PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timo De Vries (ranked 2064 p4p, 2756 weight class) and Daniel Steel (ranked 82 p4p, 106 weight class). De Vries's entrance music is KLOUD - Exit Alive. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Vries
vs
Steel

194 cm
21
270
4 - 2 - 0

225 cm
20
265
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
MKFC

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timo De Vries!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Steel!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from De Vries on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Vries lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've been hearing reports that De Vries has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Steel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Vries counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Vries takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Steel lands with a cross.

It looks like Timo De Vries has been cut.
Steel misses the shot to the body.
Steel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Vries is looking for a counter combo.
De Vries slips a straight right by Steel.
An attempted straight right counter from De Vries misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Steel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Steel.
De Vries takes one on the chin but seems OK.
De Vries slips a straight right by Steel.
De Vries went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
De Vries was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Steel's coach down at CHECKMATE PRIME MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Steel's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A big left from Steel misses.
De Vries is looking for a counter combo.
Steel misses with a straight left.
De Vries was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Steel scores with a jab. De Vries acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Steel throws a big shot that misses.
A punch lands to the side of De Vries 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Steel misses the jab.
It looked like De Vries wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Daniel Steel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steel throws an overhand right that drops De Vries like a sack of potatoes! Steel dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Steel!
A victorious Daniel Steel thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Timo De Vries had this to say: 'I underestimated my foe tonight - sorry to my fans and family.'.