PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Helio Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Austin's choice of entrance music: Six Million Dollar Man. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Steve Austin enters the cage!

Gonzalez
vs
Austin

162 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
27
156 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Helio Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Austin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gonzalez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Austin trying to control from Gonzalez's half guard. Gonzalez has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Austin trying to control but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.
Gonzalez working a defensive guard here.
Austin looking to sit in guard and control but Gonzalez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Austin is looking for a triangle but Gonzalez pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Austin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Austin has his foot on Gonzalez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gonzalez works his way back into a safe position though.

Austin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gonzalez defends well.
Austin looks gassed!
Gonzalez thows a big elbow that misses.
Gonzalez pushing down on Austin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gonzalez trying to pass the guard but Austin defending well.
Gonzalez is trying to control. Austin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gonzalez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Austin wants to get back to full guard.
Austin gets full guard.
Gonzalez trying to control the position from guard on top but Austin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez passes into half guard.
Gonzalez wants to pass to mount but Austin is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Austin is looking to improve his position.
Gonzalez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gonzalez is controlling the pace.
Austin wants to improve his position but Gonzalez is controlling well.
Austin has a hand on Gonzalez's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Gonzalez takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Austin is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Austin regains half guard.
Gonzalez wants to take a breather but Austin is having none of it.
Austin tries to roll over but Gonzalez keeps him under control.
Gonzalez moves nicely into side control.
Austin tries to bench press Gonzalez off him but Gonzalez keeps the position.
Gonzalez is putting a hurting on Austin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gonzalez working the body and head with strikes.
Austin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Austin throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gonzalez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Austin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gonzalez tries to move to mount but Austin blocks the move with his legs.
You can see the frustration on Austin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gonzalez working the head with strikes.
Austin prevents Gonzalez from improving position.
Gonzalez is looking to take a break and control but Austin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gonzalez walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Helio Gonzalez dominated that round.
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 is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gonzalez takes one to the side of the head.
Austin connects with a nice looking jab.
Gonzalez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Austin blocks a head kick by Gonzalez.
Austin scores with a jab to the head.
Austin leaves Gonzalez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gonzalez drops his hands momentarily and Austin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Austin misses with an uppercut. Gonzalez saw that one coming.
Steve Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Austin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonzalez circles away quickly and effectively.
Gonzalez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Austin throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Austin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzalez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Austin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
A solid body kick from Austin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin throws a leg kick which misses Gonzalez's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzalez tries to avoid it.
Austin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Austin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Austin swinging wildly here.
Austin lands with a cross.
Good shot there by Austin.
Austin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gonzalez looks to throw a body kick
and Austin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Austin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Austin moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Austin.
Austin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gonzalez throws a lazy head kick
and Austin counters with a straight right hand.
Austin scores with a nice head shot.
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Austin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gonzalez's head backwards.
Austin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gonzalez throws a push kick but Austin slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
Austin tries to bum rush Gonzalez with a series of wild strikes but Gonzalez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gonzalez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gonzalez throws a lazy body kick
and Austin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Austin looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonzalez is just out of range.
Austin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Gonzalez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gonzalez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Austin can't do much from the bottom here.
Austin taking punishment in the form of punches.
Austin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Austin throwing shots but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.
Austin throws a strike but Gonzalez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Austin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gonzalez controlling the position.
Austin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gonzalez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gonzalez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Austin wants to control from the top but Gonzalez keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Austin misses with a double jab.
Austin avoids a kick to the body.
Austin lands a glancing blow to the side of Gonzalez's head.
Gonzalez avoids the body shot from Austin.
Austin lands a body shot.
Austin fails with a takedown attempt.
Austin lands a really nice looking cross but Gonzalez seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

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

Austin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gonzalez pulls his head out easily.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Gonzalez is trying to control. Austin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gonzalez is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Gonzalez working for a guillotine from mount but Austin is in no mood to give up.
Gonzalez prevents Austin from getting the reversal.
Austin tries to hold on but Gonzalez postures up.
Austin is wriggling around trying to escape.
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.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gonzalez throws a push kick but Austin slaps the foot to one side.
Gonzalez shoots in but Austin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gonzalez has his takedown stuffed
and Austin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Austin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gonzalez in his tracks.
Austin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Austin looks to land a left hand but Gonzalez moved out of range nicely.
Austin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Austin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gonzalez's waist but Gonzalez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Austin off to one side.
Gonzalez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gonzalez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gonzalez lands in his opponent's guard.

Gonzalez drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Austin dives on top into guard.
Austin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gonzalez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Austin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Austin trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonzalez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Austin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gonzalez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Austin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gonzalez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gonzalez shoots for a takedown but Austin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Helio Gonzalez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzalez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez misses with the body kick
and Austin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzalez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Austin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gonzalez at a distance.
Gonzalez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Austin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gonzalez won't be happy with that.
Austin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Gonzalez defending against the ground and pound.
Austin throws an elbow but Gonzalez slips to the side and avoids it well.
Austin sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gonzalez is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Austin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gonzalez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Austin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ground and pound from Austin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin tries to score with some ground and pound. Gonzalez controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Austin thuds a left hand into Gonzalez's body.
Austin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Austin fails with a takedown attempt.
Gonzalez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Austin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez misses with the body kick
and Austin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown but Austin shows good takedown defense.
Nice takedown defense from Gonzalez. No joy for Austin on that attempt.
Gonzalez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gonzalez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Austin counters with a left and a right that stings Gonzalez.
Austin lunges at Gonzalez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gonzalez's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gonzalez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gonzalez shoots in looking for a takedown. Austin tries to sprawl out of it but Gonzalez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Austin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Austin rushes Gonzalez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Austin lands a damaging elbow.
Austin can't get the takedown.
Austin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Austin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Austin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gonzalez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gonzalez lands a nice knee to the body.
Austin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Gonzalez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gonzalez tries to circle away but Austin has him pinned against the cage.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body.
Gonzalez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Austin avoids the damage to the body.
Austin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gonzalez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Austin working aggressively here.
Gonzalez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gonzalez obliges.
Austin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Austin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Austin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29

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