PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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
Clark

189 cm
20
220 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shane Austin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Matthew Clark!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark fails with an attempt to clinch.
Austin works the jab nicely.
Clark tries to clinch
and Austin counters with a straight right hand.
Austin throws a body shot but no joy.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Austin circles away.

Austin pushes Clark up against the cage in a clinch.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Clark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Austin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.
Austin tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing Austin back against the cage.
Clark blocks a body shot from Austin.
Austin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
A short right from Austin.
Clark takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin lands an elbow inside.
Austin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Clark working aggressively here.
Clark throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Austin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Austin avoiding damage.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Austin gets through Clark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clark takes an elbow to the temple.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Austin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clark swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Austin - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin pushes Clark back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Austin's elbow.
Austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Austin misses with a punch to the body.
Clark misses with the head strike.
Austin lands with a light punch inside.
Clark blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin lands a nice shot to the body.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clark blocks the elbow strike.
Austin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Clark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut.

Clark is rocked!
Austin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Clark up against the cage.
Clark is still on wobbly legs! Can Austin finish him?
Austin lands with a left to the head.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Austin - that landed with a thud.
Austin has Clark pressed against the cage. He pushes Clark back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Austin throws a beautiful elbow that sends Clark crashing to the floor! Austin piles on the pressure with more strikes! Clark is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Austin!
Shane Austin is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Shane Austin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.