PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve McQueen (ranked 6026 p4p, 0 weight class) and New Namless (ranked 5982 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

McQueen
vs
Namless

189 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve McQueen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, New Namless!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McQueen lands with a right hand.
McQueen jabs Namless to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Namless takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McQueen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Namless doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Namless shoots in looking for a takedown. McQueen tries to sprawl out of it but Namless keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McQueen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McQueen sizes up Namless with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Namless misses with a shot to the body
and McQueen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Namless changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McQueen tries to avoid it but Namless manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McQueen to the ground. McQueen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McQueen is looking to wear down Namless with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McQueen cracks Namless with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Namless is rocked!
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!
McQueen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Namless.
Namless wants to counter the offense by McQueen and move into the clinch position.
Namless is still on wobbly legs! Can McQueen finish him?

McQueen lands a big uppercut and Namless crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Namless looks OK. McQueen waves Namless back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Namless misses with a series of wild punches.
McQueen cracks Namless with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McQueen throws a shot from downtown. Namless moves away and avoids it.
McQueen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McQueen misses with a low kick.
Namless with the counter takedown but McQueen avoids it easily.
Namless slips a jab from McQueen.
Namless tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
McQueen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Steve McQueen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by McQueen misses

and Namless counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

The fighters are working up against the cage. McQueen manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Namless stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McQueen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Namless tries for a takedown but McQueen circles away easily
and McQueen counters with a right hand to the body.
Namless seems to have recovered his senses.
Steve McQueen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of New Namless.
McQueen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McQueen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McQueen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McQueen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McQueen throws a body punch but Namless moves out of range.
McQueen misses with a body shot.
Namless fails with an attempt to clinch.
McQueen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McQueen connects with the punch.
Namless walks into a jab.
Namless keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McQueen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McQueen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Namless moves forwards but McQueen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Namless moves out of range of the body kick.
McQueen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McQueen is breathing heavily.
Namless darts in trying to clinch
and McQueen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from McQueen. Namless does a little dance to reset his feet.
Namless is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Namless tries to close the distance and clinch up but McQueen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McQueen throws a nice looking combination but Namless bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Namless gets a takedown into half guard.
Namless not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McQueen trying to hold on to Namless's head to control him but Namless postures up.
Namless is trying to control the action in half guard but McQueen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
McQueen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Namless on the ground.
McQueen tries to get to full guard but Namless has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Namless perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Namless passes to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve McQueen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Namless wants to clinch up but McQueen keeps it at a distance.
McQueen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Namless tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McQueen swivels and escapes.
McQueen works Namless's body with a nice hook.
McQueen slaps away a takedown attempt from Namless, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Namless fails to land the takedown.
Steve McQueen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of New Namless.
A looping hook to the body misses from McQueen. Namless does a little dance to reset his feet.
McQueen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McQueen throws a shot to the body.
New Namless is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Namless throws a sloppy head kick and McQueen moves out of range easily.
McQueen cracks Namless with an open hand slap.
Namless throws the kick towards the body but McQueen avoids it.
Namless is breathing heavily.
Namless shoots in looking for a takedown but McQueen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Namless's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
McQueen went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Namless takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - McQueen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Namless.
A lazy left from McQueen finds it's target.
Namless steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McQueen.
Namless misses with a lunging right hand
and Namless takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McQueen just misses with a punch to the body.
McQueen tries to bum rush Namless with a series of wild strikes but Namless uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Namless throws a big counter head kick but McQueen avoids it with no problem.
Namless throws a left and a right that both miss
and McQueen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Namless thinking.
McQueen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Namless is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Namless looks for a takedown but McQueen sprawls well.
McQueen scores with a jab to the head.
Namless avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Decent striking displayed by McQueen there.
McQueen swings for the body but Namless moves out of range.
McQueen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Namless feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

McQueen wriggles free and stands up.
McQueen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Namless uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McQueen.
Namless tries to close the distance and clinch but McQueen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McQueen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Namless fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from McQueen misses the target.
Namless tries for a takedown but McQueen circles away easily
and McQueen counters with a nice body shot.
McQueen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Namless wants to clinch.
McQueen is looking to counter punch.
McQueen scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from McQueen as Namless shoots in.
Namless misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McQueen.
It looked like McQueen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Namless fails with the takedown
and McQueen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Namless takes a jab right on the kisser.
A shot to the liver by McQueen. Beautiful body shot.
Namless takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steve McQueen is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McQueen lands the left hand.
Namless takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McQueen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Namless was well out of range. Poor timing from McQueen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve McQueen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

McQueen swings for the body but Namless moves out of range.
And Namless tries to counter it with a takedown but McQueen pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Namless feints and as McQueen raises his hands in defense, Namless changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
McQueen trying to control the position.
McQueen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Namless is one step ahead there.
McQueen controlling Namless's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Namless is pushing down on McQueen's leg trying to pass to half guard. McQueen is fighting to maintain full guard but Namless has managed to sneak the leg through.
McQueen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Namless missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Namless passes the guard and advances to mount!
McQueen is looking to improve his position but Namless isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

McQueen defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Namless.
Namless raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQueen holds of for dear life.
McQueen wants to hold on but Namless pushes him away.

McQueen is trying to control the position here but Namless swings around for an armbar and he's got it! This one is all over, courtesy of a slick submission by Namless!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). New Namless!