PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christopher McCormick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCormick kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Shipping up to Boston. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McCormick
vs
Steele

164 cm
28
165 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

186 cm
29
165 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christopher McCormick!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Logan Steele!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCormick lands with a right hand.
McCormick connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCormick lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McCormick lands a jab-cross combination.
McCormick fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steele has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Steele looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCormick throws out a loose jab but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christopher McCormick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCormick throws a nice inside leg kick.

McCormick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steele looking to stall.
A right handed body shot lands from McCormick.
McCormick is working Steele over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McCormick.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McCormick takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

McCormick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCormick pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. McCormick does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCormick throws a leg kick which misses Steele's front leg but catches the back leg as Steele tries to avoid it.
McCormick lands with a straight right. Steele didn't see that one coming.
McCormick misses with a hook. Steele ducked under it nicely.
McCormick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McCormick misses with a hook.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCormick misses with a lunging right hand
and Steele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Steele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCormick avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCormick lands with a right hand.
McCormick feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steele's calf.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A lazy left from McCormick finds it's target.
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCormick lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Steele on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McCormick. McCormick obviously looking to wear him down.
McCormick scores with a kick to the midsection.

McCormick lands a big right hand that sends Steele crashing to the mat! McCormick stays standing though and waves Steele back to his feet!

Steele is rocked!

It looks like Logan Steele has been cut.
Steele walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from McCormick! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Christopher McCormick!
Christopher McCormick is the new lightweight champion!
After winning the bout, Christopher McCormick thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.