PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy The Bar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin comes to the cage accompanied by Stone Cold Steve Austin's entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Austin
vs
The Bar

185 cm
30
160 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

172 cm
26
165 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Prestige Clothing
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy The Bar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin throws a leg kick

and The Bar counters by clinching up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Bar.
Austin blocking some punches.
The Bar throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.

Austin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Austin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Austin trying to control but The Bar is working from the bottom.
The Bar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The Bar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Austin tries to get to full guard but The Bar has control of the leg.
Austin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. The Bar is working away from the top position though.
The Bar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

The Bar decides to stand up.
Austin cracks the inside of The Bar's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Austin.
The Bar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Austin throws a sloppy head kick and The Bar moves out of range easily.
The Bar checks a low kick from Austin.

The Bar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

The Bar decides to stand back up. The Bar steps back and let's Austin get back to his feet.
Austin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The Bar throws a right and a left that Austin avoids nicely.
Austin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Bar misses with a combination

and Austin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin wants to control from the top but The Bar keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Austin won't allow The Bar to sweep him here.

Steve Austin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Austin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Austin throws a series of punches but The Bar avoids them all with ease.
Austin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Austin.
The Bar throws a poor cross that misses
and Austin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Austin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Bar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Austin.
The Bar ducks under a wild hook from Austin.
The Bar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Austin.

Austin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. The Bar was covering up waiting for the punch and Austin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Austin wants to control from the top but The Bar keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Bar looking for a sweep. Not yet The Bar, not yet.
Austin prevents The Bar from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Austin tries to hold on but The Bar pushes him away.

The Bar working for a guillotine from mount but Austin is in no mood to give up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Austin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Austin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The Bar with the ground and pound from mount.
Austin is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Austin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Austin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Austin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Austin misses with an uppercut.
The Bar is looking to clinch.
No joy there for The Bar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Bar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Excellent takedown into side control there by The Bar.

The Bar decides to stand up, so the ref orders Austin to his feet.
Austin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Bar.
Steve Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Austin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Austin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin gets the takedown into side control.
The Bar is looking to regain half guard here but Austin keeps moving and retains side control.
Austin takes a little break here. The Bar wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The Bar is working to avoid the ground and pound but Austin connects with a decent elbow.
Austin passes to full mount! That's big trouble for The Bar!
Austin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can The Bar hang on?
Austin dominating with strikes here.

Austin looking for a guillotine from mount but The Bar is having none of it.
Austin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Austin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Austin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bar wants to get back to his feet.
Austin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The Bar can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Bar is breathing heavily.
Austin controlling from the full mount.
The Bar is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Austin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish The Bar?
Austin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Austin breaks from The Bar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Austin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Bar is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of The Bar's face.

The Bar is rocked!
Austin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The Bar is still in real trouble! Can Austin finish him?
Austin drops a big elbow. That's hurt The Bar! More shots from Austin and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Austin!