|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zacharia Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Garelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele's entrance music is Rock You Like A Hurricane. A fine choice. Garelli has chosen Patriarch on a Vespa as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 176 cm
22
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
|
180 cm
19
184 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong |
|
Poweful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zacharia Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Garelli!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garelli misses with a two punch combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Steele.
Garelli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steele tries to clinch but Garelli moves out of range.
Steele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garelli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steele tries to clinch there but Garelli circles away.
Garelli throws a body kick that misses.
Steele pushes Garelli up against the cage in a clinch.
Steele with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garelli blocking some punches.
Garelli misses with the head strike.
Garelli throws a head punch that misses.
Garelli tries a knee to the head but Steele blocks it.
Garelli tries to throw a body punch but Steele avoids it by throwing Garelli back against the cage.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Garelli avoids the damage to the body.
Garelli managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Steele lands an elbow inside that Garelli shrugs off.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
Garelli looks gassed!
Steele with a knee to the head.
Garelli throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Steele scores with a knee to the head.
Steele landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steele.
Garelli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Steele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Steele.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Steele.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garelli looking to throw knees to the head but Steele is blocking nicely.
Steele landing knees to the body.
Steele blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Steele.
Garelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
Steele lands a shoulder strike.
Steele lands an elbow inside that Garelli shrugs off.
Steele lands a nice knee to the body.
Steele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Garelli takes a knee right on the jaw!
A left hand lands to the body for Steele.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Steele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steele lands a knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Steele as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Garelli takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Steele.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steele lands a nice knee to the body.
Steele lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garelli or not.
Garelli looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steele landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Steele.
Garelli takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steele misses with a knee to the head.
Steele landing knees to the head.
Steele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steele using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garelli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Steele looking to throw knees to the head but Garelli is blocking nicely.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Garelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steele scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees to the body from Steele.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Garelli lands with a right to the head.
Garelli avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
Garelli misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Steele as Garelli tries to tie him up.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garelli's defenses.
Garelli takes an elbow to the forehead.
Garelli takes a knee right on the jaw!
Garelli misses with a knee strike.
Steele lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Steele.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Steele - that landed with a thud.
Garelli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steele has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Garelli misses with some punches.
Steele scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Steele.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garelli's defenses.
A short uppercut from Steele.
Garelli fails to pull guard.
Steele is working Garelli over against the cage.
Nice elbow from Steele.
Garelli avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Steele.
Steele lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Garelli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steele.
Steele lands a left hand.
Steele misses with a knee strike.
Garelli tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Steele just stands there and leans against the cage.
Steele lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Steele.
Garelli tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Steele smiles and moves away.
Zacharia Steele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Garelli.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garelli cracks Steele with a right hand to the side of the head.
Garelli throws out a powerful jab.
Garelli misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steele wants to clinch.
Garelli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steele is looking to clinch.
Garelli tries to keep at a distance but Steele has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garelli is trying to break free.
A short left from Steele.
Garelli tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Steele smiles and moves away.
Garelli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Steele. Steele obviously looking to wear him down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garelli tries to keep at a distance but Steele has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Steele.
Garelli jumps guard but Steele stands there with Garelli around his waist. Garelli gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Garelli is trying to break the clinch but Steele has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zacharia Steele dominated that 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.
Steele looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Garelli swings for the body but Steele moves out of range.
Steele tries to clinch up but Garelli circles away and keeps his distance.
Steele bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Garelli's head backwards.
Garelli keeps the fight on the outside.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garelli swats away the attempt to clinch by Steele.
Steele throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Garelli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steele scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garelli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steele is looking to clinch.
Steele is looking to clinch.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garelli rushes Steele and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Steele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Garelli tries a body shot but Steele blocks it.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garelli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steele with a knee to the head.
Garelli is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Steele.
Steele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Steele throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Steele with a knee to the head.
Steele looking to throw knees to the head but Garelli is blocking nicely.
Steele lands a knee to the body.
Steele scores with a hook to the body.
Steele misses with a knee to the head.
Steele landing knees to the body.
Steele lands an elbow inside that Garelli shrugs off.
Garelli takes an elbow to the forehead.
Steele connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Steele.
Garelli throws a head punch that misses.
Garelli tries a knee to the head but Steele blocks it.
Steele with a knee to the head.
Steele lands a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Steele.
Steele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steele works on Garelli's body with a couple of short punches.
