PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Archie Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bell comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Almost Famous. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bell
vs
Steele

185 cm
26
212 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

198 cm
26
221 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Archie Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Steele!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bell sprawls well. Bell wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Steele gets slowly back to his feet.
Steele misses with a takedown
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
Steele shoots in looking for a takedown. Bell tries to sprawl out of it but Steele keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Archie Bell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthew Steele.
Bell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steele.
Steele takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steele takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steele shoots in but no luck this time.
Steele doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Bell to counter with a crisp jab.
Steele takes a jab right on the kisser.
Steele misses with a takedown attempt
and Bell counters with a right hand to the body.
Steele fails with the takedown
and Bell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bell lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bell swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele shoots and misses
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
Bell scores with the left hand. Steele knows he should have avoided that one.
Bell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Matthew Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Bell.
Steele fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bell avoids it really well and circles away.
Bell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steele.
Bell with a jab.
Bell sizes up Steele with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Steele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bell lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bell keeps the fight on the outside.
Bell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Steele looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bell is fending him off so far but Steele persists. Nope, Bell circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell connects with a looping right hand.
Steele fails with the takedown
and Bell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Steele tries for a takedown but Bell circles away easily
and Bell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bell punishes Steele's body with a nice straight punch.
Bell scores with a nice right hand.
Bell lands a nice hook to Steele's body. Steele takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Steele does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steele's hands.
Bell looks to land a left hand but Steele moved out of range nicely.
Steele with a poor takedown
and Bell counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steele looks gassed!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Steele.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Steele is defended easily by Bell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bell lands a head shot.
A swing and a miss from Bell.
Steele misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Steele takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Steele is rocked!
Steele shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bell counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Archie Bell!
Our winner, Archie Bell, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.