PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luka Juranic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Austin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Juranic
vs
Austin

191 cm
22
249 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
235 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luka Juranic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juranic wants to clinch.
Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Juranic is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Austin.
Austin tries to clinch up but Juranic circles away and keeps his distance.
Juranic doesn't manage to clinch there - Austin circles away.
Juranic is looking to clinch.
Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Juranic moves out of range of the strikes.
Juranic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Juranic moves into the clinch.
Juranic wants to stall.
Austin lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Luka Juranic has been cut.
Juranic misses with a body punch.
Juranic tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Austin is trying to break free.
Austin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Juranic.
Austin jumps guard but Juranic stands there with Austin around his waist. Austin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin misses with a knee to the head.
Austin tries to pull guard but Juranic holds him up against the cage and eventually Austin drops back down to his feet.
Juranic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luka Juranic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Juranic tries to pull guard but Austin won't allow it.
Austin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Juranic misses with the head strike.
Juranic looking to stall.

Juranic pulls Austin into guard.

Juranic working for a triangle but Austin defends it easily.

Austin decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Juranic, up you get!
Austin tries to clinch but Juranic is having none of it.
Austin fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juranic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Austin pinned against the cage. Austin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Austin moves into the clinch.
Juranic has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Austin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Austin stops a takedown attempt from Juranic.
Juranic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Austin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Juranic jumps guard but Austin stands there with Juranic around his waist. Juranic gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Juranic fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Austin missing with knees to the body.

Austin decides to pull guard.

Juranic postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Austin is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Juranic, into his guard.
Austin wanted to stand there but Juranic had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Juranic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Austin passes into side control.
Juranic is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

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.
Juranic looks to move to half guard but instead Austin has passed into mount! Damn!
Juranic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Juranic is working hard here to advance position.
Austin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Juranic is trying to escape the mount.
Austin controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luka Juranic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Juranic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juranic could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Juranic moves in looking to clinch but Austin pushes him off.
Austin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Juranic shoots in looking for a takedown. Austin tries to sprawl out of it but Juranic 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 circles away from the clinch attempt.
Juranic is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
Austin swats away the attempt to clinch by Juranic.
Juranic is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Juranic with that takedown attempt.
Juranic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Juranic tries to clinch but Austin is having none of it.
Austin lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Juranic falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Steve Austin!