PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Allan Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Seagal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Seagal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bautista
vs
Seagal

175 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Allan Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steven Seagal !
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista wants to clinch.
Seagal looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Bautista throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Seagal moves into the clinch.
Bautista tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bautista fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bautista fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Allan Bautista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bautista fails to pull guard.
Bautista is stalling here.

Bautista pulls guard.
Bautista looking for a sweep. Not yet Bautista, not yet.
Bautista is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bautista wants to sweep here but Seagal controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Bautista looking for a sweep. Not yet Bautista, not yet.

Seagal gets to his feet. Bautista looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bautista wants to clinch up but Seagal keeps it at a distance.
Bautista throws a series of punches but Seagal moves out of range.

Bautista shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Seagal 's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bautista stays in close to Seagal 's body and controls the position.
Bautista passes Seagal 's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bautista seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Seagal is staying active underneath Bautista, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bautista frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bautista controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bautista jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Seagal manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Bautista stands up and beckons Seagal to his feet.
Bautista tries to clinch up but Seagal circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bautista clinches but Seagal breaks the clinch
and Seagal counters with a one-two to the body.
Bautista scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Seagal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bautista.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bautista looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Seagal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bautista moves away.
Seagal throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Bautista darts in and clinches Seagal up against the ropes.
Bautista is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Seagal pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bautista tries to break the clinch but Seagal is controlling the position.

Seagal turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Seagal is looking to take a break and control but Bautista is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Seagal wants to stand but Bautista has his arm trapped.
Seagal trying to control the position but Bautista is working away.
Seagal working away.
Seagal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bautista keeps working.

Seagal stands up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bautista shoots for a takedown but Seagal saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Seagal misses with a two punch combination.
Seagal throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bautista counters with a shoot takedown. Seagal fights it but they end up in guard.
Bautista postures up in Seagal 's guard and throws a big left but Seagal blocks it.
Bautista pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Seagal is keeping the position for now.
Bautista trying to control but Seagal is working from the bottom.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Seagal wants to get back to his feet but Bautista is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bautista slips nicely into half guard.
Seagal has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bautista is working away from the top position though.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bautista seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Seagal does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Bautista shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bautista showed some decent athleticism there.
Bautista is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Seagal is trying to get back to full guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bautista performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Seagal tries to roll over but Bautista keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allan Bautista dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bautista tries a head kick but it misses.

Bautista shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bautista throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bautista in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bautista can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Seagal is looking to escape.
Bautista controlling from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bautista working Seagal over with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Seagal that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Allan Bautista overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bautista sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bautista lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bautista controlling from the full mount.
Seagal working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bautista lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Seagal hang on?
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bautista trying to control but Seagal is having none of it.
Bautista is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Seagal can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bautista pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Bautista connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bautista landing strikes from the mount and Seagal is in trouble!
Bautista trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The referee warns Seagal that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bautista wants to control the pace but Seagal is squirming around nicely.
Bautista fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bautista wants to control the pace but Seagal is squirming around nicely.
Bautista controlling the pace for now.
Bautista landing shots from mount.
Bautista lands a big elbow.
Bautista with good strikes from the mount here!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bautista tries to control but Seagal wriggling away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Allan Bautista just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Seagal stuffs the takedown attempt from Bautista. Bautista gets slowly back to his feet.
Bautista tries to clinch but Seagal moves out of range.
Seagal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crunch! Bautista slams his shin into Seagal 's torso.
Bautista is trying hard to land a takedown here. Seagal sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bautista could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bautista works over Seagal 's head and body with a nice combination.
Seagal gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bautista counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Seagal 's guard now.
Seagal tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bautista wants to pass the guard but Seagal is keeping the position.
Bautista trying to control the position from guard on top but Seagal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bautista wants to get up but he can't break Seagal 's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Seagal looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bautista passes into half guard.
Seagal is looking to improve his position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Seagal can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bautista looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Seagal is looking for a sweep. Bautista is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Steven Seagal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Bautista rushes Seagal and presses him up against the ropes.

Bautista has hold of one of Seagal 's legs. Seagal is fighting the takedown attempt but Bautista gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Bautista wants to stand but Seagal is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bautista sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Seagal 's guard.
Seagal works his way to full guard. Good work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Allan Bautista showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bautista has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Allan Bautista!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Allan Bautista!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Allan Bautista!

Allan Bautista wins by unanimous decision!