PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannes Steffensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gena Yourass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yourass has chosen Bad News as his entrance music. Hannes Steffensen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gena Yourass's chin.

Steffensen
vs
Yourass

194 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
23
214 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannes Steffensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gena Yourass!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yourass throws a jab but it's blocked by Steffensen.
Steffensen throws a hook but Yourass avoids it easily.
Steffensen cracks Yourass with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yourass throws a big shot that misses.
Yourass misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yourass throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steffensen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steffensen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yourass.
Yourass fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steffensen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yourass throws a right and a left that Steffensen avoids nicely.
Yourass lands a glancing blow to the side of Steffensen's head.
Steffensen misses with a combination
and Steffensen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yourass bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Steffensen's head.
Yourass misses the shot to the body.
Yourass swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yourass looks to land a combination. Steffensen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steffensen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steffensen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yourass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steffensen stuns Yourass with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yourass scores with a decent looking hook.
Yourass ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yourass scores with a shot to the body.
Steffensen wants to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Yourass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steffensen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Steffensen tests Yourass's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yourass listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Steffensen jabs at Yourass's body.
Yourass moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Yourass lands a right hook to the body.
Yourass rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steffensen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steffensen jabs at Yourass's body.
Steffensen swings for the body but Yourass moves out of range.
Yourass slips under a jab from Steffensen.
Yourass ducks under a wild hook from Steffensen.
Steffensen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Steffensen catches Yourass with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yourass misses with a hook.
Steffensen throws a right and a left that Yourass avoids nicely.
Steffensen misses with a body punch
enabling Yourass to counter with a crisp jab.
Yourass lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yourass fails to land with a series of punches.
Steffensen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yourass.
Steffensen takes one on the button.
Yourass wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yourass misses with a looping right.
Yourass ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Steffensen misses with a straight right.
Yourass lands a nice shot to the body.
Steffensen is breathing heavily.
Yourass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yourass cracks Steffensen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yourass ducks under a wild hook from Steffensen.
Yourass walks into a jab.
Steffensen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yourass scores with the left hand. Steffensen knows he should have avoided that one.
Steffensen fails to land the takedown.
Steffensen misses with a wild body shot.
Nice shot lands for Yourass.
Yourass lands with a hook. Steffensen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yourass is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Steffensen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yourass throws a series of punches but Steffensen avoids them all with ease.
Steffensen misses with a straight left.
Steffensen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steffensen slips a straight right by Yourass.
Steffensen moves out of range as Yourass strikes.
Steffensen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yourass misses with a straight right.
Yourass getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yourass.
Steffensen throws a hook but Yourass avoids it easily.
Yourass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steffensen manages to avoid it.
Yourass slips a straight right by Steffensen.
Steffensen wants to clinch but Yourass slips to the side
and Yourass counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yourass loads up on a big right hand but Steffensen slips the punch.
Yourass scores with a decent looking hook.
Steffensen throws a body punch but Yourass moves out of range.
Yourass changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Steffensen fails to land with a series of punches.
Steffensen throws a right hand that Yourass ducks under and follows up with a left that Yourass also avoids with ease.
Yourass takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice cross by Yourass.
Yourass changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yourass misses the body punch
and Steffensen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Steffensen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Steffensen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yourass clobbers Steffensen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yourass moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gena Yourass is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steffensen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yourass scores with a nice right hand.
Yourass lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A combination from Yourass does no damage.
Yourass works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yourass throws a right hand that Steffensen ducks under and follows up with a left that Steffensen also avoids with ease.
Steffensen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yourass.
Steffensen slips a jab and a cross from Yourass.
A combination from Yourass does no damage.
A punch lands to the side of Steffensen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yourass fails to land with a series of punches.
Yourass getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A left lands for Yourass.
Steffensen throws the left hand but Yourass avoids the punch easily.
Yourass throws out a loose jab but Steffensen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yourass swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steffensen tries to close the distance and clinch but Yourass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steffensen thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steffensen throws a nice looking combination but Yourass bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yourass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yourass lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Steffensen at a distance.
Yourass throws a series of punches but Steffensen moves out of range.
Yourass looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gena Yourass dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Steffensen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice cross by Steffensen.
Yourass takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steffensen avoids the body shot from Yourass.
Steffensen misses with a wild body shot.
Gena Yourass is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steffensen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Steffensen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Steffensen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yourass counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Steffensen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steffensen stuns Yourass with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Steffensen misses with a body shot.
Yourass just misses with a punch to the body.
Yourass has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yourass connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steffensen's hands.
A shot to the body from Yourass misses
and Steffensen counters with a left and a right that stings Yourass.
Yourass defending well as Steffensen loads up on a big left hand.
Steffensen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big right from Yourass misses.
Steffensen lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steffensen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yourass throws a body punch but Steffensen moves out of range.
Yourass slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Yourass ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steffensen shoots in but Yourass avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice defenses there by Steffensen.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steffensen. Yourass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steffensen scores with a punch to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Yourass 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Steffensen might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Good shot there by Yourass.
Yourass throws a hook but Steffensen blocks it.
Steffensen takes one to the chin there.
Yourass lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Steffensen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A jab from Yourass finds it's way through Steffensen's defenses.
Steffensen dodges the punch combination from Yourass.
Steffensen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Steffensen.
Yourass ducks under a wild hook from Steffensen.
Yourass moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yourass connects with a right hand. Steffensen shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steffensen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Steffensen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steffensen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yourass connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A jab from Yourass does it's job there.
Steffensen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Steffensen wants to clinch but Yourass slips to the side
and Yourass counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yourass scores with a three punch combo!

