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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Corbin (ranked 3149 p4p, 2149 weight class) and Cole Steel (ranked 415 p4p, 312 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ulysses Corbin has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ulysses Corbin seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Corbin
vs
Steel

189 cm
22
219
8 - 7 - 0

193 cm
21
218
2 - 3 - 1

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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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Corbin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Cole Steel!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel throws a hook but Corbin blocks it.
Steel takes a swing at Corbin's ribcage but misses.
Steel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corbin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Steel, as that shot connected.
Steel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Corbin.
Steel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corbin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Corbin misses the shot to the body.
Steel tries to bum rush Corbin with a series of wild strikes but Corbin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel walks into a stiff left hand from Corbin.
Corbin moves out of range as Steel strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Corbin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steel slips under a jab from Corbin.
Steel throws a hook to the side of Corbin's head but Corbin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Steel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steel misses with a left hand
and Corbin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel scores with the left hand. Corbin knows he should have avoided that one.
Corbin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Steel.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Corbin moved out of range nicely.
Corbin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steel.
Corbin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steel takes a swing at Corbin's ribcage but misses.
Steel with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Steel misses the target.
Steel lands a slapping body shot.
Steel misses with an uppercut

and Corbin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Steel has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Corbin is working away from the top position though.
Corbin prevents Steel from improving his position.
Steel has his hands clasped together around Corbin's back. He's all about the action.
Steel felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel is refusing to be controlled, as Corbin sits in half guard.
Steel is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steel is staying active underneath Corbin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steel is looking to get back to full guard here but Corbin has managed to pass to side control instead.
Steel takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Steel tries to bench press Corbin off him but Corbin keeps the position.
Corbin lands some shots froms side control.
Corbin lands some shots froms side control.
Corbin working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corbin fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Steel struggling a bit here.
Corbin trying to control the action but Steel is working from the bottom.
Steel can't do much from the bottom here.
Steel holds on to Corbin's head and controls the position momentarily.
Corbin working away.
Corbin taking a breather here.
Corbin wants to control but Steel is keeping him busy.
Corbin controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Corbin in the domination position with Steel hanging on.
Steel wants to control but Corbin postures up.
Corbin is working Steel over with some ground and pound from side control.
Steel is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Corbin's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Steel is pressing down on Corbin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Steel has his hands on Corbin's head, controlling the position.
Corbin preventing the sweep.
Steel is still trying to improve position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Steel is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Steel looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Steel stalling.
Steel works his way into side control.
Corbin is trying to improve his position.
Steel is looking to take a break and control but Corbin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Corbin gets back to half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Steel sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Steel passes to full mount!
Corbin tries to reverse the position but Steel maintains control.
Steel lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Corbin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Steel tries to control but Corbin wriggling away.
Steel takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Steel trying to control momentarily.
Corbin covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Steel is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Steel is trying to control but Corbin is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Corbin is trying to escape the mount.
Steel controlling the position easily from mount.
Corbin working to try and regain half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Steel controlling from the full mount.
Steel is continuing to stall.
Steel looking to finish with strikes here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Steel content just to control the position here.
Steel looking to control but Corbin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Steel controlling from mount.
Corbin regains half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Steel wants to control but Corbin is keeping him busy.
Corbin trying to hold on to Steel's head to control him but Steel postures up.
Steel wants to pass the guard but Corbin is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Steel misses with a series of wild punches.
Corbin misses with a wild body shot.
Steel misses with a body punch
and Corbin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Steel scores with a jab to the body.
Corbin moves away from the strike by Steel.
Corbin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel throws out a counter right but Corbin avoids it with no problem.
Steel moves out of range of the strikes.
Steel lands a right hook to the body.
Corbin shoots in for a double leg but Steel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Steel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Steel duly obliges.
Steel cracks a nice hook into Corbin's ribs.
Corbin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corbin just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Corbin finds it's way through Steel's defenses.
Steel misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corbin throws a big shot that misses.
Steel throws a counter combo.
Corbin sizes up Steel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Steel throws a hook but Corbin avoids it easily.
Steel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Steel throws a shot to the body.

Corbin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Steel to the mat! Steel manages to get full guard.
Steel pulls Corbin in to control the position.
Steel is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Steel trying to control the position here.
Ulysses Corbin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Corbin wants to control from the top but Steel keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel working a defensive guard here.
Corbin trying to control but Steel is working from the bottom.

