a big right hand but Sorvino slips the punch.
Steven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steven misses with a head kick.
Sorvino takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Steven swings for the body but Sorvino moves out of range.
Steven throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Steven is breathing heavily.
Steven throws a sloppy head kick and Sorvino moves out of range easily.
Steven throws a shot from downtown. Sorvino moves away and avoids it.

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

Sorvino is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Sorvino drops back looking for a leg! Steven is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Steven manages to kick Sorvino off! Sorvino jumps back into Steven's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Even Steven dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Steven stuffs the takedown attempt from Sorvino. Sorvino gets slowly back to his feet.
Steven fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steven throws an overhand right that lands on Sorvino's shoulder, as Sorvino tries to avoid the shot.
Sorvino will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steven jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steven plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Paul Sorvino has been cut.
Steven feints and then cracks Sorvino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sorvino down.
Steven wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Steven just misses with a punch to the body.
Steven throws out a loose jab but Sorvino uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorvino ducks under a wild hook from Steven.
Nice sprawl there from Steven as Sorvino shoots in.
Even Steven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Sorvino.
Sorvino blocks a head kick by Steven.
Steven misses with a head kick.
Sorvino slips a jab and a cross from Steven.
Steven throws a leg kick but Sorvino sees it coming and moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Steven.
Nice takedown defense from Steven. No joy for Sorvino on that attempt.
Steven is looking to land body kicks.
Steven scores with a shot to the body.
Steven throws a hook to the side of Sorvino's head but Sorvino sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steven swinging wilding here.
Steven misses with an uppercut. Sorvino saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Steven misses with a series of wild punches.
Steven throws a series of punches but Sorvino avoids them all with ease.
Steven throws a nice head kick!
Steven throws a shot from downtown. Sorvino moves away and avoids it.
Sorvino dodges the punch combination from Steven.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sorvino defending well as Steven loads up on a big left hand.
Steven throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horrible takedown by Sorvino or perhaps it was just good defense by Steven which made him look bad.
Even Steven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steven throws the left hand but Sorvino avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steven throws the left hand but Sorvino avoids the punch easily.
Steven throws a series of punches but Sorvino moves out of range.
Sorvino closes this distance looking for a takedown but Steven circles away.
A swing and a miss from Steven.
Sorvino has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sorvino there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sorvino ducks under a wild hook from Steven.
A punch combination from Steven misses.
Sorvino takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Steven feints and then cracks Sorvino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sorvino down.
Steven tries a head kick but it misses.
Steven misses with a hook.
Steven throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sorvino.
Sorvino displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steven throws out the jab.
Sorvino fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Steven throws a big shot that misses.
Steven misses with a body shot.
Steven misses with a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Steven. No joy for Sorvino on that attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Steven misses the target.
Sorvino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Even Steven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steven fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sorvino on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Sorvino.
A left lands for Steven.
Steven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Steven is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sorvino.
Sorvino shoots in and drives through. Steven sprawls well.
Sorvino uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steven.
Sorvino takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Even Steven dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Sorvino's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Steven throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steven misses with a hook.

Sorvino shoots in and bounces Steven off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sorvino trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sorvino passes Steven's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Sorvino is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Steven sees it coming and defends easily.
Steven wants to get back to his feet.
Steven wants to control but Sorvino is keeping busy.

Sorvino seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sorvino is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sorvino takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Sorvino is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Steven defends it well.
Steven keeping control of the position.

Sorvino looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Steven is trying to maintain the position but Sorvino is very close to passing his half guard.
Sorvino prevents Steven from standing back up.

Sorvino is working for a kimura but Steven is defending it quite comfortably.

Sorvino is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Steven doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sorvino.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Steven kicks off Sorvino and gets to his feet.
Sorvino has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Steven finds it's way round the side to connect with Sorvino's head.
Sorvino shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Steven misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Steven.
Steven misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Steven misses with an attempted mid kick.
Steven throws a leg kick but Sorvino moved away.
Even Steven is winning the standup battle so far.
Steven throws a hook but Sorvino avoids it easily.
Steven lands with a slapping head kick.
Sorvino uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steven.

Sorvino closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sorvino lands in his opponent's guard.
Sorvino pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Steven is keeping the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sorvino postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Sorvino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Steven has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Even Steven!