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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dye (ranked 675 p4p, 914 weight class) and Stephen Steve (ranked 86 p4p, 117 weight class). Stephen Steve has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jack Dye's chin.

Dye
vs
Steve

183 cm
31
173
20 - 3 - 0

180 cm
28
177
13 - 10 - 0

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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Dye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stephen Steve!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dye clinches up with Steve and pushes him back against the cage.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steve misses with a knee to the head.
Dye effectively controlling the action here.
Dye lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Dye tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Dye back against the cage.
Dye tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Dye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steve.
Dye blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Steve.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dye lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Dye can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Steve scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dye misses with a punch to the body.
Dye misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve blocking some punches.
Steve trying to land knees to the body.
Dye makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steve.
Steve lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dye takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dye can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Steve lands a knee to the head.
Dye tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Dye doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve blocks a body shot from Dye.
Dye has Steve pressed against the cage.
Dye tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Dye back against the cage.
Dye misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dye blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dye struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
Dye is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Steve is keeping busy.
Steve leaning against his opponent.
Steve trying to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve swings wildly with an uppercut but Dye uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve misses with a knee to the head.
Dye swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dye misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steve tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A bit of stalling here from Steve.
Dye goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Dye as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dye fails to land.
Steve's coach down at New York Public Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Steve's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Steve lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve stalling in the clinch but Dye improves position.
Dye lands a hook that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Dye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dye definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dye working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Dye.
Steve is stalling here.
Steve misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dye.
Steve trying to control the position but instead, Dye has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steve into the cage.
Dye swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dye misses with some punches.
Dye lands with a right to the head.
Steve lands with a light punch inside.
Steve throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steve lands a knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dye lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dye tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Dye pushes Steve back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dye blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steve tries a knee to the head but Dye blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Steve.
Steve throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dye blocks it with crossed arms.
Steve lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dye misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dye misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dye swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dye working aggressively here.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve blocking some punches.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Stephen Steve will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Steve throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dye keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Steve throws a sloppy head kick
and Dye counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dye misses with a hook. Steve ducked under it nicely.
Dye throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steve looks for the body kick but Dye saw that one coming.
Dye jabs Steve to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Dye.
Dye moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Steve turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Steve.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Steve misses
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steve connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dye's hands.
Dye thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dye clinches with his opponent.
Dye misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve tries to land knees in the clinch but Dye avoids the damage to the body.
Dye can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Dye tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Dye back against the cage.
Steve blocks a body shot from Dye.
Good body shot from Dye.
The referee calls for Steve to work.
A short right from Steve on the inside.
Dye tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dye blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dye lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dye has a couple of punches blocked by Steve.
Dye doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dye lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dye lands a nice shot to the body.
Steve is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dye is keeping busy.
Dye lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dye tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dye lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Steve lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dye blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Dye - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dye lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Steve.
Dye misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dye misses with some punches.
Dye doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dye throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Dye lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dye lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Steve or not.
Dye softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dye tries a body shot but Steve blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Dye scores with a nice short uppercut.
Steve tries a knee to the head but Dye blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve prevents a body shot from Dye.
Steve is trying to stall.
Dye working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dye swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dye goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Steve.
Steve gets through Dye's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dye lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dye blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dye tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Steve lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steve blocks a body shot from Dye.
Steve with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steve scores with a shot to the side of Dye's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steve.
Steve gets through Dye's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dye swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve swings wildly with an uppercut but Dye uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dye displaying some good clinch control by pressing Steve up against the cage.
Dye lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Steve trying to land knees to the body.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve lands with a right to the head.
Dye tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Dye back against the cage.
Dye working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steve stalling against the cage.
Dye blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dye tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Dye back against the cage.
Steve blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Dye dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Dye closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dye swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dye misses with a body shot.
Steve wants to land a leg kick but Dye is out of range.
Dye was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dye avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steve misses with a looping right.
Steve throws a chopping leg kick but Dye manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Dye misses its target.
Dye tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steve manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dye connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Dye moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dye misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dye throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Steve tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dye gets through Steve's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steve.
Jack Dye has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steve doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve misses with a punch on the inside.
Dye working aggressively here.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
Steve lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dye misses with a punch to the body.
Steve takes a shot to the head.
Come on Steve - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dye misses with some punches.
Steve tries to land knees in the clinch but Dye avoids the damage to the body.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dye can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steve.
Steve scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dye misses with a punch to the body.
Dye scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steve scores with a shot to the side of Dye's head.
Steve trying to land knees to the body.
Dye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dye.
Steve lands a nice uppercut.
Dye lands a nice uppercut.
Steve blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dye.
Dye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steve lands a knee to the body.
Steve is trying to maintain a safe position but Dye gets an underhook and turns Steve into the cage.
Steve lands a right hand.
Steve lands a left hand.
Steve using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dye has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Dye.
Dye working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dye.
Dye misses with some punches.
Dye swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dye controlling the action here for a moment.
Dye misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dye tries a body shot but Steve blocks it.
Steve lands a right hand.
Dye digs a right hand into Steve's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steve's gas tank.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Steve lands a right hand.
Steve leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dye has a couple of punches blocked by Steve.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dye.
Dye misses with a punch on the inside.
Steve lands with a short shot to the head.

Steve drops Dye with a big knee straight up the middle! Dye is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Dye is rocked!

It looks like Jack Dye has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dye tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Steve counters with a solid body kick.
Oh Dye is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dye tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steve manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steve lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Dye falls backwards - clearly groggy! Steve dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Steve!
Stephen Steve seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.