PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Curry (ranked 117 p4p, 6 weight class) and Gunnar Steigelmann (ranked 169 p4p, 5 weight class). Curry comes to the cage accompanied by Molly Malone - The Dubliners. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Curry
vs
Steigelmann

207 cm
35
263 lbs
36 - 21 - 0

199 cm
39
280 lbs
44 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Steigelmann!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curry moves away from the strike by Steigelmann.
Curry tries to land a leg kick but Steigelmann saw it coming and moves away.
We've been informed that Steigelmann has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A punch lands to the side of Steigelmann 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Gunnar Steigelmann has been cut.
Steigelmann on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Steigelmann lands with a good body shot.
Gunnar Steigelmann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steigelmann tries to clinch but Curry moves out of range.
Steigelmann takes a swing at Curry's ribcage but misses.
Curry has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Men Only. No Liberals ! in the buildup to the fight.
Curry misses the shot to the body.
Curry moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice body punch from Steigelmann.
Curry throws a lazy uppercut
and Steigelmann counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Arthur Curry has been cut.
Steigelmann throws a looping overhand right but Curry ducks down to avoid it.
Curry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Steigelmann on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Steigelmann.
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Steigelmann fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Curry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Curry throws a shot from downtown. Steigelmann moves away and avoids it.
Curry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steigelmann throws a body shot but no joy.
Curry throws a jab when Steigelmann was well out of range.
A combination from Steigelmann does no damage.
Curry scores with a hook.

Curry feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Steigelmann sprawling to the canvas! Steigelmann rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Curry finish him?!

Steigelmann is rocked!

That has opened up Gunnar Steigelmann's cut even more.
Curry lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Steigelmann head around and knocks him out cold! Curry hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Arthur Curry!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Arthur Curry made sure he mentioned Aspire Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.