PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diarmuid Curry (ranked 21 p4p, 1 weight class) and Jason Steele (ranked 69 p4p, 4 weight class). Curry's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Epic Celtic Music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Curry
vs
Steele

195 cm
31
265 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

185 cm
29
234 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Groove Gear

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diarmuid Curry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Steele!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Curry was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
Steele scores with a nice right hand.
Curry 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.

Steele moves into the clinch successfully.
Curry presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.
A hook to the body from Steele.
Curry throws a punch but it's blocked by Steele.
Curry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Curry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steele avoids a wild elbow strike from Curry.
Steele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Steele lands a nice elbow.
Steele throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Curry swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Curry avoids the damage to the body.
Steele lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curry has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
Steele lands with a short shot to the head.
Curry swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curry misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steele misses with a punch on the inside.
Steele lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steele creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Curry misses with a punch to the body.
Steele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Steele lands a nice uppercut.
Steele blocks an elbow strike from Curry.
Steele lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Curry backwards.
Curry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Curry swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Curry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curry.
Steele prevents a body shot from Curry.
Curry misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steele creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Curry swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Curry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Curry throws an elbow but misses.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.
Curry on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curry.
Steele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Curry digs a right hand underneath Steele's ribcage. Steele let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Curry working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steele creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Curry throws a punch but it's blocked by Steele.
Steele misses with a punch on the inside.
Curry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Curry looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Curry throws an elbow that misses.
Steele lands a hook that snaps the head of Curry backwards.
Steele blocks the elbow strike.
Curry lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry tries a body shot but Steele blocks it.
Curry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Curry throws an elbow but it misses.
Curry tries to throw a body punch but Steele avoids it by throwing Curry back against the cage.
Curry working aggressively here.
Curry lands a body punch in the clinch.
Steele looks winded!
Curry scores with a shoulder strike.
Curry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Curry lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jason Steele has been cut.
Curry lands an elbow inside that Steele shrugs off.
Curry throws an elbow that misses.
Curry blocking some punches.
Curry creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steele's defenses.
Curry lands a hook that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curry.
Curry presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Curry.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curry lands an elbow that stopped Steele in his tracks for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Curry.
Still in the clinch, Curry scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Curry.
Curry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Curry scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good body shot from Curry.
Curry lands a body shot.
Steele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Curry is defending well for now.
Curry scores with a shot to the side of Steele's head.
A short uppercut from Curry.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Curry.
Steele blocks a body shot from Curry.
Curry working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Steele tries to throw a body punch but Curry avoids it by throwing Steele back against the cage.
Steele misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curry tries to throw a body punch but Steele avoids it by throwing Curry back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Curry.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section. Curry lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Curry - that landed with a thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curry tries to work over Steele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curry lands a damaging elbow.
Steele prevents a body shot from Curry.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Curry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Curry tries to throw a body punch but Steele avoids it by throwing Curry back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diarmuid Curry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Steele'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.

Steele throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Curry is looking to counter the offense by Steele and move into the clinch.
Steele swings away with a body shot that misses
and Curry counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Steele connects with a body shot.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Curry is just out of range.
Steele misses with a shot to the body
letting Curry counter with a right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Curry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Steele misses with a shot to the body
and Curry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Curry loads up on a big right hand but Steele slips the punch.
Curry jabs Steele right on the nose. Steele blinks but takes it well.
Curry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steele was well out of range. Poor timing from Curry.
Curry throws a push kick but Steele slaps the foot to one side.
Steele misses with a left hand
and Curry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curry throws a right and a left that Steele avoids nicely.
Curry takes a swing at Steele's ribcage but misses.
Steele misses with a hook. Curry ducked under it nicely.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Steele misses with a right hand

and Curry counters with a crisp right hand that drops Steele! Curry lets Steele back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Steele is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry throws a shot from downtown. Steele moves away and avoids it.
Steele is still on wobbly legs! Can Curry finish him?
Steele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steele seems to have recovered his senses.
Steele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curry.

Steele moves into the clinch successfully.
Curry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steele can do to turn this around?
Steele takes a shot to the head.
Steele tries to throw a body punch but Curry avoids it by throwing Steele back against the cage.
Curry avoids the elbow strike from Steele, against the cage.
Steele takes an elbow to the temple.
Curry misses with a punch on the inside.
Diarmuid Curry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Curry digs a right hand into Steele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steele's gas tank.

Curry lands a vicious elbow to the side of Steele's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Curry tries to finish him with strikes but Steele still seems able to defend himself so Curry steps back and lets Steele get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curry fakes the leg kick and cracks Steele in the body.
Curry finds Steele's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Steele flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Curry lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Steele will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Diarmuid Curry!
Diarmuid Curry retains his super heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Diarmuid Curry thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.