PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hank Williams Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams Jr comes to the cage accompanied by invincible. Steiner is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Agonoize - Baeng Baeng Goodbye. Max Steiner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Williams Jr
vs
Steiner

170 cm
25
147 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

174 cm
26
144 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hank Williams Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Max Steiner!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steiner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams Jr moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Steiner misses.
Steiner misses with the combination.
Steiner fails to land with a series of punches.

Williams Jr closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Steiner quickly recovers to half guard.
Williams Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Williams Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Steiner defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams Jr throwing shots but Steiner is blocking nicely.

Williams Jr is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Steiner wants to sweep but Williams Jr has passed to side control!
Steiner is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams Jr throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Williams Jr is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Steiner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Williams Jr misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Steiner is not content to let Williams Jr control the position.
Steiner on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner defending against the ground and pound.
Williams Jr working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Williams Jr is trying to get an arm triangle but Steiner is defending well.
Steiner is letting Williams Jr control him for a moment.
Williams Jr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Steiner keeps working.
Steiner manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams Jr is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Williams Jr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Williams Jr trying to control but Steiner is having none of it.
Williams Jr lands with some strikes.
Williams Jr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steiner is looking to improve his position but Williams Jr isn't that keen on the idea.
Williams Jr unloads with some shots from mount but Steiner bucks and avoids them well.
Williams Jr controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Williams Jr cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Williams Jr 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Steiner wants to hold on but Williams Jr pushes him away.
Williams Jr cracks Steiner with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Williams Jr wants to control the pace but Steiner is squirming around nicely.
Steiner is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Steiner that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Steiner blocking the ground and pound.
Steiner is in a horrible position here. Williams Jr smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Williams Jr trying to control but Steiner is having none of it.
Steiner is looking to get to half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Williams Jr drops a big elbow. That's hurt Steiner! More shots from Williams Jr and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hank Williams Jr!
During a confident post fight interview, Hank Williams Jr thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.