PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haze 's entrance music is i stand alone. A fine choice. Austin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stone Cold Entrance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Steve Austin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Haze
vs
Austin

150 cm
33
143 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

175 cm
36
147 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dutch Haze !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze misses with a straight right.
Austin with a poor takedown
and Haze counters with a two punch combo.
Haze swings widly with a right hand

and Austin counters with a takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Haze is trying to improve his position.
Austin in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haze is looking to regain half guard here but Austin keeps moving and retains side control.

Austin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Haze is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Haze gets back to half guard.
Haze trying to hold on to Austin's head to control him but Austin postures up.
Austin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Austin slips a nice elbow through Haze 's hands, connecting with Haze 's forehead.
Austin prevents Haze from standing back up.
Austin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze pushes Austin off looking to stand but Austin dives back in and keeps control.
Austin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Haze moves into full guard.
Austin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Austin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Austin preventing the sweep.
Austin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Austin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Austin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Haze wants to sweep but no luck.
Austin stands up over Haze , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Austin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Austin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Austin throws a big right hand that misses.
Austin trying to control the position from guard on top but Haze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Austin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Austin stands up over Haze , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Haze keeping moving, preventing Austin from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haze wants to stand up but Austin is controlling him.
Austin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Austin wants to control from the top but Haze keeps moving.
Austin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Haze is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Austin moves into full guard.
Austin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Austin working for a triangle but Haze defends it easily.

Austin working for a triangle but Haze defends it easily.
Haze wanted to stand there but Austin had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin wants to sweep but no luck.

Austin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Haze trying to move into half guard but instead Austin has managed to sweep!
Austin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Austin throws a big elbow that misses.
Austin trying to control but Haze is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Austin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Austin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Austin with a nice head shot there.
Haze wants to stand up but Austin is controlling him.
Haze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Haze wants to stand but Austin is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Austin distracts Haze with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Haze might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Haze is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin chips away with some ground and pound.
Austin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Austin is in close to Haze 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Haze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Austin.
Austin throwing strikes but missing.
Haze looking to hit a scissor sweep but Austin is one step ahead there.
Austin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haze wants to stand but Austin is controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Haze is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Haze throws an off balance right hand

and Austin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Austin.
Austin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Austin throws a strike but Haze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Haze has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Austin looking for a guillotine here but Haze defends easily.

Haze stands up from Austin's guard - Haze perhaps looking for a knockout.
Haze stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Haze wants it to stay on the feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Haze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Austin.
Austin shoots for a takedown but Haze saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dutch Haze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Austin.
Haze misses with a leg kick.
Haze goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Austin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Haze quickly recovers to half guard.
Haze tries to kick Austin off but Austin keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Austin working over Haze with some ground and pound. Haze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Haze is looking to escape.
Haze has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Austin is working away from the top position though.
Austin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Austin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Austin not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Austin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Haze doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Austin.
Haze works his way to full guard. Good work.
Austin is looking to work some ground and pound but Haze has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Austin stopping the sweep attempt from Haze .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin works over Haze with some ground and pound from guard.
Haze keeping moving, preventing Austin from controlling successfully.
Austin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Haze trying to keep a closed guard but Austin is proving a slippery customer.
Austin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Austin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Austin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Austin distracts Haze with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Haze is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Austin is controlling him.
Austin stands up over Haze , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Steve Austin has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Austin is controlling him.
Austin lands a couple of digs.
Austin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Haze is trying to control the position but Austin postures up.
Austin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Austin connects with a couple of short punches.
Haze is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Austin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Austin.
Haze is looking to stand up but Austin won't let him.
Austin controls Haze momentarily but Haze frees himself.

Haze stands up from Austin's guard - Haze perhaps looking for a knockout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin misses with a takedown attempt - Haze sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin shoots in for a takedown but Haze shows good takedown defense.
Austin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Haze avoids it really well and circles away.
Austin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haze .
Haze throws a front kick aimed at Austin's knee but Austin avoids it well.
Austin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Haze counters with a left to the body.
Haze fails to land with a series of punches.
Haze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dutch Haze is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haze throws a right and a left that Austin avoids nicely.
No luck for Austin with that takedown attempt.
Austin fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Some wild striking there from Haze .
Haze leaves Austin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Haze falls off balance throwing a combination

and Austin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Haze !
The referee warns Haze that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Austin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Haze regains half guard.
Austin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haze is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Austin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Austin working over Haze with some ground and pound. Haze looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Austin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Haze is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Haze blocking the ground and pound attempt from Austin.
Austin working Haze over with strikes.
Austin throwing shots but Haze is blocking nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Austin connects with a nice short shot to Haze 's temple.
Haze is trying to maintain the position but Austin is very close to passing his half guard.
Austin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Haze is trying to stand up here but Austin is controlling him well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Austin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Austin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Haze wants to get back to his feet.
Austin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Austin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Austin lands with a punch from half guard.

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!
Haze is trying to stand.
Austin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Haze does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Haze is in trouble now - Austin has advanced to mount!
Austin is landing with some decent strikes but Haze is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Austin lands a heavy elbow.
Austin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Austin trying to control but Haze is having none of it.
Austin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Haze 's face.
Austin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Austin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Austin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Austin raining down shots from the mount!
Austin lands a big shot there that rocks Haze but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Austin.
Austin landing shots from mount.
Austin lands a heavy elbow.
Haze keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Austin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Haze really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Haze that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Austin with shots to the head and body - Haze looks very uncomfortable down there.
Austin won't let Haze get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Austin breaks from Haze 's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Austin working the ground and pound effectively.
Austin landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin wants to control the pace but Haze is squirming around nicely.
Haze is looking to get to half guard.
Austin looking to control but Haze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Austin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Austin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Austin dominating with strikes here.
Haze wants to control but Austin is having none of it.
Austin working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haze tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dutch Haze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Austin dominating with strikes here.
Austin prevents Haze from getting the reversal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Austin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Austin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Austin!
During a confident post fight interview, Steve Austin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.