PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Eric Shavers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iggy Steve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Shavers might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bob Marley Get Up Stand Up. Steve has chosen The Vamps-Wake Up as his entrance music. Iggy Steve is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Shavers
vs
Steve

188 cm
25
248 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Brawler
Solid 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Shavers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iggy Steve!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shavers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shavers lands an overhand right.

Steve clinches up with Shavers and pushes him back against the ropes.
Shavers is trying to push Steve away but Steve has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Shavers blocking some punches.
Steve pushes Shavers back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve throws a head punch that misses.
Steve tries to work over Shavers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Steve.
Steve looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Steve lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Shavers can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
A short right from Steve.
A body shot lands from Steve.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Steve works on Shavers's body with a couple of short punches.
Steve misses with the head strike.
Shavers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Steve lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shavers backwards.
Steve presses Shavers against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shavers is breathing heavily.
Steve lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shavers has had enough of the clinch but Steve keeps him there for the moment.
Shavers blocks a body shot from Steve.
Shavers has had enough of the clinch but Steve keeps him there for the moment.
Shavers misses with the head strike.
Shavers blocking some punches.
Shavers is looking to break free of the clinch but Steve has double underhooks.
Shavers definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Steve lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Steve lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shavers backwards.
Steve lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steve lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shavers backwards.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shavers backwards.
Steve lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steve fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve lands a shot to the body.
Steve working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Steve lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shavers or not.
A short uppercut from Steve.
Come on Shavers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steve.
Steve scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Steve scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shavers blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Steve.
Steve presses Shavers against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Steve lands a body punch.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Steve.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve misses with the head strike.
Steve prevents Shavers from breaking the clinch.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Shavers controls his hands.
Steve lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Steve.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Shavers avoids it by throwing Steve back against the ropes.
Steve has Shavers pressed against the ropes, preventing Shavers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A hook to the body from Steve.
Steve lands an uppercut.
Steve working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shavers throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Shavers prevents a body shot from Steve.
Steve lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Steve swings wildly with an uppercut but Shavers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shavers has a couple of punches blocked by Steve.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavers is trying to maintain a safe position but Steve gets an underhook and turns Shavers into the ropes.
Shavers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steve lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shavers backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Steve.
Shavers swings wildly with an uppercut but Steve uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve is working Shavers over against the ropes.
Steve lands with a light punch inside.
Shavers looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Steve.
Steve digs a right hand into Shavers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shavers's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Steve - that landed with a thud.
Steve tries to throw a body punch but Shavers avoids it by throwing Steve back against the ropes.
Shavers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iggy Steve dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shavers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steve.

Steve takes the fight into the clinch.
Steve lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Steve lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shavers backwards.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steve lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shavers.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Shavers.
Steve throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steve lands a nice uppercut.

Shavers is rocked!
Steve lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shavers backwards.
Oh Shavers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steve lands a body shot.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Shavers.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Steve breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Shavers with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Shavers looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Shavers get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Iggy Steve!
After winning the bout, Iggy Steve thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Eric Shavers was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm disappointed in myself and I'm sorry to all the fans, the fight maker, the organization. I'll be back again better than ever '.