PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arn Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Austin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Arn Anderson's chin.

Anderson
vs
Austin

171 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
169 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

KAISER

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 Las Vegas, Arn Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Austin!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin scores with a jab. Anderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Anderson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Austin just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Austin lands a nice looking body shot.
Anderson throws an off balance right hand
letting Austin counter with a right hand.
Austin throws a body shot but no joy.
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
Anderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Austin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Anderson rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anderson. Austin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Austin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson misses with an uppercut
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anderson takes one to the side of the head.
Austin throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Austin doesn't seem bothered though.
Austin misses the body punch
enabling Anderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Anderson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Anderson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Shark Tank in the buildup to the fight.
Austin looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
It looked like Anderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Austin throws the left hand but Anderson avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Anderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Anderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Austin takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses.
Austin lands a jab to the nose.
Austin scores with a jab to the body.
Austin slips a straight right by Anderson.
Austin moves out of range of the strikes.
Austin throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.
Austin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Austin moves away.
It seemed like Austin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Anderson throws a body punch but Austin moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Austin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson takes a swing at Austin's ribcage but misses.
Anderson throws a hook but Austin avoids it easily.
Austin works the jab nicely.

It looks like Arn Anderson has been cut.
Austin slips a jab from Anderson.
Austin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Austin scores with a sloppy right hand. Anderson should have avoided that one.
Anderson misses with a shot to the body
and Austin counters with a nice uppercut.
Anderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.
Austin slips a jab and a cross from Anderson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Austin looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
Anderson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Austin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Austin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Anderson under the eye.
Austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Austin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anderson.
Austin misses with a few strikes there.
Anderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Austin loads up on a big right hand but Anderson slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Austin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Anderson misses with a straight left.
Austin throws a shot from downtown. Anderson moves away and avoids it.
Austin just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Austin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Anderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Austin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Austin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Anderson with a body shot.
Austin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Austin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Anderson moves out of range as Austin strikes.
It looked like Anderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Anderson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Anderson throws a hook but Austin avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Austin! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Austin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arn Anderson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Austin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.
Austin sizes up Anderson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Austin jabs Anderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Austin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Austin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shane Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Anderson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Austin scores with a jab.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Austin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Austin moved out of range.
Austin throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.
Austin swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
Austin misses with a shot to the body
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Anderson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Austin doesn't seem phased though.
Anderson slips under a jab.
Anderson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Austin lands with an overhand left.
Anderson misses with a body shot.
Anderson misses with a combination
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Austin. Anderson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Austin lands with an uppercut that bounces Anderson off the cage and back into range.
Austin misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Austin.
Austin throws out a counter right but Anderson avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a hook
and Anderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Austin misses with a hook. Anderson ducked under it nicely.
Anderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Austin connects with a jab.
Austin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Austin slips a straight right by Anderson.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Austin in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Anderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson lands with a hook. Austin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
Shane Austin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Austin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Austin cracks Anderson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Anderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Austin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Austin does it's job there.
Austin misses with a lunging right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Austin walks into a stiff left hand from Anderson.
Anderson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Austin.
Anderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Danga de danga de dang - Anderson scores with a four punch combination!
Anderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Austin works Anderson's body with a nice hook.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson throws a hook to the side of Austin's head but Austin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Austin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Austin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Anderson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Austin lands a jab to the nose.
A slow jab from Austin misses its intended target.
Anderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Austin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Anderson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Austin misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Austin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arn Anderson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Austin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Austin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Austin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anderson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Austin throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Austin misses.
Anderson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nice straight punches there by Anderson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Anderson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Anderson avoids the body shot from Austin.
Austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Austin finds it's target.
Austin lands with a good body shot.
The fighters circling - Austin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anderson throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Austin to counter with a crisp jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Anderson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Anderson moves away from the strike by Austin.
Austin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Austin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Anderson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Anderson misses with a wild body shot.
Anderson misses with a hook
and Austin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Austin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Anderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Austin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Austin misses with a hook to the body
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson misses with a lunging right hand
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Anderson misses the target.
Austin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anderson moves away.
Anderson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Austin throws a body shot but no joy.
Austin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Anderson.
Austin misses the body punch
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Austin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Anderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Austin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shane Austin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Austin throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin lands a nice looking body shot.
Anderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Anderson throws a right hand that misses
and Austin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left lands for Anderson.
Austin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Austin staying out of range there.
Anderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Austin lands a glancing blow to the side of Anderson's head.
Austin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Arn Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Austin connects with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Austin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Austin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Austin!
After winning the bout, Shane Austin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.