PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchell Stehling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stehling comes to the cage accompanied by Turmion Kätilöt - Minä MÄÄRÄÄN!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stehling
vs
Powers

191 cm
34
261 lbs
52 - 21 - 0

215 cm
32
275 lbs
27 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
Perkele!

Sex Panther! (160q recovery $149)
Heisenberg

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 52 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitchell Stehling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Austin Powers!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powers throws a leg kick but Stehling sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stehling takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Powers throws a body punch but Stehling moves out of range.
Austin Powers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powers throws a body kick that misses.
Stehling is trying hard to land a takedown here. Powers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Powers misses with a body shot

and Stehling counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Stehling.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Stehling throws a big elbow that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Powers looking to control.
Stehling has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Powers has Stehling pulled in close to control his posture.
Stehling working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stehling with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stehling trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stehling throwing strikes from guard but Powers blocks nicely.
Stehling advances to half guard.
Stehling stalling.
Stehling thows a huge punch but Powers dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stehling is looking to stall here but Powers recovers full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stehling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stehling wants to control from the top but Powers keeps moving.
Stehling is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Powers is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stehling controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mitchell Stehling wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Powers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stehling stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
No joy there for Powers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Powers scores with a push kick.
Powers lands a body shot.
Stehling sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid body kick from Powers.
Stehling is breathing heavily.
Powers scores with a three punch combo!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stehling lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Powers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Powers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stehling throws a right hand that Powers ducks under and follows up with a left that Powers also avoids with ease.
Powers has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Stehling is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Powers misses with a few strikes there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Powers.
Powers connects with a body shot that sends Stehling's belly button to the back.
Powers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stehling moves away.
Austin Powers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stehling steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Powers.
Powers lands a brutal head kick. Stehling looks out on his feet and Powers throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Austin Powers!
After winning the bout, Austin Powers thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.