PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jake bubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). bubble has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. jake bubble has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

bubble
vs
Austin

200 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

193 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Attliction

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, jake bubble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
bubble throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Austin.
jake bubble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
bubble looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
bubble is breathing heavily.
Austin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts bubble as he jumps to the side.

Austin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
bubble parries the strikes from Austin easily there. Austin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable bubble to escape.
Austin moves into full mount!
Austin pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Austin misses with a head shot.

Austin is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
A head kick misses from bubble.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. bubble sprawls well initially but Austin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Austin with the ground and pound but bubble uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Austin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. bubble is keeping the position for now.
bubble knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Austin on the ground.
Austin preventing the sweep.
bubble is working hard here to advance position.
Austin pushes down on bubble's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Austin trying to mount his opponent but bubble defends it.

Austin is working for a submission of some sort.

Austin is working for a kimura but bubble is defending it quite comfortably.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Austin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and bubble defends it well.

Austin is looking for a kimura here.
bubble wants to improve his position but Austin is controlling well.
bubble is in trouble now - Austin has advanced to mount!
bubble is trying to escape the mount but Austin keeps good control and instead manages to take bubble's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Austin is persistently looking for the submission but bubble is defending it well.

bubble showing good submission defense here.
bubble covering up well under a series of strikes from Austin.

bubble defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

bubble is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Austin is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. bubble knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften bubble for a finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Austin looking for the RNC.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Austin looking to break bubble's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. bubble remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Austin will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Austin misses with punches from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

bubble showing good submission defense here.
bubble rolls, trying to escape but Austin keeps control of the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Austin tightening his grip on bubble, looking for the choke.
Austin is not going to allow bubble to sit and survive in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Austin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Steve Austin has got the better of the ground game so far.

Austin looking for a guillotine from mount but bubble is having none of it.

Austin has hold of bubble's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and bubble manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Austin is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, bubble has managed to escape the submission attempt.
bubble's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Austin avoids the attempt from bubble to control.

Austin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Austin is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but bubble is surviving well by controlling Austin's body position as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But bubble has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from bubble!
Austin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in bubble's guard.

Austin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Austin forces his way into half guard.
Austin is pressing down on bubble's thigh, looking to free his foot. bubble is holding on for now.
bubble looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin uses his free foot to push down on bubble's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for bubble.

Austin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Austin looking to secure an arm triangle but bubble defends it well.

Austin is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, bubble has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Austin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Austin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Austin goes for an armbar but bubble turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from bubble.
Austin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. bubble manages to get himself to full guard.
Austin tries to free his leg and advance position but bubble is retaining full guard.

Austin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Austin pushes down on bubble's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Austin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
bubble tries to get to full guard but Austin has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Austin seems to be working for a kimura but bubble defends the submission attempt.

Austin is looking for a kimura but bubble is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Austin to get the leverage.
bubble on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if bubble tries to get out of the position.

Austin is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, bubble has managed to free his arm - good work.
Austin throws a strike but bubble avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
bubble is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Austin is fighting to break bubble's control of his arms but bubble is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Austin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
bubble managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on jake bubble's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Austin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around bubble's waist but bubble gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Austin off to one side.
bubble with a poor takedown
and Austin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Austin lands with an uppercut that bounces bubble off the cage and back into rage.
Austin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck bubble on the side of the head.
Austin misses with a takedown attempt

and bubble counters with a nice double leg into guard.

bubble is sitting in close to Austin's body. Austin has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! bubble is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, bubble is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Austin.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Steve Austin!