PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elias Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyonn Florian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lyonn Florian has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Elias Steele's chin.

Steele
vs
Florian

213 cm
24
178 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Elias Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyonn Florian!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Florian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steele.

Florian drives through and clinches with Steele against the cage.
Florian wants to take the fight to the mat but Steele manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Florian tries to land knees in the clinch but Steele avoids the damage to the body.

Florian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Florian moves into the clinch successfully.
Florian tries to pull guard but Steele won't allow it.
Florian fails to pull guard.
Elias Steele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyonn Florian.

Florian breaks from the clinch.
Florian fails to land with a series of punches.
Florian shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Steele sprawls well. Steele wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Florian gets slowly back to his feet.
Florian shoots and misses

and Steele holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Steele has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Florian is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Steele is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Come on Steele - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Steele wants a takedown but no success here.
Steele tries to score a body lock takedown but Florian shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Steele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Florian shoots in for a takedown but Steele shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Steele throws a sloppy head kick and Florian moves out of range easily.
Florian misses with a takedown attempt

and Steele counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Florian looking to hit a scissor sweep but Steele is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Florian utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Florian throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Florian is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Steele is aware though and is defending well.
Florian looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Steele puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Florian looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Florian looking for submissions off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Steele lands a nice short elbow.
Steele is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Steele prevents Florian from improving his position.
Steele working Florian over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele winds up and cracks Florian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Florian slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Steele throwing strikes from guard but Florian blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steele keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Florian's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias Steele dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Florian misses with a takedown attempt

and Steele decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Florian's guard.
Steele throwing strikes from guard but Florian blocks nicely.
Steele has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Florian is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Florian pulls Steele in close to his closed guard and prevents Steele from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Florian is looking to sweep but instead, Steele has passed into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele content to control rather than advance.
Florian trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Florian working to try and regain half guard.
Steele scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele controlling from the full mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Steele cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Steele working Florian over with strikes here.
Steele controlling from the full mount.
Florian is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florian tries to reverse the position but Steele maintains control.
Florian is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Florian tries to hold on but Steele postures up.
Steele fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Steele looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Florian is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Florian might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Steele haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Florian is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Steele is staying active.
Steele really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steele controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias Steele dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Florian throws a combination. Steele tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Steele fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Steele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Steele closes the distance and pushes Florian back into the cage.

Steele manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Steele is controlling Florian's posture.
Steele has a closed guard, preventing Florian from standing up.
Steele preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Florian's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Steele controlling Florian's posture.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Steele gets a double leg takedown into Florian's guard.
Steele trying to control the position from guard on top but Florian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Florian looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Florian is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Florian displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Steele.

Steele gets tackled into the cage by Florian. Florian maintains the clinch.
Florian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Steele can't break the clinch.

Florian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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!
Florian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Steele closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Florian's guard.
Florian is striking but Steele is not phased and passes to half guard.
Steele is keen to just control but Florian is a slippery customer.
Florian wants to improve his position but Steele is controlling well.
Florian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Florian is trying to escape back to his feet but Steele uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Steele works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Florian strikes from the bottom but Steele takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Steele tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Steele raining down shots from the mount!
Lyonn Florian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Elias Steele is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Florian tries to reverse the position but Steele maintains control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Steele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Steele, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elias Steele!