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Event:
Ajax Friday Fight Night 6
Date: Jul 21, 2023 |
#R1#
A looping hook to the body misses from Berber. Steez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steez misses with a looping left.
Berber swings for the body but Steez moves out of range.
#CL2#
Steez clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Berber's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #BC2#
Steez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steez lunges at Berber with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Berber's hand.
Steelo Steez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steez throws a good cross that connects.
Steez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Steez throws a big shot that misses.
Berber looks to land a right hand but Steez moved out of range.
Steez avoids a punch combination nicely.
#CL2#
Steez clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berber swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steez prevents a body shot from Berber. #T1#
Nice body punch from Steez.
Steez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Berber backwards.
Steez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Berber trying to control the position but instead, Steez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Berber into the cage.#BC2#
Steez breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Steez rushes Berber and presses him up against the cage.
Berber swings wildly with an uppercut but Steez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steez lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Steez.
Steez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#T2#
Steez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steez lands with a right to the head.
Steez lands a right hand. #BC2#
Steez breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berber just misses with a punch to the body.
#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Berber jumps guard but Steez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. #BC2#
Steez manages to break the clinch.
Berber ducks right into an uppercut from Steez.
Steez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Berber. Berber circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Some wild striking there from Berber.
Steez lands a jab to the head.
#CL2#
Steez moves into the clinch.#T3##BC2#
Steez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steez misses with a straight right.
Steez loads up on a big right hand but Berber slips the punch.
Berber is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
A jab lands there for Berber.
Berber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steez.
Berber slips under a jab.
Steez throws a shot from downtown. Berber moves away and avoids it.
Berber steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steez.#KD#
Berber lands a left and a right that sends Steez crashing to the canvas! Berber dives into mount looking to finish!#ROC#Steez is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#ES2#
Steez somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Steez is still on wobbly legs! Can Berber finish him?
Berber plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Steez to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Steez just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Theodore Berber! |
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Event:
Ajax Friday Fight Night 3
Date: Jun 30, 2023 |
#R1#
Steez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smiff momentarily.
Smiff takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smiff closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Steez throws a good cross that connects.
#TD2#
Smiff shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Steez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Steez wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Smiff manages to pass to side control. #REVR#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smiff missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Smiff has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smiff is trying to control the action in half guard but Steez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smiff perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Smiff passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Steez has left one of his arms exposed and Smiff doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Steez screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Javontonius Smiff! |
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Event:
AFC #8
Date: Jun 03, 2023 |
#R1#
Steez staying out of range there.
Steez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steez cracks Romero with a good jab.#KD2#
A jab-cross combination lands for Steez and sends Romero crashing to the mat! Steez follows him down to the mat - Romero regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet! #ROC2#Romero is rocked!#CUT2#It looks like Johan Romero has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steez passes into side control, despite Romero's attempt to control the position.
Oh Romero is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!#SU2#
Steez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand. #CL2#
Steez gets a clinch. #BC2#
Steez breaks the clinch.
Romero seems to have got his legs back now.
Steez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Romero misses the target.
Romero lands a right hook to the body.
Romero throws a hook to the side of Steez's head but Steez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.#KD2#
Steez cracks Romero with a big right hand and Romero goes down!
Romero controls Steez momentarily but Steez frees himself.
Romero throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Romero looking to hit a scissor sweep but Steez is one step ahead there. #T1##SU2#
Steez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Romero, up you get! #CL2#
Steez has closed the distance and engaged Romero in a clinch.
Romero lands with a right to the head.
Steez has a couple of punches blocked by Romero.
Steez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Romero fails to land.
Romero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steez's coach down at Indigo Nation was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Steez's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Romero struggles to land a body shot inside as Steez controls his hands.
Steez blocks an uppercut.
Romero definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Steez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#T2#
Romero manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Steez blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Steez.
Steez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Steez blocks an uppercut.
Romero tries to work over Steez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Steez.
Romero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Romero has a couple of punches blocked by Steez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#BC#
Romero breaks the clinch.
Steez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Romero.#T3#
Steez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Romero walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice shot by Steez.
Steez misses the jab.#CL2#
Steez clinches.
Romero throws a head punch that misses.
Romero lands a right hand.
Romero throws a punch but it's blocked by Steez.
A bit of stalling here from Romero.
Romero is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Steez is keeping busy.
Romero stalls.
Romero's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. #T4#
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Johan Romero.
Romero slips under a jab.
Steez blocks a jab.
Romero misses with a straight right.
Romero lands a nice shot that snaps Steez's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romero takes a swing at Steez's ribcage but misses.
Romero throws a lazy right hand but Steez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romero misses with a hook. Steez ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Steez.
Steez misses with a double jab.
Romero was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Romero looks to land a left hand but Steez moved out of range nicely.
Steez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romero.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#CL2#
Steez has Romero up against the cage in a clinch.
Romero working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Steez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steelo Steez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johan Romero's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
A combination from Steez does no damage.
It looked like Romero was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Steez.
Steelo Steez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Steez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Steez misses with a looping right.
Steez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Steez drops Romero with a naaaaasty hook - Romero is in real trouble here! Steez dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steelo Steez!
Steelo Steez bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. |
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Event:
AFC #4
Date: Apr 30, 2023 |
#R1#
Steez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yaga.
Steez is looking for the big counter here.
Steez cracks Yaga with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Yaga.
Yaga drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Steez right on the button. Steez goes down! Yaga follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Yaga gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baba Yaga! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 19, 2023 |
#R1##CL#
Bruhn forces Steez back against the cage and clinches.
Bruhn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steez's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Steez.
Steez being controlled against the cage.
Bruhn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Steez throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruhn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steez keeps control of Bruhn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bruhn drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Steez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bruhn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Steez has him pressed against the cage.#T1#
Steez wants to break free but Bruhn has control.
Steez misses with some punches.
Steez takes a shot to the head. #TD#
Bruhn works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steez trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bruhn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bruhn looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bruhn is looking to work some ground and pound but Steez has wrist control.#T2#
Steez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bruhn.
Steez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bruhn's guard. #REVB#
Steez trying to control but Bruhn is working from the bottom. #ES#
Bruhn uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Steez throws a right hand that Bruhn ducks under and follows up with a left that Bruhn also avoids with ease.#T3#
Steez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bruhn momentarily.
Bruhn takes a jab right on the kisser.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Steez knocks Bruhn out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Steelo Steez!
After the fight, Steelo Steez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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