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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Severino Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and keith steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). steele has chosen "Can't Be Touched" as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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199 cm
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275 lbs
9 - 13 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Severino Holyfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, keith steele!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holyfield wants to clinch.
steele shoots in for a takedown but Holyfield shows good takedown defense.
Holyfield moves in looking to clinch but steele pushes him off.
Holyfield fails with an attempt to clinch.
Holyfield is looking to clinch but steele is avoiding it.
steele shoots in for a takedown but Holyfield shows good takedown defense.
No joy there for Holyfield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holyfield displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from steele.
Severino Holyfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of keith steele.
steele circles away from the clinch attempt.
steele clinches with his opponent.
steele ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. steele no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Holyfield wants to stand but steele has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
steele wants to sweep here but Holyfield controlling him for the moment.
Holyfield throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
steele avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Holyfield throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyfield is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Holyfield wants to stand and escape but instead steele has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Holyfield looking to control.
Holyfield looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
steele throws a big right hand that misses.
Holyfield looking to control.
Holyfield is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Holyfield trying to strike off his back.
steele decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Holyfield fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
steele swats away the attempt to clinch by Holyfield.
Holyfield moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Holyfield blocks an uppercut.
steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
steele lands a takedown into guard.
Holyfield is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Holyfield is working hard here to advance position.
Holyfield looking to control.
Holyfield manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
steele is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield throwing strikes here but steele is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
steele is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
steele tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Holyfield thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Holyfield misses with a head shot.
steele tries to hold on but Holyfield postures up.
Holyfield punching from mount but steele doing a good job of avoiding damage.
steele is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
steele in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
steele is in all sorts of trouble here.
Holyfield looking to control but steele is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Holyfield is in the full mount, landing strikes.
steele manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by steele, under a barage of strikes from Holyfield.
Holyfield is looking to take a break and control but steele is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Holyfield wants to get back to his feet.
steele holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
steele is not content to let Holyfield control the position.
Holyfield not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Severino Holyfield dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Holyfield looks to clinch
and steele counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Holyfield has one foot on steele's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Holyfield moves in looking to clinch but steele pushes him off.
Holyfield wants to clinch but steele slips to the side
and steele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
steele looks to throw the jab but Holyfield is out of range.
steele closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Holyfield quickly recovers to half guard.
Holyfield trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holyfield keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
steele throwing shots but Holyfield is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
steele working Holyfield over with strikes.
Holyfield on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Holyfield wants to get back to his feet.
steele wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holyfield keeps working.
Holyfield trying to control from the bottom.
Holyfield is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holyfield is trying to stand back up but steele is controlling him
Holyfield works his way to full guard. Good work.
Holyfield is looking to stand up but steele isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
steele wants to control from the top but Holyfield keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
steele postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
keith steele has got the better of the ground game so far.
steele preventing the sweep.
steele gets to his feet - Holyfield follows without any prompting.
Holyfield doesn't manage to clinch there - steele circles away.
Holyfield tries to clinch
and steele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holyfield looks to clinch
so steele counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holyfield is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
steele passes easily into side control. Nice work.
steele cracks Holyfield with a big right hand but Holyfield just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Holyfield is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, steele asserts his dominance and retains side control.
steele landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Holyfield is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but steele has just dragged him back down to the mat.
steele scoring with punches from side control.
Holyfield is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
steele scoring with punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Holyfield is not content to let steele control the position.
steele working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
steele thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Holyfield is trying to buck steele off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holyfield manages to work his way to half guard, despite steele's best efforts.
steele thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Holyfield's head.
Holyfield is controlling steele's position as best he can from this difficult position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
keith steele showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Holyfield wants to clinch
and steele makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
steele looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Holyfield is fending him off so far but steele persists. Nope, Holyfield circles away and we're back to standing.
Holyfield looks to clinch
and steele counters with a takedown into side control.
Holyfield tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but steele wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Holyfield gets back to half guard.
Holyfield trying to control from the bottom.
steele wants to lay and pray for a moment but Holyfield keeps working.
Holyfield pushes steele off and gets back to his feet.
steele changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Holyfield tries to avoid it but steele manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Holyfield to the ground. Holyfield escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Holyfield shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as steele sprawls well. steele wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Holyfield gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holyfield throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
steele with a poor takedown
and Holyfield counters with a three punch combo that has steele backing up. steele nods at Holyfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Severino Holyfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of keith steele.
Holyfield fails to land with a series of punches.
steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
steele looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Holyfield!
Holyfield wants to control but steele is having none of it.
Holyfield holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as steele tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Holyfield is desperately trying to improve his position but steele has a good base and remains in mount.
Holyfield bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield thows a big elbow that misses.
Holyfield postures up in steele's guard and throws a big left but steele blocks it.
Holyfield wanted to stand there but steele had control of the position.
steele is trying to control the position from the bottom.
steele keeping moving, preventing Holyfield from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
steele has a closed guard, preventing Holyfield from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Holyfield gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
steele tightens his grip and picks Holyfield up, before dumping him to the ground. Holyfield manages to land in guard.
Holyfield looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Holyfield is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst steele is controlling him.
steele trying to control but Holyfield is working from the bottom.
steele's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Holyfield wants to get back to his feet but steele is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
steele pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holyfield is keeping the position for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by keith steele.
Holyfield is looking to clinch but steele is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield tries to clinch up.
steele swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
steele fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Holyfield has closed the distance and engaged steele in a clinch.
steele jumps guard and drags Holyfield to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Holyfield stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. steele swivels though and keeps the full guard.
steele wants to sweep but no luck.
Holyfield throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Holyfield has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of steele is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
steele looking to control.
steele wants to sweep here but Holyfield controlling him for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
keith steele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think steele has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... keith steele!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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