PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Storm Hull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hull has chosen The Tase Of Ink as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Austin
vs
Hull

181 cm
18
151 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

173 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mauricio Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Storm Hull!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hull throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Austin's waist but Austin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hull off to one side.
Hull dives in for a single leg takedown but Austin sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hull looking to slow down the pace here.
Hull misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Austin prevents the takedown attempt.
Mauricio Austin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Storm Hull.
Austin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hull.
Hull fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin slows down the pace here.
Austin gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Hull manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Austin throws a big elbow that misses.
Hull looking to hit a scissor sweep but Austin is one step ahead there.

Hull throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hull can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Austin controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Austin chips away with some ground and pound.
Hull wants to hit a switch here but Austin passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hull there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin avoids the attempt from Hull to control.
Hull tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hull tries to hold on but Austin pushes him away.
Hull is looking to improve his position but Austin isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Austin looking to finish Hull with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hull!
Hull tries to hold on but Austin pushes him away.
Austin dominating with strikes here.
Austin controlling the pace for now.
Hull tries to hold on but Austin postures up.
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 Mauricio Austin will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hull shoots in looking for a takedown but Austin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hull's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Austin slaps away a takedown attempt from Hull, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Hull lands an impressive looking overhand right. Austin doesn't seem phased though.
Nice takedown defense from Austin. No joy for Hull on that attempt.
Mauricio Austin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Storm Hull.
Nice takedown defense from Austin. No joy for Hull on that attempt.
Hull with a poor takedown

and Austin moves into the clinch.
Hull has had enough of the clinch but Austin keeps him there for the moment.
Hull misses with an elbow strike.
Hull is breathing heavily.
Hull is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Austin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin breaks from the clinch.

Hull clinches up with Austin and pushes him back against the cage.
Hull fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Austin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hull tries to pull guard but Austin holds him up against the cage and eventually Hull drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hull has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Austin uses from the top position.
Hull wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Austin is now in half guard.
Austin controlling the action here.
Hull wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hull looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Austin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
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 takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hull is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Austin jumps into side control!
Austin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Austin looks up at the clock and then as Hull takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Austin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Austin working the ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hull looks to move to half guard but instead Austin has passed into mount! Damn!
Hull is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Austin cracks Hull with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Austin works his way to his opponent's back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hull grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hull rolls, trying to escape but Austin keeps control of the position.
Hull trying to control the hands but Austin breaks the grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Austin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Austin gets tackled into the cage by Hull. Hull maintains the clinch.
Hull is trying to pull guard but Austin has him pressed against the cage.

Hull gets control of Austin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hull will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Austin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Mauricio Austin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Austin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Austin.
Hull scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hull swivels and escapes.
Hull misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hull throws a wild body kick that Austin sees coming a mile off.
Hull misses with a double jab.
Hull scores with a hook to the body. Austin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hull takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Austin slips a jab and a cross from Hull.
Austin shoots in looking for a takedown but Hull manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Austin's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Austin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Austin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hull sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Hull forces Austin back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hull is working for takedown but Austin is calmly controlling the position for now.

Hull jumps guard.

Hull working for submissions but it's allowed Austin to get to half guard.
Austin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hull with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Austin winds up and cracks Hull with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Austin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin winds up and cracks Hull with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Austin winds up and cracks Hull with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Austin winds up and cracks Hull with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Austin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hull wants to improve his position but Austin is controlling well.
Austin winds up and cracks Hull with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin is controlling the pace.
Austin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Still in half guard, Austin seems content to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hull is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Storm Hull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mauricio Austin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hull on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Austin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Austin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Austin!
The defeated Storm Hull had this to say: 'He got lucky.'.