Steel working for a triangle but Corbin defends it easily.
Corbin content to stall in guard here.
Steel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Steel keeps trying to improve his position.
Corbin throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corbin stopping the sweep attempt from Steel.
Corbin trying to control but Steel is working from the bottom.
Corbin is really struggling to control Steel but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Corbin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Steel throws a shot from downtown. Corbin moves away and avoids it.
Corbin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cole Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel misses with a wild combination.
Steel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Corbin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Steel catches Corbin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Corbin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Corbin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Corbin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steel moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel cracks a nice hook into Corbin's ribs.
Steel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Corbin lands a jab-cross combination.
Cole Steel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel jabs at Corbin's body.
Steel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steel throws a shot to the body.
Steel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Corbin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Steel lands with a good body shot.
Corbin misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Steel misses.
Corbin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steel throws a combination that misses
letting Corbin counter with a right hand.
Corbin lands with an overhand left.
Corbin throws an overhand right that lands on Steel's shoulder, as Steel tries to avoid the shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Corbin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Steel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A swing and a miss from Steel.
Steel misses the shot to the body.
Steel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Corbin drops down looking for a counter takedown but Steel sprawls and moves away.
Steel cracks Corbin with a good jab.
Corbin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Corbin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steel wants to counter with a clinch but Corbin pushes him away.
Corbin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Corbin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Corbin counters with a straight right hand.
Corbin misses with an uppercut. Steel saw that one coming.
Steel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Corbin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steel throws a body punch but Corbin moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Corbin misses its target.
Corbin lands a slapping body shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Steel swinging wildly here.
Good exchange - Steel coming out on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel misses the body punch
and Corbin counters with a nice uppercut.
Corbin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Steel pinned against the cage. Steel gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Steel unleashes a big counter combination but Corbin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Corbin looks to land a right hand but Steel moved out of range.
Steel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Corbin dodges the punch combination from Steel.
It looked like Corbin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Corbin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Corbin throws a big shot that misses.
Steel throws out a loose jab but Corbin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel throws a right hand that misses
and Steel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corbin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Corbin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Steel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Corbin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Corbin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corbin defending well as Steel loads up on a big left hand.
Corbin misses the shot to the body.
Steel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Corbin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steel misses with a looping left.
Steel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Corbin takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Corbin works the jab nicely.
Steel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steel is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Corbins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice takedown defense from Corbin. No joy for Steel on that attempt.
Steel throws a poor cross that misses
and Corbin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Corbin defending well as Steel loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Corbin misses its intended target.
Corbin throws a body shot but no joy.
Steel jabs Corbin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Corbin thuds a left hand into Steel's body.
Corbin blocks a head kick by Steel.
Corbin throws a hook to the side of Steel's head but Steel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel's corner calls for a 1-2. Steel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Steel misses with a wild body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses with a wild body shot.
Steel looks to score with a jab to the body but Corbin is just out of range.
Corbin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Corbin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ulysses Corbin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Steel, as that shot connected.
Corbin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steel.
Corbin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice shot lands for Steel.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Corbin saw that one coming.
Corbin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cole Steel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Steel throws a hook but Corbin blocks it.
Steel swings for the body but Corbin moves out of range.
Corbin is looking for a counter combo.
Corbin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Corbin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Corbin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Corbin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Steel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steel misses with an uppercut
and Corbin counters with a nice uppercut.
Steel throws a body shot but no joy.
Corbin throws a jab when Steel was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Steel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A lazy left from Corbin finds it's target.
Corbin takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel avoids the body shot from Corbin.
Corbin loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Corbin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Steel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Steel scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel lands with a shot to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Corbin or perhaps it was just good defense by Steel, which made it look bad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Steel takes one to the side of the head.
Corbin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steel.
Steel scores with a sloppy right hand. Corbin should have avoided that one.

Corbin closes the distance and clinches.
Corbin stalling in the clinch but Steel improves position.
Steel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corbin's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Steel lands with a short shot to the head.
Steel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steel slows down the pace here.
Steel leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corbin wants to get back to striking at distance but Steel won't allow it.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Corbin controls the action.
Steel trying to stall but Corbin improves his position.
Steel misses with a body punch.

Corbin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel throws a right hand that misses

and Corbin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Corbin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corbin being controlled here momentarily.
Let's hope that Steel has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Steel looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Corbin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Steel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Corbin controls from within his opponent's guard.
Corbin wants to control from the top but Steel keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Steel throws a body punch but Corbin moves out of range.
No joy there for Corbin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Corbin lands with a nice body punch.
Steel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Steel throws a body punch but Corbin moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a body shot but no joy.
Steel misses with a wild body shot.
Corbin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steel.
Corbin scores with a body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Steel. No joy for Corbin on that attempt.
Steel looks to land a combination but Corbin avoids it well.
Steel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Steel throws a looping overhand right but Corbin ducks down to avoid it.
Steel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Corbin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Steel misses with an uppercut. Corbin saw that one coming.
Corbin feinted with a counter takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corbin. Steel does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands a jab to the head.
Steel swings for the body but Corbin moves out of range.
Corbin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steel throws the left hand but Corbin avoids the punch easily.
Steel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Steel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Corbin!
Steel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Corbin keeps working.

Steel goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Corbin has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Steel but great work by Corbin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corbin controls the position from side control.
Steel tries to improve position but can't.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Corbin landing strikes.
You can see the frustration on Steel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Steel is trying to improve his position.
Steel manages to work his way to half guard, despite Corbin's best efforts.
Nice strikes from Corbin there.
Steel holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Steel is looking for a sweep. Corbin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Steel has hold of Corbin's hands but Corbin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Corbin prevents Steel from improving his position.
Steel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Steel.
Corbin throws a big right hand that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Corbin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Steel controlling Corbin's posture.
Steel trying to control the position.
Corbin preventing the sweep.
Corbin with a nice head shot there.
Steel wants to stand up but Corbin is controlling him.
Corbin wants to control from the top but Steel keeps moving.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Corbin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Steel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Corbin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Steel tries to bum rush Corbin with a series of wild strikes but Corbin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Corbin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Steel manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Steel keeping moving, preventing Corbin from controlling successfully.
Ulysses Corbin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Corbin preventing the sweep.
Steel is controlling Corbin's posture.
Corbin distracts Steel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Steel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Steel trying to control the position.
Corbin trying to control but Steel is working from the bottom.
Steel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Steel is on top in guard.

Corbin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Corbin keeping moving, preventing Steel from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cole Steel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Steel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cole Steel!
A very excited looking Cole Steel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.