PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Stephens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamie Bounty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephens comes to the cage accompanied by Renegade by (hed)PE. The key to victory for Craig Stephens has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Stephens
vs
Bounty

190 cm
29
223 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Craig Stephens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamie Bounty!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ron Honeybunn and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stephens moves forwards but Bounty connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bounty takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Decent striking displayed by Stephens there.
Stephens connects with a single shot there.
Stephens darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Stephens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stephens throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stephens misses with a body shot.
Bounty tries to counter with a clinch but Stephens shakes him off and moves away.
Good standup being displayed there by Stephens as he connects with a hook.
Stephens throws a lazy right hand but Bounty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stephens just misses with a punch to the body.
Bounty tries to counter with a clinch but Stephens shakes him off and moves away.
Stephens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bounty manages to avoid it.
Stephens throws a lazy right hand but Bounty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stephens swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bounty counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bounty throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stephens throws a lazy uppercut
and Bounty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bounty is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bounty displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stephens throws out the jab.
Bounty looks to land a left hand but Stephens moved out of range nicely.
Bounty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stephens.
Bounty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bounty lands a nice shot that snaps Stephens's head back.
Stephens moves away from the strike by Bounty.
Stephens tries to score with a low kick but Bounty moves his leg out of the way.
Stephens throws a leg kick but Bounty sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bounty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stephens throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bounty.
Stephens looks to throw the jab but Bounty is out of range.
Jab by Stephens.
Stephens throws a push kick but Bounty slaps the foot to one side.
Stephens moves away from the strike by Bounty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stephens throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stephens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bounty.
A slow jab from Bounty misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stephens just misses with a punch to the body.
Stephens throws a head kick that misses.
Bounty scores with a hook to the body. Stephens takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bounty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stephens.
Bounty does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bounty with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Bounty lands a big right hand that sends Stephens crashing to the mat! Bounty stays standing though and waves Stephens back to his feet!

It looks like Craig Stephens has been cut.
Bounty takes a swing at Stephens's ribcage but misses.
Bounty ducks under a wild hook from Stephens.
Stephens motions for Bounty to come forward. Stephens throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bounty lands a really nice looking cross but Stephens seems unphased.
Bounty ducks under a wild hook from Stephens.
Craig Stephens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bounty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stephens was well out of range. Poor timing from Bounty.
Stephens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bounty.
Bounty just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromStephens.
Stephens throws a sloppy head kick and Bounty moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Stephens misses the target.
Bounty fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stephens looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A swing and a miss from Stephens.
Stephens throws a right hand that misses
and Bounty counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stephens throws a lazy right hand but Bounty sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stephens throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bounty.
Stephens jabs Bounty to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bounty takes one to the side of the head.
Stephens is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bounty slips a jab from Stephens.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stephens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bounty uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stephens.
Stephens on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bounty works Stephens's body with a nice hook.
Stephens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bounty.
A countering left hand to the body from Bounty misses.
Stephens throws a jab but it's blocked by Bounty.
Bounty connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stephens throws the left hand but Bounty avoids the punch easily.
Stephens misses with a body kick.
Bounty throws the left hand but Stephens avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stephens just misses with a punch to the body.

Bounty sends Stephens crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Bounty is motioning to the referee to let Stephens up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Stephens is rocked!
Bounty drops Stephens with a big left hand! Stephens is injured, injured bad! Bounty jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Bounty!