PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Augello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunn's entrance music is Audioslave - Exploder. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Gunn
vs
Augello

195 cm
24
250 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

199 cm
29
270 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best 159's - $69
Milwaukee's Best 159's - $69

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Gunn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Augello!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gunn walks into a jab.
Gunn misses with a right hand
and Augello counters with a right hand to the body.
Gunn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Augello counters with a three punch combo that has Gunn backing up. Gunn nods at Augello to acknowledge the strikes.
Augello misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Gunn misses.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Augello pushes him off.
Gunn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gunn misses with a right hand
and Augello counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Augello blocks a jab.
Augello avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Augello connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Augello slips under a jab from Gunn.
Augello fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Augello is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gunn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gunn lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gunn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gunn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunn throws a looping overhand right but Augello ducks down to avoid it.
Gunn looks to clinch
and Augello counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gunn misses with an uppercut
and Augello counters with an inside leg kick.
Gunn is breathing heavily.
Augello lands a jab to the head.
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!
Augello cracks Gunn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gunn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Augello ducks under a wild hook from Gunn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augello tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.
Gunn lands a body shot.
Gunn misses with a looping right.
Augello throws a right and a left that both miss.
Augello is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gunn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Augello swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Augello ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gunn moves away.
Gunn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Augello.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gunn trying to land knees to the body.
Gunn prevents a body shot from Augello.
Gunn is trying to force a seperation but Augello has the dominant position.
Augello unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Augello lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Augello lands with a right to the head.
Gunn has a couple of punches blocked by Augello.
Gunn swings wildly with an uppercut but Augello uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augello goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gunn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gunn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Gunn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gunn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gunn lands an overhand right.
Gunn lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by Augello.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Augello tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.

Augello clinches.
Augello doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gunn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Augello blocks it with crossed arms.
Augello unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Augello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Augello takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Augello doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn blocks an uppercut.
Augello unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Augello lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gunn blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Augello fails to land.
Gunn blocks a body shot from Augello.
Augello is leaning against Gunn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gunn connects with a knee to the head.
Augello is trying to stall.
Augello stalls.
Gunn misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Augello lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Augello.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Augello dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A shot to the liver by Augello. Beautiful body shot.
Augello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunn.
Charles Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Augello manages to avoid it.
Gunn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gunn misses with a body shot.
Augello fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gunn.
Augello digs a good hook to Gunn's body.
Augello connects with a crisp jab.
Gunn throws out a loose jab but Augello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Augello moves out of range as Gunn strikes.
Gunn slips a jab and a cross from Augello.

Gunn gets tackled into the cage by Augello. Augello maintains the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gunn dodges an elbow strike from Augello.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augello lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Augello avoids a wild elbow strike from Gunn.
Gunn blocks an uppercut.
Augello misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gunn.
Gunn tries to work over Augello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Augello taking a breather.
Augello has Gunn pressed against the cage, preventing Gunn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Gunn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Augello scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gunn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
James Augello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gunn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Augello lands a right hand.
Gunn misses with an elbow over the top.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gunn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Gunn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to clinch there but Augello circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gunn.
Gunn digs a good hook to Augello's body.
Gunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Augello is just out of range.
Augello fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Augello throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Augello misses with a jab, cross combination.
Augello is looking to clinch.
Gunn misses with a body shot.
Gunn throws a predictable looking body shot
and Augello counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Gunn clinches with his opponent.
Gunn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augello tries to throw a body punch but Gunn avoids it by throwing Augello back against the cage.
Augello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gunn tries to land knees in the clinch but Augello avoids the damage to the body.
Augello softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gunn is trying to break the clinch but Augello is controlling him.
Augello throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gunn takes an elbow to the temple.
Gunn landing knees to the head.
Augello avoiding damage as Gunn throws knees to the body.
Augello tries to land knees in the clinch but Gunn avoids the damage to the body.
Augello looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Augello can't find room to land a body shot as Gunn controls the action.
Gunn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gunn presses Augello against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gunn blocks an uppercut.
Gunn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gunn is pushing Augello up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a hook that snaps the head of Augello backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Augello - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Augello throws a head punch that misses.
Gunn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gunn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Augello is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gunn is keeping busy.
Gunn misses with a body punch.
Gunn looking to slow down the pace here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Augello.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Augello lands with a short shot to the head.
Gunn looking to throw knees to the head but Augello is blocking nicely.
Gunn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Charles Gunn will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
Gunn throws a hook but Augello avoids it easily.
Gunn takes a swing at Augello's ribcage but misses.
Gunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Augello is just out of range.
Augello lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Charles Gunn has been cut.
Augello swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
Augello moves out of range of the strikes.
Gunn swings for the body but Augello moves out of range.
Gunn misses with a straight left.
Augello will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Augello ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good standup being displayed there by Augello as he connects with a hook.

