PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yonatan Augustus (ranked 3539 p4p, 2956 weight class) and Roundel Scoot (ranked 405 p4p, 360 weight class). Roundel Scoot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Augustus
vs
Scoot

185 cm
19
185
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
183
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

BANZAI NUTRITION

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yonatan Augustus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roundel Scoot!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Augustus sizes up Scoot with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Scoot lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Scoot misses.

Augustus moves into the clinch successfully.
Scoot's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Augustus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Augustus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Scoot ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Augustus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Augustus ducks under a wild hook from Scoot.
We've been told by Augustus's head coaches at The 3rd Precinct that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Augustus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Scoot on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Augustus looks to land a combination but Scoot avoids it well.
A nice side step and Scoot releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Augustus misses with a straight left.
Scoot throws a shot to the body.
Scoot walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Scoot misses with an uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Augustus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus looks to throw the jab but Scoot is out of range.
Scoot's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Augustus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Scoot scrambles back to his feet.
Augustus lands a nice hook to Scoot's body. Scoot takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Scoot scores with a crisp jab that stopped Augustus in his tracks.
Augustus throws a poor cross that misses
and Scoot counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab lands there for Augustus.
Augustus throws a hook to the side of Scoot's head but Scoot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Scoot misses.
Scoot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scoot wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Augustus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scoot.
Scoot misses with a wild combination.

Augustus closes the distance and pushes Scoot back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scoot blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scoot tries to break the clinch but Augustus is controlling the position.
Augustus keeps control of Scoot as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Augustus misses with a punch on the inside.
Augustus tries to throw a body punch but Scoot avoids it by throwing Augustus back against the cage.
Augustus pressing his opponent against the cage.
Augustus will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Scoot up against the cage.
Augustus digs a right hand into Scoot's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Scoot's gas tank.
Scoot wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Augustus.
Scoot is looking to break free of the clinch but Augustus has double underhooks.
Augustus has a couple of punches blocked by Scoot.
Augustus is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Scoot letting Augustus take a breather here.
Augustus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Augustus misses with a punch on the inside.
Scoot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Augustus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustus works on Scoot's body with a couple of short punches.
A shot in the inside from Augustus.
Augustus has a couple of punches blocked by Scoot.
Scoot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Augustus slowing the pace effectively.
Scoot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Augustus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Augustus's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Augustus lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yonatan Augustus dominated that round.
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.

Augustus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Scoot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Augustus manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Augustus.
Augustus misses with an uppercut. Scoot saw that one coming.
Augustus doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Scoot looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Scoot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Augustus.
Scoot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scoot just misses with a punch to the body.
Augustus lands a jab to Scoot's midsection.
Scoot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Augustus was well out of range. Poor timing from Scoot.
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.
Augustus scores with the left hand. Scoot knows he should have avoided that one.
Scoot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Augustus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scoot shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Scoot rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Augustus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Augustus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Augustus throws a shot from downtown. Scoot moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scoot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Augustus.
Scoot lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Augustus backs up against the cage.
Scoot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scoot defending well as Augustus loads up on a big left hand.
Augustus is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Scoot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scoot misses with a hook.
Scoot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Augustus.
Augustus connects with a good right hand that stumbles Scoot. Scoot circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Scoot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Augustus moves away.
Scoot throws a big shot that misses.
Scoot wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice jab there from Augustus.
Augustus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Scoot throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scoot throws a jab but it's blocked by Augustus.
Scoot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Augustus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scoot on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Scoot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Augustus.
Augustus misses with an uppercut. Scoot saw that one coming.
Scoot misses with a looping right.
Scoot swings widly with a right hand
and Augustus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scoot missing with a left hand there. Augustus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Augustus lands with a shot to the body.
Yonatan Augustus is winning the standup battle so far.
Augustus lands a nice shot that snaps Scoot's head back.
A big left from Scoot misses.
Augustus throws a hook but Scoot blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Augustus.
Scoot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Augustus moves away.
Augustus tries to counter by clinching up but Scoot breaks away and moves out of range.
Scoot scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Scoot scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Augustus doesn't seem bothered though.
Scoot feints a jab promting Augustus to slip. Scoot then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Augustus slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Scoot lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scoot misses the shot to the body.
Augustus misses with a left hand
and Scoot counters with a one-two to the body.
Augustus looks to land a left hand but Scoot moved out of range nicely.
Scoot moves out of range as Augustus strikes.
Scoot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Scoot scores with a jab to the head.
Scoot misses with a body shot.
Augustus swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Scoot, as that shot connected.
Scoot connects with a looping right hand.
Augustus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scoot.
Augustus thows a body kick. Scoot tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice defenses there by Scoot.
Scoot punishes Augustus's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Augustus misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Augustus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Augustus throws a low kick but it's checked well by Scoot.
Augustus doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Scoot tries to keep at a distance but Augustus has taken the fight into the clinch.
Augustus stalling the fight.
Augustus leaning his opponent against the cage.
Augustus misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Augustus working aggressively here.
Augustus lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roundel Scoot will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Augustus.
Augustus throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Scoot counters with a three punch combo that has Augustus backing up. Augustus nods at Scoot to acknowledge the strikes.
Augustus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Scoot.

Scoot gets tackled into the cage by Augustus. Augustus maintains the clinch.
Augustus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Augustus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Augustus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scoot tries to break the clinch but Augustus is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from Augustus - that landed with a thud.
Augustus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Augustus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus lands a body shot.
Scoot blocking some punches.
Augustus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Augustus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scoots head.
Augustus has Scoot pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Augustus fails to land.
Augustus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Augustus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Augustus taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scoot takes a shot to the head.
Scoot wants to break free but Augustus has control.
Augustus can't find room to land a body shot as Scoot controls the action.
A short right from Augustus on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Augustus.
Augustus has a couple of punches blocked by Scoot.
Augustus slows down the pace here.
Augustus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Augustus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scoot can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustus lands with a short shot to the head.
Augustus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scoot backwards.
Augustus tries a body shot but Scoot blocks it.
Augustus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Augustus stalling.
Augustus avoiding damage.
Augustus scores with a shoulder strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Augustus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scoot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Augustus prevents Scoot from breaking the clinch.
Augustus misses with a punch on the inside.
Augustus has a couple of punches blocked by Scoot.
Scoot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Augustus stalling.
Yonatan Augustus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Augustus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Scoot is trying to force a seperation but Augustus has the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yonatan Augustus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Augustus 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yonatan Augustus!