PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Bugatti (ranked 5555 p4p, 554 weight class) and Brenton Steele (ranked 6733 p4p, 618 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bugatti might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bugatti. John Bugatti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brenton Steele's chin.

Bugatti
vs
Steele

185 cm
18
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
199 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Bugatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brenton Steele!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Bugatti closes the distance and clinches.
Steele scores with a shoulder strike.
Steele is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Steele breaks the clinch.
Steele keeps the fight on the outside.
John Bugatti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bugatti at a distance.
Steele thuds a left hand into Bugatti's body.
Bugatti is looking to clinch.
Steele throws out a loose jab but Bugatti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bugatti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bugatti tries to clinch there but Steele circles away.
We've been told by Bugatti's head coaches at Double XX that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bugatti doesn't manage to clinch there - Steele circles away.
Steele appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bugatti darts in trying to clinch
and Steele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bugatti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bugatti has Steele up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Bugatti.
Bugatti tries to work over Steele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bugatti lands a left hand.
Bugatti swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bugatti is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Steele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bugatti blocking some punches.
Steele scores with a shoulder strike.
Bugatti working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Steele lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Steele.
Bugatti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steele is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bugatti working aggressively here.
Steele blocks an uppercut.
Bugatti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bugatti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bugatti seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Steele misses with a body punch.
Bugatti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bugatti prevents Steele from breaking the clinch.
Bugatti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Bugatti.
Bugatti gets through Steele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Steele wants to break free but Bugatti has control.
A short right from Bugatti on the inside.

Steele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bugatti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bugatti throws a hook to the side of Steele's head but Steele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Steele tries to keep at a distance but Bugatti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bugatti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Steele misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bugatti.
Bugatti tries to stall but Steele uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bugatti trying to control the position but instead, Steele has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bugatti into the cage.
Steele is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bugatti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bugatti misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bugatti - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bugatti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bugatti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele lands a body shot.
Bugatti misses with some punches.
Steele misses with the head strike.
Steele lands a body punch in the clinch.
Steele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele is trying to force a seperation but Bugatti has the dominant position.
Bugatti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bugatti misses with the head strike.
Bugatti misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bugatti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Bugatti stalling the fight.
Bugatti lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Bugatti.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Bugatti fails to land.

Steele breaks from the clinch.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bugatti takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Bugatti closes the distance and pushes Steele back into the cage.
Bugatti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steele tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bugatti's elbow.
Bugatti lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bugatti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head.
Bugatti lands a shoulder strike.
Bugatti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bugatti lands a hook that snaps the head of Steele backwards.

Steele is rocked!
Bugatti gets through Steele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Steele is still on wobbly legs! Can Bugatti finish him?
Bugatti creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Steele with a big uppercut! Steele tries to clinch up but Bugatti pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Steele to the mat! Steele covers up and Bugatti unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Bugatti!
John Bugatti tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.