PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Augustino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Augustino is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by La Bamba. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Mason
vs
Augustino

177 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Augustino!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Augustino scores with a four punch combination!
Augustino misses with a few strikes there.
Augustino misses with a series of wild punches.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Augustino paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Mason darts in and clinches Augustino up against the cage.

Mason breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Augustino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mason circles away quickly and effectively.
Mason tries to clinch but Augustino is having none of it.
Augustino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mason throws a combination that misses
and Augustino cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Mason 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Mason has Augustino up against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Mason.
Mason stalling the fight.
Mason lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mason is leaning against Augustino and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Augustino tries to pull guard but Mason holds him up against the cage and eventually Augustino drops back down to his feet.

Mason breaks from the clinch.
Mason drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Augustino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Augustino's corner calls for a 1-2. Augustino obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Augustino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Augustino lands a two punch combo.
Augustino misses with a series of wild punches.
Augustino throws a right hand that Mason ducks under and follows up with a left that Mason also avoids with ease.
Mason showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Augustino.
Augustino lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Mason clinches up against the cage.
Mason creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Augustino tries to pull guard but Mason holds him up against the cage and eventually Augustino drops back down to his feet.
A short uppercut from Mason.
Mason lands with a light punch inside.
Augustino jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mason walks away with a smile on his face. Augustino gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jack Mason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Augustino.
Augustino falls off balance throwing a combination

and Mason moves into the clinch.
Mason lands a shoulder strike.
Mason is stalling here.

Mason breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Augustino moves out of range as Mason strikes.
Mason tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Augustino counters with a two punch combo.
Augustino throws a series of punches but Mason moves out of range.
Augustino rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mason moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mason fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up but Augustino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Augustino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Augustino scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Augustino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Augustino misses with the combination.
Mason swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Augustino counters with a stiff right hand.
Augustino scores with a three punch combo!
Augustino misses with a two punch combination.
Augustino scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Augustino does no damage.
Mason tries to clinch but Augustino is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Augustino sizes up Mason with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch but Augustino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Augustino looks to land a combination but Mason avoids it well.
Augustino throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Augustino does no damage.
Augustino rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mason moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Augustino scores with a one two! Mason had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mason on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Mason pushes Augustino up against the cage in a clinch.
Mason has a couple of punches blocked by Augustino.
Mason stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Mason.
Mason lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Mason.
Mason works on Augustino's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Mason.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mason takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Diego Augustino will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Augustino keeps the fight on the outside.
Augustino swinging wildly here.
Augustino misses with a two punch combination.

Mason gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Mason breaks the clinch.
Augustino looks to land a combination but Mason avoids it well.

Mason darts in and clinches Augustino up against the cage.
Mason content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mason scores with a hook to the body.
Augustino fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Mason breaks from the clinch.
Augustino throws a right and a left that Mason avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustino throws a nice looking combination but Mason bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Augustino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice combination there by Augustino.
Augustino displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mason tries to clinch up.
Mason tries to clinch there but Augustino circles away.
Augustino looks to land a combination but Mason avoids it well.
Mason dodges the punch combination from Augustino.

Mason moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice left hand lands by Mason.
Nice body punch from Mason - that landed with a thud.
Mason lands with a left to the head.
Mason lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mason takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mason working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Augustino looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mason lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Augustino backwards.

Mason manages to break the clinch.
Mason tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
Augustino throws a good cross that connects.

Mason closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Augustino dodges the ground and pound from Mason.
Augustino tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mason wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Augustino manages to get back to half guard.
Mason thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Augustino's head.
Mason missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Augustino is trying to maintain the position but Mason is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason trying to control the action but Augustino is working from the bottom.
Augustino is trying to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up but Augustino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mason looks to land a combination but Augustino avoids it well.
Augustino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mason circles away quickly and effectively.
Diego Augustino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Mason has closed the distance and engaged Augustino in a clinch.
Augustino tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mason smiles and moves away.
Mason dodges the punch combination from Augustino.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mason is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Augustino.
Augustino scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A combination from Augustino does no damage.
Mason is looking to clinch.
Augustino avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Augustino moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Augustino swinging wildly here.
Augustino scores with a one two! Mason had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Augustino throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mason throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Augustino.
Mason tries to clinch there but Augustino circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Mason dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Augustino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Augustino misses with a double jab

and Mason counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mason lands an elbow inside.
Mason throws a punch but it's blocked by Augustino.

Mason breaks the clinch.
Mason fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Mason shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Augustino is in all sorts of trouble here.

Mason goes for an armbar but Augustino turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Augustino.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Augustino wants to control from the top but Mason keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustinois looking to pass into half guard but Mason pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Mason is in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mason throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Augustino works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Augustino bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mason's guard.
Mason has a closed guard, preventing Augustino from standing up.
Augustino trying to control but Mason is working from the bottom.
Augustino is looking to advance position but Mason has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Augustino tries to hold on but Mason pushes him away.
Augustino working to try and regain half guard.
Mason raining down shots from the mount!
Augustino is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mason thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Mason is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Augustino has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mason wants to control the pace but Augustino is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustino regains half guard.
Augustino gets full guard.
Mason has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Augustino is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mason defends well.
Mason with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mason with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mason won't allow Augustino to get back to his feet.
Augustino tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Augustino is looking for a triangle but Mason pushes his legs off easily.
Mason trying to control but Augustino is working from the bottom.
Augustino looking to control.
Mason working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Augustino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mason circles away quickly and effectively.
Augustino circles away from the clinch attempt.
Augustino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mason fails in his attempt to clinch.
Augustino throws a right and a left that Mason avoids nicely.
Augustino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jack Mason.
I think Mason has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Mason!