PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Stiglitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stiglitz comes to the cage accompanied by I Gave You A Reach Around and This Is How You Repay Me?. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Stiglitz
vs
Austin

183 cm
26
184 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

179 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Spartan 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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Stiglitz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Austin!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stiglitz tries to clinch up but Austin circles away and keeps his distance.
Austin has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Stiglitz is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Stiglitz tries to clinch up.
Austin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Austin pushes Stiglitz up against the cage in a clinch.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Austin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Austin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that Stiglitz has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Stiglitz misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Austin.
Stiglitz has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Austin.
Austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stiglitz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Austin.
Austin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stiglitz throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
A short uppercut from Austin.
Austin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stiglitz has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Stiglitz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin lands with a light punch inside.
Austin lands a body punch.
Stiglitz is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stiglitz.
Stiglitz takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Austin.
Austin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Stiglitz is rocked!
Austin misses with some punches.
Oh Stiglitz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stiglitz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Stiglitz blocking some punches.
Stiglitz blocking some punches.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Stiglitz.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Stiglitz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin has a couple of punches blocked by Stiglitz.
Stiglitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Stiglitz seems to have got his legs back now.
Austin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stiglitz backwards.
A short right from Austin on the inside.
Austin creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Stiglitz's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Stiglitz drops to his knees and Austin pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Austin!
Our winner, Shane Austin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.