PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hadeo Ichisun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin's entrance music is Stone Cold Steve Austin's entrance music. A fine choice. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!On his way into the ring it seems that Steve Austin has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Steve Austin seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Austin
vs
Ichisun

185 cm
23
160 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

171 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Kangaroo Muscle

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Austin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hadeo Ichisun!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin misses with a wild combination.
Austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Austin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Austin thuds his right hand into Ichisun's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A swing and a miss from Austin.
Austin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ichisun stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Austin throws a right and a left that Ichisun avoids nicely.
Austin looks to land a right hand but Ichisun moved out of range.
Austin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Austin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ichisun is out of range.
Austin throws a leg kick but Ichisun checks it.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin throws a head kick but Ichisun moves out of range.
Ichisun slips under a jab from Austin.
Steve Austin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Austin.
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ichisun keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ichisun checks a leg kick.
Austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Austin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Austin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circle momentarily. Austin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Austin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ichisun slips a straight right by Austin.
Steve Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Austin misses with an uppercut. Ichisun saw that one coming.
Austin throws a hook to the side of Ichisun's head but Ichisun sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch combination from Austin misses.
Austin looks to land a combination but Ichisun avoids it well.
Austin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ichisun uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Austin.
Austin throws a right and a left that Ichisun avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ichisun avoids a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Austin.
Austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ichisun staying out of range there.
Austin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ichisun steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Austin misses with a looping left.
Austin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Austin misses with a few strikes there.
Austin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four 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.
The fighters circling - Austin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Austin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Austin misses with a straight left.
Nice sprawl there from Austin as Ichisun shoots in.
Austin thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Austin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ichisun fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Austin sprawls well initially but Ichisun persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Austin is looking for a sweep. Ichisun is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Ichisun is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Austin is just riding it out for now. Ichisun eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Austin waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ichisun.
Ichisun displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Austin throws out the jab.
Austin swinging wilding here.
Ichisun moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ichisun displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Austin throws out the jab.
Austin throws a leg kick but Ichisun moved away.
Ichisun on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ichisun on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Steve Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Austin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Austin misses with a two punch combination.
Austin throws a combination. Ichisun tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ichisun blocks a jab.
Austin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Austin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Austin dips to his left and cracks Ichisun with an uppercut!
Ichisun avoids a punch combination nicely.
Austin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ichisun blocks a head kick by Austin.
Austin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ichisun steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Austin.
A big right from Austin misses.
Ichisun keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.
Austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Austin misses with a straight left.
Austin throws a hook to the side of Ichisun's head but Ichisun sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ichisun avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Austin misses.
Austin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Austin throws the kick towards the body but Ichisun avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ichisun slips under a jab.
Austin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Austin misses.
Austin throws a series of punches but Ichisun avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Ichisun feints and as Austin raises his hands in defense, Ichisun changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Ichisun drops back looking for a leg! Austin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Austin manages to kick Ichisun off! Ichisun jumps back into Austin's guard.
Austin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Ichisun 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.
Ichisun advances to half guard.
Austin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Austin.
Austin trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ichisun stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Austin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ichisun passes Austin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Ichisun is trying to work for a kimura but Austin is defending well.
Austin won't allow Ichisun to pass to mount.
Austin wants to get back to full guard.

Ichisun is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Austin is just riding it out for now. Ichisun eventually gives up the hold.
Austin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Austin flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Austin lands a jab-cross combination.
Austin waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ichisun.
Austin throws a looping overhand right but Ichisun ducks down to avoid it.
Austin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Austin misses with a hook. Ichisun ducked under it nicely.
Austin looks to land a combination but Ichisun avoids it well.
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Austin throws a jab when Ichisun was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ichisun slips under a jab.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Ichisun bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ichisun blocks a head kick by Austin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Austin jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin misses with an uppercut. Ichisun saw that one coming.
Austin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Danga de danga de dang - Austin scores with a four punch combination!
Austin misses with a straight right.
Austin throws a hook but Ichisun blocks it.
Austin throws a leg kick that misses.
Austin tests Ichisun's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Austin tries to bum rush Ichisun with a series of wild strikes but Ichisun uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ichisun takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Austin throws a hook to the side of Ichisun's head but Ichisun sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin throws a body kick that misses.
A big right from Austin misses.
Austin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ichisun shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ichisun was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Ichisun has control of Austin's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Austin regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Austin is desperately trying to improve his position but Ichisun has a good base and remains in mount.
Ichisun with a couple of short strikes.
Austin is wriggling around trying to escape.

Ichisun is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Austin is surviving well by controlling Ichisun's body position as best he can.
Ichisun takes Austin's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Austin is in trouble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Austin defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Austin rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Austin is pressing down on Ichisun's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Austin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ichisun is one step ahead there.
Ichisun passes Austin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Austin trying to control here.

Austin is defending against the submission attempts here by Ichisun.
Austin tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Ichisun wants to work for an arm triangle but Austin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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.

Ichisun is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Austin is just riding it out for now. Ichisun eventually gives up the hold.

Ichisun seems to be looking for submissions.
Hadeo Ichisun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Ichisun wants to work for an arm triangle but Austin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Ichisun seems to be looking for submissions.

Ichisun wants to work for an arm triangle but Austin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Austin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ichisun preventing the sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hadeo Ichisun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Austin 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Austin!
Steve Austin retains his lightweight title!