PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

James
vs
Stevens

185 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
20
201 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rusty James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Stevens crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from James - the referee stops the clock and Stevens gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says James. Stevens manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
James throws a head kick but Stevens moves out of range.
Stevens shoots in looking for a takedown. James tries to sprawl out of it but Stevens keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. James manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stevens shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
James throws a head kick but Stevens moves out of range.
James pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

James rushes Stevens and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
James scores with a knee to the head.
James avoiding damage.
Stevens tries to break the clinch but James is controlling the position.
James crunches a lovely knee into Stevens's ribcage.
Stevens looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
James pushes Stevens back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
James working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James crunches a lovely knee into Stevens's ribcage.
James will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stevens up against the cage.
Knees to the body from James.
James is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevens's face.

It looks like Brad Stevens has been cut.
James digs a right hand underneath Stevens's ribcage. Stevens let out a lung full of air as it connected.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevens's face.
James displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stevens up against the cage.
A short right from James.
James lands a hook that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
James lands a nice elbow.
James manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with James for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rusty James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Stevens.
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!
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James lands a nice knee to the body.
James lands a knee to the head.
Good body shot from James.
James displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stevens up against the cage.
James seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
James lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from James.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
James scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

James moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from James.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
James digs a right hand underneath Stevens's ribcage. Stevens let out a lung full of air as it connected.
James is stalling here.
James lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
James displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stevens up against the cage.
James scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
James slows down the pace here.
A short uppercut from James.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevens's face.
James slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.

James clinches up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James has Stevens pressed against the cage.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brad Stevens's cut.
That's time! James's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

James lands with a thumping leg kick.
James throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Stevens tries to keep at a distance but James has taken the fight into the clinch.
James lands a nice knee to the body.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for James.
James working some nice short punches in the clinch.
James stalling the fight.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
James lands with a right to the head.
James connects with a knee to the head.
James is struggling to control the position.
James is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stevens can do to turn this around?
James scores with a hook to the body.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stevenss head.
James with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
James with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
James avoiding damage.
James connects with a knee to the head.
Stevens wants to break free but James has control.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James lands a knee to the body.
James lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
James lands a nice knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for James.
James with a knee to the head.
James cracks Stevens with a nice body shot.
James with a knee to the head.
James will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stevens up against the cage.
James lands a nice knee to the body.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
James scores with a knee to the head.
James is leaning against Stevens and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from James.
A knee to the head by James.
A body shot lands from James.
Rusty James has scored more points in the clinch so far.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from James on the inside.
James stalls.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
James effectively controlling the action here.
Stevens can't get the takedown.
James stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stevens takes a shot to the head.
James lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
James pushes Stevens back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
James is pushing Stevens up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
James pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Stevens.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty James dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brad Stevens's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stevens.
Stevens walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
James keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Stevens gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
James works his way to full guard. Good work.
James keeping moving, preventing Stevens from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens looking to sit in guard and control but James gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stevens takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
James showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
James pushing down on Stevens's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
James is taking a breather. Stevens says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stevens wants to control the action here but instead James manages to pass to full mount!
James controlling from mount.
James scores with a couple of good head shots there.
James takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Rusty James just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

James has closed the distance and engaged Stevens in a clinch.
James taking a breather.
Brad Stevens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James pushes Stevens back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
James will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stevens up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A knee to the head by James.
James taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
James lands an elbow just above Stevens 's eye.
James stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rusty James.
James connects with a solid leg kick.
James scores with a push kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for James.
James throws a nice head kick!
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

James gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rusty James showed his dominance in that final round.
Well James 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty James!