PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin has chosen Motorhead-Killed by death as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Guy
vs
Austin

212 cm
29
288 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

187 cm
27
255 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Austin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Guy scores with a decent looking hook.
Austin blocks a jab.
Austin loads up on a big right hand but Guy slips the punch.
Guy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Austin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Guy clobbers Austin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Steve Austin has been cut.
Guy swings for the body but Austin moves out of range.
Austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
Guy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Guy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Austin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guy avoids the body shot from Austin.
Austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Guy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Austin.
Guy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Austin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin wants to clinch up but Guy keeps it at a distance.
Austin throws a series of strikes that have Guy backpedaling.

Austin takes the fight into the clinch.
Guy tries to break free but Austin pushes him back against the ropes.

Austin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Guy scores with a nice head shot.
Guy swings for the body but Austin moves out of range.
Austin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guy.
No joy there for Guy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Guy slips a straight right by Austin.
Nice defenses there by Austin.
Guy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Austin manages to avoid it.
Austin looks to throw the jab but Guy is out of range.
Austin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Austin lands a glancing blow to the side of Guy's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guy.
Guy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Austin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Guy misses with an uppercut. Austin saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Guy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Austin with a hook.
Austin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Austin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Austin defending well as Guy loads up on a big left hand.
Guy misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Austin. Beautiful body shot.
Guy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Austin.
Austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Guy misses with a wild body shot.
Guy walks into a stiff left hand from Austin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy avoids the body shot from Austin.
Austin connects with a single shot there.
Austin misses with a hook.
Austin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guy.
Austin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Guy cracks Austin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Guy thows a body shot but no joy.
Guy avoids the body shot from Austin.
Austin scores with a nice strike.
Austin misses with an uppercut. Guy saw that one coming.
Guy just misses with a punch to the body.
Guy staying out of range there.
Guy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy misses the shot to the body.
Austin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a hook. Guy ducked under it nicely.
Guy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Austin throws a body punch but Guy moves out of range.
Austin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guy's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Austin. Guy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Austin throws a big shot that misses.
Guy throws a series of punches but Austin avoids them all with ease.
Guy swinging wildly here.
Austin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Austin walks into a stiff left hand from Guy.
Guy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Austin.
Austin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Austin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Steve Austin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Steve Austin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Austin lands a left and a right that send Guy crashing to the mat, dazed. Austin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Guy is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Austin connects with a single shot there.
Oh Guy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.
The fighters circling - Austin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Guy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Austin throws out the jab.
Guy looks to score with a jab to the body but Austin is just out of range.
Austin avoids the body shot from Guy.
Austin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Guy.
Austin thuds a left hand into Guy's body.
Nice defenses there by Austin.
Austin connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Guy covering up! Austin comes in with a big uppercut and Guy goes doooown! He's slumped up against the ropes, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Steve Austin!
Steve Austin managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Kobra Clothing Inc., into his post fight interview.