PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Cutting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthew Stevenson struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Cutting
vs
Stevenson

185 cm
19
203 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Cutting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Matthew Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cutting thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cutting rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stevenson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cutting misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cutting throws a right hand that Stevenson ducks under and follows up with a left that Stevenson also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Stevenson misses.
Cutting misses with a straight right.
Cutting pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stevenson motions for Cutting to come forward. Stevenson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stevenson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Matthew Stevenson has been cut.
Stevenson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cutting paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cutting closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stevenson is looking to break free of the clinch but Cutting has double underhooks.

Cutting manages to break the clinch.
Cutting misses with a lunging right hand
and Stevenson counters with an outside leg kick.
Stevenson slips a straight right by Cutting.
Cutting on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stevenson. Stevenson obviously looking to wear him down.
Stevenson stalks Cutting and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cutting's face. Cutting staggers backwards, shaken.
Cutting looks to throw the jab but Stevenson is out of range.
Cutting misses with a hook.
Cutting swings widly with a right hand
and Stevenson counters with a thumping low kick.
Stevenson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stevenson looks gassed!
Cutting throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stevenson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutting misses with a right hand
and Stevenson counters with a leg kick.
Stevenson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cutting.
Stevenson dodges the punch combination from Cutting.
Cutting throws an off balance right hand
and Stevenson counters with a one-two to the body.
Cutting swings widly with a right hand
and Stevenson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cutting throws a right hand that misses
and Stevenson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A right-left combo lands from Stevenson.
Cutting takes one on the button.
Cutting throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stevenson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cutting rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stevenson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cutting misses with an uppercut
and Stevenson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cutting misses with an uppercut. Stevenson saw that one coming.
Stevenson tries to clinch up but Cutting circles away and keeps his distance.

Stevenson has closed the distance and engaged Cutting in a clinch.

Cutting pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cutting feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stevensons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cutting stalks Stevenson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stevenson's face. Stevenson staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cutting rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stevenson counters with a series of strikes. Cutting will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutting misses with a looping right.
Stevenson slips a jab and a cross from Cutting.
Stevenson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stevenson slips a jab from Cutting.
Cutting looks to land a right hand but Stevenson moved out of range.
Stevenson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stevenson throws a nice looking combination but Cutting bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cutting lands a head shot.
Cutting throws a hook but Stevenson blocks it.
Bill Cutting seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cutting lands a jab to the head.
Cutting scores with the left hand. Stevenson knows he should have avoided that one.
Cutting misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cutting darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cutting misses the jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Cutting's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Cutting.
Cutting throws a hook to the side of Stevenson's head but Stevenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stevenson moves out of range of the strikes.
Bill Cutting is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cutting misses with a left hand
and Stevenson counters with a thumping low kick.
Cutting is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cutting swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stevenson misses with a low kick as Cutting jumps back.
Cutting is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cutting jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Stevenson.

Cutting gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Cutting breaks the clinch.
Stevenson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cutting throws out the jab.
Stevenson slips a straight right by Cutting.
Cutting scores with a jab. Stevenson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cutting throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stevenson.
A swing and a miss from Cutting.
Cutting is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Cutting gets a clinch.

Cutting's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cutting rushes Stevenson and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cutting breaks the clinch.
Cutting is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stevenson.
Cutting throws a jab when Stevenson was well out of range.
Jab by Cutting.
Stevenson moves to clinch but Cutting breaks away
and Cutting cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cutting scores with a jab. Stevenson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Cutting closes the distance and clinches.

Cutting's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cutting throws out a loose jab but Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Cutting throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cutting missing with a left hand there. Stevenson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cutting lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stevenson circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cutting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stevenson.
Decent striking displayed by Cutting there.
Cutting misses with a hook.
Stevenson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Cutting dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Stevenson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cutting has taken the fight to the clinch.

Cutting breaks the clinch.
Cutting rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stevenson counters with an outside leg kick.
Bill Cutting is winning the standup battle so far.
Cutting keeps the fight on the outside.
Cutting misses with a wild combination.
Stevenson takes one to the chin there.

Cutting closes the distance and clinches.
Stevenson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Cutting's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice cross by Cutting.
A telegraphed right hand from Cutting misses the target.
Cutting misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
Stevenson misses with the combination.
Stevenson moves out of range as Cutting strikes.
Cutting misses with a double jab.
Cutting's corner calls for a 1-2. Cutting obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cutting throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Stevenson counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutting jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Cutting cracks Stevenson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Cutting has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Stevenson to stand back up!

Cutting gets a clinch.

Cutting escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cutting throws a jab when Stevenson was well out of range.
Stevenson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cutting.
Stevenson moves forwards but Cutting connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cutting throws a good cross that connects.
Cutting throws the left hand but Stevenson avoids the punch easily.
Cutting avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cutting thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cutting throws a lazy right hand but Stevenson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stevenson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cutting.

