PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rusty Shackelford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and abigail austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Shackelford might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Airplanes. Rusty Shackelford could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to abigail austin's chin.

Shackelford
vs
austin

200 cm
22
270 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

200 cm
19
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rusty Shackelford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, abigail austin!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shackelford dips to his left and cracks austin with an uppercut!
Shackelford on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
austin lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Rusty Shackelford has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shackelford tests austin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
austin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shackelford swinging wildly here.
Shackelford tries to bum rush austin with a series of wild strikes but austin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
austin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shackelford throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shackelford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from austin.
Shackelford misses with a two punch combination.
Shackelford fails to land with a series of punches.
Shackelford swinging wildly here.
Shackelford is looking to clinch but austin is avoiding it.
austin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shackelford throws a right and a left that austin avoids nicely.
austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shackelford wants to clinch.
austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shackelford slips under a jab.
austin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shackelford will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A head kick misses from austin.
austin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Shackelford misses with a double jab.
austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Shackelford throws a series of strikes that have austin backpedaling.
austin is looking to clinch.
Shackelford misses with a series of wild punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shackelford.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Shackelford misses.
austin throws the left hand but Shackelford avoids the punch easily.
austin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
austin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A combination from austin does no damage.

austin moves into range and clinches up with Shackelford.

austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
austin throws a head kick but Shackelford moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
austin misses with a head kick.
Shackelford swinging wildly here.
austin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Some wild striking there from austin.
austin looks gassed!
Shackelford fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and austin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shackelford.
Some wild striking there from austin.
Shackelford looks to land a combination. austin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
austin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shackelford.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shackelford, as that shot connected.
Shackelford connects with a right hand. austin shakes it off.
Shackelford scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
austin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Shackelford misses with a low kick.
Shackelford lands a two punch combo.
austin misses with the combination.
Shackelford lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as austin backs up against the cage.

austin is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shackelford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shackelford moves out of range as austin throws a body kick.
Shackelford misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
austin avoids the head kick by Shackelford.
Shackelford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
austin scores with a three punch combo!
austin throws a series of punches but Shackelford moves out of range.
Shackelford lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Shackelford.
Shackelford scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shackelford is looking to clinch but austin is avoiding it.
Shackelford throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shackelford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shackelford is working the combinations to good effect here.
Shackelford dips to his left and cracks austin with an uppercut!
Shackelford throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shackelford tries to clinch up

and austin moves into the clinch.

austin breaks the clinch.
Shackelford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
austin tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shackelford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
austin avoids a kick to the body.
austin throws a head kick that misses
and Shackelford counters with a left and a right that stings austin.
Shackelford lands a jab-cross combination.
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!
Shackelford pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces austin back to the cage. Shackelford follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
austin lands a head shot.
Shackelford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on austin. That did some damage!
Shackelford goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Shackelford throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and austin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shackelford lunges at austin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by austin's hand.

Shackelford forces austin back against the cage and clinches.

Shackelford pulls guard effortlessly.

Shackelford has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes austin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Shackelford's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Shackelford duly obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
austin feints a jab promting Shackelford to slip. austin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Shackelford slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Shackelford misses with a wild combination.
Shackelford throws a series of punches but austin avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Shackelford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rusty Shackelford's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

austin swats away the attempt to clinch by Shackelford.
Shackelford looks to land a combination. austin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shackelford explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Shackelford throws a combination that misses
and austin counters with a body kick that stops Shackelford in his tracks momentarily.

austin takes the fight into the clinch.

austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shackelford wants to clinch but austin slips to the side
and austin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shackelford ducks right into an uppercut from austin.
austin scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
austin scores with a body shot.
Rusty Shackelford is winning the standup battle so far.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by austin.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
austin keeps Shackelford at a distance using the push kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Shackelford crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from austin - the referee stops the clock and Shackelford gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says austin. Shackelford manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
austin feints and then cracks Shackelford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shackelford down.
austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
austin scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
austin misses with a head kick.
austin misses with a wild combination.
Shackelford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt austin.
Shackelford has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from austin.
austin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shackelford lands a leg kick that knocks austin off balance momentarily.
Shackelford scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from austin misses.
Shackelford moves out of range as austin strikes.
Shackelford throws a head kick that misses
and Shackelford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shackelford turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
austin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shackelford connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! austin scrambles back to his feet.
Shackelford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
austin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shackelford.
Shackelford throws a push kick but austin slaps the foot to one side.
austin misses with a low kick as Shackelford jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
austin throws a series of punches but Shackelford avoids them all with ease.
Shackelford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shackelford closes the distance and lands a one-two.
austin tries to bum rush Shackelford with a series of wild strikes but Shackelford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shackelford falls off balance throwing a combination
and austin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
austin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
austin dodges the punch combination from Shackelford.
austin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shackelford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
austin tries to bum rush Shackelford with a series of wild strikes but Shackelford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Shackelford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Shackelford moves into the clinch.
Shackelford wants a takedown but no success here.

