PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Sheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Stien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sheck
vs
Stien

178 cm
25
205 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

180 cm
36
215 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roger Sheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Stien!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stien throws a jab but it's blocked by Sheck.
Stien feints and then cracks Sheck's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sheck down.
Donk. Sheck catches Stien right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Ben Stien has been cut.
Stien swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sheck throws a looping overhand right but Stien ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Sheck. Those never looked like landing.
Stien looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Stien 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.
Sheck rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Stien moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stien doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sheck swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stien takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Stien throws a right hand that Sheck ducks under and follows up with a left that Sheck also avoids with ease.
Sheck with a hook.
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!
Sheck moves out of range of the strikes.
Stien misses with a straight right.
Stien ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sheck moves away.
Sheck throws a right hand that Stien ducks under and follows up with a left that Stien also avoids with ease.
Sheck moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stien lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stien showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sheck.
Stien moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sheck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stien lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sheck throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stien looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stien looks to throw the jab but Sheck is out of range.
Stien misses the shot to the body.
Sheck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sheck lands with a nice combination. Stien backs away looking to recover.
Sheck looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sheck lands with a hook. Stien tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stien waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sheck.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stien avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stien misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheck scores with a sloppy right hand. Stien should have avoided that one.
Sheck throws a nice looking combination but Stien bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stien ducks under a wild hook from Sheck.
A punch combination from Stien misses.
Sheck lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stien with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Stien slips under a jab.
Stien finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stien thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stien ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stien jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Sheck misses the target.
Sheck throws a series of punches but Stien avoids them all with ease.
Stien only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Sheck misses with a few strikes there.
Stien throws a leg kick that misses.
Stien lands an overhand right.
Sheck is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheck misses with an uppercut.
Stien fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sheck checks it well.
Stien misses the jab.
Sheck slips a jab from Stien.
Stien misses with a straight left.
Stien feints and then cracks Sheck's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sheck down.
Stien takes one to the side of the head.

That has opened up Ben Stien's cut even more.
Sheck will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stien slips a jab and a cross from Sheck.
Stien dodges the punch combination from Sheck.
Sheck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stien.
Sheck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stien fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sheck has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Stien.

Stien gets a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Stien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stien moves out of range of the strikes.
Stien wants to counter with a clinch but Sheck pushes him away.
Sheck walks into a left hand.
A big right from Stien misses.
Stien misses with a two punch combination.
Stien connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sheck. Sheck circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sheck throws a series of punches but Stien avoids them all with ease.
Sheck looks to land a right hand but Stien moved out of range.
Stien feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sheck's calf.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Sheck, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sheck throws a right hand that Stien ducks under and follows up with a left that Stien also avoids with ease.
Stien feints and then cracks Sheck's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sheck down.
Stien misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roger Sheck will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ben Stien's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Stien throws a jab but it's blocked by Sheck.
Stien throws a low kick but Sheck avoids it.
Sheck misses with a lunging right hand
and Stien counters with a good low kick that Sheck was not able to check.
Stien slips a straight right by Sheck.
Stien chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sheck missing with a left hand there. Stien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stien throws an overhand right that lands on Sheck's shoulder, as Sheck tries to avoid the shot.
Stien misses with a hook.
Sheck misses with a combination
and Stien counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stien cracks Sheck with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sheck sizes up Stien with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sheck with a nice cross.
Sheck tests Stien's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the liver by Sheck. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stien misses with a body shot.
Stien jabs Sheck to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stien slips under a jab from Sheck.
Sheck throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stien.
Stien is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Stien has closed the distance and engaged Sheck in a clinch.
Stien has Sheck pressed against the cage, preventing Sheck from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Stien's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sheck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sheck ducks right into an uppercut from Stien.
Sheck tests Stien's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Roger Sheck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sheck. Stien does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stien only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Stien slips under a jab from Sheck.
Stien fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sheck checks it well.
Stien ducks under a wild hook from Sheck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Stien moves into the clinch.
Sheck working hard to break the clinch.
Stien lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Stien breaks from the clinch.
Stien jabs Sheck right on the nose. Sheck blinks but takes it well.
Roger Sheck is winning the standup battle so far.
Sheck throws a body shot but no joy.
Sheck misses with a hook. Stien ducked under it nicely.
A lazy left from Sheck finds it's target.
Sheck lands the left hand.
Sheck throws a big shot that misses.
Sheck checks a leg kick.
Sheck missing with a left hand there. Stien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sheck scores with a nice right hand.

Oooooh!!! Stien has knocked Sheck down with a huge combo! Stien steps away and waves a wobbly Sheck back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Sheck is rocked!

It looks like Roger Sheck has been cut.
Sheck loads up on a big right hand but Stien slips the punch.
Oh Sheck is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheck misses with a looping right.
Sheck seems to have got his legs back now.
Sheck defending well as Stien loads up on a big left hand.
Stien misses with a looping right.
Sheck misses with a straight right.
Sheck is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sheck lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sheck.
Sheck shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stien eats them both and turns towards Sheck to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A telegraphed right hand from Sheck misses the target.
Stien slips under a jab.
Stien is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Sheck like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Sheck from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Stien!
A very excited looking Ben Stien 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.