PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boogie Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Steel's choice of entrance music: Kollegah - Bossaura. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knight
vs
Steel

186 cm
32
212 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

190 cm
39
215 lbs
36 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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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 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Boogie Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 23 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Steel!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Knight throws a series of punches but Steel moves out of range.
Steel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Steel misses with a jab to the body
and Knight counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steel misses with a kick to the body
and Knight counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Steel is predictable there
and Knight counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Steel moves into the clinch.
Steel tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel misses with a punch to the body.
Knight letting Steel take a breather here.
Knight slows down the pace here.
Knight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Steel lands a shoulder strike.
Knight lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel lands an elbow just above Knight 's eye.
Knight content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knight's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Knight.
Nice body punch from Steel - that landed with a thud.
Knight blocking some punches.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight lands a right hand.
Steel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knight makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight tries to work over Steel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight can't find room to land a body shot as Steel controls the action.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Knight controls the action.
Steel taking a breather.
Steel is struggling to control the position.
Knight tries to work over Steel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel looking to stall.
Knight doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Steel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steel.
Steel looking to slow down the pace here.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Knight swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steel stalling.
Steel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by David Steel.
Knight lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Knight throws a nice looking combination but Steel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knight scores with a head kick.
Steel cracks Knight with a right hand to the side of the head.
Steel misses with a body kick.
Knight throwing a counter right hand but Steel manages to avoid it.
Steel scores with a body shot.
Steel misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Knight misses the target.
Knight checks a leg kick.

Steel rushes Knight and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Knight.
Knight lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knight is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Steel tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Knight blocking some punches.
Knight stalling the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands a hook that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
Come on Steel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Steel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Knight.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Knight avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Steel has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knight.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Knight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Steel pushes Knight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but David Steel will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Steel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knight's hands.
Steel throws a push kick but Knight slaps the foot to one side.
Knight scores with a jab to the jaw.
Steel misses with a straight left.
Steel scores with the left hand. Knight knows he should have avoided that one.
Steel connects with a right hand. Knight shakes it off.

Knight is rocked!
Steel closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Knight out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). David Steel!
A very excited looking David Steel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.