PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Semenko (ranked 66 p4p, 10 weight class) and Frank Stein (ranked 150 p4p, 24 weight class). Stein has chosen Red - Falling Sky as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Semenko
vs
Stein

191 cm
29
220 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

195 cm
26
222 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Semenko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Stein!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stein tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Semenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Semenko blocks the body kick.
Stein looks for the body kick but Semenko saw that one coming.
Stein has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Semenko.
Semenko stuns Stein with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Semenko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Semenko blocks a jab.
Jab by Semenko.

It looks like Frank Stein has been cut.
Stein defending well as Semenko loads up on a big left hand.
Semenko lands a leg kick that knocks Stein off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stein takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Semenko takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Dave Semenko has been cut.
Dave Semenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Semenko throws a right hand that misses

and Stein counters by clinching up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stein.

Semenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Semenko throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein scores with a nice strike.
Semenko scores with a jab to the body.
Semenko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Stein counters with a crisp right hand that drops Semenko! Stein lets Semenko back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Semenko is rocked!
A jab from Semenko finds it's way through Stein's defenses.
Oh Semenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Semenko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Semenko blocks a jab.
Semenko seems to have got his legs back now.
Semenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Semenko has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Guerrilla MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Stein keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stein drops Semenko with a naaaaasty hook - Semenko is in real trouble here! Stein dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Stein!
Frank Stein is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Frank Stein thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.