PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ilo Danilo (ranked 5580 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hot Steel (ranked 3433 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Danilo
vs
Steel

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
16
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ilo Danilo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hot Steel!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danilo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danilo thuds his right hand into Steel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Danilo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danilo avoids the head kick by Steel.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Danilo moves away.
Danilo throws a sloppy head kick and Steel moves out of range easily.
Steel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Steel moves out of range of the body kick from Danilo.
Steel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Danilo's head.

It looks like Ilo Danilo has been cut.
Steel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Danilo wants to clinch up but Steel keeps it at a distance.
Steel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danilo's sensitive parts.
Danilo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Hot Steel has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danilo avoids the head kick by Steel.
Steel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Danilo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Steel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steel misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danilo stalks Steel and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Steel's face. Steel staggers backwards, shaken.
A thudding body kick lands there by Danilo!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Steel, right into the meat.
Steel tests Danilo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ilo Danilo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danilo lands with a shot to the body.
Steel looks winded!
Danilo throws a wild body kick that Steel sees coming a mile off.

A jab-cross combination lands for Danilo and sends Steel crashing to the mat! Danilo follows him down to the mat - Steel regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Steel is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Danilo postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Steel to stand up.
Steel is still on wobbly legs! Can Danilo finish him?
Steel avoids a kick to the body.
Steel throws a nice head kick!
Steel seems to have recovered his senses.
Danilo is looking to clinch but Steel is avoiding it.
Steel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Danilo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Danilo doesn't manage to clinch there - Steel circles away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Steel, right into the meat.
Danilo moves in looking to clinch but Steel pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Danilo.
Danilo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danilo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Steel connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Danilo's hands.
Danilo misses with a two punch combination.
A thudding body kick lands there by Steel!
Steel throws a looping overhand right but Danilo ducks down to avoid it.
Danilo tries a head kick but it misses.
Steel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Danilo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danilo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steel explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Steel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Danilo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Danilo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Steel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Danilo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Steel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Danilo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steel lands a slapping body shot.
Steel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danilo's sensitive parts.
Danilo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Steel clobbers Danilo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Steel scores with a sloppy right hand. Danilo should have avoided that one.
Steel lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danilo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Danilo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Steel.
Danilo throws a jab when Steel was well out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Steel!
A combination from Danilo does no damage.
A head kick from Steel lands but Danilo takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands with a straight right. Danilo didn't see that one coming.
A shot to the liver by Steel. Beautiful body shot.
Steel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Danilo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Steel throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Danilo's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steel.
A combination from Danilo does no damage.
Steel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Steel lands a high kick!

Ilo Danilo's cut is getting worse.
Steel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Steel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danilo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab from Steel.
Steel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A telegraphed right hand from Danilo misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hot Steel dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Danilo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Steel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Danilo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Danilo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Steel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Danilo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Danilo. Those never looked like landing.
Steel throws a big shot that misses.
Danilo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steel. Steel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Danilo lands a nice hook to Steel's body. Steel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Steel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Danilo at a distance.
Steel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danilo's sensitive parts.
Danilo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Danilo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Danilo misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Danilo. Those never looked like landing.
Steel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Danilo.
Steel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ilo Danilo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danilo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Steel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Steel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Steel.
Danilo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Steel to score with a decent uppercut.

Ilo Danilo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Danilo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danilo throws a head kick but Steel moves out of range.
Danilo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danilo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Danilo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel tests Danilo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Steel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Danilo will feel that in the morning.
Steel scores with a head kick. Danilo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Steel scores with a punch to the head.
Danilo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steel connects with a solid leg kick.
Steel scores with a kick to the body.
A head kick from Steel lands but Danilo takes it in his stride.
Steel lands a really nice looking cross but Danilo seems unphased.
Steel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danilo's sensitive parts.
Steel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Danilo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Steel lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Danilo has time to react.
Steel cracks Danilo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Jeez, Ilo Danilo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Danilo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Danilo scrambles back to his feet.
Steel throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Steel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Danilo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Steel.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Steel.
Danilo misses with a head kick.
Steel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Steel feints and then cracks Danilo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Danilo down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Steel.
Steel lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Steel does it's job there.
Steel lands a high kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Danilo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steel keeps Danilo at a distance using the push kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Steel.
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Danilo manages to avoid it.
Danilo tries to counter with a takedown but Steel is quick to defend against it.
Danilo swings widly with a right hand
and Steel counters with a straight right hand.
Danilo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Steel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Steel connects with a leg kick. Danilo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Danilo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Steel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steel lands with a slapping head kick.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ilo Danilo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hot Steel!