PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steven Steele (ranked 1850 p4p, 237 weight class) and Chris Travis (ranked 1691 p4p, 219 weight class). Steele comes to the cage accompanied by Bloody Sunday . Travis has chosen Chris Travis - Crunch Time as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Steele
vs
Travis

184 cm
27
197 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

194 cm
20
198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steven Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Travis!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Travis lands a nice shot to the body.
Travis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Travis's coach down at No Limit was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Travis's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Travis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steele was well out of range. Poor timing from Travis.

Steele moves into range and clinches up with Travis.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Steele just misses with a elbow thrown towards Travis's brow.
Travis avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
Travis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Travis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Travis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Travis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Travis digs a right hand into Steele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steele's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Travis digs a right hand into Steele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steele's gas tank.
Steele throws an elbow that misses.
Travis blocks the elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Travis.
Travis lands a left hand.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Travis lands a nice uppercut.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Travis misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Travis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Steele.
Steele throws an elbow that misses.
Travis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Travis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Travis is looking to control Steele's arms but Steele gets an underhook and turns him. Now Travis has his back to the cage.
Steele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Travis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steele throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Travis.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Travis lands a right hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, Steele throws an elbow but misses.
A right hand to the body from Travis.
Travis lands a shot to the body.
Travis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short body shot lands from Travis as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Travis on the inside.
Travis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head.
Steele throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Travis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Travis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Travis cracks Steele with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Travis cracks Steele with a right hand to the side of the head.

Steele is rocked!
Travis lands a brutal uppercut that launches Steele off his feet! Steele tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Chris Travis!
Our winner, Chris Travis, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.