PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jayden Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Ray
vs
Steel

194 cm
30
280 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
24
260 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ultimate Fighting Gear

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jayden Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jim Steel!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Steel gets a clinch.
Steel misses with a knee to the head.
Ray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jayden Ray has been cut.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ray managing to block the knees to the body from Steel.
Ray stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ray.

It looks like Jim Steel has been cut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Ray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Ray misses its intended target.
Steel tries to clinch there but Ray circles away.
Ray misses with a series of wild punches.
Ray uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Steel has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel doesn't manage to clinch there - Ray circles away.
Steel tries to clinch but Ray is having none of it.
Ray cracks a nice hook into Steel's ribs.
Steel lands with a kick to the temple. Ray shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Steel moves into the clinch.
Ray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ray avoids it.
Steel misses with a knee strike.
Steel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ray avoids it.
Ray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Steel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ray pushes off an throws an elbow but Steel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steel trying to land knees to the body.
Ray lands an elbow inside that Steel shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ray.
Steel tries to land knees in the clinch but Ray avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Ray.
Ray is trying to force a seperation but Steel has the dominant position.
Ray trying to stall but Steel improves his position.
Ray's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
Still in the clinch, Ray scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ray takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ray has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.

Steel is rocked!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.
Ray lands a hook that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel is still on wobbly legs! Can Ray finish him?
The fighters are playing wrist control here with Steel pressed against the cage. Ray frees himself up and cracks Ray with an uppercut straight from the bowels of hell! Steel crumples to the floor, out cold! Ray jumps on to the cage and takes in the roar of the crowd! That was nasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jayden Ray!
Jayden Ray seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.