austin manages to break the clinch.
Shackelford fails to land with a series of punches.
austin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
austin feints and then cracks Shackelford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shackelford down.

austin clinches.
austin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shackelford looking for a takedown.

austin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - austin scores with a four punch combination!
Shackelford drops his hands momentarily and austin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shackelford fails to land with a series of punches.
Shackelford throws a combination but it was largely blocked by austin.

austin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good exchange - austin coming out on top.
austin throws a series of punches but Shackelford moves out of range.
austin tries to bum rush Shackelford with a series of wild strikes but Shackelford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shackelford works over austin's head and body with a nice combination.
Sloppy strikes from Shackelford. Those never looked like landing.
A jab from Shackelford does it's job there.
austin scores with a punch to the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from austin.
Shackelford takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Shackelford swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from austin, right into the meat.
Shackelford tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. austin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shackelford takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A punch combination from Shackelford misses.
austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shackelford lands a jab to austin's midsection.
Shackelford steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from austin. That one must have hurt.
austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shackelford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shackelford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shackelford scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
austin misses with a double jab
and Shackelford counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shackelford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but austin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by austin.
Nice jab there from austin.
austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shackelford looks to land a combination but austin avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Shackelford.
A punch combination from Shackelford misses.
austin lands with a hook. Shackelford tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shackelford avoids the head kick by austin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

abigail austin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rusty Shackelford's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Shackelford throws a chopping leg kick but austin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
austin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shackelford counters with a lovely shot to the body.
austin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shackelford can pounce on him.
Shackelford slips a jab from austin.
Shackelford takes one to the side of the head.
austin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shackelford lands a jab-cross combination.
Shackelford swinging wildly here.
austin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shackelford connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! austin scrambles back to his feet.
A combination from Shackelford does no damage.
austin swats away the attempt to clinch by Shackelford.
Shackelford connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from austin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shackelford has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shackelford and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Shackelford lands a slapping body shot.
Shackelford thuds his right hand into austin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
austin throws a sloppy head kick and Shackelford moves out of range easily.
Rusty Shackelford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shackelford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shackelford has taken the fight to the clinch.
austin stops a takedown attempt from Shackelford.

Shackelford gets control of austin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Shackelford will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
austin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
austin throwing strikes from guard but Shackelford blocks nicely.

Shackelford kicks austin off and gets to his feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shackelford.
Shackelford tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and austin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shackelford thinking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shackelford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shackelford throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shackelford needs to keep his hands up - austin had a free shot at his head there.
austin avoids the head kick by Shackelford.
austin lands with a nice combination. Shackelford backs away looking to recover.
Shackelford blocks a head kick by austin.
austin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shackelford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
austin thumps Shackelford with a low kick.
Shackelford tries a low kick but austin avoids it.
Shackelford connects with a body shot.
austin cracks Shackelford with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shackelford scores with a hook to the body. austin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shackelford throws a nice looking combination but austin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
austin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shackelford has time to react.
austin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
austin lands with a nice body kick.
Shackelford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from austin.
Shackelford wants to clinch
and Shackelford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
austin misses with a wild body shot.
Shackelford cracks austin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Shackelford displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shackelford misses with a wild combination.

Shackelford has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shackelford has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by austin.
Shackelford doesn't manage to clinch there - austin circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by austin.
austin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Shackelford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
austin lunges at Shackelford with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shackelford's hand.
austin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shackelford moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
austin throws a jab when Shackelford was well out of range.
Shackelford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shackelford goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Shackelford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from austin.
austin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shackelford scoring well with a low kick there.
Shackelford throws a series of punches but austin moves out of range.
Shackelford rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but austin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shackelford avoids a kick to the body.
austin avoids the head kick by Shackelford.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

austin gets a clinch.
Shackelford fails to pull guard.

austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
austin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shackelford checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shackelford misses with a low kick.
Shackelford throws a push kick but austin slaps the foot to one side.
A combination from Shackelford does no damage.
austin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shackelford. Shackelford circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
austin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
austin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shackelford lands with a thumping leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Shackelford.
austin lands a leg kick that knocks Shackelford off balance momentarily.
austin throws a hook to the side of Shackelford's head but Shackelford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shackelford takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shackelford slips a jab and a cross from austin.
austin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shackelford connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! austin scrambles back to his feet.
Shackelford lands a jab-cross combination.
Shackelford tries to close the distance and clinch up but austin swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rusty Shackelford showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Shackelford 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty Shackelford!