PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mia St John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St John comes to the cage accompanied by The Bitch is back. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

St John
vs
Stewart

168 cm
25
140 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

172 cm
24
123 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mia St John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damien Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from St John. Those never looked like landing.
St John throws a right and a left that Stewart avoids nicely.
St John tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stewart was well out of range. Poor timing from St John.
Stewart swinging wildly here.
St John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St John throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stewart counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
St John falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stewart counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

St John closes the distance and pushes Stewart back into the cage.

St John breaks the clinch.
St John tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stewart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St John misses with a combination
and Stewart counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for St John, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St John walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stewart stuns St John with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St John tries to bum rush Stewart with a series of wild strikes but Stewart uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St John throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and St John takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stewart is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
St John misses with a combination
and Stewart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
St John misses with a double jab
and Stewart counters with a straight right hand.
Stewart avoids a punch combination nicely.
St John throws a right hand that Stewart ducks under and follows up with a left that Stewart also avoids with ease.
St John throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stewart throws a right and a left that both miss.
St John throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stewart counters with a nice uppercut.
Mia St John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stewart throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St John looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A punch combination from St John misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St John throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stewart counters with a lovely shot to the body.
St John goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stewart lands a body shot.
Stewart swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St John misses with a double jab
and Stewart counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps St John thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St John tries to close the distance and clinch but Stewart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
St John swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
St John moves in looking to clinch but Stewart pushes him off.
St John throws a series of punches but Stewart moves out of range.
Stewart cracks a nice hook into St John's ribs.
Stewart misses with a series of wild punches.
St John throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stewart.
St John misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St John fails with an attempt to clinch.
St John throws a left and a right that both miss
and St John takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
St John misses with a few strikes there.
St John throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stewart counters with a series of strikes. St John will be more careful next time no doubt.
St John is breathing heavily.
Stewart fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
St John tries to clinch up
and Stewart connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stewart tests St John's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stewart dodges the punch combination from St John.
St John throws a combination that misses
and Stewart counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
St John falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Stewart counter with a right hand.
Stewart scores with the left hand. St John knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St John rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stewart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St John dodges the punch combination from Stewart.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St John fails with an attempt to clinch.
St John throws a combination that misses
and Stewart counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stewart is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St John had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Stewart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St John moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St John falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stewart counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stewart lands a slapping body shot.
St John throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
St John is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St John is looking to clinch.
St John swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stewart counters with a straight right hand.
Stewart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but St John was well out of range. Poor timing from Stewart.
A combination from St John does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Stewart dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Stewart connects with a nice looking jab.
St John swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Stewart counters with a straight right hand.
Stewart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St John moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St John tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stewart dodges the punch combination from St John.
St John showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stewart.
St John misses with a two punch combination.
Stewart lands a lovely overhand right.
Sloppy strikes from St John. Those never looked like landing.
St John misses with a combination
and St John takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
St John misses with a combination
and Stewart counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St John falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stewart counters with a straight right hand.
St John throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stewart.
Stewart shoots in and drives through. St John sprawls well.
St John shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stewart pinned against the cage. Stewart gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mia St John is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St John throws a nice looking combination but Stewart bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St John misses with a combination
and Stewart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
St John throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stewart counters with a two punch combo.

St John is rocked!
St John misses with a double jab
and Stewart counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh St John is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stewart lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stewart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice sprawl there from St John as Stewart shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St John throws a right hand that Stewart ducks under and follows up with a left that Stewart also avoids with ease.
Stewart throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Stewart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from St John.
St John is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Stewart moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damien Stewart!
After winning the bout, Damien Stewart thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.