PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saint Bernard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Augello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint Bernard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bernard
vs
Augello

195 cm
23
275 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

199 cm
28
270 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saint Bernard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Augello!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bernard staying out of range there.
Bernard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Augello counters with a straight right hand.
Bernard misses with a body shot.
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Augello swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Augello tries to bum rush Bernard with a series of wild strikes but Bernard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bernard wants to clinch but Augello slips to the side
and Augello counters with a stiff right hand.
Augello throws a right and a left that both miss.
Augello lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Saint Bernard has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bernard moves into the clinch.
Augello wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bernard misses with an elbow strike.
Bernard managing to block the knees to the body from Augello.
Augello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Augello managing to block the knees to the body from Bernard.
Augello creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bernard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bernard tries a knee to the head but Augello blocks it.
Bernard lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augello throws a punch but it's blocked by Bernard.
Augello blocks an elbow strike.
Augello avoiding damage as Bernard throws knees to the body.
Bernard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Augello takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bernard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Augello throws an elbow but misses.
Bernard tries a body shot but Augello blocks it.
Bernard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bernard.
Augello looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Augello misses with a short punch on the inside.
Augello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bernard's elbow.
Bernard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Augello avoids it.
Augello's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bernard misses with a knee to the head.
Augello takes an elbow to the temple.
Bernard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Augello gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Augello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bernard.
Augello lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Augello blocks the elbow strike.
Bernard landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Augello.
Augello working aggressively here.
Bernard misses with a body punch.
Bernard misses with an elbow over the top.
Bernard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Augello's efforts to push away.
Augello misses with some punches.
Bernard dodges an elbow strike from Augello.
Bernard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bernard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Augello blocks it with crossed arms.
Augello scores with a hook to the body.
Bernard avoids a wild elbow strike from Augello.
Augello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Augello pushes off an throws an elbow but Bernard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bernard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Augello.
Bernard avoiding damage as Augello throws knees to the body.
Augello lands a body punch in the clinch.
Augello lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Augello lands with a light punch inside.
Augello scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Augello on the inside.
Augello throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Augello tries to land knees in the clinch but Bernard avoids the damage to the body.
Augello blocks an uppercut.
Augello gets through Bernard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Augello digs a right hand into Bernard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bernard's gas tank.
Augello scores with a nice hook to the head.
Augello stalling against the cage.
Bernard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Augello.
Bernard has a couple of punches blocked by Augello.

Augello pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bernard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Augello bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bernard doesn't manage to clinch there - Augello circles away.
Bernard is looking to clinch.
Bernard tries to clinch but Augello moves out of range.
Augello lands a jab to the head.
Augello scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bernard closes the distance looking to clinch
and Augello counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Saint Bernard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Augello rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bernard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bernard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bernard tries to clinch but Augello is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Augello dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Saint Bernard's cut.
That's time! Bernard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Augello tries to bum rush Bernard with a series of wild strikes but Bernard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bernard tries to clinch there but Augello circles away.
Augello swinging wildly here.
Bernard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Augello paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Augello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bernard tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Augello to counter with a crisp jab.

Bernard has Augello up against the cage in a clinch.
Augello looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Augello tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bernard's elbow.
Bernard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bernard lands an elbow inside that Augello shrugs off.
Augello takes an elbow to the temple.
Bernard tries to land knees in the clinch but Augello avoids the damage to the body.
Bernard can't find room to land a body shot as Augello controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bernard looking to throw knees to the head but Augello is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augello avoiding damage as Bernard throws knees to the body.
Bernard misses with a knee to the head.
Bernard misses with a knee to the head.
Augello pressing his opponent against the cage.
Augello is leaning against Bernard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Augello is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Augello lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bernard keeps control of Augello as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bernard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bernard misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Augello comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bernard unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bernard with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bernard throws an elbow but misses.
Augello gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Augello throws an elbow but it misses.
Augello taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Augello.
Bernard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Augello comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Augello pushes off an throws an elbow but Bernard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bernard blocks the elbow strike.
Bernard gets through Augello's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Augello lands a body punch.
Bernard blocks the elbow strike.
Bernard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Augello avoids it.
Bernard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Augello gets through Bernard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bernard throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Augello's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danga de danga de dang - Augello scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augello wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Augello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bernard circles away quickly and effectively.
Augello will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Augello scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bernard tries to clinch but Augello is having none of it.
Bernard doesn't manage to clinch there - Augello circles away.
Saint Bernard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Augello ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Augello scores with a shot to the body.
Augello scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bernard moves to clinch but Augello breaks away
and Augello counters with a straight right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Augello.
Augello cracks Bernard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augello looks to land a combination but Bernard avoids it well.
Bernard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Augello gets tackled into the cage by Bernard. Bernard maintains the clinch.
Augello is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bernard is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bernard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Augello's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bernard as Augello tries to tie him up.
Augello has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bernard tries to work over Augello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Augello breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Augello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Bernard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Augello, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Augello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Augello lands a nice elbow.
Augello lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bernard backwards.
Augello is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bernard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Augello avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Augello showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Saint Bernard's cut.
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.

Augello throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bernard moves away from the strike by Augello.
Bernard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Augello manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bernard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Augello.
Bernard is looking to clinch but Augello is avoiding it.
Bernard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Augello manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Augello blocks a head kick by Bernard.
Augello changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bernard tries to clinch there but Augello circles away.
Bernard tries to clinch
and Augello counters with a left to the body.
Bernard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bernard closes the distance looking to clinch
and Augello counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bernard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Augello.
Bernard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
James Augello seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bernard wants to clinch up but Augello keeps it at a distance.
Augello jabs at Bernard's body.
Augello thuds a left hand into Bernard's body.
Bernard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Augello counters with a stiff right hand.
Bernard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bernard tries to clinch there but Augello circles away.
Augello lands with a nice body punch.
Augello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bernard circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augello scores with a nice strike.
Augello feints a jab promting Bernard to slip. Augello then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bernard slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bernard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circle momentarily. Augello darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Augello scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Augello keeps the fight on the outside.
Bernard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Bernard is rocked!
Augello tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bernard was well out of range. Poor timing from Augello.
Bernard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Augello circles away from the clinch attempt
and Augello counters with a nice body shot.
James Augello is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augello connects with a crisp jab.
Bernard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Augello.
Bernard throws out a loose jab but Augello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bernard tries to clinch up
and Augello counters with a two punch combo.
Bernard looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Augello circles away from the clinch attempt
and Augello counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bernard thinking.

Bernard has Augello up against the cage in a clinch.
Augello takes a knee to the side of the body.
Augello misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bernard dodges an elbow strike from Augello.
Bernard working aggressively here.
Augello trying to stall but Bernard improves his position.
Bernard blocks an elbow strike.
Bernard throws a punch but it's blocked by Augello.
Bernard is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bernard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bernard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Bernard on the inside.
Augello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Augello lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bernard scores a nice knee to the body.
Bernard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saint Bernard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Augello seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Augello throws an elbow but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Augello comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Augello has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Augello!