PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Steele (ranked 1143 p4p, 121 weight class) and Alexander Gruzdev (ranked 1694 p4p, 176 weight class). Jason Steele had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Steele
vs
Gruzdev

185 cm
24
234 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
250 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System
Red Light Coffeeshop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexander Gruzdev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gruzdev clinches up against the cage.
Steele misses with a body punch.
Gruzdev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gruzdev blocks a body shot from Steele.
Gruzdev lands a left hand.
Gruzdev misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Steele's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Steele lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Steele scores with a shoulder strike.
Steele lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gruzdev or not.
Steele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steele blocks a body shot from Gruzdev.
Gruzdev swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gruzdev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steele prevents a body shot from Gruzdev.
Steele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gruzdev blocks a body shot from Steele.
Good body shot from Gruzdev.
Steele tries to throw a body punch but Gruzdev avoids it by throwing Steele back against the cage.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steele is leaning against Gruzdev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele misses with the head strike.
Gruzdev is working Steele over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruzdev.
Gruzdev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Still in the clinch, Gruzdev scores with a nice short uppercut.
Steele lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Steele lands a nice elbow.
Steele blocks a body shot from Gruzdev.
Steele lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gruzdev misses with some punches.
Gruzdev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steele lands with a light punch inside.
Gruzdev throws a punch but it's blocked by Steele.
Steele prevents a body shot from Gruzdev.
Gruzdev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Gruzdev stalling the fight.
Gruzdev trying to control the position but instead, Steele has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gruzdev into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
We've been informed that Gruzdev 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steele.
A short body shot lands from Gruzdev as the two fighters clinch.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Gruzdev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gruzdev can't find room to land a body shot as Steele controls the action.
Steele blocks a body shot from Gruzdev.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Gruzdev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gruzdev blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Gruzdev fails to land.
Gruzdev blocks the elbow strike.
Gruzdev tries to throw a body punch but Steele avoids it by throwing Gruzdev back against the cage.
Steele misses with a punch on the inside.
Steele tries a body shot but Gruzdev blocks it.
Gruzdev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steele lands a good knee to the midsection. Gruzdev won't want to take too many of those.
Gruzdev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head.
Steele lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gruzdev backwards.
Gruzdev blocks an uppercut.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gruzdev.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruzdev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele scores with a hook to the body.
Gruzdev lands a shoulder strike.
Gruzdev misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruzdev.
Gruzdev working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Steele landing knees to the body.
Gruzdev looks winded!
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steele lands with a left to the head.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Steele lands a nice elbow.
Gruzdev managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Steele lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Steele.
Steele digs a right hand underneath Gruzdev's ribcage. Gruzdev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good body shot from Steele.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruzdev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses with a punch to the body.
Steele lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steele presses Gruzdev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gruzdev takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gruzdev blocks an elbow strike.
Gruzdev avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruzdev avoids the damage to the body.
Steele throws a punch but it's blocked by Gruzdev.
Gruzdev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steele misses with a body punch.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steele lands a hook that snaps the head of Gruzdev backwards.
A shot in the inside from Gruzdev.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gruzdev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gruzdev's elbow.
Steele blocks an uppercut.
Steele throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Steele dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Steele scores with a shot to the body.
Steele tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gruzdev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steele digs a good body shot into Gruzdev's ribs.
Steele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Steele loads up on a big right hand but Gruzdev slips the punch.
Steele lands with a good body shot.
Steele wants to clinch up but Gruzdev keeps it at a distance.

