PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Austin (ranked 861 p4p, 921 weight class) and Blue Cup (ranked 126 p4p, 133 weight class). Austin comes to the cage accompanied by Roy Jones. Jr - Can't be Touched. Kyle Austin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Austin
vs
Cup

181 cm
36
182
20 - 9 - 0

190 cm
40
183
18 - 25 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Knock Out Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blue Cup!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Cup throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Austin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cup jabs Austin right on the nose. Austin blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Kyle Austin has been cut.
Blue Cup seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cup lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Austin circles away quickly and effectively.
Austin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Austin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Austin.

It looks like Blue Cup has been cut.

Cup has Austin up against the cage in a clinch.

Cup breaks the clinch.
Cup connects with a right hand. Austin shakes it off.

Cup rushes Austin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cup.
Austin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Our sources have told us that Austin has been working on his elbows in the gym.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cup blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
Come on Cup - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Cup escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Austin tries to keep at a distance but Cup has taken the fight into the clinch.

Cup breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cup throws a head kick but Austin moves out of range.
Austin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cup lands with a good body shot.
Austin slips under a jab from Cup.

Cup waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Austin. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Austin to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

Austin is rocked!
Cup postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Austin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cup drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Cup seems to have locked his on tight now - Austin screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Cup, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Blue Cup!
Blue Cup managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Knock Out Clothing, into his post fight interview.