PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Gable (ranked 24476 p4p, 603 weight class) and Darren Stephens (ranked 24320 p4p, 649 weight class). Gable comes to the cage accompanied by The Warrior. Stephens is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The A-Team. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gable
vs
Stephens

175 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

184 cm
26
168 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Gable!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Stephens!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stephens scores with a head kick.
Stephens darts in looking for a takedown but Gable gets double underhooks and turns Stephens into the cage.

Gable clinches up against the cage.
Stephens avoids the elbow strike from Gable, against the cage.
Gable tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stephens goes for a takedown attempt but Gable pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Gable closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gable lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stephens backwards.
Still in the clinch, Gable scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Gable.
Gable tries to land a knee to the head but Stephens blocks with his arms.
Gable avoiding damage.
Stephens goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gable prevents it.
Dan Gable has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Stephens.
Gable slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephens is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gable to keep the fight standing.
A nice left hand lands by Gable.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gable throws an elbow but misses.
Stephens tries to score a body lock takedown but Gable shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stephens blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gable lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gable lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stephens wants a takedown but no success here.
Stephens letting Gable take a breather here.
Stephens jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gable walks away with a smile on his face. Stephens gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gable lands with a hook. Stephens tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stephens throws a right and a left that both miss.

Gable rushes Stephens and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gable gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stephens.
Gable pushes Stephens back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gable controlling the action here for a moment.
Gable lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gable misses with an elbow over the top.
Gable lands a left hand.
Gable misses with an elbow strike.
Stephens changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gable fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Gable forces Stephens back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from Gable.

Stephens is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stephens blocking some punches.
Stephens is still on wobbly legs! Can Gable finish him?
Gable prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stephens.
Stephens blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gable.
Gable misses with a punch on the inside.
Gable has a couple of punches blocked by Stephens.
Gable is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stephens takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stephens.
Stephens blocks an uppercut.
Gable fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gable misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gable misses with some punches.
Stephens blocks an uppercut.
Gable has a couple of punches blocked by Stephens.
Gable fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gable swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stephens being controlled against the cage.
Gable throws a punch but it's blocked by Stephens.
Gable throws a head punch that misses.
Gable has a couple of punches blocked by Stephens.
Gable working aggressively here.
Gable misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stephens blocks an elbow strike.
Gable fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gable lands an elbow just above Stephens 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gable tries for a takedown but Stephens manages to get underhooks.
Gable stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gable swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gable misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gable has Stephens pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Gable fails to land.
Gable misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gable throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Gable.
Gable is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Stephens blocking some punches.
Stephens blocks an uppercut.
Gable swings wildly with an uppercut but Stephens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gable misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gable working aggressively here.
Gable misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gable has a couple of punches blocked by Stephens.
Stephens being controlled against the cage.
Stephens avoids a wild elbow strike from Gable.
Gable using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stephens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stephens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gable swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gable looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gable throws an elbow that misses.
Stephens seems to have recovered his senses.
Stephens tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gable smiles and moves away.
Dan Gable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stephens misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Gable misses the target.
Stephens misses with the combination.
Stephens misses with a combination
and Gable counters with a crisp right that sends Stephens to the canvas! Gable follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Gable!
An out of breath Dan Gable thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.