PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crimson Tide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Tide
vs
Austin

195 cm
27
255 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

199 cm
26
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Crimson Tide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Austin!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tide has Austin up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Austin.
Tide lands a nice uppercut.
Tide tries to circle away but Austin has him pinned against the cage.
Tide is trying to break free.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tide leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tide working hard to break the clinch.
Tide avoids the elbow strike from Austin, against the cage.
Tide tries to break free but Austin pushes him back against the cage.
Tide is trying to break the clinch but Austin is controlling him.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tide leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tide tries to circle away but Austin has him pinned against the cage.
Austin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tide dodges an elbow strike from Austin.
Tide blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin lands an elbow just above Tide 's eye.

It looks like Crimson Tide has been cut.
Tide avoids a wild elbow strike from Austin.
Tide tries to break free but Austin pushes him back against the cage.
Tide wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Austin has him pressed against the cage.
Tide wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Austin has him pressed against the cage.
Tide is trying to force a seperation but Austin has the dominant position.
Austin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Austin.
Austin has Tide pressed against the cage, preventing Tide from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tide's brow.
Tide has had enough of the clinch but Austin keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
Tide looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tide wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Austin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Austin lands an elbow inside.
Austin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tide's defenses.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Tide breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tide misses with a jab, cross combination.
Austin keeps the fight on the outside.
Tide throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Austin counters with a crisp one two that drops Tide! Austin thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tide to his feet! Tide is in big trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Austin moves into the clinch successfully.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tide is trying to force a seperation but Austin has the dominant position.
Tide has had enough of the clinch but Austin keeps him there for the moment.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Tide leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tide working hard to break the clinch.
Tide wants to break free but Austin has control.
Tide blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin lands a nice elbow.
Tide wants to get back to striking at distance but Austin won't allow it.
Tide wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tide's brow.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tide's brow.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tide avoids a wild elbow strike from Austin.
Tide blocks the elbow strike.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Austin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on Tide's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
Tide blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Tide blocks an elbow strike.
Tide wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tide tries to work over Austin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tide tries to break free but Austin pushes him back against the cage.
Tide blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Tide avoids the elbow strike from Austin, against the cage.
Tide is trying to break free.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tide blocks the elbow strike.
Austin lands an elbow inside.
Tide looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tide wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Austin has him pressed against the cage.
Austin lands an elbow just above Tide 's eye.
Austin lands a nice elbow.
Tide wants to get back to striking at distance but Austin won't allow it.

Tide escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tide tries to close the distance and clinch up but Austin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crimson Tide seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tide. Austin does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tide is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
Tide changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Austin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tide is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tide fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tide misses with a lunging right hand

and Austin counters with a head kick that drops Tide to the mat! Tide scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Tide is rocked!
Tide throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Austin counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Tide! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Steve Austin!