PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marlo Stein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Bader is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Stein
vs
Bader

190 cm
23
266 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
245 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marlo Stein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Bader!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stein scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Ryan Bader has been cut.
Stein tries to clinch but Bader is having none of it.
Stein shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bader as he jumps to the side.
Bader throws a right hand that Stein ducks under and follows up with a left that Stein also avoids with ease.
Bader shoots in looking for a takedown but Stein manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bader's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Stein drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bader can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bader keeping moving, preventing Stein from controlling successfully.
Stein postures up.
Bader wants to sweep here but Stein controlling him for the moment.
Bader wants to get back to his feet but Stein is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stein pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bader is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bader is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bader lands with some strikes.
Bader working Stein over with strikes here.
Bader lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bader controlling from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stein is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bader raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stein in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bader has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bader with a couple of short strikes.
Bader working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bader cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bader lands with some strikes.
Bader punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bader lands a big shot there that rocks Stein but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stein working to try and regain half guard.
Bader with shots to the head and body - Stein looks very uncomfortable down there.
Stein working to try and regain half guard.
Bader lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bader controlling from mount.
Bader working Stein over with strikes here.
Bader landing shots from mount.
Bader landing strikes from the mount and Stein is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bader looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bader controlling from the full mount.
Stein keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bader scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stein?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bader pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bader cracks Stein with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Stein manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bader working Stein over with strikes.
Stein is trying to maintain the position but Bader is very close to passing his half guard.
Bader wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stein keeps working.
Bader lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stein is trying to control but Bader manages to pass to mount!
Bader lands a heavy elbow.
Stein knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bader on the ground.
Bader landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Bader dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Bader's cut.
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.

Stein closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bader being controlled against the cage.
Bader wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stein has him pressed against the cage.
Stein is trying to pull guard but Bader turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Stein creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bader's defenses.
Bader is trying to force a seperation but Stein has the dominant position.
Bader wants to take the fight to the mat but Stein manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Bader has hold of one of Stein's legs. Stein is fighting the takedown attempt but Bader gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bader with a nice head shot there.
Bader throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein trying to control the position.
Stein wants to stand up but Bader is controlling him.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bader. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bader loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Stein is looking for a triangle but Bader pushes his legs off easily.
Bader trying to control the position from guard on top but Stein is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stein wants to sweep here but Bader controlling him for the moment.
Ryan Bader has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bader in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bader's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bader throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stein works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stein trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein looking for a sweep. Not yet Stein, not yet.
Bader wants to control from the top but Stein keeps moving.
Bader throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stein works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Stein escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bader gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bader throwing strikes from guard but Stein blocks nicely.
Stein has momentary wrist control but Bader slips an elbow through the middle.
Bader lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bader postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bader landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bader gets to his feet - Stein follows without any prompting.
Ryan Bader seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bader fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bader shoots for a double leg takedown but Stein sprawls well. He's pushed Bader's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bader shoots in but no luck this time.
Marlo Stein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Bader.
Bader is breathing heavily.
Stein shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bader pinned against the cage. Bader gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Stein feints a jab promting Bader to slip. Stein then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bader slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Stein scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Bader regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bader keeping full guard, as Stein tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bader working a defensive guard here.
Stein wants to stand and escape but instead Bader has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Stein wants to sweep here but Bader controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bader wants to control from the top but Stein keeps moving.
Bader working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ryan Bader will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ryan Bader's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bader stuffs the takedown.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stein.
Stein scores with a nice right hand.
Stein fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marlo Stein. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stein throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bader's waist but Bader gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stein off to one side.
Bader throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Stein counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bader manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bader wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stein keeps working.
Stein has hold of Bader's hands but Bader slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ground and pound from Bader.
Bader scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stein with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stein taking some punishment here, with Bader in his half guard.
Bader wants to take a breather but Stein is having none of it.
Bader might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Stein kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Bader controlling the action here.
Bader working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bader lands with a punch from half guard.
Bader takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bader passes to full mount!
Stein wants to control but Bader is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bader working Stein over with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stein is trying to escape the mount.
Bader has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Stein's face.
Stein is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bader lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stein hang on?
A nice elbow there by Bader.
Bader lands a big shot there that rocks Stein but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bader prevents Stein from getting the reversal.
Bader trying to control but Stein is having none of it.
BOOM! Bader connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein is in a horrible position here. Bader smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bader is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stein can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bader scoring with strikes but Stein is staying in there.
Bader lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The referee warns Stein that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bader looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Stein is squirming around, avoiding Bader's attempts to control the action.
Stein is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bader tries to control but Stein wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bader raining down hammerfists from mount.
Stein can't escape the position.
Bader controlling his opponent.
Bader lands a heavy elbow.
Stein is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bader looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bader raining down hammerfists from mount.
Stein wants to control but Bader is having none of it.
Marlo Stein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bader landing strikes from the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Bader comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bader winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Bader!