PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Gravity (ranked 2275 p4p, 243 weight class) and Horgen Stein (ranked 2014 p4p, 223 weight class). Gravity's entrance music is Gravity. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gravity
vs
Stein

193 cm
27
270 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
261 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Determined

SynCity Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Gravity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Horgen Stein!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravity takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stein connects with a high kick.

It looks like Johnny Gravity has been cut.
Gravity shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stein sprawls well. Stein wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gravity gets slowly back to his feet.
Stein keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gravity avoids a kick to the body.
Stein lands a body shot.
Stein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gravity's sensitive parts.
Horgen Stein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Stein closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stein throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stein crunches a lovely knee into Gravity's ribcage.
Gravity tries a knee to the head but Stein blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Stein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stein.
Stein throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stein lands a nice knee to the body.
Gravity is breathing heavily.
Gravity is trying to maintain a safe position but Stein gets an underhook and turns Gravity into the cage.
Stein scores a nice knee to the body.
Stein lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Stein.
Stein lands a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stein takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stein has Gravity pressed against the cage.
Stein pushes Gravity back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein lands a good knee to the midsection. Gravity won't want to take too many of those.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stein - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stein scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stein landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stein has Gravity pushed against the cage.
Stein utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stein takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stein scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein stalling against the cage.
Stein scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stein - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Horgen Stein.
Stein changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stein.
Stein lands with a nice body punch.
Stein connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Stein closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stein displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gravity up against the cage.
Stein lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gravity backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein is stalling here.
A short right from Stein.
Stein putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gravity in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stein misses with a knee to the head.
Stein stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A shot in the inside from Stein.
Stein is pushing Gravity up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stein unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Horgen Stein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Gravity's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Stein lands with a nice body kick.
Stein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stein keeps Gravity at a distance using the push kick.
Stein buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gravity takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Stein - that will leave a mark!
Gravity takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Stein scores with a head kick.
Stein scores with a hook.

Johnny Gravity's cut is getting worse.
Gravity takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Stein is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gravity rather than just go for the knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stein digs a good hook to Gravity's body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stein.
Gravity closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stein throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gravity's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein cracks the inside of Gravity's front leg.
Stein with a jab.

Johnny Gravity's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gravity shoots in for a takedown but Stein shows good takedown defense.
Stein shapes to counter with a head kick.
Stein scores with a kick to the midsection.
Stein with a hook.
Stein scores with a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stein.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stein.
Stein lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gravity takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stein throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Stein. Gravity shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stein.
Gravity takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stein throws a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stein has Gravity pushed against the cage.
Stein lands a good knee to the midsection. Gravity won't want to take too many of those.
Stein lands a hook that snaps the head of Gravity backwards.

Jeez, Johnny Gravity's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Stein has Gravity pushed against the cage.
Gravity will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Knees to the body from Stein.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stein with a knee to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Johnny Gravity's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Horgen Stein!
In his post fight interview, Horgen Stein started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Johnny Gravity stepped up to the mic, saying 'We either win or we learn.. I'll come back from this. Just gotta get back and focus. Thank you all for coming out and supporting me.'.