PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between August Beach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Beach might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love. Steele comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lil Wayne-Drop the World kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beach
vs
Steele

200 cm
24
287 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

194 cm
34
288 lbs
24 - 25 - 0

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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, August Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 25 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Steele!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beach counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Steele is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beach moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steele throws a body punch but Beach moves out of range.
Steele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beach counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Ben Steele has been cut.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steele misses with a double jab.
Steele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beach moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steele stuns Beach with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beach throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beach looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beach throws a front kick that sends Steele stumbling back into the ropes.
Beach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Beach is predictable there
and Steele counters with a nice uppercut.
Steele tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steele throws a left and a right that both miss

and Beach counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Beach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steele tries to break the clinch but Beach is controlling the position.
Beach throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Beach just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steele's brow.
Steele blocks a body shot from Beach.
Beach lands with a short shot to the head.
Steele has had enough of the clinch but Beach keeps him there for the moment.
Steele is trying to break free.
Beach has Steele pressed against the ropes, preventing Steele from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Beach has Steele pressed against the ropes, preventing Steele from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Beach keeps control of Steele as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Steele blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele is trying to force a seperation but Beach has the dominant position.
Steele takes a shot to the head.
Steele tries to circle away but Beach has him pinned against the ropes.
Steele is trying to break the clinch but Beach is controlling him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beach lands a hook that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Beach manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Beach throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Steele breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Steele.
Steele checks the leg kick nicely there.
Beach slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Steele is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Beach rather than just go for the knockout.
Steele throws a jab but it's blocked by Beach.

Beach gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Beach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach has Steele pressed against the ropes, preventing Steele from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steele wants to break free but Beach has control.
Steele is looking to break free of the clinch but Beach has double underhooks.
Steele can't break the clinch.
Beach creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beach.
Nice elbow from Beach.
Steele is trying to break the clinch but Beach has him pressed against the ropes.
Steele blocks the elbow strike.
Beach effectively controlling the action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beach.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Beach just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steele's brow.
Beach is looking to control Steele's arms but Steele gets an underhook and turns him. Now Beach has his back to the ropes.
Steele can't break the clinch.
Beach pushes off an throws an elbow but Steele leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Beach digs a right hand underneath Steele's ribcage. Steele let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Steele looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beach working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beach trying to control the position but instead, Steele has worked for underhooks and has pushed Beach into the ropes.
Beach creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steele's defenses.
Beach lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steele backwards.

That has opened up Ben Steele's cut even more.
Beach lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Beach tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steele avoids it.
Beach creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steele's defenses.
Steele wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Beach.

The cut above Ben Steele's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Steele wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beach has him pressed against the ropes.
Beach keeps control of Steele as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Steele is trying to push Beach away but Beach has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Steele takes an elbow to the forehead.
Steele wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

August Beach dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Steele's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Steele misses with a series of wild punches.
Beach scores with a jab to the jaw.
Steele misses with a combination
and Beach counters with a perfectly timed head kick, knocking Steele out cold! Wow, that took some serious skill and not a little luck! Beach is taking it in his stride though, strolling around like it's no big deal. What a guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). August Beach!
A very excited looking August Beach 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.