PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Hoon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Steele
vs
Hoon

170 cm
21
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

185 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BioPharm Nutrition

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE
BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lance Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Hoon!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steele wants to clinch up but Hoon keeps it at a distance.
Steele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steele tries to clinch but Hoon is having none of it.
Steele lands a nice shot to the body.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Steele tries to clinch up but Hoon circles away and keeps his distance.
Steele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoon misses with a looping right.
Hoon tests Steele's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hoon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Steele. That one must have hurt.
Lance Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hoon looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Hoon pushes him off.
Steele tries to clinch but Hoon is having none of it.
Steele is looking to clinch.
Steele tries to clinch up but Hoon circles away and keeps his distance.
Hoon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hoon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hoon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hoon throws a nice looking combination but Steele bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good leg kick by Steele there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steele wants to clinch.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Hoon pushes him off.
Steele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Hoon does it's job there.
Hoon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Steele is looking to clinch but Hoon is avoiding it.
Steele is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steele throws a front kick aimed at Hoon's knee but Hoon avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hoon scores with a jab to the head.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Hoon pushes him off.
Steele lands with a right hand.
Steele keeps Hoon at a distance using the push kick.
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!
Steele tries to clinch up but Hoon circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab lands there for Steele.

It looks like Paul Hoon has been cut.
Steele is looking to clinch but Hoon is avoiding it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Steele.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele throws a push kick but Hoon slaps the foot to one side.
Steele tries to clinch there but Hoon circles away.
Hoon fails to land with a series of punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Steele. Hoon shrugs it off though.
Steele tries to clinch but Hoon moves out of range.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steele swings for the body but Hoon moves out of range.
Steele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steele tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Hoon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steele is looking to clinch but Hoon is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lance Steele dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Hoon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Steele looks to land a combination but Hoon avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Steele. That's going to slow Hoon down.
Steele tries to clinch there but Hoon circles away.
Steele swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hoon.
Steele doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoon circles away.
Steele is looking to clinch but Hoon is avoiding it.
Steele tries to clinch but Hoon is having none of it.
Hoon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoon paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hoon tries to keep at a distance but Steele has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steele misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele is trying to maintain a safe position but Hoon gets an underhook and turns Steele into the cage.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hoon avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele can't find room to land a body shot as Hoon controls the action.
Steele drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hoon avoids the elbow strike from Steele, against the cage.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hoon.
Steele has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hoon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A knee to the head by Steele.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Steele.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hoon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Steele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hoon is trying to break free.
Hoon has had enough of the clinch but Steele keeps him there for the moment.
Hoon tries to break the clinch but Steele is controlling the position.
Steele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hoon is trying to break free.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hoon blocks it with crossed arms.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Steele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Hoon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steele doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoon circles away.
Steele dodges the punch combination from Hoon.
Steele tries to clinch there but Hoon circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steele throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hoon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Hoon pushes him off.
Hoon works Steele's body with a nice hook.
Hoon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Steele swings for the body but Hoon moves out of range.
Steele motions for Hoon to come forward. Steele throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Steele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoon manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele wants to clinch.
Lance Steele is winning the standup battle so far.
Steele wants to clinch up but Hoon keeps it at a distance.
Steele tries to clinch there but Hoon circles away.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steele tries to clinch there but Hoon circles away.
Steele is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Steele drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Hoon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Hoon'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. This is the final round!

Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hoon swats away the attempt to clinch by Steele.
Steele throws a sloppy head kick and Hoon moves out of range easily.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
Steele throws a head kick but Hoon moves out of range.
Hoon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hoon misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hoon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Steele counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hoon is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Steele swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoon throws a right hand that Steele ducks under and follows up with a left that Steele also avoids with ease.
Steele is looking to clinch but Hoon is avoiding it.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hoon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hoon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hoon blocks a head kick by Steele.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hoon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hoon fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Hoon pushes him off.
Hoon looks to score with a jab to the body but Steele is just out of range.
Hoon swats away the attempt to clinch by Steele.
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hoon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hoon throws the left hand but Steele avoids the punch easily.
Hoon keeps the fight on the outside.
Steele tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to clinch but Hoon moves out of range.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Hoon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hoon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Steele circles away quickly and effectively.
Steele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steele misses with a body kick.
Hoon avoids the head kick by Steele.
Hoon throws a series of punches but Steele moves out of range.
Hoon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hoon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hoon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steele tries to clinch up but Hoon circles away and keeps his distance.
Steele defending well as Hoon loads up on a big left hand.
Steele is looking to wear down Hoon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hoon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steele.
Steele wants to clinch.
Steele paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Steele looks to land a body kick but Hoon moved away.
Steele throws a head kick but Hoon moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Steele tries to clinch up but Hoon circles away and keeps his distance.
Steele blocks a jab.
Hoon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Steele counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hoon's knee momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Steele showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steele has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Steele!