PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stoner Steve (ranked 3296 p4p, 4315 weight class) and Jan Skrzetuski (ranked 409 p4p, 515 weight class). Skrzetuski has chosen Krzesimir Dębski - Husaria Ginie as his entrance music. Stoner Steve has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Steve
vs
Skrzetuski

194 cm
23
215
4 - 4 - 1

193 cm
23
225
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stoner Steve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jan Skrzetuski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Skrzetuski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steve has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Steve swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Skrzetuski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Skrzetuski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Steve checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Skrzetuski digs a good body shot into Steve's ribs.
Steve takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Steve bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Skrzetuski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Steve thuds his right hand into Skrzetuski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Steve lands with an uppercut that bounces Skrzetuski off the cage and back into range.
Skrzetuski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Skrzetuski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Steve dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Skrzetuski misses with a wild body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Skrzetuski lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Steve has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Steve and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Skrzetuski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Skrzetuski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Skrzetuski shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skrzetuski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Steve throws a jab but it's blocked by Skrzetuski.
Steve thuds a left hand into Skrzetuski's body.
Skrzetuski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.
Skrzetuski throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
Skrzetuski throws a right hand that misses
and Steve makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Steve lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Steve avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steve throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Skrzetuski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Steve staying out of range there.
Steve moves into range and connects with a jab.
Skrzetuski throws a jab when Steve was well out of range.
Steve throws a hook but Skrzetuski blocks it.
Skrzetuski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve throws a shot from downtown. Skrzetuski moves away and avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skrzetuski throws a poor cross that misses
letting Steve counter with a right hand.
Steve scores with a nice head shot.
Skrzetuski tries to move into range but Steve moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Skrzetuski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Skrzetuski moves out of range as Steve strikes.
A little jabbing left from Skrzetuski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jab by Steve.
A big right from Steve misses.
Skrzetuski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nice jab there from Skrzetuski.
Steve throws a hook but Skrzetuski avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Steve.
Steve throws a body punch but Skrzetuski moves out of range.
Steve misses with an uppercut. Skrzetuski saw that one coming.
Skrzetuski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Skrzetuski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steve was well out of range. Poor timing from Skrzetuski.
Steve connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Skrzetuski momentarily.
Steve with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skrzetuski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Steve counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Skrzetuski staying out of range there.
Skrzetuski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Steve throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Skrzetuski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steve tests Skrzetuski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Steve clobbers Skrzetuski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A low kick from Skrzetuski is predictable there
and Skrzetuski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steve walks into a jab.
Skrzetuski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steve manages to avoid it.
Steve misses with a straight left.
Skrzetuski replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Steve blocks it well.
Steve connects with a body shot.
Skrzetuski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steve.
Skrzetuski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steve misses with a straight left.
Skrzetuski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steve throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Skrzetuski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steve throws out the jab.
Skrzetuski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Steve is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Skrzetuski misses with a hook. Steve ducked under it nicely.
Skrzetuski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steve.
Skrzetuski misses the jab.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve doesn't manage to clinch there - Skrzetuski circles away.
Steve swinging wildly here.
Skrzetuski feints a counter leg kick.
Steve takes a swing at Skrzetuski's ribcage but misses.
Skrzetuski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skrzetuski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steve.
Skrzetuski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Skrzetuski misses.
Steve appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Skrzetuski loads up on a big right hand but Steve slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stoner Steve dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Skrzetuski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Skrzetuski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steve manages to avoid it.
Stoner Steve is winning the standup battle so far.
Steve steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Skrzetuski.
Steve scores with a body shot.
Skrzetuski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Skrzetuski swings widly with a right hand
and Steve counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Steve does no damage.
Skrzetuski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Skrzetuski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skrzetuski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steve.
Steve is looking to counter punch.
Skrzetuski misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve misses with a body shot.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
Steve backing away here, and Skrzetuski unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Skrzetuski throws a series of punches but Steve moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Skrzetuski does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skrzetuski misses with an uppercut. Steve saw that one coming.
Steve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steve lands a slapping body shot.
Steve is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skrzetuski can do to turn this around?
Skrzetuski gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Steve.
A big left from Skrzetuski misses.
Steve throws a body punch but Skrzetuski moves out of range.
Steve just misses with a punch to the body.
Skrzetuski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steve.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skrzetuski moves away.
Skrzetuski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Skrzetuski lands an overhand right.
Nice defenses there by Steve.
Steve looks to score with a jab to the body but Skrzetuski is just out of range.
A big right from Skrzetuski misses.
Skrzetuski throws a hook to the side of Steve's head but Steve sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Skrzetuski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve lands a slapping body shot.
Steve fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Steve.
Steve takes a swing at Skrzetuski's ribcage but misses.
Steve slips under a jab from Skrzetuski.
Skrzetuski throws a shot from downtown. Steve moves away and avoids it.
Steve is looking to clinch but Skrzetuski is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Skrzetuski on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Steve.
Skrzetuski scores with a jab to the jaw.

