PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Peralta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Stone Cold Steve Austin's entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Austin
vs
Peralta

185 cm
24
167 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
160 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Peralta!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A punch combination from Austin misses.
Austin looks to land a right hand but Peralta moved out of range.
Austin shoots in but no luck this time.
Austin misses with a body shot.
Peralta scores with a kick to the midsection.
Austin shoots for a takedown but Peralta saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Peralta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Peralta lands an elbow that stopped Austin in his tracks for a moment.
Peralta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Peralta misses with a knee strike.
Austin wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Austin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Austin managing to block the knees to the body from Peralta.
Peralta manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Austin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Peralta is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peralta trying to land knees to the body.
Peralta missing with knees to the body.
Austin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Austin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Peralta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Austin is working for takedown but Peralta is calmly controlling the position for now.
Peralta with a knee to the head.
Peralta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Austin blocks it with crossed arms.
Peralta is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Austin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peralta gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Austin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Peralta is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Peralta taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Peralta.
Austin avoiding damage as Peralta throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Peralta.
Austin takes an elbow to the temple.
Austin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Peralta pulls his leg out and moves away.
Peralta lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Peralta goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Peralta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Peralta moves in looking to clinch but Austin pushes him off.
Good leg kick by Peralta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Peralta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Peralta jabs at Austin's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peralta is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Peralta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid leg kick lands there for Peralta.
Austin closes the distance and clinches up with Peralta, looking for a takedown. Austin pushes Peralta against the cage but Peralta circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Peralta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Jacob Peralta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Peralta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Peralta.
Peralta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Peralta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peralta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Austin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Peralta tries to clinch but Austin is having none of it.
Peralta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Austin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peralta scoring well with a low kick there.
Peralta tries a head kick but it misses.
Peralta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Austin's sensitive parts.
Peralta scores with a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Peralta.

Peralta has Austin up against the cage in a clinch.
Austin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Peralta prevents it.
Austin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peralta landing knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peralta lands an elbow inside that Austin shrugs off.
Peralta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Austin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peralta scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Peralta dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Austin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Austin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Austin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Peralta works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Austin trying to control the position from guard on top but Peralta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Austin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Peralta is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Austin, into his guard.
Peralta trying to control but Austin is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peralta sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Austin will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Austin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Peralta can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Austin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Peralta wants to stand but Austin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Austin keeping full guard, as Peralta tries to pass.
Austin keeping moving, preventing Peralta from controlling successfully.
Peralta must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Peralta throwing strikes from guard but Austin blocks nicely.

Austin working for a triangle but Peralta defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Austin is looking for a triangle but Peralta pushes his legs off easily.
Peralta trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Austin misses with a wild combination.
Peralta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Austin's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Peralta cracks the inside of Austin's front leg.
Austin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Peralta lands with a slapping head kick.
Peralta just misses with a punch to the body.
Austin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Peralta throws a leg kick which misses Austin's front leg but catches the back leg as Austin tries to avoid it.
Peralta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peralta lands a head kick!
Steve Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peralta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Austin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Peralta circles away.
Peralta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Peralta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Austin.
Nice uppercut lands for Peralta. That snapped Austin's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Peralta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Peralta lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A solid body kick from Peralta.
Austin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Peralta.
Jacob Peralta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peralta scores with a hook to the body. Austin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot lands for Peralta.
Peralta scores with a kick to the body.

Peralta closes the distance and pushes Austin back into the cage.
Peralta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Austin avoiding damage as Peralta throws knees to the body.
Peralta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Peralta missing with knees to the body.
Peralta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Austin.
Austin will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Austin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Austin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Peralta gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peralta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peralta missing with knees to the body.
Peralta gets underhooks to prevent Austin's takedown attempt.
Austin is working for takedown but Peralta is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Austin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peralta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Come on Peralta - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Peralta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peralta misses with an elbow strike.
Austin being controlled against the cage.
Austin managing to block the knees to the body from Peralta.
Steve Austin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Peralta misses with a knee to the head.
Peralta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Peralta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peralta stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Austin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peralta is struggling to control the position.
Austin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peralta tries to land knees in the clinch but Austin avoids the damage to the body.
Peralta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Austin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peralta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Austin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Peralta lands a nice knee to the body.
Peralta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Peralta taking a breather.
Peralta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Austin.
Austin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Austin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Austin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Peralta fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Peralta scores with a head kick.
Austin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Peralta makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Austin really felt that one!
Peralta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peralta was well out of range. Poor timing from Austin.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Austin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Peralta - the referee stops the clock and Austin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Peralta. Austin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Peralta moves out of range as Austin strikes.
Peralta throws a body punch but Austin moves out of range.
Austin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Peralta scores with a sloppy right hand. Austin should have avoided that one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Peralta.
Austin throws a series of punches but Peralta moves out of range.
Peralta thows a body shot but no joy.
Austin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Peralta pinned against the cage. Peralta gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Peralta lands a head kick. Austin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Austin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Peralta can pounce on him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Peralta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Peralta 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 John Mangel scores the fight 25:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 25:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Peralta!