PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Boom Town (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Steene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Town
vs
Steene

195 cm
24
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boom Town!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Steene!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Town looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Town misses with the combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Town.
Steene will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steene shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Town but Town pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Town doesn't manage to clinch there - Steene circles away.
Steene tries for a takedown but Town sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Boom Town has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Steene.
Steene shoots in and drives through. Town sprawls well.
Steene looks gassed!
Town defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Steene.

Town drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Town works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Town has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steene tries to reverse the position but Town maintains control.
Town putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poor strikes thrown by Town there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Town is landing with some decent strikes but Steene is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Town in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Town landing strikes from the mount.
Steene is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Town looking to control and managing it successfully.
Town lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Town thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Town controlling his opponent.
Town looking to control but Steene is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Town landing punches.
Town takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Poor strikes thrown by Town there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Town controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Town seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Steene for as long as he can get away with.
Town wants to control the pace but Steene is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steene keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Steene tries to lock up and control but Town gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Town has isolated one of Steene's arms. Steene looking to fight him off but Town twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Boom Town!