PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Steele might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My Time. Bull has chosen Black Label Society - Fire It Up as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Steele
vs
Bull

179 cm
32
175 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

175 cm
36
157 lbs
33 - 20 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roy Bull!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Steele shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Steele was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Steele is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bull knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bull is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Steele off and has taken his back!
Bull trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.

Steele defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Steele rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Bull trying to control from half guard but Steele is working away.
Steele wants to get back to full guard.
Steele wants to control but Bull is keeping busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele tries to roll over but Bull keeps him under control.

Steele looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Steele actively working from the bottom here.
Bull scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Steele keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bull wants to pass to mount but Steele is defending the position.
Bull prevents Steele from improving his position.
Bull looks to land a strike but Steele avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steele working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bull.
Bull stopping the sweep attempt from Steele.
Bull works over Steele with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Steele is on top in guard.
Bull wants to sweep but no luck.
Bull manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull scoring with strikes but Steele is staying in there.
Steele wants to hold on but Bull pushes him away.
Steele is trying desperately to improve position.
Bull raining down shots from the mount!
Steele tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Steele is working hard here to advance position.
Bull cracks Steele with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Steele working to try and regain half guard.
Bull raining down shots from the mount!
Steele is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bull lands a big shot there that rocks Steele but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bull prevents Steele from getting the reversal.
Bull lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bull working the ground and pound effectively.

Steele is rocked!
Bull postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Steele bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bull and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roy Bull!
A pretty intense looking Roy Bull took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.