PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Graham Bowtie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cory Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel has chosen Immortal Technique-Point of no return as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bowtie
vs
Steel

190 cm
26
216 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

184 cm
38
212 lbs
25 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Graham Bowtie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cory Steel!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bowtie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Steel if he has to take too many more of those.
Bowtie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Bowtie moved out of range nicely.
Steel throws a series of punches but Bowtie moves out of range.
Bowtie scores with a kick to the body.
Steel misses with an uppercut.
Steel throws a hook to the side of Bowtie's head but Bowtie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bowtie needs to keep his hands up - Steel had a free shot at his head there.
Bowtie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bowtie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Steel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steel lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Graham Bowtie has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowtie lands the left hand.
Nice cross by Bowtie.
Steel lands an overhand right.
Bowtie scores with a spinning back kick!
Steel lands with a nice combination. Bowtie backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel misses with a double jab

and Bowtie moves into the clinch.
Steel misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Bowtie - that landed with a thud.
Steel is looking to break free of the clinch but Bowtie has double underhooks.
Steel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steel can't break the clinch.
Bowtie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Steel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Steel looks winded!
Steel wants to break free but Bowtie has control.
Bowtie crunches a lovely knee into Steel's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee calls for Bowtie to work.
Bowtie struggles to land a body shot inside as Steel controls his hands.
Steel has a couple of punches blocked by Bowtie.
Bowtie looking to throw knees to the head but Steel is blocking nicely.
Steel misses with a punch on the inside.
Bowtie misses with a knee to the head.
Steel takes an elbow to the temple.
Steel managing to block the knees to the body from Bowtie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie prevents Steel from breaking the clinch.
Steel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bowtie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bowtie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bowtie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Steel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bowtie scores with a kick to the body.
Steel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bowtie. Bowtie obviously looking to wear him down.
Bowtie lands with a good body shot.
Bowtie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Graham Bowtie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowtie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steel's calf.
Steel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Steel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bowtie cracks Steel with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Steel thuds a left hand into Bowtie's body.
Steel misses with a hook.
Bowtie lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bowtie.
A jab from Bowtie finds it's way through Steel's defenses.
Bowtie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Steel misses with a two punch combination.
Steel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bowtie scores with a hook to the body. Steel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Steel ducks right into an uppercut from Bowtie.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel throws a shot from downtown. Bowtie moves away and avoids it.
Bowtie pushes Steel away with a front kick.
Steel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bowtie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bowtie lands a slapping body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bowtie, right into the meat.
Bowtie lets loose with a powerful body kick. Steel will feel that in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie lands a body shot.

