PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Addison Deersworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deersworth comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Warrior's Call by Volbeat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Austin
vs
Deersworth

199 cm
31
220 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

183 cm
22
223 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Addison Deersworth!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deersworth misses with a takedown attempt - Austin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Deersworth moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Deersworth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Austin avoids it.
Deersworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deersworth.
Austin missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Austin.
Austin scores with a shot to the side of Deersworth's head.
Austin pushes Deersworth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Austin lands an elbow just above Deersworth 's eye.
Deersworth avoids a wild elbow strike from Austin.
Austin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Deersworth's defenses.
Deersworth managing to block the knees to the body from Austin.
Nice elbow from Austin.

It looks like Addison Deersworth has been cut.
Deersworth tries to land knees in the clinch but Austin avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Deersworth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Austin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Deersworth's elbow.
Austin scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin lands an elbow inside.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Austin pushes Deersworth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Austin.
A short right from Deersworth on the inside.
Deersworth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Austin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deersworth is trying to maintain a safe position but Austin gets an underhook and turns Deersworth into the cage.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deersworth is defending well for now.
Austin prevents a body shot from Deersworth.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Deersworth's brow.
Austin blocks an elbow strike from Deersworth.
Deersworth gets through Austin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Deersworth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Deersworth avoids the damage to the body.
Deersworth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Deersworth blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Austin blocks a body shot from Deersworth.
Deersworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Austin is defending well for now.
Deersworth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Deersworth tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Deersworth back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deersworth is defending well for now.
Deersworth lands with a short head shot 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!
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deersworth.
Austin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Deersworth managing to block the knees to the body from Austin.
Austin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deersworth is struggling to control the position.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
Deersworth blocks a body shot from Austin.
Deersworth misses with a knee to the head.
Deersworth throws a knee to the head but misses.
Austin missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
A left hand lands to the body for Deersworth.
Deersworth avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Deersworth tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Deersworth back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deersworth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Deersworth takes an elbow to the temple.
Deersworth taking a breather.
Deersworth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Austin trying to land knees to the body.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deersworth.
Deersworth lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Austin.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Deersworth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Deersworth tries to work over Austin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Deersworth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Austin's elbow.
Austin misses with a body punch.
Deersworth struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Deersworth can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.
Deersworth throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deersworth.
Deersworth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Austins head.
Deersworth tries a body shot but Austin blocks it.
Deersworth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Deersworth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deersworth is defending well for now.
Austin lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Austin.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Deersworth leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Deersworth displaying some good clinch control by pressing Austin up against the cage.
Austin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Deersworth or not.
Deersworth throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Deersworth working aggressively here.
Deersworth misses with a knee strike.
Deersworth blocks the elbow strike.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Austin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Austin lands an elbow inside that Deersworth shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deersworth trying to control the position but instead, Austin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Deersworth into the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Austin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Steve Austin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Addison Deersworth'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.

Deersworth misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Deersworth doesn't manage to clinch there - Austin circles away.
Some wild striking there from Deersworth.
Deersworth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deersworth wants to clinch.
Austin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Austin counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deersworth wants to clinch
and Austin counters with a left to the body.
Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Deersworth darts in trying to clinch
and Austin counters with a good low kick that Deersworth was not able to check.
Deersworth is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deersworth moves to clinch but Austin breaks away
and Austin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Deersworth tries to clinch
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deersworth darts in trying to clinch
and Austin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Austin blocks a head kick by Deersworth.
Deersworth tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Austin counters with a crisp right hand that drops Deersworth! Austin lets Deersworth back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Austin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Deersworth wants to clinch
and Austin counters with a low kick, right behind Deersworth 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deersworth closes the distance but Austin moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Deersworth closes the distance but Austin moves to the side
and Austin counters with a right hand from hell and Deersworth is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Steve Austin!