PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aurelius Augustus (ranked 39 p4p, 116 weight class) and Shane Raffington (ranked 5 p4p, 18 weight class). Raffington comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Logan Lucky kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Augustus
vs
Raffington

190 cm
28
194
12 - 1 - 0

182 cm
32
198
22 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aurelius Augustus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Augustus missing with a left hand there. Raffington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Raffington only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Raffington takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Raffington slips a jab from Augustus.
Raffington looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Raffington ducks under a wild hook from Augustus.
Augustus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raffington.
Raffington appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Augustus missing with a left hand there. Raffington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Raffington throws a hook to the side of Augustus's head but Augustus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Augustus throws out a loose jab but Raffington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raffington wants to counter the offense by Augustus and move into the clinch position.
Nice cross by Augustus.
Augustus throws a predictable looking body shot
and Raffington counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Aurelius Augustus has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Augustus misses with an uppercut
enabling Raffington to counter with a crisp jab.
Augustus throws a leg kick
and Raffington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Raffington just misses with a punch to the body.
Raffington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Augustus.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raffington! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus scores with a nice right hand.
Augustus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Raffington counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Raffington walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Raffington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raffington walks into a left hand.
Raffington has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Raffington on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Augustus looks to land a body kick but Raffington moved away.
Raffington let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Raffington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Augustus to score with a decent uppercut.
A good leg kick by Augustus.
Augustus throws a solid leg kick but Raffington takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Augustus.
A swing and a miss from Raffington.
Raffington slips a jab from Augustus.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raffington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Augustus.
Augustus throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raffington ducks under a wild hook from Augustus.
Despite the aggression on Raffington's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Raffington tries to clinch up.
Augustus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Augustus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Augustus throws a looping overhand right but Raffington ducks down to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Raffington checks a leg kick.
Augustus misses with a body shot
and Raffington counters with a nice body shot.
Aurelius Augustus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raffington is looking to land body kicks.
Augustus throws a body punch but Raffington moves out of range.
Augustus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Raffington shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Augustus tries to work over Raffington's front leg with a kick but Raffington checks it.
Raffington feints a counter leg kick.
Raffington tried to score with a low kick but Augustus checks it.
Raffington blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raffington with a nice cross.
Augustus lands a leg kick that knocks Raffington off balance momentarily.
Augustus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Raffington connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Augustus's hands.
Augustus lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Augustus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Raffington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Augustus moves out of range of the strikes.
Augustus is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jab from Raffington.
Augustus swings widly with a right hand
and Raffington counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Augustus scores with a jab. Raffington acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Augustus throws a body kick that misses.
Raffington takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Augustus. Raffington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Raffington tries a quick counter leg kick but Augustus is wise to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustus moves out of range of the body kick.
A lazy left from Raffington finds it's target.

Aurelius Augustus's cut is getting worse.
Augustus throws a lazy uppercut
and Raffington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Augustus lands an overhand right.
Augustus ducks under a wild hook from Raffington.
Raffington throws a leg kick that misses.
A left lands for Augustus.
Augustus is looking to slow Raffington down with leg kicks.
Augustus throws a hook but Raffington blocks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Augustus.
Augustus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Raffington moves away.
Raffington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Augustus lands with a cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Augustus with a hook.
Augustus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Augustus scores with the left hand. Raffington knows he should have avoided that one.
Augustus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Raffington might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Augustus has got the better of the exchanges.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Augustus - that will leave a mark!
A good leg kick by Augustus.
Raffington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Augustus moves out of range of the body kick from Raffington.
Augustus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Raffington misses the shot to the body.
Augustus has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raffington thumps Augustus with a low kick.
A low kick lands for Augustus.
Aurelius Augustus is winning the standup battle so far.
Augustus misses with a hook
and Raffington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!
Raffington checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A slapping leg kick lands for Augustus.
Augustus throws a hook to the side of Raffington's head but Raffington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raffington throws out a counter right but Augustus avoids it with no problem.
Augustus misses with a kick to the body.
Raffington let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Augustus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Augustus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Raffington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Augustus throws a lazy right hand but Raffington sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Augustus fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Raffington checks a low kick from Augustus.
Augustus misses the body punch
letting Raffington counter with a right hand.
Augustus buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Raffington.
Augustus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raffington can do to turn this around?
A big right from Raffington misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustus lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Augustus scores with a hook to the body. Raffington takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Augustus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Augustus throws a shot from downtown. Raffington moves away and avoids it.
Raffington throws a push kick but Augustus slaps the foot to one side.
Raffington staying out of range there.
Raffington now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Augustus connects with a nice looking jab.
Raffington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Augustus looks to land a left hand but Raffington moved out of range nicely.
Augustus tries to work over Raffington's front leg with a kick but Raffington checks it.
Raffington looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Raffington takes one on the button.
A shot to the body from Augustus misses
and Raffington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Aurelius Augustus's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Augustus scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raffington moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Augustus misses with a hook. Raffington ducked under it nicely.
Raffington flicks out a counter leg kick but Augustus steps away.
Raffington scores with a jab to the body.
Augustus walks into a straight right hand from Raffington.
Raffington checks a leg kick.
Raffington throws out a counter right but Augustus avoids it with no problem.
Raffington throws a hook to the side of Augustus's head but Augustus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raffington has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Augustus finds it's way round the side to connect with Raffington's head.
Raffington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Augustus staying out of range there.
Augustus misses with a body punch
and Raffington counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Augustus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Raffington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raffington is looking to slow Augustus down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustus throws a low kick but Raffington avoids it.
Raffington wants to clinch.
Augustus misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Raffington counters with a nice uppercut.

Jeez, Aurelius Augustus's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Raffington's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Raffington takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Raffington lands with a nice body punch.
Raffington checks a low kick from Augustus.
Raffington doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Raffington moves out of range as Augustus strikes.
It seemed like Raffington was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Raffington lands a nice shot to the body.
Augustus takes one on the chin but seems OK.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aurelius Augustus's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shane Raffington!
Shane Raffington is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Shane Raffington rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Aurelius Augustus spoke after the fight, saying 'Ill come back stronger than ever!'.