PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chechnya Chechnya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chechnya
vs
Steiner

185 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Atlantis

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chechnya Chechnya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricky Steiner!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chechnya misses with a series of wild punches.
Chechnya misses with the combination.
Chechnya throws a series of punches but Steiner avoids them all with ease.

Steiner has taken the fight to the clinch.

Steiner manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Steiner trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Steiner pushes Chechnya off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Steiner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Steiner takes a swing at Chechnya's ribcage but misses.
Chechnya slaps away a takedown attempt from Steiner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Steiner dives in and grabs Chechnya's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chechnya pushes down on Steiner's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chechnya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chechnya throws a series of punches but Steiner avoids them all with ease.
Chechnya Chechnya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chechnya scores with a hook.

Chechnya tries to sprawl but Steiner drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Chechnya is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Elite Training Facility, so we'll see if he gets out of it.

Steiner is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Steiner is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chechnya has managed to free his arm - good work.

Steiner looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Steiner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Steiner connects with a nice short shot to Chechnya's temple.
My spies in Clean and Green inform me that Steiner has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steiner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chechnya defending well though.
Chechnya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Steiner thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chechnya has hold of Steiner's hands but Steiner slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Chechnya on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Steiner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chechnya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Chechnya is trying to stand back up but Steiner is controlling him
Steiner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chechnya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Steiner on the ground.
Steiner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steiner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chechnya defending well though.
Chechnya on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chechnya is breathing heavily.

Steiner seems to be working for a kimura but Chechnya defends the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Steiner.
Steiner lands with a punch from half guard.
Chechnya avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Steiner.
Chechnya keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Steiner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Chechnya wants to get back to his feet.
Steiner scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Steiner is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Chechnya is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Steiner!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ricky Steiner waved his t-shirt featuring Atlantis's logo in front of the cameras.