PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Czesio Niemen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steele is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lil Wayne-Drop the World. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Niemen
vs
Steele

196 cm
24
270 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

194 cm
30
288 lbs
18 - 19 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Czesio Niemen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Steele!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niemen dodges the punch combination from Steele.
Steele sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
Niemen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Steele finds it's way round the side to connect with Niemen's head.
A head kick misses from Niemen.
Steele scores with a shot to the body.
Niemen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Steele swinging wildly here.
Steele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele throws a right hand that Niemen ducks under and follows up with a left that Niemen also avoids with ease.
Niemen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Steele throws a hook to the side of Niemen's head but Niemen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steele throws a right hand that Niemen ducks under and follows up with a left that Niemen also avoids with ease.
The crowd cheers as Niemen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steele doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Ben Steele has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from Steele.
Niemen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A punch combination from Steele misses.
Steele throws a hook but Niemen avoids it easily.
Steele takes one to the side of the head.
Niemen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Niemen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steele.
Steele's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Steele duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niemen lands a body shot.
Steele looks gassed!
Steele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Niemen lands a jab to Steele's midsection.
Niemen throws a good cross that connects.
Niemen cracks Steele with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Niemen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Niemen with a hook.
Niemen tests Steele's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That has opened up Ben Steele's cut even more.
Niemen fakes the leg kick and cracks Steele in the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Niemen.
Steele takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Niemen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Niemen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steele.
Steele has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Niemen.
Niemen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Niemen lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Steele goes down and covers up as Niemen starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Czesio Niemen!
A very excited looking Czesio Niemen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.