PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Filmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trent Steele has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andrew Filmer's chin.

Filmer
vs
Steele

185 cm
20
265 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
270 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Filmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Trent Steele!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Steele drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Filmer is pushing Steele's head away, looking to escape. Steele manages to hold on to the position though.

Steele wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Filmer, who protects the arm well.
Filmer is letting Steele control him for a moment.
Filmer is trying to buck Steele off.
Steele content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filmer wants to stand but Steele has his arm trapped.
Steele is trying to control Filmer's posture but Filmer avoids it.

Filmer decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Steele scoring well with a low kick there.
Filmer avoids the head kick by Steele.
Steele takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Trent Steele has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele fails with the takedown.
Steele looks gassed!
Filmer takes a swing at Steele's ribcage but misses.
Filmer wants to clinch.
Filmer avoids the body shot from Steele.
Filmer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Filmer wants it to stay on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Filmer moves into the clinch.
Steele has Filmer pressed against the cage, preventing Filmer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Filmer missing with knees to the body.
Steele drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Filmer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Andrew Filmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trent Steele.
Steele drops down looking for an ankle pick but Filmer pulls his leg out and moves away.
Filmer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Filmer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Steele instigates a clinch.
Filmer can't break the clinch.
Steele tries for a takedown. No joy.

Filmer breaks the clinch.
Steele looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Filmer is fending him off so far but Steele persists. Nope, Filmer circles away and we're back to standing.
Filmer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Filmer.
Steele takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Filmer scores with a push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele keeps the fight on the outside.
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Filmer throws a combination. Steele tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Filmer moves to clinch but Steele breaks away

and Steele counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Steele.
Filmer prevents the takedown attempt.

Filmer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Filmer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steele misses with a takedown attempt - Filmer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Steele gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Filmer to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele has a closed guard, preventing Filmer from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele managing to control the position.
Steele is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Filmer is staying active underneath Steele, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Filmer is trying to stand back up but Steele is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Filmer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trent Steele's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

No luck for Steele with that takedown attempt.
Steele takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Filmer misses with a body kick.
Filmer wants to clinch.
Steele tries to clinch up
and Steele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steele avoids the head kick by Filmer.
Steele shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Filmer moves into the clinch.
Filmer wants to break the clinch but can't.

Filmer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Steele with a lazy takedown attempt
and Filmer finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Andrew Filmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trent Steele.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Filmer closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steele keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Filmer's efforts to push away.
Steele tries to pull guard but Filmer won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filmer is trying to break the clinch but Steele is controlling him.

Filmer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Filmer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steele.

Filmer drives through and clinches with Steele against the cage.
Filmer tries to circle away but Steele has him pinned against the cage.
Filmer wants to get back to striking at distance but Steele won't allow it.

Filmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steele avoids the head kick by Filmer.
Steele shoots and misses

and Filmer counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Filmer.
Filmer preventing the sweep.
Filmer has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Steele is proving hard to escape from.
Filmer preventing the sweep.

Steele is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele wants to sweep here but Filmer controlling him for the moment.
Filmer wants to stand but Steele has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Steele trying to control the position.
Filmer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Filmer decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Steele, up you get!
Steele will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Filmer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Andrew Filmer is winning the standup battle so far.

Filmer shoots in and gets a takedown into Steele's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filmer wants to stand but Steele has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Steele is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Filmer wants to stand but Steele has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Steele wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Steele looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Steele has a closed guard, preventing Filmer from standing up.
Steele bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Filmer's guard.
Steele trying to control but Filmer is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Filmer is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Steele is controlling him.
Filmer is wriggling around but Steele manages to pass to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Filmer is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Filmer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Trent Steele'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!

Filmer gets tackled into the cage by Steele. Steele maintains the clinch.

Steele wants the takedown. Filmer is fighting it off but Steele persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Filmer's guard against the cage.

Filmer manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Steele shoots in and drives through. Filmer sprawls well.
Filmer misses with a kick to the body.
Filmer throws a right and a left that Steele avoids nicely.
Filmer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steele looks for a takedown but Filmer sprawls well.
Steele gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Filmer counters with a nice body kick.
Andrew Filmer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trent Steele.
Filmer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Steele looks for a takedown but Filmer sprawls well.
Steele avoids the head kick by Filmer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Filmer misses the shot to the body.
Steele attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Steele shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Filmer counters with a head kick. That will keep Steele thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Steele gets the takedown into side control.
Filmer wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Steele is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Filmer is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Steele in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Steele wants to control but Filmer is keeping him busy.
Filmer is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele staying calm.
Filmer wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Filmer is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Filmer wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Filmer is letting Steele control him for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filmer prevents Steele from improving position.
Trent Steele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Steele is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Filmer knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Steele in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Filmer is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Steele has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Steele goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Filmer has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Steele but great work by Filmer.
Filmer wants to stand but Steele has his arm trapped.
Steele is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Filmer tries to stand and escape but Steele actually recovers to full guard.
Filmer is fighting to break Steele's control of his arms but Steele is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Andrew Filmer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steele is trying to control the position from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trent Steele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Filmer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Filmer!