PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Long Love (ranked 5252 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Stevens (ranked 4907 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Love
vs
Stevens

201 cm
24
279 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
255 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Long Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stevens has Love up against the cage in a clinch.

Love pulls guard.
Stevens not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stevens is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Stevens pushing down on Love's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens is looking to advance position but Love won't allow it.
Love trying to control but Stevens postures up.
Stevens sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens wants to pass to mount but Love is defending the position.
Stevens has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Stevens sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stevens works his way to his opponent's back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Stevens controlling the positon.
Stevens is not going to allow Love to sit and survive in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens has good solid back control here.
Stevens's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Love wants to get back to his feet.
Love tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Stevens.
Love tries to break free.
Stevens really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Love.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
More stalling from Stevens.
We've been informed that Stevens has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Stevens dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stevens clinches up against the cage.
Love jumps guard but Stevens turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stevens.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stevens.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Stevens. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Stevens lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stevens lands on the inside with an uppercut.

It looks like Long Love has been cut.
Stevens effectively controlling the action here.
Stevens lands with a light punch inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Stevens.
Stevens slows down the pace here.
Stevens digs a right hand into Love's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Love's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stevens lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Stevens scores with a nice short uppercut.

Love is rocked!
Stevens swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oh Love is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stevens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stevens lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stevens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Love blocking some punches.
Stevens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stevens stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Love blocks an uppercut.
Love blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
Stevens has a couple of punches blocked by Love.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
Stevens misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stevens throws a punch but it's blocked by Love.
Love is trying to force a seperation but Stevens has the dominant position.
Stevens fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Love blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stevens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Love seems to have got his legs back now.
Stevens lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stevens stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stevens is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens lands a big right hand that drops Love! The killer instinct kicks in and Stevens finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Stevens!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Stevens!