PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Obi Canuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Steve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. Obi Canuel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Canuel
vs
Steve

189 cm
30
201 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

184 cm
28
191 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Aspire Nutrition
Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Obi Canuel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruno Steve!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canuel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steve connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Canuel scrambles back to his feet.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Canuel.
Bruno Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Canuel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Steve looks to land a combination. Canuel sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Canuel blocks a leg kick.
Canuel ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Steve looks to throw a body kick
and Canuel counters with a stiff right hand.
Steve takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Canuel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Steve misses with a kick to the body.
Steve ducks under a wild hook from Canuel.
Canuel walks into a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steve needs to keep his hands up - Canuel had a free shot at his head there.
Steve throws a head kick that misses.
Steve staying out of range there.
Canuel throws a leg kick that misses.
Steve pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve throws a shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Steve there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Canuel lands with an uppercut that bounces Steve off the cage and back into range.
Steve throws out a loose jab but Canuel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot by Canuel.
Steve throws a push kick but Canuel slaps the foot to one side.
Steve feints and then cracks Canuel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Canuel down.
Steve has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Steve feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Canuel's calf.
A slapping leg kick lands for Steve.
Steve looks to land a body kick but Canuel moved away.
Canuel throws a hook to the side of Steve's head but Steve sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Steve misses the target.
Steve throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Canuel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steve takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Canuel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Steve's head backwards.
Steve throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Steve ducks under a wild hook from Canuel.
Canuel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steve.
Steve misses with a kick to the body.
Steve's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Steve duly obliges.
Canuel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Canuel misses with a body shot.
Steve drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Canuel defends it well.
Steve throws a lazy uppercut
and Canuel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Canuel avoids the head kick by Steve.
Canuel connects with a crisp jab.
Steve wants to slow Canuel down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canuel throws a solid leg kick but Steve takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Canuel.
Steve scoring well with a low kick there.
Steve changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Steve listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Steve scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Obi Canuel has been cut.
Canuel throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
And Steve tries to counter it with a takedown but Canuel pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Canuel misses with an uppercut

and Steve counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve throwing shots but Canuel is blocking nicely.
Steve thows a huge punch but Canuel dodges it nicely.
Steve controlling the pace.
Canuel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Steve.
Steve missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve throwing shots but Canuel is blocking nicely.
Steve looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Steve missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Steve throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Steve not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Steve is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steve misses with a head shot. Canuel uses the momentum to regain guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Canuel looking for a sweep. Not yet Canuel, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruno Steve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Obi Canuel's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Canuel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steve was well out of range. Poor timing from Canuel.
Canuel scores with a jab to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Canuel, as that shot connected.
Canuel scores with a sloppy right hand. Steve should have avoided that one.
Steve showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Canuel.
Canuel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steve was well out of range. Poor timing from Canuel.
A shot to the liver by Steve. Beautiful body shot.
Steve lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canuel slips a jab from Steve.
Steve goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Steve moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steve misses with a low kick.
Steve displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Canuel throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
Canuel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Canuel is rocked!
Steve chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Steve moves away from the strike by Canuel.
Canuel throws a jab when Steve was well out of range.
Steve throws a leg kick which misses Canuel's front leg but catches the back leg as Canuel tries to avoid it.
Steve with a hook.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Canuel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Steve moves out of range of the strikes.
Steve lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Canuel at a distance.
Steve has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Canuel scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve dodges the punch combination from Canuel.
Steve thows a body kick. Canuel tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steve uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Canuel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Steve.
Steve throws out a loose jab but Canuel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Canuel is looking to counter punch.
Steve connects with a right hand. Canuel shakes it off.
Oh Canuel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Canuel.
Steve looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Canuel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steve moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Canuel seems to have got his legs back now.
Steve throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Canuel gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Steve gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Canuel is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Steve!
Bruno Steve is the new middleweight champion!
A victorious Bruno Steve thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.