PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rowan Atkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Atkinson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to deep in the water . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Atkinson
vs
Justice

180 cm
21
163 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
168 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rowan Atkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Austin Justice!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice is looking to chop away at Atkinson's legs.
Justice misses with a low kick as Atkinson jumps back.
Justice throws a shot from downtown. Atkinson moves away and avoids it.
Justice throws a leg kick but Atkinson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Atkinson moves out of range of the strikes.
Atkinson misses with a takedown
and Justice counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Justice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Justice scores with a nice right hand.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atkinson manages to avoid it.
Justice throws a leg kick that misses.
Atkinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Justice misses.
Atkinson moves out of range of the strikes.
Justice misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkinson checks a leg kick.
Justice misses with a straight left.
Justice stuffs the takedown attempt from Atkinson. Atkinson gets slowly back to his feet.
Atkinson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Justice's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Justice duly obliges.
That kick from Justice tenderised Atkinson's leg. Atkinson is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheers as Justice lands an impressive looking overhand right. Atkinson doesn't seem phased though.
Some bone on bone action there as Atkinson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Justice swinging wildly here.
Justice misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkinson checks a leg kick nicely.
Justice throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Atkinson.
Sloppy strikes from Justice. Those never looked like landing.
Austin Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice misses with a wild body shot.
Justice throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Justice throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Atkinson.
Atkinson fails with the takedown
and Justice counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rowan Atkinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Atkinson slips under a jab from Justice.
Justice throws a looping overhand right but Atkinson ducks down to avoid it.
Atkinson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Justice misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkinson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Justice.
Justice lands a really nice looking cross but Atkinson seems unphased.
Justice throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Atkinson misses with a takedown attempt
and Justice counters with a leg kick.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Justice is looking to chop away at Atkinson's legs.
Justice displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atkinson was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Justice looks to land a combination but Atkinson avoids it well.
Justice swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Atkinson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Justice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice connects with a crisp jab.
Justice getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Atkinson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Justice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Justice shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Justice.
Justice connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Atkinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Justice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A lazy left from Justice finds it's target.
Justice wants to slow Atkinson down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Justice dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Atkinson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Justice.
Atkinson moves away from the strike by Justice.
Atkinson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Justice.
Atkinson slips a jab from Justice.
Justice throws a leg kick which misses Atkinson's front leg but catches the back leg as Atkinson tries to avoid it.
Justice swinging wildly here.
Justice lands a nice hook to Atkinson's body. Atkinson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Atkinson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Justice misses with a series of wild punches.
Justice throws a chopping leg kick but Atkinson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkinson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Justice shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Atkinson has his takedown stuffed
letting Justice counter with a right hand.
A punch combination from Justice misses.
Justice throws a leg kick but Atkinson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Justice looks to land a left hand but Atkinson moved out of range nicely.
Atkinson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Justice lands with a shot to the body.
A big right from Justice misses.
Justice misses with a straight left.
Justice missing with a left hand there. Atkinson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Atkinson gets the takedown into side control.
Atkinson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Justice is trying to control Atkinson's posture but Atkinson avoids it.
Atkinson trying to control the position but Justice is working away.
Justice is working to avoid the ground and pound but Atkinson connects with a decent elbow.
Atkinson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Justice is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice trying to control from the bottom.
Atkinson wants to pass to mount but Justice is defending the position.
Atkinson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Atkinson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Justice trying to control but Atkinson postures up.
Justice is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Atkinson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Atkinson wants to control but Justice is keeping him busy.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rowan Atkinson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Justice misses with a hook.
Justice missing with a left hand there. Atkinson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atkinson shoots and misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Justice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atkinson.
Justice fails to land with a series of punches.
Austin Justice seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Atkinson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Justice to the mat! Justice manages to get full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Austin Justice will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice body punch from Justice.
Justice lands with a thumping leg kick.
Justice throws a big shot that misses.
Good leg kick by Justice there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Atkinson walks into a jab.
Justice takes a swing at Atkinson's ribcage but misses.
Justice lands a jab to the nose.
Justice misses with a straight right.
Justice tries to land a leg kick but Atkinson saw it coming and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Justice misses the target.
Justice comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Justice throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Justice.
Justice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Atkinson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Justice seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Atkinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Justice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Justice manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Atkinson is trying desperately to improve position.
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.
Atkinson tries to hold on but Justice postures up.
Atkinson gets back to half guard.

Justice postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Atkinson to stand up.
Justice misses with a few strikes there.
Justice connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Justice looks to land a left hand but Atkinson moved out of range nicely.
Justice throws a nice looking combination but Atkinson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Atkinson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Atkinson needs to keep his hands up - Justice had a free shot at his head there.
Atkinson fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Atkinson.
Atkinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Justice.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Justice.
Justice feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Atkinson's calf.
Atkinson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A punch lands to the side of Atkinson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Atkinson checks a leg kick.

Atkinson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rowan Atkinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkinson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Atkinson controlling the pace for now.
Atkinson lands with some strikes.
Atkinson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Justice holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Atkinson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justice tries to lock up and control but Atkinson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Austin Justice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Justice winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30

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