PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gaff Terra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Terra
vs
Steiner

189 cm
19
201 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaff Terra!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scott Steiner!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steiner.
Scott Steiner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terra scores with a three punch combo!
Terra slips a jab and a cross from Steiner.
Steiner throws a series of punches but Terra moves out of range.
Terra lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Terra fails to land with a series of punches.
Terra throws a shot from downtown. Steiner moves away and avoids it.
Terra dodges the punch combination from Steiner.
Steiner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Terra swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Terra closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steiner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Terra avoids the elbow strike from Steiner, against the cage.
Terra taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Terra avoiding damage as Steiner throws knees to the body.
Steiner looking to throw knees to the head but Terra is blocking nicely.
Steiner misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terra avoiding damage as Steiner throws knees to the body.
Steiner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terra.
Terra leaning his opponent against the cage.
Steiner looking to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Terra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Terra prevents a takedown attempt there.
Steiner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terra avoids it.
Steiner is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner trying to land knees to the body.
Steiner slowing the pace effectively.
A nice left hand lands by Terra.
Steiner is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Terra to work.
Terra misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Steiner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steiner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Terra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steiner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steiner missing with knees to the body.
Terra avoiding damage as Steiner throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Steiner.
Steiner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terra blocks it with crossed arms.
Terra lands a damaging elbow.
Steiner trying to land knees to the body.
Terra just leaning against Steiner, taking a breather.
Steiner has Terra pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Terra manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Steiner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terra is defending well for now.
Steiner trying to control the position but instead, Terra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steiner into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Terra throws an elbow but misses.
Terra stalling.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the head but Terra blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terra managing to block the knees to the body from Steiner.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terra avoids it.
Terra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Terra holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Steiner trying to land knees to the body.
Terra leaning against his opponent.
Terra managing to block the knees to the body from Steiner.
Terra managing to block the knees to the body from Steiner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steiner tries to break free but Terra pushes him back against the cage.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steiner taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Scott Steiner will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Terra circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steiner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terra.
A punch combination from Steiner misses.
Terra slips a jab and a cross from Steiner.
Steiner throws a combination that misses
and Terra counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steiner walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Terra checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Terra misses with a few strikes there.
Terra misses with the combination.
Steiner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Terra misses with the combination.
Steiner shoots for a takedown but Terra saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Terra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steiner.
Steiner missing with a left hand there. Terra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner has a takedown stuffed.
Terra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Terra misses with a few strikes there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Steiner checks a leg kick.
Steiner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Terra takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Terra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Terra throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steiner counters with a one-two to the body.
Steiner misses with a wild combination.
Steiner throws a series of punches but Terra moves out of range.
Gaff Terra is winning the standup battle so far.
Steiner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Terra throws a series of punches but Steiner moves out of range.
Steiner misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Terra moves into the clinch successfully.
Terra stalls.
Steiner misses with a knee strike.
Terra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steiner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steiner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Terra blocks it with crossed arms.
Terra taking a breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Terra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steiner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terra avoids it.
A knee to the head by Steiner.

