PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eight Five (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eight Five is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Stevens
vs
Five

190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eight Five!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Five tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stevens misses with a two punch combination.
Stevens swats away the attempt to clinch by Five.
Stevens misses with a two punch combination.
Five throws a left and a right that both miss

and Stevens counters with a single leg into guard. Five didn't expect that.
Five utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stevens looking to pass the guard.
Stevens prevents Five from getting back to his feet.
Stevens throwing strikes from guard but Five blocks nicely.
Five wants to stand and escape but Stevens is having none of it.
Stevens throwing strikes from guard but Five blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Five is trying to keep Stevens in close.
Stevens tries to free his leg and advance position but Five is retaining full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Stevens looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Five makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Stevens shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Five but Five pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Five fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Five tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens swats away the attempt to clinch by Five.
Stevens will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Stevens decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Stevens looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Five with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stevens working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Five pushes Stevens off looking to stand but Stevens dives back in and keeps control.
Stevens with the ground and pound but Five uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Stevens stops Five from standing up.

Five wriggles free and stands up.
A left and a right from Stevens both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens looks for a takedown but Five sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Five tries to clinch up but Stevens circles away and keeps his distance.
Five wants to clinch up but Stevens keeps it at a distance.
Five wants to clinch but Stevens slips to the side

and Stevens counters with a single leg into guard. Five didn't expect that.
Five keeping full guard, as Stevens tries to pass.
Stevens postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Five working a defensive guard here.
Stevens lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Five utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Five wants to stand and escape but Stevens is having none of it.
Stevens throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stevens is looking to work some ground and pound but Five has wrist control.
Stevens in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stevens throws a big right hand that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Five with a poor takedown

and Stevens counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Stevens dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stevens shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Stevens has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stevens with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Eddie Stevens overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Five trying to keep a closed guard but Stevens is proving a slippery customer.
Stevens postures up and lands a big shot to Five's brow.
Stevens postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Five wants to stand but Stevens is controlling the position.
Five is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stevens trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stevens scoring with punches to the head and body.
Five wants to stand up but Stevens is controlling him.
Stevens postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Stevens or perhaps it was just good defense by Five which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Five tries to clinch but Stevens is having none of it.
Five tries to clinch there but Stevens circles away.
Five tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Five wants to clinch.
Stevens throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Five's waist but Five gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stevens off to one side.
Stevens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stevens shoots in for a takedown but Five shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Five stuffs the takedown attempt from Stevens. Stevens gets slowly back to his feet.
Five takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Five tries to clinch but Stevens moves out of range.
Five slips a jab and a cross from Stevens.
Five fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stevens throws a series of punches but Five avoids them all with ease.
Stevens throws a combination that misses

and Five counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Five.
Five slowing the pace effectively.
Stevens takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Eddie Stevens has been cut.
Five lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Five comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Five landing knees to the body.
Five crunches a lovely knee into Stevens's ribcage.
Five unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Five scores a nice knee to the body.
Five using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Five to work.
Stevens gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Five.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Five lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Five pulls guard effortlessly.
Five is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stevens is controlling him.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Five can do anything to dispel that myth.
Stevens trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stevens with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Five manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stevens manages to get himself to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevens trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eight Five showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eddie Stevens's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Stevens misses with the combination.
Stevens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stevens lands a two punch combo.
Stevens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Five fails with an attempt to clinch.

Stevens scores a takedown into full mount!
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stevens working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Five slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Five makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Five.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens throwing strikes from guard but Five blocks nicely.
Five manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stevens manages to get himself to full guard.
Five tries to stand but Stevens is controlling from the bottom.
Five pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stevens is keeping the position for now.
Stevens wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stevens is striking off his back. Five thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Stevens gets full guard.
Stevens looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Five pushes down on Stevens's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Stevens misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Five is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Stevens tries to get to full guard but Five has control of the leg.
Stevens is refusing to be controlled, as Five sits in half guard.
It looks like Five is going to stand back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Stevens throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Five tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eddie Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Five fails in his attempt to clinch.
Five wants to clinch up but Stevens keeps it at a distance.

Stevens fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Five sprawls well initially but Stevens persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Stevens missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stevens landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stevens scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Five tries to kick Stevens off but Stevens keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Stevens is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Stevens showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Stevens has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Stevens!