PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ling Yuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Austin
vs
Yuan

184 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
22
206 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Silver Dragon Pharmacies

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ling Yuan!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Austin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Austin stopping the sweep attempt from Yuan.
Austin scoring with punches to the head and body.

Austin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Yuan is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Austin, into his guard.
Austin wants to sweep here but Yuan controlling him for the moment.
Austin throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Austin tries to strike from the bottom.

Austin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yuan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Austin wants to stand and escape but Yuan is having none of it.

Austin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yuan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Austin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Yuan.

Austin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yuan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yuan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Austin keeping moving, preventing Yuan from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Yuan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Austin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Austin keeping moving, preventing Yuan from controlling successfully.
Austin trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Austin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yuan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Yuan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yuan trying to control the position from guard on top but Austin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Yuan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Yuan wants to clinch up but Austin keeps it at a distance.
Austin looks for a takedown but Yuan sprawls well.
Yuan tries to clinch but Austin is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yuan.
Austin shoots and misses

so Yuan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Austin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Austin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Yuan trying to control the position from guard on top but Austin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yuan with a flurry of punches that miss.

Austin working for a triangle but Yuan defends it easily.
Yuan wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Yuan gets the takedown into side control.

Yuan has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Yuan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Austin to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Austin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yuan is wriggling around but Austin manages to pass to half guard.
Austin working the head and body with strikes.
Yuan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Yuan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Austin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Austin trying to mount his opponent but Yuan defends it.
Yuan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Austin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Austin thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Yuan to regain full guard.
Austin landing with the ground and pound.

Austin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuan has momentary wrist control but Austin slips an elbow through the middle.
Austin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yuan's head.
Austin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Austin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
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.
Austin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Austin works over Yuan with some ground and pound from guard.
Austin with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuan is trying to hold Austin in close to prevent damage but Austin has managed to pass into half guard.

Yuan is defending against the submission attempts here by Austin.
Steve Austin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Austin seems to be looking for submissions.
Yuan trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Austin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Austin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Austin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yuan defending well though.
Austin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Austin works his way into side control.
Yuan is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Yuan with a poor takedown
and Austin counters with a nice body shot.
Steve Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Austin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Austin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Yuan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Austin.
Austin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Austin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Yuan punching from the bottom.
Austin drops an elbow to the side of Yuan's head.
Yuan is trying to control but can't.
Yuan has hold of Austin's hands but Austin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Austin passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Yuan!
Steve Austin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Austin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Austin avoids the attempt from Yuan to control.
Yuan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Yuan is in a horrible position here. Austin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Austin lands a big shot there that rocks Yuan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin scoring with strikes but Yuan is staying in there.
Austin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Austin controlling from the full mount.

Austin has hold of Yuan's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Yuan manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Austin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Austin moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Yuan has worked his arm free - good work by Yuan!
Yuan is trying to control Austin's posture but Austin avoids it.
Yuan tries to bench press Austin off him but Austin keeps the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Austin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Austin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Austin!