PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Butch Steel (ranked 15372 p4p, 4161 weight class) and Hardcore Thirteen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardcore Thirteen looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Steel
vs
Thirteen

176 cm
42
192
14 - 7 - 0

183 cm
26
180
1 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Butch Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hardcore Thirteen !
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Steel clinches.
Thirteen looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Steel has Thirteen pushed against the cage.
Steel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thirteen up against the cage.
Steel seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Thirteen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Steel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steel lands a shoulder strike.
Thirteen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Steel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thirteen wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Steel lands a big uppercut and Thirteen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Thirteen looks OK. Steel waves Thirteen back to his feet!

Thirteen is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel looks to land a combination but Thirteen avoids it well.
Steel cracks Thirteen with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Thirteen falls to his knees and Steel doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Butch Steel!
Butch Steel spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.