PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Suk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and abby austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Suk
vs
austin

180 cm
22
179 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kurt Suk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, abby austin!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
austin lands a nice shot that snaps Suk's head back.

It looks like Kurt Suk has been cut.
Suk swats away the attempt to clinch by austin.
austin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like abby austin has been cut.
austin throws a sloppy head kick and Suk moves out of range easily.
austin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good standup being displayed there by austin as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Suk.
austin misses with a leg kick
and Suk counters with a thumping low kick.
Suk misses with a body kick.
austin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
austin looks gassed!

A head kick lands from Suk that sends austin to the canvas. austin tries to scramble back to his feet but Suk brings him back down into side control.

Suk stands up and beckons austin to his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Suk.
austin throws a sloppy body shot

and Suk counters with a big uppercut that knocks austin off his feet! Suk dives into side control looking to finish!

Suk stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Suk. austin shrugs it off though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
austin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Suk scores with a nice body kick.

Suk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Suk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
abby austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
austin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Suk counters with a body kick that stops austin in his tracks momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Suk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Suk.
Suk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Suk is looking to slow austin down with leg kicks.
Suk pushes austin away with a front kick.
Crunch! Suk slams his shin into austin's torso.
Nice body kick from Suk.
Suk scoring well with a low kick there.
austin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
austin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Suk.
austin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suk throws a head kick that misses.
Suk feints and then cracks austin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow austin down.
A jab from austin misses.
austin throws a series of punches but Suk avoids them all with ease.
Suk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on austin. That did some damage!
austin throws a hook but Suk blocks it.
Suk tries a head kick but it misses.
A shot to the body from austin misses
and Suk counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A good leg kick by Suk.
austin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Suk. Suk obviously looking to wear him down.
Suk throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
austin misses with a leg kick
and Suk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from austin. Suk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Suk chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from austin, right into the meat.
austin with a hook.
austin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
austin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
austin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
austin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Suk.
A good leg kick by Suk.
Suk fails to land with a series of punches.
austin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Suk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
austin tries to close the distance and clinch but Suk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
austin misses with a wild combination.
austin misses with a head kick.
Suk avoids the head kick by austin.
austin blocks a head kick by Suk.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suk is looking to slow austin down with leg kicks.
austin throws a sloppy head kick
and Suk counters with a low kick, right behind austin 's knee.
Suk cracks austin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Suk goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
austin moves out of range of the leg kick from Suk.
A head kick by austin misses
and Suk counters with an outside leg kick.
austin checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab lands there for austin.

austin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
austin cracks Suk with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Suk, right into the meat.
austin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Suk throws a head kick that misses.
austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Suk dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

austin throws a lazy head kick
and Suk counters with a thumping low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Suk - that will leave a mark!
Suk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but austin was well out of range. Poor timing from Suk.
austin scores with a decent looking hook.
Suk goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
austin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Suk.
austin misses with a double jab
and Suk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
austin moves out of range of the body kick from Suk.
austin throws a big shot that misses.
Suk throws a low kick but it's checked well by austin.

austin moves into range and clinches up with Suk.
austin throws a head punch that misses.
austin lands a left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
austin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
austin working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
austin tries to break free but Suk pushes him back against the cage.
austin wants to get back to striking at distance but Suk won't allow it.

Suk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
austin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Suk.
No joy there for Suk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A head kick by austin misses
and Suk counters with a left to the body.
austin throws a shot from downtown. Suk moves away and avoids it.
Suk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on austin. That did some damage!

Suk has austin up against the cage in a clinch.
austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suk.
Suk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Suk wants to break the clinch but can't.

austin breaks the clinch.
austin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suk paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from austin.
austin misses with a series of wild punches.
Suk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suk scores with a kick to the body.
austin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Suk throws a sloppy head kick and austin moves out of range easily.
Kurt Suk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
austin throws a series of punches but Suk moves out of range.
Suk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Suk tries to close the distance and clinch up but austin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick by austin misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Suk wants to land a leg kick but austin is out of range.
A head kick by austin misses
and Suk counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. austin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
An inside leg kick from Suk misses.
austin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
austin throws a leg kick but Suk moved away.
The fight stays on the outside here - austin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
austin closes the distance but Suk moves to the side

and Suk counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suk.
austin misses with a punch to the body.
Suk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that austin can do to turn this around?
austin lands a left hand.

Suk breaks from the clinch.
Nice shot by Suk.
A low kick from austin misses
and Suk counters with a big head kick but austin shrugs it off.
Suk misses with a kick to the body.
austin throws an overhand right that lands on Suk's shoulder, as Suk tries to avoid the shot.

austin rushes Suk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Suk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Suk dodges the punch combination from austin.
Kurt Suk is winning the standup battle so far.
Suk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
austin scores with a jab. Suk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Suk throws a lazy right hand but austin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
austin tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Suk holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Suk stalls.

austin breaks the clinch.
Suk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from austin.
austin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Suk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Suk misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Suk dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Suk with a jab.
Suk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Suk lands a head kick. austin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
austin misses with a double jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Suk.

austin takes the fight into the clinch.
austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

austin breaks the clinch.
A nice combination there by austin.

Suk has closed the distance and engaged austin in a clinch.
Suk takes an elbow to the temple.
Suk can't break the clinch.

austin breaks the clinch.
austin throws a head kick that misses
and Suk counters with a three punch combo that has austin backing up. austin nods at Suk to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suk lands a glancing blow to the side of austin's head.
Suk tries to clinch but austin moves out of range.
Suk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
austin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
austin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
austin thows a leg kick but Suk checks it
and Suk counters with a body kick that stops austin in his tracks momentarily.

Suk has closed the distance and engaged austin in a clinch.
Suk is trying to break the clinch but austin has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from austin.
austin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for austin.
austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
austin pushes Suk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Suk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
austin swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suk lands a head kick!
austin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Suk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on austin. That did some damage!
austin throws a hook but Suk avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Suk.
Suk connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
austin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Suk counters with a solid body kick.
Suk cracks the inside of austin's front leg.
A head kick misses from Suk.
austin sizes up Suk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
austin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
austin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
austin avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
austin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
austin throws a head kick that misses
letting Suk counter with a right hand.
Suk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Suk wants to land a leg kick but austin is out of range.
austin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Suk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slow jab from Suk misses its intended target.

austin clinches up with Suk and pushes him back against the cage.
austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
austin misses with a punch on the inside.
austin lands an uppercut.
austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Suk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
austin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Suk can't break the clinch.

austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Suk connects with a single shot there.
austin blocks a head kick by Suk.
A head kick by austin misses
and Suk counters with a three punch combo that has austin backing up. austin nods at Suk to acknowledge the strikes.
Kurt Suk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
austin looks to land a combination but Suk avoids it well.
austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suk lands a nice looking body kick.
Suk lands with a nice body kick.
abby austin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
austin throws a right and a left that Suk avoids nicely.
Suk scores with a head kick.
austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Suk.
Suk keeps austin at a distance using the push kick.
austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Suk lands with a kick to the temple. austin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

And that's the end of the fight!
Kurt Suk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Suk 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurt Suk!