Steve drives through and clinches with Skrzetuski against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steve creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Skrzetuski.
Skrzetuski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Skrzetuski misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skrzetuski working aggressively here.
Steve pushes Skrzetuski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Skrzetuski.
Skrzetuski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Skrzetuski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Skrzetuski blocks an uppercut.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Jan Skrzetuski has been cut.
Steve lands with a short shot to the head.
Steve lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skrzetuski backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Skrzetuski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steves head.
Steve misses with a punch on the inside.
Steve lands a body shot.
Skrzetuski has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Steve seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Skrzetuski can turn it around.
Steve gets through Skrzetuski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve is leaning against Skrzetuski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skrzetuski blocks an uppercut.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Skrzetuski blocks a body shot from Steve.
Skrzetuski misses with the head strike.
Skrzetuski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Steve.

Steve breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Steve.
A lazy left from Steve finds it's target.
Steve lands a lovely overhand right.
Steve throws an overhand right that lands on Skrzetuski's shoulder, as Skrzetuski tries to avoid the shot.
Steve throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stoner Steve dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jan Skrzetuski's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Steve lands a slapping body shot.
Steve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steve checks a leg kick.
It looked like Steve was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Skrzetuski.
Nice uppercut there from Steve.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skrzetuski.
Steve throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Skrzetuski on the side of the head.
Skrzetuski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steve swings for the body but Skrzetuski moves out of range.
Skrzetuski cracks Steve with a right hand to the side of the head.
Steve changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Steve.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steve takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Steve closes the distance and pushes Skrzetuski back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Skrzetuski fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Steve.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Steve lands with a short shot to the head.
Skrzetuski blocks a body shot from Steve.
Skrzetuski prevents a body shot from Steve.
Stoner Steve has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Skrzetuski blocks a body shot from Steve.
Skrzetuski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Steve scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Skrzetuski blocks a body shot from Steve.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Skrzetuski avoids it by throwing Steve back against the cage.
Skrzetuski blocks an uppercut.
Steve lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve misses with some punches.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Steve fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steve tries to work over Skrzetuski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve tries a body shot but Skrzetuski blocks it.
Steve swings wildly with an uppercut but Skrzetuski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skrzetuski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steve can't find room to land a body shot as Skrzetuski controls the action.
Steve digs a right hand into Skrzetuski's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Skrzetuski's gas tank.

Steve escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Skrzetuski misses with a kick to the body
and Steve counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve lands a lovely overhand right.
Steve misses with a looping left.
Skrzetuski throws a series of punches but Steve moves out of range.
Skrzetuski throws a body shot but no joy.
Steve displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Skrzetuski throws out the jab.
Skrzetuski looks to score with a jab to the body but Steve is just out of range.
Steve cracks a nice hook into Skrzetuski's ribs.
Skrzetuski misses with a straight left.
Steve ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big left from Skrzetuski misses.
It looked like Steve was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Skrzetuski.
Stoner Steve is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steve lands with an overhand left.
Steve misses with a straight left.
Skrzetuski is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Skrzetuski defending well as Steve loads up on a big left hand.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steve keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Skrzetuski.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
Skrzetuski appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Steve avoids a punch combination nicely.
Skrzetuski throws a leg kick
letting Steve counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Skrzetuski walks into a left hand.
Skrzetuski misses with a body shot.
Steve fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Skrzetuski manages to avoid it.
Skrzetuski on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Skrzetuski throws a lazy uppercut
and Steve counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steve misses with a left hand
and Skrzetuski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Skrzetuski swings widly with a right hand
and Steve counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Skrzetuski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab from Steve misses.
Jan Skrzetuski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Skrzetuski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stoner Steve showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steve 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stoner Steve!
An out of breath Stoner Steve thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.