Gruzdev forces Steele back against the cage and clinches.
Steele stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gruzdev struggles to land a body shot inside as Steele controls his hands.
Steele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruzdev misses with some punches.
Steele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele gets through Gruzdev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Steele misses with a body punch.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruzdev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele struggles to land a body shot inside as Gruzdev controls his hands.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Gruzdev.
Gruzdev misses with a punch to the body.
Gruzdev avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
Steele tries to throw a body punch but Gruzdev avoids it by throwing Steele back against the cage.
Gruzdev is working Steele over against the cage.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Gruzdev avoids the damage to the body.
Gruzdev lands a hook that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gruzdev's elbow.
Gruzdev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steele tries a body shot but Gruzdev blocks it.
Steele tries a body shot but Gruzdev blocks it.
Gruzdev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Gruzdev.
Steele blocking some punches.
Steele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steele blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gruzdev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steele misses with a punch to the body.
Steele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jason Steele has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steele blocks an uppercut.
Steele lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Alexander Gruzdev has been cut.
Gruzdev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele lands with a light punch inside.
Gruzdev lands a hook that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Gruzdev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gruzdev.
Gruzdev has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
Gruzdev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Steele lands an uppercut.
Gruzdev tries to work over Steele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steele landing knees to the body.
Steele misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steele misses with the head strike.
Gruzdev lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruzdev throws a punch but it's blocked by Steele.
Gruzdev lands a left hand.
Gruzdev takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gruzdev is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Steele.
Steele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele lands a right hand.
Steele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gruzdev.
Steele lands with a light punch inside.
Steele is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gruzdev can do to turn this around?
Gruzdev tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steele's elbow.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steele throws an elbow but it misses.
Gruzdev works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Steele tries to work over Gruzdev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steele misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele struggles to land a body shot inside as Gruzdev controls his hands.
Gruzdev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Steele.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steele.
Steele scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steele lands with a left to the head.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Steele scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gruzdev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele misses with an elbow strike.
Gruzdev lands a left hand.
Steele prevents a body shot from Gruzdev.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Gruzdev.
Gruzdev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steele swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steele.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Steele dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Gruzdev's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Steele pushes Gruzdev up against the cage in a clinch.
Gruzdev blocks the elbow strike.
Steele lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gruzdev prevents a body shot from Steele.
Steele lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Steele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gruzdev avoids it.
Gruzdev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head.
A shot in the inside from Steele.
Gruzdev dodges an elbow strike from Steele.
Gruzdev throws a head punch that misses.
Gruzdev doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gruzdev takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steele lands a shot to the body.
Gruzdev managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruzdev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Steele.
Gruzdev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steele throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruzdev tries to work over Steele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gruzdev can't find room to land a body shot as Steele controls the action.
Steele working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Gruzdev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gruzdev misses with a punch to the body.
Steele blocking some punches.
Steele scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steele lands a nice shot to the body.

Gruzdev breaks from the clinch.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gruzdev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Steele. That snapped Gruzdev's head back.
Gruzdev throws a lazy uppercut
and Steele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gruzdev moves away.

Gruzdev has closed the distance and engaged Steele in a clinch.
Steele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steele misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gruzdev.
Alexander Gruzdev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruzdev misses with a punch to the body.
Gruzdev avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
Steele lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gruzdev lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steele creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gruzdev misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Steele.
Nice body punch from Steele - that landed with a thud.
Steele misses with a body punch.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Gruzdev.
Steele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gruzdev misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Steele.
Steele working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gruzdev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gruzdev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gruzdev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.
Gruzdev lands with a short shot to the head.
Steele tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steele misses with an elbow over the top.
Gruzdev misses with a body punch.
Steele pushes Gruzdev back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gruzdev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steele digs a right hand underneath Gruzdev's ribcage. Gruzdev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gruzdev lands with a light punch inside.
Steele prevents a body shot from Gruzdev.
Steele lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gruzdev.
Steele misses with a body punch.
Gruzdev throws a head punch that misses.
Steele misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gruzdev avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
Good body shot from Steele.
Gruzdev blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gruzdev misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steele.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele lands a nice shot to the body.
Jason Steele is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steele working Gruzdev over with knees to the body.
Steele makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Steele digs a right hand underneath Gruzdev's ribcage. Gruzdev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
Steele lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Steele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Steele prevents a body shot from Gruzdev.
Gruzdev swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gruzdev has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
Gruzdev lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Steele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steele 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

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