PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronan Byrne (ranked 5693 p4p, 7069 weight class) and Gavin Stephenson (ranked 693 p4p, 780 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Byrne
vs
Stephenson

183 cm
19
190
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
184
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronan Byrne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gavin Stephenson !
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stephenson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Byrne to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Byrne landing with the ground and pound.
Stephenson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Byrne scoring with some ground and pound.
Byrne stays in close to Stephenson 's body and controls the position.
Stephenson is striking off his back. Byrne thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Stephenson actively working from the bottom here.
Byrne prevents Stephenson from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byrne with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Byrne's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Byrne content to control rather than advance.
Byrne working Stephenson over with strikes.

It looks like Gavin Stephenson has been cut.
Stephenson wants to get back to full guard.
Byrne scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Byrne.
Byrne looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Byrne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Byrne looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stephenson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stephenson trying to control but Byrne postures up.
Stephenson tries to get to full guard but Byrne has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stephenson keeps working.
Byrne scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That has opened up Gavin Stephenson 's cut even more.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Byrne lands a nice short elbow.

The cut above Gavin Stephenson 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gavin Stephenson 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ronan Byrne!