PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Rydell (ranked 2241 p4p, 338 weight class) and Farley Steve (ranked 678 p4p, 106 weight class). Steve is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. Farley Steve has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rydell
vs
Steve

194 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

190 cm
27
210 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seth Rydell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Farley Steve!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Steve tries to keep at a distance but Rydell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rydell has a couple of punches blocked by Steve.
Rydell misses with the head strike.

Steve escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Rydell misses.
Rydell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Steve circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steve swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Steve dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Steve misses.
Steve cracks a nice hook into Rydell's ribs.
Rydell seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rydell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steve misses with a series of wild punches.
Steve looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Steve gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Steve misses with a lunging right hand
and Rydell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rydell throws the left hand but Steve avoids the punch easily.
Steve throws a poor cross that misses
and Rydell counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve swats away the attempt to clinch by Rydell.
Rydell moves in looking to clinch but Steve pushes him off.
Rydell defending well as Steve loads up on a big left hand.
Rydell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rydell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Steve connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rydell misses with an uppercut. Steve saw that one coming.
Rydell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Rydell ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Rydell throwing a counter right hand but Steve manages to avoid it.
Steve misses with a looping left.
Rydell tries to clinch
and Steve cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Steve rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rydell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steve lands a nice looking body shot.
Steve throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rydell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steve swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydell slips a straight right by Steve.
Rydell tries to clinch up
and Steve counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rydell tries to clinch but Steve moves out of range.
Steve on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rydell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steve.
Rydell throws a right and a left that Steve avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Rydell does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Rydell on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rydell with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Steve ducks under a wild hook from Rydell.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rydell. Steve does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rydell misses with an uppercut.
Rydell lands the left hand.

Rydell clinches up with Steve and pushes him back against the cage.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Steve misses with a punch on the inside.
Rydell swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rydell working aggressively here.
Rydell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Rydell.
Steve can't break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rydell fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Steve scores with a nice short uppercut.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell misses with the head strike.
Steve doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve is leaning against Rydell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rydell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rydell blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Rydell fails to land.
Rydell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rydell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rydell has a couple of punches blocked by Steve.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rydell working aggressively here.
A short right from Steve on the inside.
Rydell working aggressively here.
Rydell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steve tries to work over Rydell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rydell's elbow.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rydell swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve works on Rydell's body with a couple of short punches.
Rydell misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Farley Steve will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rydell moves in looking to clinch but Steve pushes him off.
Rydell doesn't manage to clinch there - Steve circles away.
A slow jab from Steve misses its intended target.
Rydell is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rydell misses with a hook
and Steve counters with a one-two to the body.
Rydell is looking to clinch but Steve is avoiding it.
Rydell thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rydell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rydell moves away.
Rydell tries to clinch but Steve moves out of range.
Rydell wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydell avoids the body shot from Steve.
Rydell doesn't manage to clinch there - Steve circles away.
Rydell moves in looking to clinch but Steve pushes him off.
Steve darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Steve throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jab by Rydell.
Steve swats away the attempt to clinch by Rydell.
Steve throws a body punch but Rydell moves out of range.
Rydell is looking to counter punch.
Rydell moves to clinch but Steve breaks away
and Steve connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rydell is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rydell misses with a left hand
and Steve counters with a nice uppercut.
Rydell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rydell tests Steve's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Steve thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rydell moves away from the strike by Steve.
Rydell is looking to clinch but Steve is avoiding it.
Steve looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rydell throws a hook but Steve blocks it.
Steve misses with an uppercut
and Rydell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steve misses with a left hand
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Farley Steve seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steve stuns Rydell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rydell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rydell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Steve misses with a right hand
and Rydell counters with a stiff right hand.
Rydell lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Steve throws a hook but Rydell avoids it easily.
Steve throws an overhand right that lands on Rydell's shoulder, as Rydell tries to avoid the shot.
Rydell throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
Steve throws a big shot that misses.
Steve throws a right hand that misses
and Rydell counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rydell moves in looking to clinch but Steve pushes him off.
A big left from Steve misses.
Steve rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve throws the left hand but Rydell avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Rydell misses the target.
Rydell slips under a jab.
Rydell tries to clinch up.
Steve is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rydell.
Rydell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steve paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steve throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steve throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rydell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Steve swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rydell jabs at Steve's body.
Rydell wants to clinch up but Steve keeps it at a distance.
Rydell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Steve throws a good cross that connects.
Steve throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rydell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rydell slips a jab from Steve.
A jab from Rydell does it's job there.
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 loads up on a big right hand but Rydell slips the punch.
Rydell clobbers Steve with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rydell lands with an overhand left.
Steve tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rydell was well out of range. Poor timing from Steve.
Steve throws a right hand that Rydell ducks under and follows up with a left that Rydell also avoids with ease.
Steve throws a shot to the body.
Steve cracks Rydell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Rydell is just out of range.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rydell moves away.
Steve fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rydell manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Rydell.
Steve throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Steve throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rydell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rydell wants to clinch up but Steve keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rydell throws an off balance right hand
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Steve throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rydell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rydell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Farley Steve will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rydell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rydell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steve paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steve misses the body punch
and Rydell counters with a nice uppercut.
Rydell is looking to clinch but Steve is avoiding it.
Steve avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steve takes a swing at Rydell's ribcage but misses.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rydell moves away.
Rydell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rydell wants to clinch but Steve slips to the side
and Steve counters with a left to the body.
Rydell lands a nice looking body shot.
Rydell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rydell there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rydell wants to clinch
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Rydell is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steve circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steve scores with a counter punch that sends Rydell to the canvas! Steve smells blood - he's punishing Rydell with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Rydell has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Farley Steve! Farley Steve retains his light heavyweight title!
Farley Steve very nearly forgot to thank Aspire Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.