PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Austin
vs
Guerrero

190 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leon Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerrero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Austin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Austin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Austin closes the distance and clinches up with Guerrero, looking for a takedown. Austin pushes Guerrero against the cage but Guerrero circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Austin moves into the clinch successfully.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.

Guerrero ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Guerrero no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Austin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Austin postures up in Guerrero's guard and throws a big left but Guerrero blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Austin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Guerrero working a defensive guard here.
Austin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Guerrero looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Guerrero trying to keep a closed guard but Austin is proving a slippery customer.
Austin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Austin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Austin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Austin as he jumps to the side.
Austin is looking to clinch.
Guerrero is trying hard to land a takedown here. Austin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Austin clinches up against the cage.

Guerrero has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Austin uses from the top position.
Austin postures up in Guerrero's guard and throws a big left but Guerrero blocks it.
Austin lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Austin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Austin is in close to Guerrero's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Austin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Austin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Guerrero looks gassed!
Austin lands a couple of digs.
Austin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Austin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Guerrero throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Austin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Guerrero trying to control the position.
Austin wants to control from the top but Guerrero keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Austin landing some decent shots from guard.
Austin lands a couple of digs.
Austin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Guerrero's head.
Austin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Austin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Austin looking to pass the guard.
Austin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Guerrero keeping moving, preventing Austin from controlling successfully.
Austin lands a couple of elbows.
Austin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Guerrero on the ground.
Austin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Austin distracts Guerrero with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Austin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Austin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Austin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Austin landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero trying to keep a closed guard but Austin is proving a slippery customer.
Austin distracts Guerrero with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Austin postures up and lands a big shot to Guerrero's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Austin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Austin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Guerrero trying to keep a closed guard but Austin is proving a slippery customer.
Guerrero might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Austin kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Austin lands a couple of elbows.
Austin stands up over Guerrero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Austin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Austin pushes Guerrero up against the cage in a clinch.
Guerrero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guerrero lands a body punch in the clinch.
Austin trying to land knees to the body.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but Austin holds him up against the cage and eventually Guerrero drops back down to his feet.
Austin looking to throw knees to the head but Guerrero is blocking nicely.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Austin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Austin missing with knees to the body.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Austin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Guerrero fails to pull guard.
Steve Austin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Guerrero.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Come on Guerrero - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Guerrero has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Austin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guerrero is defending well for now.
Guerrero fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guerrero is defending well for now.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Guerrero has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Austin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin scores a nice knee to the body.
Austin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Austin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guerrero lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Austin crunches a lovely knee into Guerrero's ribcage.
Austin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Guerrero looking to slow down the pace here.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Austin trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Guerrero.
Austin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Austin missing with knees to the body.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Guerrero tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Austin smiles and moves away.
Austin shoots and misses
and Guerrero counters with a nice low kick that buckles Austin's knee momentarily.
Austin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Austin wants it to stay on the feet.

Austin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Guerrero, pushing him back against the cage.
Guerrero is trying to break free.
Austin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guerrero is defending well for now.

Guerrero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin shoots in and drives through. Guerrero sprawls well.
Guerrero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Austin's hands.

Austin moves into the clinch successfully.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Guerrero takes a knee to the side of the body.
Guerrero is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Austin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Guerrero prevents it.
Austin trying to land knees to the body.
Guerrero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Guerrero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Austin.
Guerrero fails to pull guard.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Austin tries for a takedown but Guerrero manages to get underhooks.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Austin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Austin missing with knees to the body.
Austin missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guerrero in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Austin scores a nice knee to the body.
Guerrero stalling the fight.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Austin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guerrero's face.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.
Guerrero lands a shoulder strike.
Guerrero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Guerrero creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guerrero is defending well for now.

Guerrero jumps guard.
Guerrero looking to hit a scissor sweep but Austin is one step ahead there.
Austin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Guerrero is on top in guard.
Austin keeping moving, preventing Guerrero from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Austin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Austin lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Austin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Guerrero trying to control but Austin is working from the bottom.
Guerrero stopping the sweep attempt from Austin.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Austin is on top in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Guerrero tries to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Austin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Austin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Guerrero as he jumps to the side.
Austin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Guerrero as he avoids it easily.
Austin is looking to clinch but Guerrero is avoiding it.
Guerrero is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
No luck for Guerrero with that takedown attempt.
Guerrero displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Austin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Austin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guerrero fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Austin has Guerrero up against the cage in a clinch.
Austin looking to throw knees to the head but Guerrero is blocking nicely.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Austin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guerrero is defending well for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Austin lands a nice knee to the body.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.
Austin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerrero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Austin lands a knee to the body.
Austin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerrero.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but Austin won't allow it.
Guerrero drops down looking for an ankle pick but Austin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Leon Guerrero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Austin throws the kick towards the body but Guerrero avoids it.
Nice takedown defense from Guerrero. No joy for Austin on that attempt.
Austin has a takedown stuffed.

Guerrero moves into the clinch.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Guerrero tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Austin smiles and moves away.
Austin misses with a takedown attempt
and Guerrero counters with a nice kick to the body.
Austin misses with a takedown attempt - Guerrero sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Austin circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin circles away from the clinch attempt.

Austin forces Guerrero back against the cage and clinches.
Austin with a knee to the head.
Austin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Austin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.

Guerrero breaks the clinch.
Austin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Austin moves into the clinch.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guerrero is defending well for now.
Guerrero looking to stall.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Austin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Austin missing with knees to the body.
Austin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Guerrero jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Austin walks away with a smile on his face. Guerrero gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nice takedown defense from Guerrero. No joy for Austin on that attempt.
Guerrero keeps Austin at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Austin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Guerrero shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Austin as he avoids it easily.
Austin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Guerrero as he jumps to the side.
Austin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Guerrero tries to avoid it but Austin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Guerrero to the ground. Guerrero escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Austin takes the fight into the clinch.
Guerrero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.

Guerrero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Austin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guerrero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Austin slaps away a takedown attempt from Guerrero, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Austin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a takedown attempt

and Guerrero counters by moving into the clinch.
Guerrero tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Guerrero managing to block the knees to the body from Austin.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Austin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Austin prevents Guerrero from breaking the clinch.
Knees to the body from Austin.
Guerrero is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Austin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guerrero lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Austin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Austin gets underhooks to prevent Guerrero's takedown attempt.
Guerrero blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guerrero managing to block the knees to the body from Austin.
Guerrero tries to pull guard but Austin won't allow it.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.
Austin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerrero avoids it.
Guerrero stops a takedown attempt from Austin.
Guerrero avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerrero avoids the damage to the body.
Leon Guerrero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steve Austin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Guerrero jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Austin walks away with a smile on his face. Guerrero gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Austin darts in and clinches Guerrero up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Austin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Austin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Austin!