PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bomb Com (ranked 1044 p4p, 143 weight class) and Adonis Stevenson (ranked 1253 p4p, 169 weight class). Com comes to the cage accompanied by Bombs Away. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Com
vs
Stevenson

178 cm
33
175 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

180 cm
28
175 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bomb Com!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adonis Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Com displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevenson throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Stevenson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stevenson throws a leg kick but Com checks it.
Com throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stevenson.
Stevenson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Com with a body shot.
Stevenson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stevenson scores with a body shot.
Com walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stevenson checks a leg kick nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Com.
Com staying out of range there.
Stevenson moves out of range as Com throws a body kick.
Com fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Com avoids a punch combination nicely.
Com throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stevenson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Com scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab from Com.
Stevenson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Stevenson darts in and clinches Com up against the cage.
Com working aggressively here.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Com breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson misses with a wild combination.
Com lands a nice looking body kick.
Stevenson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Stevenson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Com's head.
Stevenson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Com listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Com closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Stevenson's guard.
Com with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stevenson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Stevenson controls Com momentarily but Com frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Com accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Com with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Com wants to control from the top but Stevenson keeps moving.
Com loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Com throws a big right hand that misses.
Com throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Com wants to control from the top but Stevenson keeps moving.
Stevenson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Com controls the pace.
Com scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stevenson keeping full guard, as Com tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson keeping moving, preventing Com from controlling successfully.
Com postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stevenson pulls Com in close to his closed guard and prevents Com from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Com lands a couple of digs.
Com trying to control the position from guard on top but Stevenson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Com throws a strike but Stevenson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Com is looking for a triangle here but Stevenson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Com tries to buck Stevenson off but Stevenson is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson working away.
Com tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Com's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Com sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Com trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bomb Com dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A looping hook to the body misses from Stevenson. Com does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stevenson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It looks like Com has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Com jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Com is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stevenson can do to turn this around?
Stevenson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Com.
Stevenson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Despite the aggression on Stevenson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Stevenson swings for the body but Com moves out of range.
Stevenson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromCom.
Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Com.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Com.
Com cracks Stevenson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stevenson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Com in his tracks.
Com is looking to score with low kicks.
Stevenson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stevenson is looking to slow Com down with leg kicks.
Com throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Com throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevenson avoids the head kick by Com.
Stevenson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Com connects with a solid leg kick.
Com connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Stevenson's hands.
Stevenson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stevenson ducks under a wild hook from Com.
Com jabs Stevenson right on the nose. Stevenson blinks but takes it well.
Stevenson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Com slips a jab from Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a lazy right hand but Com sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stevenson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Stevenson cracks a nice hook into Com's ribs.
Donk. Stevenson catches Com right on the button with a cross.
Com lands a leg kick that knocks Stevenson off balance momentarily.
Stevenson throws out a leg kick but Com moves out of range and Stevenson only half commits.
Com lunges at Stevenson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stevenson's hand.
Com cracks the inside of Stevenson's front leg.
Stevenson throws a leg kick that misses.
Com connects with an inside leg kick.
Stevenson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Com.
Stevenson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Com was well out of range. Poor timing from Stevenson.

Com 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Com working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stevenson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Com trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Com loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Stevenson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Com has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Com postures up in Stevenson's guard and throws a big left but Stevenson blocks it.
Com makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Com working some strikes from top position.
Com scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stevenson wants to get back to his feet but Com is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stevenson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stevenson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Com scoring with punches to the head and body.
Com slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Stevenson wants to stand and escape but Com is having none of it.
Com working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Com throwing strikes but missing.
Com slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Com lands with a nice body kick.
Stevenson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Com.
Stevenson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Com is out of range and Stevenson settles back down.
Com connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Com misses its intended target.
Com with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Com scores with a shot to the body.
Com ducks right into an uppercut from Stevenson.
Com ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevenson moves away.
Adonis Stevenson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Com shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Com fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stevenson manages to avoid it.
Stevenson throws out a loose jab but Com uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevenson looks to land a combination but Com avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Com cracks Stevenson with an open hand slap.
Com closes the distance and clinches up with Stevenson, looking for a takedown. Com pushes Stevenson against the cage but Stevenson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Com blocks a leg kick.
Com fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bomb Com. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Com looks for a takedown but Stevenson sprawls well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Com, as that shot connected.
Stevenson clobbers Com with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Com throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Com tries for a takedown but Stevenson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Com thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stevenson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bomb Com dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Stevenson defending well as Com loads up on a big left hand.
Com scores with a jab. Stevenson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bomb Com is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Stevenson misses its intended target.
Com misses with a looping left.
Com takes one on the button.
Stevenson throws a hook but Com avoids it easily.
Com throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stevenson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Com takes one to the chin there.
Com looks to throw the jab but Stevenson is out of range.
Com misses with a lunging right hand
and Stevenson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Stevenson.
Com throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Stevenson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Com attempts a counter takedown but Stevenson avoids it well and moves away.
Stevenson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stevenson moves out of range as Com throws a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Com scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stevenson in his tracks.
Com closes the distance and clinches up with Stevenson, looking for a takedown. Com pushes Stevenson against the cage but Stevenson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Stevenson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Com's calf.
Bomb Com seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Com.
Stevenson throws out a counter right but Com avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Com throws a leg kick
and Stevenson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stevenson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Com throws a solid leg kick but Stevenson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Com.
Com lunges at Stevenson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stevenson's hand.
Stevenson checks the leg kick.
Stevenson misses the jab.
Com throws a leg kick but Stevenson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Com.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stevenson. Com does a little dance to reset his feet.
Com throws a body punch but Stevenson moves out of range.
Com lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Com throws a hook to the side of Stevenson's head but Stevenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stevenson walks into a jab.
Com avoids the body shot from Stevenson.
Stevenson swings for the body but Com moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Com misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Com takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Com swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stevenson.
Com moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stevenson throws a hook but Com avoids it easily.
Adonis Stevenson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Com scores with a jab. Stevenson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stevenson throws a leg kick but Com moved away.
Stevenson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Com is able to avoid easily.
Stevenson slaps away a takedown attempt from Com, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Com is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Stevenson's half guard.
Com throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Com throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Com missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Com seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stevenson is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Stevenson tries to kick Com off but Com keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is not content to let Com control the position.

Stevenson looking for submissions off his back.
Stevenson wants to get back to his feet.
Com thows a huge punch but Stevenson dodges it nicely.
Com thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Com throwing shots but Stevenson is blocking nicely.
Com missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Com trying to control from Stevenson's half guard. Stevenson has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Com throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stevenson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stevenson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Com.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Com slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Com trying to control the position but Stevenson is working away.
Com throws an elbow but Stevenson slips to the side and avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bomb Com showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Com, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bomb Com!
In his post fight interview, Bomb Com started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.