PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dean Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Compton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Compton is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Granville Bowlin - Wild Bill Jones. Dean Stevens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stevens
vs
Compton

176 cm
21
169 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

183 cm
24
167 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dean Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bill Compton!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Compton.
Stevens misses with a takedown
and Stevens takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stevens avoids a punch combination nicely.

Stevens clinches up with Compton and pushes him back against the cage.
Compton tries a knee to the head but Stevens blocks it.
Stevens with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Compton trying to stall but Stevens improves his position.
Stevens is trying to break free.
A short body shot lands from Stevens as the two fighters clinch.
Compton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stevens missing with knees to the body.
Compton blocks a body shot from Stevens.
Stevens misses with a punch to the body.
Stevens goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Compton gets underhooks to prevent Stevens's takedown attempt.
Stevens changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Compton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Compton gets caught napping as Stevens dives in and scores a takedown. Compton manages to retain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stevens's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stevens throwing strikes from guard but Compton blocks nicely.
Compton pulls Stevens in to control the position.
Compton keeping moving, preventing Stevens from controlling successfully.
Stevens throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Compton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stevens wants to control from the top but Compton keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stevens postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stevens wants to control from the top but Compton keeps moving.
Compton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Stevens in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stevens accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stevens passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Stevens misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens advances to full mount.
Stevens breaks from Compton's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Stevens content just to control the position here.
Stevens with a couple of short strikes.
Stevens looking to ground and pound but Compton is blocking nicely.
Stevens thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Stevens there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Stevens throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens trying to control but Compton is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stevens punching from mount but Compton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Stevens with shots to the head and body - Compton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Stevens throws some wild stikes that Compton manages to avoid easily.
Stevens putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stevens throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Stevens trying to control but Compton is having none of it.
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean 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.

Compton lands a nice looking body kick.
Compton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stevens throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stevens circles away from the clinch attempt

and Stevens counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Compton is not content to let Stevens control the position.
Compton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton wants to control but Stevens is keeping busy.
Compton is refusing to be controlled, as Stevens sits in half guard.
Stevens has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stevens looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Stevens thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Compton's head.
Stevens throwing shots but Compton is blocking nicely.
Stevens sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Compton defending well though.

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.
Stevens is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stevens throws a strike but Compton avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Compton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Compton is trying to control the position but Stevens postures up.
Stevens is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Compton bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stevens's guard.
Stevens is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Compton is fighting to break Stevens's control of his arms but Stevens is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Compton wants to control from the top but Stevens keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens looking to hit a scissor sweep but Compton is one step ahead there.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bill Compton was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Stevens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Compton.

Compton drives through and clinches with Stevens against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Stevens fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Compton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Compton lands an elbow that stopped Stevens in his tracks for a moment.
Stevens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Compton is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Compton - that landed with a thud.

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.
Compton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stevens.
Compton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stevens looking to throw knees to the head but Compton is blocking nicely.
Compton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Stevens.
Compton lands an elbow inside that Stevens shrugs off.
Compton looking to slow down the pace here.
Stevens taking a breather.
Compton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevens works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Compton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Compton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Stevens cracks Compton with a nice body shot.
Compton misses with a knee strike.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Compton avoids it.
Stevens wants a takedown but no success here.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Stevens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stevens as Compton tries to tie him up.
Compton lands an elbow inside that Stevens shrugs off.
Stevens unloads a knee to the mid-section. Compton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A left hand lands to the body for Compton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Stevens dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Compton scores with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Compton.
Nice defenses there by Stevens.
Compton misses with a jab to the body
and Stevens counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stevens throws a push kick but Compton slaps the foot to one side.
Stevens walks into a stiff left hand from Compton.
Stevens misses with a kick to the body
and Compton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice takedown defense from Compton. No joy for Stevens on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Compton tries to clinch up

and Stevens counters with a nice double leg into side control. Compton won't be happy with that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stevens working the strikes but Compton uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Stevens throws a strike but Compton avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Stevens cracks Compton with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stevens accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stevens throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens looking to sit in guard and control but Compton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stevens trying to control the position.
Stevens tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Compton wants to control from the top but Stevens keeps moving.
Stevens pulls Compton in close to prevent any damage.
Stevens's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Dean Stevens is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Stevens manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Compton manages to get himself to full guard.
Stevens is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Compton is trying to keep Stevens in close.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Compton swings for the body but Stevens moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Compton shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stevens eats them both and turns towards Compton to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Stevens shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Compton sprawls well. Compton wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stevens gets slowly back to his feet.
Compton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bill Compton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dean Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Compton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stevens, pushing him back against the cage.
Compton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stevens tries to land knees in the clinch but Compton avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Compton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Compton stalling against the cage.
Compton swings wildly with an uppercut but Stevens uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bill Compton.
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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28

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