PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Illidan Stormrage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Jack Austin has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jack Austin seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Austin
vs
Stormrage

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

187 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

Merciless Gladiators
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Illidan Stormrage!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stormrage circles away quickly and effectively.
Austin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Stormrage darts in and clinches Austin up against the cage.
Austin is trying to stall.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stormrage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Austin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stormrage throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Austin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stormrage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Austin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Stormrage.
Austin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stormrage landing knees to the head.
Come on Stormrage - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stormrage's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jack Austin has been cut.
Stormrage misses with a knee strike.
Stormrage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Austin's face.
Stormrage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Austin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Austin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Austin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stormrage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stormrage scores a nice knee to the body.
Austin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stormrage scores with a knee to the head.
Austin takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stormrage.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but Austin blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stormrage content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stormrage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Austin taking a breather.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Austin has a couple of punches blocked by Stormrage.
Stormrage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Austin blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stormrage crunches a lovely knee into Austin's ribcage.
Stormrage is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stormrage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Austin's face.
Stormrage is pushing Austin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Austin - that landed with a thud.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Stormrage avoids the damage to the body.
Stormrage dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Austin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Stormrage.
Stormrage manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Austin can't find room to land a body shot as Stormrage controls the action.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stormrage misses with a knee strike.
Stormrage stalls.
Stormrage continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin can't find room to land a body shot as Stormrage controls the action.
Austin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stormrage blocks the elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Stormrage.
Stormrage misses with a knee to the head.
Stormrage taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Illidan Stormrage.
Austin wants to clinch.
Austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Illidan Stormrage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stormrage throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stormrage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Austin tries to clinch there but Stormrage circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Illidan Stormrage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Austin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stormrage gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Austin misses with the head strike.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but Austin blocks with his arms.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stormrage avoids a wild elbow strike from Austin.
Stormrage scores with a knee to the head.
Austin tries to throw a body punch but Stormrage avoids it by throwing Austin back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Stormrage.
Stormrage managing to block the knees to the body from Austin.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Austin's face.
Austin is looking to control Stormrage's arms but Stormrage gets an underhook and turns him. Now Austin has his back to the cage.
Stormrage stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but Austin blocks with his arms.
Stormrage misses with a knee to the head.
Austin looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stormrage is pushing Austin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stormrage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Stormrage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Austin's face.
Stormrage displaying some good clinch control by pressing Austin up against the cage.
Stormrage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Austin lands a shoulder strike.
Stormrage prevents a body shot from Austin.
Austin looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stormrage.
Austin struggles to land a body shot inside as Stormrage controls his hands.
Illidan Stormrage seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Austin wants to stall.
Austin pushes Stormrage back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Austin wants to stall.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Austin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
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!
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Stormrage uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee calls for Stormrage to work.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stormrage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stormrage controlling the action here for a moment.
Stormrage scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Stormrage.
Stormrage blocking some punches.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stormrage holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Stormrage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stormrage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Austin's face.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Stormrage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stormrage dodges an elbow strike from Austin.
Stormrage working Austin over with knees to the body.
Stormrage misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for Stormrage to work.
Austin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage tries a knee to the head but Austin blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Austin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Austin lands with a left to the head.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Illidan Stormrage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Austin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Austin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stormrage's head.

Stormrage clinches with his opponent.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stormrage.
Stormrage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Austin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stormrage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Austin blocks it with crossed arms.
Stormrage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Austin blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stormrage takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stormrage dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stormrage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin working aggressively here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stormrage.
Austin tries to throw a body punch but Stormrage avoids it by throwing Austin back against the cage.
Austin misses with a body punch.
Stormrage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Stormrage leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stormrage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Austin blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Austin.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Stormrage.
Stormrage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Austin.
Austin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stormrage as Austin tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stormrage landing knees to the head.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Stormrage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Stormrage.
Nice elbow from Austin.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stormrage throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stormrage stalls.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but Austin blocks with his arms.
Stormrage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack Austin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Stormrage.
Stormrage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Austin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stormrage controlling the action here for a moment.
Stormrage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stormrage wants to stall.
Austin missing with knees to the body.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stormrage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Austin scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like Illidan Stormrage has been cut.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stormrage avoids the elbow strike from Austin, against the cage.
Austin stalling in the clinch but Stormrage improves position.
Austin tries to throw a body punch but Stormrage avoids it by throwing Austin back against the cage.
Stormrage pressing his opponent against the cage.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but Austin blocks with his arms.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Stormrage.
Austin taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Austin lands with a short shot to the head.
Austin misses with a body punch.
Stormrage scores with a knee to the head.
Illidan Stormrage is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stormrage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jack Austin.
I think Stormrage has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Illidan Stormrage!
Illidan Stormrage decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.