PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Cuevas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Cuevas

179 cm
22
254 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stephen King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Cuevas!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuevas tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Cuevas moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Cuevas fails with an attempt to clinch.
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cuevas rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cuevas has King pushed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cuevas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Cuevas to work.
King really is a fat lump.
Cuevas presses King against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cuevas lands a body punch.
Cuevas displaying some good clinch control by pressing King up against the cage.
Cuevas lands a body shot.
Cuevas stalling the fight.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tony Cuevas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cuevas is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Cuevas is looking to clinch.

Cuevas moves into the clinch successfully.

Cuevas manages to break the clinch.
Cuevas tries to clinch but King is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cuevas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Cuevas breaks the clinch.
Cuevas wants to clinch.
Cuevas fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four 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.
Cuevas tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cuevas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cuevas tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Cuevas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cuevas tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Cuevas moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Cuevas dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cuevas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cuevas just leaning against King, taking a breather.
Cuevas works on King's body with a couple of short punches.

Cuevas breaks from the clinch.
Cuevas tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuevas wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Cuevas wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Cuevas closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cuevas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cuevas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

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.
A right hook to the body lands for Cuevas.
A short right from Cuevas on the inside.

Cuevas breaks the clinch.
Cuevas wants to clinch.
Cuevas is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cuevas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cuevas tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
Cuevas tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cuevas tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Cuevas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cuevas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
King circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Cuevas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cuevas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cuevas is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cuevas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King has a takedown stuffed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Cuevas closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
Cuevas just leaning against King, taking a breather.
Cuevas lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cuevas digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cuevas scores with a hook to the body.
Cuevas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from Cuevas on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Cuevas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cuevas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.

Cuevas manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cuevas has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cuevas.
Cuevas has King pushed against the cage.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cuevas lands with a right to the head.
Cuevas pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tony Cuevas.
Cuevas is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Cuevas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cuevas fails with an attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Cuevas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cuevas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Cuevas!