Garelli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zacharia Steele has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Steele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Steele lands a knee to the head.
Garelli tries for a takedown but Steele manages to get underhooks.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garelli looking for a takedown.
Steele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short left from Steele.
Steele on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garelli backwards.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garelli blocks it with crossed arms.
Garelli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garelli is trying to break the clinch but Steele has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Steele.
Garelli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
Garelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Steele avoids the damage to the body.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Garelli avoids the damage to the body.
Steele lands a knee to the head.
Garelli looking to throw knees to the head but Steele is blocking nicely.
Garelli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garelli pushes off an throws an elbow but Steele leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garelli jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Steele walks away with a smile on his face. Garelli gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Zacharia Steele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Garelli.
Steele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Steele wants to clinch up but Garelli keeps it at a distance.
Steele cracks Garelli with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Garelli pushes him off.
Zacharia Steele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steele moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garelli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Steele has closed the distance and engaged Garelli in a clinch.
Steele misses with a knee strike.
Garelli decides to pull guard.
Steele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garelli can do to turn this around?
Garelli striking off his back but it's not causing Steele any problems.
Garelli has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garelli tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Steele trying to control but Garelli is working from the bottom.
Garelli lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Steele!
Garelli looking to finish Steele with some ground and pound. This is bad for Steele!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garelli thowing shots but they're missing.
Garelli throws a wild left hand from mount and Steele manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Garelli winds up and cracks Steele with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Garelli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Steele's head.
Garelli is looking for a kimura but Steele is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Garelli to get the leverage.
Steele is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Garelli's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Garelli's back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steele is hanging on to Garelli's back as he tries to escape.
Garelli is keeping busy.
Garelli tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zacharia Steele dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Steele cracks a nice hook into Garelli's ribs.
Steele tries to clinch up but Garelli circles away and keeps his distance.
Garelli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Steele is looking to clinch.
Garelli tests Steele's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garelli throws the left hand but Steele avoids the punch easily.
Steele scores with a body shot.
Steele scoring well with a low kick there.
A punch combination from Garelli misses.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steele rushes Garelli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garelli blocks it with crossed arms.
Garelli tries a body shot but Steele blocks it.
Steele lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garelli or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Steele.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Steele gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Steele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Steele makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Garelli working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Steele lands an elbow inside.
Steele landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Garelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garelli's defenses.
Garelli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Garelli avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Garelli takes an elbow to the temple.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Steele.
Garelli tries to land knees in the clinch but Steele avoids the damage to the body.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garelli takes an elbow to the forehead.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garelli misses with a body punch.
Garelli takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steele blocks an uppercut.
Steele lands a damaging elbow.
Garelli jumps guard but Steele stands there with Garelli around his waist. Garelli gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garelli's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele blocking some punches.
Garelli misses with a knee to the head.
Steele scores with a hook to the body.
Steele lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Steele.
Steele lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Steele lands an elbow that stopped Garelli in his tracks for a moment.
Garelli managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Garelli misses with a punch on the inside.
Garelli has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
Garelli is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Steele gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Steele presses Garelli against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Steele slows down the pace here.
Steele landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Garelli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Steele.
Steele using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
Garelli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Steele.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steele.
Garelli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garelli's face.
Garelli misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Steele.
Steele lands a nice knee to the body.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garelli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steele scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Steele.
Garelli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zacharia Steele is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Garelli fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zacharia Steele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Garelli.
Garelli is trying to break the clinch but Steele has him pressed against the cage.
Steele lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele avoiding damage as Garelli throws knees to the body.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Garelli avoids the damage to the body.
Steele misses with a knee to the head.
Steele lands an elbow just above Garelli 's eye.
Garelli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele lands a body punch.
Joe Garelli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Garelli misses with a knee to the head.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
Garelli takes an elbow to the temple.
Steele prevents a body shot from Garelli.
Steele lands a knee to the head.
Garelli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garelli tries to land a knee to the head but Steele blocks with his arms.
Steele scores with a shot to the side of Garelli's head.
Steele lands a knee to the body.
Garelli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steele lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Steele.
Garelli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steele blocks it with crossed arms.
Steele connects with a knee to the head.
Steele lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garelli backwards.
Steele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garelli's defenses.
Steele crunches a lovely knee into Garelli's ribcage.
Garelli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zacharia Steele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Steele, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zacharia Steele!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
75% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
