PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martik Stepanyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soprano kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Got Yourself a Gun . Tony Soprano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Soprano
vs
Stepanyan

188 cm
26
215 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

185 cm
27
206 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Hellbent, Inc.™
Charlie Wang's Nutrition and Laundry

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 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Soprano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martik Stepanyan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soprano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Soprano thuds a left hand into Stepanyan's body.
Stepanyan walks into a left hand.
Stepanyan fails with the takedown
and Soprano counters with a stiff right hand.
Stepanyan misses with a takedown attempt
and Soprano counters with a left to the body.

Stepanyan gets a takedown into half guard.
Stepanyan looks to land a strike but Soprano avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Soprano knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stepanyan on the ground.
Stepanyan thows a big elbow that misses.
Soprano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stepanyan.
Stepanyan is looking to work some ground and pound but Soprano has wrist control.
Soprano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stepanyan.
Soprano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stepanyan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stepanyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stepanyan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stepanyan won't allow Soprano to get back to his feet.
Stepanyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stepanyan distracts Soprano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stepanyan throwing strikes but missing.
Stepanyan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Soprano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Stepanyan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stepanyan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stepanyan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stepanyan is looking to work some ground and pound but Soprano has wrist control.
Soprano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stepanyan tries to free his leg and advance position but Soprano is retaining full guard.
Soprano has momentary wrist control but Stepanyan slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soprano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stepanyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stepanyan throwing strikes from guard but Soprano blocks nicely.
Stepanyan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stepanyan passes into half guard.
Soprano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stepanyan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanyan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Soprano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Stepanyan connects with a nice short shot to Soprano's temple.
Stepanyan looks to land a strike but Soprano avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Stepanyan throwing strikes but missing.
Soprano is trying to keep Stepanyan in close.
Soprano keeping moving, preventing Stepanyan from controlling successfully.
Stepanyan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stepanyan is looking to work some ground and pound but Soprano has wrist control.
Soprano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stepanyan.
Soprano is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stepanyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stepanyan trying to control but Soprano is working from the bottom.
Soprano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stepanyan.
Stepanyan is in close to Soprano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Stepanyan thows a big elbow that misses.
Soprano looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Soprano scores with a kick to the body.
Soprano throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Stepanyan.
Stepanyan shoots for a takedown but Soprano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stepanyan shoots in but no luck this time.
Soprano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Soprano with a jab.
Stepanyan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Soprano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stepanyan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tony Soprano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martik Stepanyan.
Soprano lands with a good body shot.

Stepanyan gets a takedown into half guard.
Stepanyan stops Soprano from getting back to his feet.
Stepanyan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Soprano kicks off Stepanyan and gets to his feet.
Stepanyan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Soprano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Soprano connects with a leg kick. Stepanyan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stepanyan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Soprano keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Soprano scores with a nice head shot.
Soprano digs a good hook to Stepanyan's body.
Martik Stepanyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soprano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Soprano lands with a nice body punch.
Soprano lands a high kick!
Soprano throws a head kick that Stepanyan semi-blocks.
Soprano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tony Soprano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soprano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Soprano.
Soprano's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Soprano duly obliges.

It looks like Martik Stepanyan has been cut.
Soprano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stepanyan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soprano thuds a left hand into Stepanyan's body.
Soprano is looking to wear down Stepanyan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Soprano lands a jab to Stepanyan's midsection.
Soprano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Soprano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Soprano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Stepanyan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Soprano counters with a nice uppercut.
Stepanyan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Soprano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Soprano jabs Stepanyan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Soprano. Beautiful body shot.
Soprano throws a leg kick which misses Stepanyan's front leg but catches the back leg as Stepanyan tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Soprano catches Stepanyan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Soprano connects with a leg kick. Stepanyan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stepanyan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stepanyan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Soprano. That snapped Stepanyan's head back.
Soprano with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Soprano scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stepanyan doesn't seem bothered though.
Stepanyan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Soprano lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Soprano finds it's way through Stepanyan's defenses.
Stepanyan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Soprano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stepanyan scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soprano with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Soprano thuds a left hand into Stepanyan's body.
Soprano scores with a leg kick.
Soprano moves into range and connects with a jab.
Soprano lands with a nice combination. Stepanyan backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stepanyan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Soprano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stepanyan scrambles back to his feet.
Soprano connects with a solid leg kick.
Soprano connects with a high kick.
Stepanyan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Soprano stuffs the takedown attempt from Stepanyan. Stepanyan gets slowly back to his feet.
Stepanyan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soprano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Soprano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Soprano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Soprano lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice cross by Soprano.
Soprano catches Stepanyan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stepanyan has his takedown stuffed
and Soprano counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Soprano dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martik Stepanyan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Soprano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stepanyan. That did some damage!
Stepanyan shoots in for a double leg but Soprano sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Soprano connects with a jab.
A left and a right from Soprano both land. Nice combination.
Soprano lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Soprano scores with a shot to the body.
Soprano digs a good hook to Stepanyan's body.
Soprano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Danga de danga de dang - Soprano scores with a four punch combination!
A nice inside leg kick there by Soprano. That's going to slow Stepanyan down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stepanyan takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stepanyan takes one on the button.

Stepanyan is rocked!
Stepanyan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stepanyan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Soprano shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stepanyan eats them both and turns towards Soprano to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Stepanyan is still on wobbly legs! Can Soprano finish him?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Soprano scores with a decent looking hook.
Stepanyan shoots and misses
and Soprano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Soprano.
Stepanyan seems to have recovered his senses.
Stepanyan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Soprano throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Soprano scores with a kick to the body.
Stepanyan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Soprano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Soprano moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Soprano lands with an uppercut that bounces Stepanyan off the cage and back into rage.
Soprano lands a two punch combo.
Stepanyan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Soprano lands the left hand.
Stepanyan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Soprano sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stepanyan somewhat.
Tony Soprano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martik Stepanyan.
Nice cross by Soprano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stepanyan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Soprano sprawls well. Soprano wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Stepanyan gets slowly back to his feet.
Stepanyan walks into a stiff left hand from Soprano.
Soprano scores with a hook to the body. Stepanyan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A right-left combo lands from Soprano.
Soprano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stepanyan moves forwards but Soprano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Soprano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Soprano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stepanyan on the side of the head.
Soprano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Soprano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Soprano explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Soprano lands a really nice looking cross but Stepanyan seems unphased.
Soprano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanyan fails with the takedown.
Stepanyan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stepanyan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stepanyan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Soprano pinned against the cage. Soprano gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Soprano scores with a head kick.
Stepanyan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Stepanyan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Soprano cracks Stepanyan with a good jab.
Stepanyan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Soprano lands with a nice body kick.
Soprano lands a head shot.
Stepanyan walks into a left hand.
Soprano scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Soprano lands a slapping body shot.
Soprano looks to land a combination. Stepanyan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body kick there by Soprano.
Soprano is working the combinations to good effect here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Soprano.
Stepanyan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Stepanyan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Soprano lands with a shot to the body.
Stepanyan walks into a left hand.
Soprano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Soprano closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stepanyan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Soprano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Soprano with a nice cross.
Soprano fakes the leg kick and cracks Stepanyan in the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Soprano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stepanyan takes one to the chin there.
Soprano thuds a left hand into Stepanyan's body.
Stepanyan ducks right into an uppercut from Soprano.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Soprano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Soprano 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:27

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