PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Steel (ranked 962 p4p, 56 weight class) and Jack Dawson (ranked 1229 p4p, 72 weight class). Dawson has chosen Titanic theme as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Steel
vs
Dawson

196 cm
24
279 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

175 cm
24
270 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerome Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dawson moves into the clinch.
Steel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dawson backwards.
A short left from Dawson.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.
Steel scores with a shot to the side of Dawson's head.
Steel tries to work over Dawson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel managing to block the knees to the body from Dawson.
Steel has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Steel lands a body shot.
Steel tries a body shot but Dawson blocks it.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.

Steel breaks the clinch.
Steel connects with a crisp jab.
Steel scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel lands a nice hook to Dawson's body. Dawson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Dawson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the head but Steel blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dawson obliges.
Dawson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dawson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steel avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Dawson controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Steel's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Steel breaks the clinch.
Steel scores with a jab to the body.
Dawson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Steel counters with a straight right hand.
Steel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Dawson.
Steel cracks Dawson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dawson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Dawson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Jerome Steel has been cut.
Steel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel jabs Dawson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dawson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steel connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dawson darts in trying to clinch
and Steel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel lunges at Dawson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dawson's hand.
Steel connects with a body shot.

Dawson has closed the distance and engaged Steel in a clinch.
Dawson prevents Steel from breaking the clinch.
Steel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dawson lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.

Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel connects with the punch.
Steel swats away the attempt to clinch by Dawson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel scores with a jab.
Dawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Steel circles away.
As Dawson backs away, Steel returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Steel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dawson at a distance.
Steel is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dawson throws a lazy right hand but Steel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steel scores with a jab to the head.
Dawson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dawson tries to clinch but Steel moves out of range.
Dawson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack Dawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dawson looks to score with a jab to the body but Steel is just out of range.
Steel keeps the fight on the outside.
Steel scores with the left hand. Dawson knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Steel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dawson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Steel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Steel scores with the left hand. Dawson knows he should have avoided that one.
Steel thuds a left hand into Dawson's body.
Steel scores with a sloppy right hand. Dawson should have avoided that one.

Dawson is rocked!
Steel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dawson was well out of range. Poor timing from Steel.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dawson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dawson misses with a right hand
and Steel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Steel bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Steel thuds his right hand into Dawson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dawson tries to clinch
and Steel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerome Steel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jerome Steel's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Steel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steel lands the left hand.
Steel scores with a shot to the body.
Steel lands with a cross.

A jab-cross combination lands for Steel and sends Dawson crashing to the mat! Steel follows him down to the mat - Dawson regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Dawson is still in real trouble! Can Steel finish him?

It looks like Jack Dawson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dawson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Steel is working away from the top position though.
Steel winds up and cracks Dawson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Steel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Steel lands strikes from half guard.
Steel lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Dawson! More strikes land and this one is all over! Steel jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jerome Steel!
After winning the bout, Jerome Steel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.