PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Augustine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elizondo Tacos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Augustine comes to the cage accompanied by The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Augustine
vs
Tacos

193 cm
28
216 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

185 cm
32
215 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tim Augustine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Elizondo Tacos!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tacos looking to score a takedown here. Augustine is defending well but Tacos drives through and ends up in Augustine's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tacos throws a big right hand that misses.
Tacos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Augustine swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Augustine being controlled here, momentarily.
Tacos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Augustine trying to strike off his back.
Augustine trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Tacos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Augustine swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tacos trying to control the position from guard on top but Augustine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tacos drops back looking for a leg! Augustine is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Augustine manages to kick Tacos off! Tacos jumps back into Augustine's guard.
Tacos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Augustine throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustine throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tacos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Augustine will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Augustine throwing short punches from the bottom.
Tacos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tacos blocks the strikes from Augustine.

Tacos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Augustine defends it well.
Augustine flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Tacos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Tacos is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Augustine doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tacos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustine misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Augustine tries to roll over but Tacos keeps him under control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Tacos is working for a submission of some sort.
Augustine tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Tacos stalling away here and it's allowed Augustine to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tacos stands and throws Augustine's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Tacos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustine is looking to reverse the position.
Augustine wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

Tacos tries for a kimura but Augustine is defending well.
Augustine is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Tacos tries for a kimura but Augustine is defending well.
Augustine is trying to get back to half guard.
Augustine sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Augustine missing with punches from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tacos throwing shots but Augustine is blocking nicely.
Augustine tries to roll over but Tacos keeps him under control.
Tacos is nestled in close to Augustine, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Augustine flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tacos passes to side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Tacos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Augustine is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Augustine throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Tacos lands a decent elbow from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Augustine misses with a strike from the bottom.
Augustine tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tacos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Tacos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Augustine, who protects the arm well.
Tacos lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Augustine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Augustine throws out a leg kick but Tacos moves out of range and Augustine only half commits.
Augustine lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Augustine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Tacos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Augustine napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Tacos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Augustine striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Tacos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Augustine throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Tacos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tacos advances to full mount.
Tacos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Augustine looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tacos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Augustine's face.
Tacos unloading with bombs!
Augustine throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tacos. What's that going to do exactly?

Tacos working for a guillotine from mount but Augustine is in no mood to give up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustine is in a horrible position here. Tacos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Tacos looking to secure an arm triangle but Augustine defends it well.
Tacos is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Tacos jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Augustine manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Augustine tries to improve position but can't.

Tacos working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Augustine tries to strike but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tacos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Augustine keeps working.
Augustine is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tacos working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tacos cracks Augustine with a big right hand but Augustine just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tacos wants to control but Augustine is keeping him busy.
Augustine tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Tacos scores with punches from side control.
Augustine misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Augustine taking a bit of punishment here - Tacos scoring with strikes.
Tacos trying to control the action but Augustine is working from the bottom.

Tacos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tacos creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Augustine sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Augustine throws up a few punches.
Tacos trying to control the action but Augustine is working from the bottom.

Tacos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tacos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Tacos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Tacos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tacos is looking to take a break and control but Augustine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustine wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Augustine tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Tacos has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Augustine!

Tacos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Augustine throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tacos. What's that going to do exactly?
Tacos wants to control the pace but Augustine is squirming around nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tacos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Elizondo Tacos has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Tacos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Augustine is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elizondo Tacos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Augustine avoids the body shot from Tacos.
Augustine throws a half hearted mid kick.
Augustine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tacos. That did some damage!

Augustine gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tacos to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Augustine throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Augustine is striking but Tacos is not phased and passes to half guard.
Augustine punching from the bottom.
Augustine is staying active underneath Tacos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Tacos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Augustine has managed to free his arm - good work.
Augustine keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tacos prevents Augustine from improving his position.
Tacos blocks the strikes from Augustine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustine flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Tacos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are battling for position here. Augustine manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tacos advances position into side control!
Augustine wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Augustine is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Tacos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tacos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Augustine misses with a strike from the bottom.

Tacos swings around for an armbar but Augustine sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Tacos's guard.

Tacos is looking for a triangle but Augustine pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tacos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Augustine is working hard here to advance position.
Augustine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tacos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tacos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Augustine misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Augustine is in trouble now - Tacos has advanced to mount!
Tacos lands a heavy elbow.
Tacos working the ground and pound effectively.
Tacos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Augustine hang on?
Tacos blocks Augustine's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustine really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tacos raining down hammerfists from mount.
Augustine is squirming around, avoiding Tacos's attempts to control the action.
Augustine is trying to escape the mount.
Tacos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Augustine is looking to escape.
Tacos blocks Augustine's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Augustine tries to reverse the position but Tacos maintains control.
Tim Augustine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tacos cracks Augustine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tacos content just to control the position here.
Tacos looking to control but Augustine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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!
Tacos prevents Augustine from getting the reversal.

Tacos looking to secure an arm triangle but Augustine defends it well.

Tacos goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Augustine is on top in guard.
Augustine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tacos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tacos looking to control.
Augustine throwing strikes from guard but Tacos blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elizondo Tacos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tacos 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elizondo Tacos!
Elizondo Tacos took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.