PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel has chosen Kollegah - Bossaura as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Drake
vs
Steel

182 cm
30
220 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

190 cm
28
215 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nathan Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Steel!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Steel lands with a good body shot.

Steel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Drake controls the action.
Drake lands a hook that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Drake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel is pressed up against the cage. Drake has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Steel down to the mat. Steel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Drake fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steel.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Steel throws a body shot but no joy.
Steel moves out of range of the strikes.
Steel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake is trying hard to land a takedown here. Steel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Steel has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Steel throws an overhand right that lands on Drake's shoulder, as Drake tries to avoid the shot.
Steel pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Drake feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Steel is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Drake presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Drake tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Drake back against the cage.
Drake stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Drake has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Steel avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Steel blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Drake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as Steel controls his hands.
I was talking to Drake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Drake misses with a punch on the inside.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as Steel controls his hands.
Drake tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Drake back against the cage.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Drake misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Drake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Drake misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Steel - that landed with a thud.
Steel lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Steel.

It looks like Nathan Drake has been cut.
Steel gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Steel prevents the takedown attempt.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steel pushes Drake back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steel lands a nice uppercut.

Drake is rocked!
Steel lands a shoulder strike.
Oh Drake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steel lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Drake - that landed with a thud.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
Steel throws a big uppercut that drops Drake! More strikes from Steel and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Drake lies dazed against the cage as Steel celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Steel!
David Steel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.