PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grecko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Motorhead-Killed by death. Grecko Gracie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Steve Austin's chin.

Gracie
vs
Austin

190 cm
27
280 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

187 cm
26
255 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grecko Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Austin moves away.
Austin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Austin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Austin just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Austin tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A cross from Austin lands.
Austin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice shot by Austin.
Gracie slips a straight right by Austin.
Austin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Austin avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Austin lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steve Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Austin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Austin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Austin.
Gracie takes a swing at Austin's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
Gracie scores with a one two! Austin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Steve Austin has been cut.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Austin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Austin moves out of range of the strikes.
Steve Austin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Austin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A punch combination from Austin misses.
Austin throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
No joy there for Austin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Austin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Austin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a hook.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Austin ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Austin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Whack! Gracie lands a heavy head kick that drops Austin. The ref tackles Gracie to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Austin was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Grecko Gracie!