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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bjornigin Xian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Steele struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Bjornigin Xian had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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170 lbs
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185 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bjornigin Xian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luke Steele!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Xian pushes him off.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steele darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Steele will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steele rushes Xian and presses him up against the ropes.
Xian decides to pull guard.
Xian manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Steele manages to get himself to full guard.
Xian trying to control but Steele is working from the bottom.
Xian might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Xian advances position into side control!
Xian grinds an elbow into Steele's temple.
Steele is throwing a few token shots, despite Xian being in side control.
Xian has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Steele is trying to get back to his feet.
Steele is trying to get back to half guard.
Xian has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Steele in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Steele is trying to escape the mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xian tries to control but Steele wriggling away.
Xian looking to control and managing it successfully.
Steele working to try and regain half guard.
Xian lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Steele wants to try and get back to his feet.
Steele defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Xian.
Xian putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Xian cracks Steele with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Xian trying to control but Steele is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to lock up and control but Xian gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Steele is trying desperately to improve position.
Xian controlling his opponent.
Steele swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Steele looks gassed!
Xian can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Steele is looking to escape.
Steele is working to get back to half guard.
Xian controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xian tries to control but Steele wriggling away.
Steele tries to reverse the position but Xian maintains control.
Steele wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Steele is desperately trying to improve his position but Xian has a good base and remains in mount.
Xian in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Xian is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Steele can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Xian landing punches.
Xian wants to control the pace but Steele is squirming around nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Xian cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Steele is in all sorts of trouble here.
Xian breaks from Steele's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Xian scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Steele?
Steele keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Xian.
Xian controlling from the full mount.
Steele is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjornigin Xian dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Steele tries to clinch there but Xian circles away.
Steele tries for a takedown but Xian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Xian closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Steele to the mat! Steele manages to get full guard.
Xian slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The referee asks Xian politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Xian prefers to stall for the moment though.
Xian working the head with strikes.
Steele is trying to improve his position.
Xian prevents Steele from escaping the position.
Xian taking a breather here.
Xian seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Steele for as long as he can get away with.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Xian wants to lay and pray for a moment but Steele keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele is looking for a sweep.
Xian cracks Steele with a big elbow.
Xian grinds an elbow into Steele's temple.
Xian happy to just control the position for now.
Xian is putting a hurting on Steele here, landing some big shots from side control.
Xian lands an elbow.
A lull in the action here.
Steele is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xian prevents Steele from escaping the position.
Xian scoring with punches and elbows.
Steele is trying to get back to half guard.
Xian controlling the position.
Steele is trying to buck Xian off.
Steele taking punishment in the form of punches.
Xian just content to control the position.
Xian wants to lay and pray for a moment but Steele keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Xian wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Steele, who protects the arm well.
Xian moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Steele is looking to regain half guard here but Xian keeps moving and retains side control.
Xian looking to control but instead Steele has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Steele is looking to control Xian's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Steele avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Xian is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Steele punching from the bottom.
Steele tries to roll over but Xian keeps him under control.
Xian wants to take a breather but Steele is having none of it.
Steele wants to improve his position but Xian is controlling well.
Steele really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Xian. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Steele misses with the combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Xian feints and as Steele raises his hands in defense, Xian changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Xian sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjornigin Xian dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Xian scores a takedown into full mount!
Xian can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Steele is looking to escape.
Bjornigin Xian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Steele is trying desperately to improve position.
Xian landing punches.
Steele really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Steele can do anything to dispel that myth.
Steele swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Xian tries to control but Steele wriggling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Xian controlling his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xian prevents Steele from getting the reversal.
Steele is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Xian controlling the pace for now.
Xian scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Steele?
Steele is looking to improve his position but Xian isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Steele is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Steele is working to get back to half guard.
Xian lands a heavy elbow.
Xian controlling from the full mount.
Steele keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xian controlling from mount.
Xian raining down shots from the mount!
Steele really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
BOOM! Xian connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Xian breaks from Steele's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Steele wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Xian is landing with some decent strikes but Steele is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Xian sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Xian avoids the attempt from Steele to control.
Xian won't let Steele get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Steele is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Luke Steele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steele takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Steele can't escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Steele tries to hold on but Xian pushes him away.
Steele is working to get back to half guard.
Steele tries to improve his position but Xian has taken his back! Xian has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Steele tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Xian pushes Steele away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bjornigin Xian!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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