PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tobiasz Augustyniak (ranked 4334 p4p, 4410 weight class) and Ray Quinn (ranked 286 p4p, 294 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Augustyniak
vs
Quinn

170 cm
18
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tobiasz Augustyniak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Augustyniak changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Augustyniak connects with a body shot.
Augustyniak moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice body punch from Augustyniak.
Quinn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Augustyniak.
Quinn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Quinn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Augustyniak dips to his left and cracks Quinn with an uppercut!
Augustyniak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quinn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tobiasz Augustyniak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Augustyniak throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quinn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Augustyniak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quinn now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustyniak works Quinn's body with a nice hook.
Quinn slips under a jab.
Augustyniak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quinn throws out a counter right but Augustyniak avoids it with no problem.
Augustyniak lands with a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Augustyniak misses the target.
Quinn slips a jab from Augustyniak.
Augustyniak uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Quinn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Quinn avoids the body shot from Augustyniak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn defending well as Augustyniak loads up on a big left hand.
Augustyniak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quinn.
Quinn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Quinn takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Augustyniak connects with the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Augustyniak misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quinn! But no joy.
Augustyniak jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Quinn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A left lands for Augustyniak.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustyniak fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Quinn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Augustyniak moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Augustyniak lands a really nice looking cross but Quinn seems unphased.
Augustyniak throws a jab when Quinn was well out of range.
Quinn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Quinn has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Augustyniak finds it's way round the side to connect with Quinn's head.
Quinn tries to move into range but Augustyniak moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Augustyniak missing with a left hand there. Quinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Augustyniak is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Augustyniak scores with a shot to the body.
Quinn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Augustyniak digs a good hook to Quinn's body.
Jab, jab by Augustyniak - just one landing.
Augustyniak takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
Quinn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quinn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Augustyniak lands a nice looking body shot.
Augustyniak throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Augustyniak lands a body shot.
Quinn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Augustyniak's jab looks to have found its range, popping Quinn under the eye.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobiasz Augustyniak 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.

Augustyniak clobbers Quinn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A slow jab from Quinn misses its intended target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Quinn might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Augustyniak has got the better of the exchanges.
Augustyniak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quinn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Quinn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Augustyniak.
Quinn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Augustyniak does it's job there.
Quinn avoids the body shot from Augustyniak.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quinn! But no joy.
Quinn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Augustyniak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quinn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Augustyniak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Augustyniak takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn ducks under a wild hook from Augustyniak.
Quinn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quinn has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Augustyniak finds it's way round the side to connect with Quinn's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Augustyniak.
Augustyniak just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Augustyniak.
A punch lands to the side of Quinn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Quinn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Quinn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Augustyniak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustyniak sizes up Quinn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Augustyniak throws a body punch but Quinn moves out of range.
Augustyniak jabs at Quinn's body.
Augustyniak misses the shot to the body.
Augustyniak loads up on a big right hand but Quinn slips the punch.
Augustyniak bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quinn's 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!
Augustyniak misses the jab.
Augustyniak connects with a body shot that sends Quinn's belly button to the back.
Quinn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustyniak cracks a nice hook into Quinn's ribs.
Quinn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Augustyniak lands a glancing blow to the side of Quinn's head.
Quinn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quinn! But no joy.
Quinn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Augustyniak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Augustyniak there.
A big right from Augustyniak misses.
Jab, jab by Augustyniak - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustyniak lands with an overhand left.
A slow jab from Augustyniak misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Quinn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice cross by Augustyniak.
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!
Quinn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Augustyniak scores with a body shot.
Augustyniak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quinn can do to turn this around?
Augustyniak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Quinn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Quinn slips a jab from Augustyniak.
Augustyniak lands with a cross.
Quinn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tobiasz Augustyniak dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Augustyniak lands a jab to Quinn's midsection.
Augustyniak changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Augustyniak throws out the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Quinn misses.
Augustyniak throws a shot from downtown. Quinn moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Quinn misses.
Augustyniak misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Quinn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Augustyniak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quinn moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Augustyniak looks to land a left hand but Quinn moved out of range nicely.
Augustyniak scores with a hook.
Tobiasz Augustyniak is winning the standup battle so far.
Quinn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Augustyniak.
Quinn drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Augustyniak defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Augustyniak misses.
It seemed like Quinn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A punch lands to the side of Quinn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Augustyniak cracks Quinn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Augustyniak scores with the left hand. Quinn knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice cross by Augustyniak.
Quinn takes one to the side of the head.
Augustyniak misses with a straight left.
Augustyniak ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Augustyniak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustyniak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quinn walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quinn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Quinn walks into a straight right hand from Augustyniak.
Augustyniak lands a glancing blow to the side of Quinn's head.
Augustyniak cracks Quinn with an open hand slap.
Augustyniak missing with a left hand there. Quinn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A countering left hand to the body from Quinn misses.
Nice shot by Augustyniak.
Quinn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustyniak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Quinn misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Augustyniak. Quinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quinn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Quinn walks into a left hand.
Quinn tries to move into range but Augustyniak moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Augustyniak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quinn moves away.
Augustyniak scores with a nice right hand.
Quinn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Augustyniak ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn slips a straight right by Augustyniak.
A jab lands there for Augustyniak.
Augustyniak scores with a sloppy right hand. Quinn should have avoided that one.
Augustyniak throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Augustyniak. Quinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Augustyniak lands with a nice body punch.
Augustyniak lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quinn takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ray Quinn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Augustyniak scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quinn doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tobiasz Augustyniak showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Augustyniak has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:24
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:24
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobiasz Augustyniak!