Steffensen is rocked!
A jab lands there for Yourass.
Oh Steffensen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yourass digs a good body shot into Steffensen's ribs.
Yourass works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yourass lands with a nice body punch.
Steffensen seems to have got his legs back now.
Yourass fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Steffensen on the side of the head.
Yourass looks to land a combination but Steffensen avoids it well.
Yourass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Steffensen circles away quickly and effectively.
Yourass tries to bum rush Steffensen with a series of wild strikes but Steffensen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yourass lands a right hook to the body.
No joy there for Yourass, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steffensen slips a jab and a cross from Yourass.
Yourass misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Yourass misses.
Yourass connects with the punch.
Steffensen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yourass misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Yourass.
Yourass lands a glancing blow to the side of Steffensen's head.
Nice cross by Yourass.
Steffensen connects with a body shot.
Steffensen misses with a straight right.
Yourass ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab by Yourass.
Donk. Yourass catches Steffensen right on the button with a cross.
Steffensen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yourass tries to avoid it but Steffensen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yourass to the ground. Yourass escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hannes Steffensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yourass lands an overhand right.
Steffensen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yourass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yourass lands a nice shot that snaps Steffensen's head back.
Good standup being displayed there by Yourass as he connects with a hook.
Gena Yourass seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yourass wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steffensen lands a jab to Yourass's midsection.
Yourass moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Yourass swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yourass misses the shot to the body.
Yourass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steffensen moves away.
Yourass lands the left hand.
Steffensen misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steffensen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yourass tries to avoid it but Steffensen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yourass to the ground. Yourass escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Yourass swings for the body but Steffensen moves out of range.
Yourass with a hook.
Yourass lands a right hook to the body.
Steffensen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Yourass.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Steffensen. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Yourass scores with a sloppy right hand. Steffensen should have avoided that one.
Yourass works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yourass fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steffensen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yourass connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Steffensen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yourass dips to his left and cracks Steffensen with an uppercut!
Steffensen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Yourass throws a one two combo.
BOOM! Yourass lands a beautiful left hook that drops Steffensen. Steffensen tries to recover but Yourass is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Steffensen lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gena Yourass!