Cutting clinches up against the cage.

Cutting breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cutting missing with a left hand there. Stevenson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutting scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stevenson in his tracks.
Stevenson slips a jab from Cutting.
Cutting throws a big shot that misses.
Stevenson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cutting throws a jab but it's blocked by Stevenson.
Stevenson defending well as Cutting loads up on a big left hand.
Cutting throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cutting throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cutting connects with the punch.
Stevenson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Stevenson is rocked!
Cutting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stevenson.

Cutting closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stevenson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Cutting breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cutting scores with a nice head shot.
Cutting uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stevenson has time to react.
A slow jab from Cutting misses its intended target.
Cutting throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cutting lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stevenson is still on wobbly legs! Can Cutting finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson moves out of range of the strikes.
Stevenson seems to have recovered his senses.
Cutting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stevenson.
Cutting swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cutting is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stevenson can do to turn this around?
Cutting pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cutting throws a big shot that misses.
Cutting swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stevenson dodges the punch combination from Cutting.
Nice straight punches there by Cutting. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cutting.
Cutting throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stevenson on the side of the head.

Cutting closes the distance and clinches.

Cutting escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cutting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cutting misses with a straight right.
Cutting throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stevenson.
Cutting slips a jab and a cross from Stevenson.
Stevenson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutting throws a hook but Stevenson avoids it easily.
Cutting throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stevenson fails to land with a series of punches.
Cutting throws out a loose jab but Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cutting throws a jab but it's blocked by Stevenson.
Cutting misses the jab.
Cutting feints a jab promting Stevenson to slip. Cutting then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stevenson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Donk. Cutting catches Stevenson right on the button with a cross.
Cutting rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Stevenson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cutting lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cutting scores with a jab.
Stevenson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stevenson there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Cutting instigates a clinch.
Stevenson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Cutting's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cutting throws the left hand but Stevenson avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Cutting dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Stevenson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cutting smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Cutting.
Stevenson slips under a jab.
Matthew Stevenson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cutting bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stevenson's head.
Cutting throws a hook to the side of Stevenson's head but Stevenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cutting throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stevenson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cutting misses with a straight right.
Stevenson lands with a nice combination. Cutting backs away looking to recover.
Cutting throws an overhand right that lands on Stevenson's shoulder, as Stevenson tries to avoid the shot.
Cutting misses with a looping left.
Cutting misses with a right hand
and Stevenson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stevenson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stevenson tries to move into range but Cutting moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Cutting moves into range and clinches up with Stevenson.

Cutting's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cutting.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cutting misses with an uppercut.
Cutting throws a looping overhand right but Stevenson ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutting pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cutting swings widly with a right hand
and Stevenson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cutting.
Stevenson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cutting throws out the jab.
Cutting looks to land a left hand but Stevenson moved out of range nicely.
Stevenson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stevenson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cutting.
Stevenson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cutting lands a glancing blow to the side of Stevenson's head.
Cutting throws an overhand right that lands on Stevenson's shoulder, as Stevenson tries to avoid the shot.
Cutting thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Cutting.
Some wild striking there from Cutting.

Cutting has Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.

Cutting's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cutting lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Cutting escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cutting misses with a looping left.
Some wild striking there from Cutting.
Stevenson blocks a jab.
Stevenson drops his hands momentarily and Cutting takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cutting throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cutting throws a jab when Stevenson was well out of range.
Cutting stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevenson staying out of range there.
Stevenson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cutting swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stevenson blocks a jab.
Stevenson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cutting counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stevenson slips a straight right by Cutting.
The fighters circling - Cutting throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cutting lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cutting misses with a looping right.
Cutting throws the left hand but Stevenson avoids the punch easily.
Stevenson slips under a jab from Cutting.
Cutting loads up on a big right hand but Stevenson slips the punch.
Cutting misses with a straight right.
Cutting uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Stevenson misses with a double jab

and Cutting moves into the clinch.

Cutting escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stevenson moves away from the strike by Cutting.
Stevenson moves away from the strike by Cutting.
Cutting throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cutting misses with a looping left.
Cutting throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stevenson counters with a two punch combo.
Cutting lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Stevenson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cutting listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cutting throws the left hand but Stevenson avoids the punch easily.
Cutting jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Stevenson.
Cutting swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stevenson slips a straight right by Cutting.

Cutting moves into the clinch.

Cutting breaks the clinch.
Matthew Stevenson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cutting lands the left hand.
Cutting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stevenson.
Cutting connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stevenson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cutting misses with a looping right.
Cutting looks to land a left hand but Stevenson moved out of range nicely.
Stevenson fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Cutting showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cutting has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Cutting!