PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Steele (ranked 974 p4p, 948 weight class) and Ananada Bunyasarn (ranked 152 p4p, 146 weight class). Steele's entrance music is Manowar - Heart of Steel. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Steele
vs
Bunyasarn

179 cm
34
188
27 - 11 - 1

185 cm
37
192
30 - 14 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stanley Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Ananada Bunyasarn!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bunyasarn tries to land a leg kick but Steele saw it coming and moves away.
Bunyasarn throws a looping overhand right but Steele ducks down to avoid it.
Steele on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Steele on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bunyasarn. Bunyasarn obviously looking to wear him down.
Steele wants to clinch up but Bunyasarn keeps it at a distance.
Bunyasarn throws out a counter right but Steele avoids it with no problem.
Steele tries to clinch up
and Bunyasarn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bunyasarn throws a leg kick but Steele checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steele throws a body punch but Bunyasarn moves out of range.
Steele looks to land a combination. Bunyasarn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Steele has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Black Swans in the buildup to the fight.
A big left from Steele misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele throws a front kick aimed at Bunyasarn's knee but Bunyasarn avoids it well.
Steele takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Steele blocks a leg kick.
Steele throwing a counter right hand but Bunyasarn manages to avoid it.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bunyasarn now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bunyasarn throws a low kick but Steele avoids it.
Steele checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bunyasarn dodges the punch combination from Steele.
Bunyasarn only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bunyasarn looks to score with a jab to the body but Steele is just out of range.
It looked like Steele wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Steele clinches.
Bunyasarn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele connects with a knee to the head.
Steele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bunyasarn pushes Steele back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bunyasarn.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but Bunyasarn blocks with his arms.
Bunyasarn lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Bunyasarn.
Steele using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bunyasarn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bunyasarn misses with the head strike.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunyasarn blocks it with crossed arms.
Bunyasarn lands a shoulder strike.
Bunyasarn lands an uppercut.
Steele looking to throw knees to the head but Bunyasarn is blocking nicely.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele lands a nice knee to the body.
Steele looking to throw knees to the head but Bunyasarn is blocking nicely.
Bunyasarn tries to work over Steele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bunyasarn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bunyasarn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bunyasarn avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bunyasarn.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Bunyasarn.
Steele has had enough of the clinch but Bunyasarn keeps him there for the moment.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but Bunyasarn blocks with his arms.

Steele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bunyasarn cracks Steele with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steele ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Steele takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice straight punches there by Bunyasarn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steele has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Steele takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Steele misses its intended target.
Steele lands a head shot.
Bunyasarn staying out of range there.
Steele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Steele throws a right hand that misses
and Bunyasarn counters with a nice kick to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Bunyasarn.
Bunyasarn walks into a left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Steele misses the target.
Bunyasarn feints and then cracks Steele's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Steele down.
Bunyasarn swinging wildly here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ananada Bunyasarn will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bunyasarn misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Steele misses the target.
Ananada Bunyasarn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A leg kick checked by Bunyasarn.
Steele fails to land with a series of punches.
Steele misses with a lunging right hand
and Bunyasarn counters with a right hand to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Bunyasarn misses the target.
Bunyasarn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bunyasarn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Steele checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The fighters circling - Steele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bunyasarn feints a counter leg kick.
Steele tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by Steele as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunyasarn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Steele on the side of the head.
Bunyasarn motions for Steele to come forward. Bunyasarn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Steele moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bunyasarn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Steele thuds a left hand into Bunyasarn's body.
Steele dodges the punch combination from Bunyasarn.
Steele avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Steele scores with a hook to the body. Bunyasarn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Steele clinches with his opponent.
Bunyasarn tries to throw a body punch but Steele avoids it by throwing Bunyasarn back against the cage.

Steele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steele with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bunyasarn to score with a decent uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steele on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Some bone on bone action there as Steele checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Steele avoids the body shot from Bunyasarn.
Steele throws a nice looking combination but Bunyasarn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bunyasarn lands with a right hand.
Bunyasarn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bunyasarn throws the kick towards the body but Steele avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steele.
Bunyasarn throws a body punch but Steele moves out of range.

Steele clinches up against the cage.
Steele blocking some punches.
Bunyasarn is trying to break free.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bunyasarn misses with a hook from the clinch.

Steele manages to break the clinch.
Bunyasarn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Steele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bunyasarn misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Steele counter with a right hand.
A leg kick checked by Steele.
Steele tries to clinch but Bunyasarn moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Steele.
Steele stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Steele doesn't manage to clinch there - Bunyasarn circles away.
Steele throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele throws a sloppy head kick and Bunyasarn moves out of range easily.
A lazy body kick from Bunyasarn
and Steele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Steele throws a series of punches but Bunyasarn avoids them all with ease.
Steele backing away here, and Bunyasarn unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Bunyasarn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bunyasarn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Steele blocks the body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Stanley Steele will probably get the nod.
That's time! Steele's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bunyasarn scores with a leg kick.
Bunyasarn swings widly with a right hand
enabling Steele to counter with a crisp jab.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steele gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Steele throws a leg kick but Bunyasarn checks it.
Bunyasarn throws a big shot that misses.
Steele stalks Bunyasarn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bunyasarn's face. Bunyasarn staggers backwards, shaken.
Steele is looking to clinch.
A nice side step and Bunyasarn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steele darts in trying to clinch
and Bunyasarn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Steele thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bunyasarn lands a leg kick that knocks Steele off balance momentarily.
Steele takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steele throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Bunyasarn misses.
Bunyasarn throws a hook but Steele blocks it.
Steele connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bunyasarn momentarily.
Steele is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bunyasarn keeps the fight on the outside.
Bunyasarn ducks under a wild hook from Steele.
Steele misses with an uppercut. Bunyasarn saw that one coming.
And Bunyasarn responds with a good body kick, but Steele manages to step out the way in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn misses with a wild body shot.
Bunyasarn slips under a jab.
Bunyasarn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bunyasarn throws a low kick but Steele moves out of range easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Steele checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A swing and a miss from Bunyasarn.
Steele throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunyasarn throws a front kick aimed at Steele's knee but Steele avoids it well.
Steele connects with an inside leg kick.
Steele misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunyasarn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steele swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bunyasarn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Steele tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bunyasarn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bunyasarn doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bunyasarn catches Steele with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bunyasarn misses with a wild body shot.
Bunyasarn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Steele darts in and clinches Bunyasarn up against the cage.
Stanley Steele has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Steele wants to get back to striking at distance but Bunyasarn won't allow it.
Bunyasarn has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
A shot in the inside from Steele.

Steele breaks from the clinch.
Steele swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bunyasarn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Steele's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bunyasarn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Steele there.
A big left from Steele misses.
Bunyasarn throws a low kick, looking for Steele's leg but Steele calmly moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele throws a hook to the side of Bunyasarn's head but Bunyasarn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bunyasarn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steele.
Steele moves out of range as Bunyasarn strikes.
Bunyasarn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bunyasarn now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bunyasarn tries to clinch but Steele moves out of range.
It looked like Steele was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bunyasarn.
Steele misses with a looping left.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
Bunyasarn tries to counter by closing the distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stanley Steele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steele has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanley Steele!
An out of breath Stanley Steele thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.