PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Brawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel comes to the cage accompanied by All Summer Long. Thiago Steel has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Steel
vs
Brawler

200 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Demonic Drugs

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thiago Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Brawler!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brawler shoots in but Steel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Steel with a poor takedown

and Brawler counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Steel trying to control the position.
Brawler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Steel working a defensive guard here.
Brawler throws a big right hand that misses.
Brawler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Steel seems keen to control Brawler's posture.
Brawler working some strikes from top position.
Brawler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Steel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brawler wants to pass the guard but Steel is keeping the position.
Steel is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brawler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brawler landing with the ground and pound.
Brawler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brawler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brawler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brawler looking to pass the guard.
Brawler looks gassed!
Brawler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brawler throws a strike but Steel rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brawler wants to sweep but no luck.
Steel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Steel gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Brawler counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brawler manages to get himself to full guard.
Steel prevents Brawler from getting back to his feet.
Brawler tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Brawler has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Steel off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Brawler fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Steel sprawls well initially but Brawler persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Brawler.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brawler scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brawler throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brawler thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brawler wants to pass to mount but Steel is defending the position.
Brawler not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Steel gets back to full guard.
Steel is trying to control the position but Brawler postures up.
Brawler has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Steel is proving hard to escape from.
Steel lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brawler!
Brawler tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brawler throwing hammer fists to the chest of Steel. What's that going to do exactly?
Brawler really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Steel content just to control the position here.
Steel blocks Brawler's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Steel tries to control but Brawler wriggling away.
Brawler is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Brawler dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Brawler doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Steel counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brawler can do anything to dispel that myth.
Steel slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Steel won't allow Brawler to sweep him here.
Steel sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Steel won't allow Brawler to sweep him here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steel is stalling in the full guard.
Steel sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brawler's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brawler tries to get to full guard but Steel has control of the leg.
Brawler throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Steel manages to pass to side control.
Brawler is trying to get back to half guard.
Brawler throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Brawler is not content to let Steel control the position.
Brawler is looking for a sweep.
Brawler is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ray Brawler has got the better of the ground game so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Steel looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brawler is fending him off so far but Steel persists. Nope, Brawler circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Brawler shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Brawler stopping the sweep attempt from Steel.
Steel is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Brawler throwing strikes but missing.
Steel has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Steel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Brawler is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brawler is in all sorts of trouble here.
Steel controlling the pace for now.
Brawler is wriggling around trying to escape.
Steel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Thiago Steel just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Steel with a lazy takedown attempt

and Brawler counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Steel's guard now.
Brawler wants to stand but Steel has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Steel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Steel is trying to control the position but Brawler postures up.
Brawler throws a strike but Steel rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brawler throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Brawler looking for a sweep. Not yet Brawler, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Steel dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Brawler fails with the takedown

and Steel counters with a single leg into guard. Brawler didn't expect that.
Brawler is looking to stand back up but Steel counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Brawler.
Brawler is trying to improve his position.
Brawler tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Steel presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Steel wants to control the pace but Brawler is squirming around nicely.
Steel controlling his opponent.
Brawler is looking to improve his position but Steel isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel blocks Brawler's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Brawler is looking to get to half guard.
Steel wants to control the pace but Brawler is squirming around nicely.
Brawler swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Brawler is wriggling around trying to escape.
Steel controlling from the full mount.
Brawler tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Steel sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brawler is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Steel blocks Brawler's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Brawler is desperately trying to improve his position but Steel has a good base and remains in mount.
Brawler throwing hammer fists to the chest of Steel. What's that going to do exactly?
Steel blocks Brawler's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Steel trying to control but Brawler is having none of it.
Steel controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel prevents Brawler from getting the reversal.
Steel controlling from the full mount.
Brawler flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Brawler throwing hammer fists to the chest of Steel. What's that going to do exactly?
Brawler tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Steel controlling from the full mount.
Steel tries to control but Brawler wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brawler tries to reverse the position but Steel maintains control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Steel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Steel 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Steel!