PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ingo Pavlik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Austin
vs
Pavlik

192 cm
30
245 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

209 cm
23
269 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ingo Pavlik!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin misses with a two punch combination.
Austin misses with the combination.

Pavlik clinches up with Austin and pushes him back against the cage.

Pavlik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pavlik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pavlik swinging wildly here.

Austin rushes Pavlik and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Pavlik's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pavlik is trying to push Austin away but Austin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pavlik is trying to push Austin away but Austin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Austin tries a body shot but Pavlik blocks it.
Pavlik is struggling to control the position.
Pavlik is trying to break the clinch but Austin is controlling him.

Pavlik breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pavlik shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pavlik will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Austin loads up on a big right hand but Pavlik slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Austin moves out of range of the body kick.
Pavlik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pavlik throws a head kick but Austin moves out of range.
Austin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pavlik misses with a kick to the body.
Pavlik goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A combination from Austin does no damage.
Pavlik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Austin.
Pavlik thows a body shot but no joy.
Pavlik throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Austin misses with a wild combination.
Pavlik wants to clinch up but Austin keeps it at a distance.
A nice combination there by Pavlik.
Steve Austin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Austin scores with a jab. Pavlik acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Austin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Austin avoids the head kick by Pavlik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlik takes one on the button.
A clash of legs there as Pavlik blocks the low kick.
Austin tries to bum rush Pavlik with a series of wild strikes but Pavlik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pavlik swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pavlik tries a head kick but it misses.
Austin tries to bum rush Pavlik with a series of wild strikes but Pavlik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pavlik throws out a leg kick but Austin moves out of range and Pavlik only half commits.

Austin moves into the clinch successfully.
Austin struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavlik controls his hands.
Pavlik is trying to break free.
Stalling in the clinch from Pavlik.
A right handed body shot lands from Austin.
Pavlik tries to break free but Austin pushes him back against the cage.
Pavlik is trying to break free.
Austin pushes Pavlik back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pavlik throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pavlik drags the fight down to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Austin prevents Pavlik from getting back to his feet.
Austin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pavlik can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pavlik wants to stand and escape but Austin is having none of it.
Austin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Austin decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pavlik, up you get!
Pavlik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Austin looks to land a combination but Pavlik avoids it well.
Pavlik is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick misses from Pavlik.
Pavlik lunges at Austin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Austin's hand.
Austin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Austin lands with a good body shot.
Pavlik with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavlik throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Austin on the side of the head.
Pavlik is looking to chop away at Austin's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin throws out a powerful jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pavlik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pavlik throws a solid leg kick but Austin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pavlik.
Austin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Pavlik scores with a four punch combination!
Pavlik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pavlik jabs Austin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pavlik takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pavlik looks gassed!
Pavlik listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pavlik moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pavlik throws the kick towards the body but Austin avoids it.
Austin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pavlik eats them both and turns towards Austin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pavlik on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Austin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pavlik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Austin checks a leg kick.
Austin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pavlik. That one must have hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ingo Pavlik dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pavlik clinches.
Pavlik has had enough of the clinch but Austin keeps him there for the moment.
Austin can't find room to land a body shot as Pavlik controls the action.
Austin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pavlik's efforts to push away.
Pavlik is looking to break free of the clinch but Austin has double underhooks.
Pavlik prevents a takedown attempt there.
Austin lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Pavlik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Austin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pavlik throws a wild body kick that Austin sees coming a mile off.
Austin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Austin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Austin is looking to clinch but Pavlik is avoiding it.
Austin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pavlik is out of range.
Austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pavlik.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pavlik.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pavlik lands a jab to the head.
Austin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Austin misses with a few strikes there.
Austin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Pavlik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Pavlik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pavlik tries to close the distance and clinch but Austin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ingo Pavlik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Austin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pavlik pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pavlik fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pavlik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steve Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Austin misses with a double jab.
Pavlik lands with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pavlik.
Pavlik throws a nice looking combination but Austin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pavlik swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin blocks a low kick nicely.
Austin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pavlik scores with a push kick.
Pavlik scores with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Pavlik as he connects with a hook.
Austin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Pavlik gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pavlik tries to break the clinch but Austin is controlling the position.

Pavlik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pavlik darts in and clinches Austin up against the cage.
Pavlik is trying to break free.

Pavlik's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pavlik fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavlik staying out of range there.
Pavlik scores with a one two! Austin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pavlik has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pavlik moves out of range of the leg kick from Austin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pavlik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pavlik checks a leg kick nicely.
Pavlik thows a body kick. Austin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Pavlik throws a nice looking combination but Austin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pavlik tries to clinch there but Austin circles away.
Austin slips a jab and a cross from Pavlik.

Pavlik closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Pavlik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Austin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pavlik lands a jab to the nose.

Austin clinches.

Pavlik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Austin throws a series of punches but Pavlik avoids them all with ease.

Pavlik moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavlik wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pavlik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlik wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Austin has him pressed against the cage.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Pavlik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pavlik is trying to push Austin away but Austin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Pavlik manages to break the clinch.
Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Pavlik.
Pavlik lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pavlik is looking to clinch.
Austin misses with a series of wild punches.
Pavlik shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pavlik connects with the punch.
Pavlik doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Austin checks a low kick from Pavlik.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ingo Pavlik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 misses with a looping right.
Austin misses with an uppercut.
Austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pavlik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.
Pavlik digs a good body shot into Austin's ribs.
Pavlik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Austin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pavlik fails in his attempt to clinch.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Pavlik gets tackled into the cage by Austin. Austin maintains the clinch.
Ingo Pavlik seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pavlik has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Austin looking for a takedown.
Austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Pavlik breaks the clinch.
Austin loads up on a big right hand but Pavlik slips the punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pavlik.
Pavlik tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Austin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pavlik throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pavlik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pavlik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Austin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlik misses with a double jab.
Pavlik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavlik slips a straight right by Austin.
Austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pavlik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Austin tries to bum rush Pavlik with a series of wild strikes but Pavlik uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick from Pavlik lands but Austin takes it in his stride.
Austin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pavlik tries to close the distance and clinch but Austin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavlik throws a one two combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pavlik throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pavlik misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Austin clinches up against the cage.
Pavlik is trying to break free.
Pavlik can't break the clinch.
Austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Austin takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlik blocks the elbow strike.
Austin working aggressively here.

Pavlik manages to break the clinch.
Austin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pavlik works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pavlik tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pavlik stalks Austin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Austin's face. Austin staggers backwards, shaken.

Austin is rocked!
Pavlik looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oh Austin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pavlik plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Austin to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Austin just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ingo Pavlik!
Our winner, Ingo Pavlik, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.