It looks like Gaff Terra has been cut.
Terra stalling the fight.
Steiner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terra is defending well for now.
Steiner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steiner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steiner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Terra leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Terra avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Terra.
Scott Steiner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Steiner misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Terra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gaff Terra.
Steiner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steiner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Steiner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steiner misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Gaff Terra will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gaff Terra's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Terra scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Steiner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Terra throws a chopping leg kick but Steiner manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Steiner misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Steiner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gaff Terra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Terra moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Steiner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steiner keeps the fight on the outside.
Terra stuffs the takedown attempt from Steiner. Steiner gets slowly back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Steiner.
Steiner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Terra misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Terra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steiner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Terra sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Steiner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Terra throws a series of punches but Steiner avoids them all with ease.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Steiner.
Gaff Terra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Steiner.
Steiner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terra.
Steiner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Terra moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Terra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steiner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Terra misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Terra paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Terra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Terra.
Steiner defending well as Terra loads up on a big left hand.
Terra dodges the punch combination from Steiner.
Steiner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steiner swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Terra counters by clinching up.
Steiner dodges an elbow strike from Terra.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Terra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Terra avoiding damage as Steiner throws knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terra pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terra lands with a right to the head.
Terra blocks an elbow strike from Steiner.
Steiner missing with knees to the body.
Steiner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Terra is keeping busy.
Terra managing to block the knees to the body from Steiner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the head but Terra blocks with his arms.
Terra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steiner missing with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Terra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Terra for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Steiner trying to land knees to the body.
Terra avoids a wild elbow strike from Steiner.
Steiner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terra is defending well for now.
Terra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steiner landing knees to the body.
Steiner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steiner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steiner blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Gaff Terra did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Gaff Terra's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Steiner tries to bum rush Terra with a series of wild strikes but Terra uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steiner tries to bum rush Terra with a series of wild strikes but Terra uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Terra looks to land a combination but Steiner avoids it well.
Steiner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terra.
Terra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steiner swinging wildly here.
Steiner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Terra throws a series of punches but Steiner avoids them all with ease.
Terra lands a lovely overhand right.
Steiner throws a nice looking combination but Terra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Steiner ducks under a wild hook from Terra.
Terra's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steiner connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Terra scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steiner fails to land with a series of punches.
Steiner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Steiner is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Terra avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steiner misses with a wild combination.
Terra misses with the combination.

Terra clinches.
Terra stalling in the clinch.
Terra dodges an elbow strike from Steiner.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Terra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Terra is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Terra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steiner looking to slow down the pace here.
Steiner being controlled against the cage.
Steiner tries to land a knee to the head but Terra blocks with his arms.
Terra lands an elbow just above Steiner 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steiner working Terra over with knees to the body.
Terra just leaning against Steiner, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gaff Terra.
Terra blocks a leg kick.
Terra throws a front kick aimed at Steiner's knee but Steiner avoids it well.
Steiner tries to close the distance and clinch but Terra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steiner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Terra tries to clinch but Steiner moves out of range.
Steiner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Steiner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steiner is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Steiner misses.
Terra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Steiner swinging wildly here.
Steiner misses with a double jab.
Steiner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Terra circles away quickly and effectively.
Terra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gaff Terra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Terra throws a nice looking combination but Steiner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terra lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Terra lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Terra throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaff Terra had his way with Scott Steiner in that round.
The cut man is working on Gaff Terra's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Terra getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Terra cracks Steiner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Terra blocks a low kick nicely.
Terra slips a jab and a cross from Steiner.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Terra displaying some good clinch control by pressing Steiner up against the cage.
Steiner has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Terra after a bit of a struggle.
Terra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Terra leaning against his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Terra controlling the action here for a moment.
Terra avoiding damage as Steiner throws knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Terra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gaff Terra.
Steiner scores with a decent looking hook.
Steiner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Terra.
Terra misses with a few strikes there.
Steiner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Terra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gaff Terra is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner throws a hook to the side of Terra's head but Terra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steiner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Steiner throws a right and a left that Terra avoids nicely.
Steiner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Terra looks to land a combination but Steiner avoids it well.
Steiner misses with an uppercut.
Steiner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steiner swinging wildly here.
Terra swinging wildly here.
Steiner goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Terra scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terra tries to clinch but Steiner moves out of range.
Steiner throws a series of punches but Terra avoids them all with ease.
Steiner misses with a series of wild punches.
Terra fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Steiner does no damage.
Terra cracks Steiner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Steiner takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Steiner misses with a two punch combination.
Steiner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Terra.
Terra walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Steiner doesn't manage to clinch there - Terra circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steiner throws a nice looking combination but Terra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Steiner misses.
Steiner is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Steiner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steiner tries to clinch up
and Terra counters with a series of strikes. Steiner will be more careful next time no doubt.
Terra throws a leg kick but Steiner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Steiner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Terra counters with a left and a right that stings Steiner.
Terra slips a jab and a cross from Steiner.
A jab from Steiner misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steiner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Scott Steiner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terra avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Steiner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gaff Terra.
I think Terra 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Scott Steiner!
Scott Steiner is the new middleweight champion!