PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takanori Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin comes to the ring accompanied by Stone Cold Steve Austin's entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Austin
vs
Gomez

185 cm
22
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Mustang Fight Food

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takanori Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez ducks under a wild hook from Austin.
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Austin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Austin looks for a takedown but Gomez sprawls well.
Gomez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Takanori Gomez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gomez moves out of range as Austin throws a body kick.
Austin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gomez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gomez throws a right and a left that Austin avoids nicely.
Austin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Austin waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Gomez.
Austin dodges the punch combination from Gomez.
Gomez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Austin backs up against the ropes.
Austin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gomez.
Gomez lands a glancing blow to the side of Austin's head.
Austin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gomez.
Gomez looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Austin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Austin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gomez is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Austin asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Austin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gomez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gomez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gomez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gomez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Austin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gomez tries to reverse the position but Austin maintains control.

Austin has isolated one of Gomez's arms. Gomez looking to fight him off but Austin twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Steve Austin!