Bowtie takes the fight into the clinch.
Bowtie looking to throw knees to the head but Steel is blocking nicely.
Bowtie has Steel pushed against the cage.
Bowtie scores a nice knee to the body.
Bowtie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Steel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bowtie has him pressed against the cage.
Bowtie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bowtie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bowtie lands a body punch.
Bowtie lands a body punch.
Bowtie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Steel's face.
Bowtie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bowtie scores with a leg kick.
Bowtie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Steel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bowtie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Bowtie closes the distance and pushes Steel back into the cage.
Bowtie lands a good knee to the midsection. Steel won't want to take too many of those.
Bowtie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Steel is trying to break the clinch but Bowtie has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Bowtie.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steel is trying to break free.
Steel has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bowtie.
Bowtie lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Steel.
Steel is breathing heavily.
Bowtie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Steel's face.
Bowtie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bowtie lands an elbow that stopped Steel in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bowtie with a knee to the head.
Bowtie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steel can do to turn this around?
Bowtie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bowtie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Steel tries to break the clinch but Bowtie is controlling the position.
Steel tries to break free but Bowtie pushes him back against the cage.
Bowtie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Bowtie.
Steel is trying to break the clinch but Bowtie is controlling him.
Bowtie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bowtie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bowtie leaning against his opponent.
Bowtie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Bowtie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steel is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Steel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bowtie scores with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bowtie lands an elbow that stopped Steel in his tracks for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Steel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel can't break the clinch.
Steel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bowtie is pushing Steel up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bowtie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bowtie tries to land a knee to the head but Steel blocks with his arms.
Graham Bowtie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Steel working hard to break the clinch.
Steel tries to break the clinch but Bowtie is controlling the position.
Steel takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
Steel swings wildly with an uppercut but Bowtie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bowtie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Cory Steel has been cut.
Bowtie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bowtie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steel's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie scores a nice knee to the body.
Bowtie stalling against the cage.
Bowtie is working Steel over against the cage.
Bowtie gets through Steel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Steel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bowtie lands a damaging elbow.
Bowtie has Steel pushed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bowtie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bowtie'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.
Steel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bowtie has him pressed against the cage.
Bowtie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Steel tries to break the clinch but Bowtie is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie has Steel pressed against the cage, preventing Steel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bowtie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steel's efforts to push away.
Bowtie lands a good knee to the midsection. Steel won't want to take too many of those.
Bowtie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steel's efforts to push away.
Bowtie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bowtie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bowtie lands an elbow inside that Steel shrugs off.
Bowtie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bowtie stalling in the clinch but Steel improves position.
Bowtie throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bowtie stalling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steel tries to circle away but Bowtie has him pinned against the cage.
Steel working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Steel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bowtie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Steel in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bowtie seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Steel is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graham Bowtie dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Bowtie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Bowtie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bowtie - that will leave a mark!
Bowtie delivers a nice body kick.
Bowtie scores with a punch to the head.
Bowtie ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
Bowtie lands with a kick to the ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Bowtie there.
Bowtie cracks Steel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Donk. Bowtie catches Steel right on the button with a cross.

Bowtie closes the distance and clinches.
Bowtie content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Steel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Steel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Come on Bowtie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Steel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bowtie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel is trying to break the clinch but Bowtie has him pressed against the cage.
Bowtie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bowtie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steel's defenses.
Bowtie taking a breather.

Steel manages to break the clinch.
Crunch! Bowtie slams his shin into Steel's torso.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bowtie, right into the meat.
Steel takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bowtie clobbers Steel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Both fighters circling a little - Bowtie finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bowtie feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Steels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bowtie staying out of range there.
Bowtie explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bowtie is looking to clinch but Steel is avoiding it.
Bowtie tests Steel's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie scores with a jab to the body.
Steel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bowtie.
Bowtie swings for the body but Steel moves out of range.
Graham Bowtie is winning the standup battle so far.
Steel throws a lazy uppercut
and Bowtie counters with a right hand to the body.
Bowtie tries to land a front kick but Steel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bowtie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bowtie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bowtie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Steel if he has to take too many more of those.
Bowtie slips a straight right by Steel.
Bowtie tests Steel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cory Steel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bowtie manages to avoid it.
Steel looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowtie is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bowtie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steel.
Steel misses the shot to the body.
Bowtie moves away from the strike by Steel.
Bowtie lands with a slapping head kick.
Decent striking displayed by Steel there.
Steel moves out of range as Bowtie throws a body kick.
Bowtie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Steel if he has to take too many more of those.
Bowtie is looking to clinch.
Steel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bowtie can pounce on him.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Bowtie saw that one coming.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Bowtie moved out of range nicely.
Steel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bowtie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Steel takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel misses the jab.
Steel misses with a right hand
and Bowtie counters with a slapping leg kick.
Steel tries to bum rush Bowtie with a series of wild strikes but Bowtie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel takes a swing at Bowtie's ribcage but misses.
Steel tries to bum rush Bowtie with a series of wild strikes but Bowtie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bowtie connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steel scrambles back to his feet.
Steel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cory Steel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Steel tries to keep at a distance but Bowtie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steel tries to break free but Bowtie pushes him back against the cage.
Steel is looking to control Bowtie's arms but Bowtie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Steel has his back to the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bowtie looking to stall.
Steel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Graham Bowtie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bowtie tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Graham Bowtie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bowtie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Graham Bowtie!
Graham Bowtie really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Fury Nutrition Inc. logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.