PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grecko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin's entrance music is Motorhead-Killed by death. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Austin
vs
Gracie

187 cm
27
255 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
28
280 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grecko Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Austin!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Austin is trying desperately to improve position.
Austin wants to get back to his feet.
Austin is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Gracie has taken his back!
Austin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie avoiding Austin 's attempts to control his hands.
Gracie controlling from the back.
Austin covering up well and avoiding damage.
Austin trying to get back to his feet but Gracie is in full control for now.
Gracie not allowing Austin to control his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Austin is trying to break free.

Gracie is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Austin has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Austin showing good submission defense here.

Austin defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Gracie's arms.
Austin staying busy and making it hard for Gracie to control.
Austin looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Gracie working for the choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Austin is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Gracie gets his way!
Austin tries to escape but Gracie has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Gracie misses with an elbow to the head.
Austin is trying to get back to his feet but Gracie has full control of the position and if anything, Austin has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Gracie biding his time, controlling Austin.

Gracie working for a choke but Austin is defending well.
Austin controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeps control of the position as Austin tries to break free.
Austin is keeping busy.
Austin holding both Gracie 's hands and preventing any damage.
Austin wants to control his opponent's hands but Gracie gets his hands free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin is taking damage to the body and head.
Austin trying to get back to his feet but Gracie is in full control for now.
Gracie struggling to keep hold of the position.
Austin is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Gracie biding his time, controlling Austin.
Gracie gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Austin doesn't escape.
Gracie lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Even with his hooks in, Gracie manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Gracie is looking to control Austin but Austin is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grecko Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Austin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Austin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie slips a straight right by Austin.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Austin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Austin throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie misses with a hook to the body
enabling Austin to counter with a crisp jab.
Austin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Austin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Austin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A left lands for Austin.
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Steve Austin has been cut.
Austin slips a jab and a cross from Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Austin misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.

Austin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Austin is trying to break free.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Austin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Austin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gracie has him pressed against the cage.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling him.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Austin tries to break free but Gracie pushes him back against the cage.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Austin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Austin circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.

Gracie scores with a takedown into Austin's guard.
Gracie won't allow Austin to sweep him here.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin has control of Gracie's left arm, preventing Gracie from doing any damage.
Austin is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Gracie 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.
Gracie prevents Austin from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Austin is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Grecko Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Austin is keeping the position for now.
Gracie advances to half guard.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Austin keeps working.
Gracie content to control rather than advance.

Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Austin sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin pushes Gracie off but Gracie dives into side control.
Austin being controlled for a moment.
Austin is pushing Gracie's head away, looking to escape. Gracie manages to hold on to the position though.
Austin is looking to regain half guard here but Gracie keeps moving and retains side control.
Austin bucks up and tries to throw Gracie off but instead Gracie has got his back!
Austin is trying to get back to his feet but Gracie has full control of the position and if anything, Austin has just worked his way into a worse spot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Austin looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Grecko Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Steve Austin's cut.
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!

Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice defenses there by Austin.
Gracie connects with a good right hand that stumbles Austin. Austin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice body punch from Austin.
Austin with a nice cross.
Austin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Austin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Austin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Austin throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Austin looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Austin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot
and Austin counters with a stiff right hand.
Steve Austin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Austin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Austin.
Gracie bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Austin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice uppercut there from Austin.
Gracie lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Austin.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Gracie gets a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Gracie.
A short left from Gracie.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Austin moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Austin.
Gracie connects with a jab.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Austin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Austin misses with a body shot.
Austin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Austin throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Gracie dives in and grabs Austin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Austin pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie throws a hook but Austin avoids it easily.
Austin misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Austin is rocked!
Grecko Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gracie throws an uppercut from hell that sends Austin clean off his feet! He's out cold! Gracie stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Grecko Gracie!