PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Satriani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Satriani
vs
Stevens

195 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
27
214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry)

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 Tokyo, Joe Satriani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeremy Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satriani tries to clinch

and Stevens counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Satriani wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stevens thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stevens working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stevens passes the guard and advances to mount!
Stevens working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Stevens raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens cracks Satriani with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Stevens lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Satriani hang on?
Stevens is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Stevens lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens lands a heavy elbow.
Satriani keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Stevens breaks from Satriani's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Stevens with good strikes from the mount here!
Satriani taking shots to the head.
Stevens pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stevens putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stevens landing strikes from the mount and Satriani is in trouble!
Stevens breaks from Satriani's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Satriani is bucking up trying to escape but Stevens cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevens is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stevens is landing with some decent strikes but Satriani is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens working the ground and pound effectively.
Satriani is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Satriani is in a horrible position here. Stevens smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Satriani that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Stevens in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Stevens pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stevens with shots to the head and body - Satriani looks very uncomfortable down there.
Stevens looking to finish Satriani with some ground and pound. This is bad for Satriani!
Satriani is in a horrible position here. Stevens smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stevens dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Satriani's face.
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stevens lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Stevens lands a big elbow.
Stevens landing strikes from the mount and Satriani is in trouble!
Stevens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stevens is landing with some decent strikes but Satriani is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stevens scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stevens raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens lands with some strikes.
Stevens working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Satriani?
Stevens working the ground and pound effectively.
Satriani is bucking up trying to escape but Stevens cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Stevens connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Stevens with a couple of short strikes.
Stevens landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Stevens.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stevens lands with some strikes.
Satriani takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Stevens with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Stevens dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Satriani tries to clinch up.
A head kick from Satriani lands but Stevens takes it in his stride.
A head kick from Satriani lands but Stevens takes it in his stride.
Stevens lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Satriani circles away quickly and effectively.
Satriani throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stevens's head.
Satriani tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Satriani lands a high kick!

Satriani moves into the clinch.
Satriani is pressed up against the cage. Stevens has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Satriani down to the mat. Satriani avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Satriani tries to clinch up but Stevens circles away and keeps his distance.
Stevens takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satriani tries to clinch there but Stevens circles away.
Stevens misses with a takedown attempt - Satriani sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Satriani is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satriani tries to clinch but Stevens moves out of range.
Stevens is trying hard to land a takedown here. Satriani sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Joe Satriani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Stevens.
Some bone on bone action there as Satriani checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Satriani throws a nice head kick!
Jeremy Stevens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Satriani wants to clinch.
Stevens tries for a takedown but Satriani sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Satriani lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stevens keeps the fight on the outside.
Satriani doesn't manage to clinch there - Stevens circles away.

Stevens closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Satriani's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stevens tries to free his leg and advance position but Satriani is retaining full guard.
Satriani has momentary wrist control but Stevens slips an elbow through the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens is looking to advance position but Satriani has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Stevens tries to reverse the position but Satriani maintains control.
Satriani scoring with strikes but Stevens is staying in there.
Stevens is wriggling around trying to escape.
Satriani with the ground and pound from mount.

Stevens is rocked!

Satriani with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Stevens is still in real trouble! Can Satriani finish him?
Stevens is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stevens seems to have recovered his senses.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
Satriani lands a big elbow - Stevens is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Stevens is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Joe Satriani!
A determined Joe Satriani didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!