Augello moves into the clinch successfully.
Gunn is trying to break the clinch but Augello has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Gunn.
Augello misses with a short punch on the inside.
Augello lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Augello.
Gunn blocks an uppercut.
Gunn is trying to maintain a safe position but Augello gets an underhook and turns Gunn into the cage.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Augello controls his hands.
Augello misses with a punch on the inside.
Augello lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
Gunn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Augello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Augello scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gunn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gunn tries a body shot but Augello blocks it.
Augello lands an elbow inside.
Augello lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augello tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Augello lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Augello lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Augello.
Augello blocks an elbow strike.
Augello tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Augello pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Augello misses with an elbow strike.
Augello missing with knees to the body.
Augello gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gunn can't break the clinch.
Augello lands an elbow inside.
Augello throws an elbow but it misses.
Augello throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hand to the body from Augello.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Augello.
Augello lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augello stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gunn blocks the elbow strike.
Augello throws an elbow that misses.
Augello lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
Augello lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
Augello taking a breather.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Augello controls his hands.
Augello crunches a lovely knee into Gunn's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Augello is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gunn is defending well for now.
Augello has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gunn lands with a left to the head.
Gunn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Augello looking to slow down the pace here.
Augello lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
James Augello seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Augello misses with a knee strike.
Augello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Augello lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Augello.

Gunn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Augello ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Augello thuds his right hand into Gunn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gunn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gunn misses with a right hand
and Augello counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gunn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Gunn. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Augello avoids the body shot from Gunn.
Augello jabs Gunn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gunn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Augello really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charles Gunn's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Augello moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Augello does no damage.
Augello avoids the body shot from Gunn.
Gunn looks to land a left hand but Augello moved out of range nicely.
Augello misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunn.
Augello scores with a nice head shot.
Augello lands with an uppercut that bounces Gunn off the cage and back into range.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Augello is avoiding it.
Gunn tries to clinch but Augello moves out of range.
A head kick from Augello lands but Gunn takes it in his stride.
Augello throws a hook to the side of Gunn's head but Gunn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
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!
Gunn takes a swing at Augello's ribcage but misses.

Gunn gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn looking to stall.
Augello lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Augello.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Augello is stalling here.
Augello letting Gunn take a breather here.
Gunn looking to slow down the pace here.
Gunn misses with an elbow over the top.
Gunn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gunn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gunn trying to control the position but instead, Augello has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gunn into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Augello lands an elbow inside that Gunn shrugs off.
Augello comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Augello taking a breather.
Gunn wants to get back to striking at distance but Augello won't allow it.
Gunn prevents a body shot from Augello.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gunn as Augello tries to tie him up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunn prevents a body shot from Augello.
Augello misses with a body punch.
Gunn takes an elbow to the temple.
Augello is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gunn is defending well for now.
Augello fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Augello tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn avoiding damage as Augello throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gunn has had enough of the clinch but Augello keeps him there for the moment.
Gunn takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Augello.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Augello.
Gunn working hard to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gunn as Augello tries to tie him up.
Augello misses with a body punch.
Gunn prevents a body shot from Augello.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Augello - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Augello throws an elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to work over Augello's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Gunn.
Still in the clinch, Gunn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Augello lands with a left to the head.
Gunn lands a right hand.
Augello lands an elbow that stopped Gunn in his tracks for a moment.
Gunn misses with an elbow over the top.
Gunn 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 lands a shot to the body.
Gunn is looking to break free of the clinch but Augello has double underhooks.
Gunn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Augello lands an elbow just above Gunn 's eye.
Augello presses Gunn against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Augello swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Augello lands a left hand.
Augello is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gunn is keeping busy.
Augello tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Augello dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Charles Gunn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Augello steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunn.
Gunn swings for the body but Augello moves out of range.
James Augello seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Augello circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Augello pushes him off.
Gunn misses with a lunging right hand
and Augello counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A shot to the body from Gunn misses
and Augello counters with a series of strikes. Gunn will be more careful next time no doubt.
An inside leg kick from Augello misses.
Augello walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Augello looks to land a combination but Gunn avoids it well.
Jab from Gunn.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Augello throws a right and a left that Gunn avoids nicely.
Augello throws a body punch but Gunn moves out of range.
Gunn misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augello throws a right hand that Gunn ducks under and follows up with a left that Gunn also avoids with ease.
Augello throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunn tries to clinch there but Augello circles away.
Gunn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Augello.
Gunn misses with a hook. Augello ducked under it nicely.
Gunn throws a big shot that misses.
Gunn looks to clinch
and Augello counters with a two punch combo.

Charles Gunn's cut is getting worse.
Gunn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Augello tries to move into range but Gunn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Augello throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gunn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Augello throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gunn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunn. Augello does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gunn avoids the body shot from Augello.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunn misses with a body shot.
Augello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunn.
Gunn darts in trying to clinch
and Augello counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gunn misses with a looping right.
Augello takes a jab right on the kisser.

Augello forces Gunn back against the cage and clinches.

Gunn breaks from the clinch.
Gunn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
James Augello is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gunn scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Augello is just out of range.
Gunn lands with a cross.

Augello is rocked!
Gunn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Augello stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Augello is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Gunn misses with a hook. Augello ducked under it nicely.
Gunn looks to land a combination but Augello avoids it well.
Augello swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gunn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Augello takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Augello is still on wobbly legs! Can Gunn finish him?
Gunn measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Augello! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Charles Gunn!
Charles Gunn retains his heavyweight title!
Charles Gunn really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Milwaukee's Best 159's - $69 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.