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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Augustine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Socially Awkward Penguin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Augustine comes to the cage accompanied by The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog. Penguin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Why Cant We Be Friends kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tim Augustine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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216 lbs
21 - 18 - 0 |
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220 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tim Augustine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Socially Awkward Penguin!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Augustine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Penguin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penguin moves into range and clinches up with Augustine.
Penguin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Penguin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Penguin tries to land a knee to the head but Augustine blocks with his arms.
Penguin tries to land a knee to the head but Augustine blocks with his arms.
Penguin has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Augustine regains guard immediately.
Augustine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Penguin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Augustine working for a triangle but Penguin defends it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penguin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Augustine is keeping the position for now.
Penguin trying to control the position from guard on top but Augustine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Augustine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Penguin.
Augustine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Penguin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Penguin lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penguin works over Augustine with some ground and pound from guard.
Penguin works over Augustine with some ground and pound from guard.
Augustine is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Penguin defends well.
Penguin connects with a couple of short punches.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Penguin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Penguin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Penguin passes into half guard.
Augustine is looking for a sweep. Penguin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Penguin wants to free his trapped foot but Augustine is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Penguin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Penguin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Penguin wants to control but Augustine is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penguin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Augustine lands with a few short shots to the body.
Augustine misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Penguin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Penguin winds up and cracks Augustine with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Penguin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Penguin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Augustine on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Penguin winds up and cracks Augustine with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Penguin winds up and cracks Augustine with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Penguin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Augustine defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penguin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Augustine with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Augustine wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Penguin lands a nice short elbow.
Augustine tries to get to full guard but Penguin has control of the leg.
Penguin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Augustine with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Augustine taking some punishment here, with Penguin in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penguin drops an elbow to the side of Augustine's head.
Penguin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Augustine moves into full guard.
Penguin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Penguin connects with a couple of short punches.
Augustine wants to sweep here but Penguin controlling him for the moment.
Penguin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Penguin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Augustine being controlled here, momentarily.
Penguin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Augustine has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Penguin has managed to get both his arms back between Augustine's legs - danger averted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penguin preventing the sweep.
Penguin trying to control the position from guard on top but Augustine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Penguin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustine will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Penguin lands a couple of digs.
Penguin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Augustine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Penguin is one step ahead there.
Penguin trying to control but Augustine is working from the bottom.
Penguin won't allow Augustine to sweep him here.
Penguin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Augustine's head.
Augustine keeping moving, preventing Penguin from controlling successfully.
Penguin landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penguin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Augustine working for a triangle but Penguin defends it easily.
Augustine is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Socially Awkward Penguin 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.
Penguin moves into range and clinches up with Augustine.
Augustine tries to break the clinch but Penguin is controlling the position.
Penguin working Augustine over with knees to the body.
Penguin misses with a knee to the head.
Augustine tries to pull guard but Penguin won't allow it.
Penguin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Penguin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Augustine is trying to pull guard but Penguin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Penguin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Penguin has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Augustine clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penguin is punishing Augustine with strikes - can he finish him?!
Penguin tries to keep control of the position but Augustine is staying busy.
Penguin throwing damaging strikes from the back! Augustine could be in trouble here!
Penguin punishes Augustine with strikes from the back mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penguin punishes Augustine with strikes from the back mount.
Penguin lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Penguin punishes Augustine with strikes from the back mount.
Penguin punishes Augustine with strikes from the back mount.
Socially Awkward Penguin has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penguin scores with strikes from the back.
Augustine turns into Penguin and is now in his guard.
Augustine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Penguin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Augustine is controlling him.
Augustine throwing strikes but missing.
Penguin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Penguin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Penguin pushes Augustine off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Augustine does it's job there.
A punch combination from Augustine misses.
Augustine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Augustine fails with the takedown
and Penguin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Augustine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penguin is nestled in close to Augustine, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Penguin lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Penguin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Penguin prevents Augustine from improving his position.
Augustine is working hard here to advance position.
Augustine looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Penguin there.
Penguin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Augustine tries to roll over but Penguin keeps him under control.
Penguin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Penguin lands a nice short elbow.
Augustine has hold of Penguin's hands but Penguin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Augustine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Augustine looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penguin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Augustine is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Penguin scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustine has hold of Penguin's hands but Penguin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Augustine looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Penguin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Penguin lands with a punch from half guard.
Penguin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Penguin winds up and cracks Augustine with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Augustine on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Penguin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Penguin works his way into side control.
Penguin landing a few strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penguin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Penguin working the ground and pound.
Augustine seems a little lost for a moment, as Penguin dominates the positioning.
Augustine is looking to reverse the position.
Augustine is working to avoid the ground and pound but Penguin connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Socially Awkward Penguin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Augustine shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Penguin counters with a takedown into side control.
Penguin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Augustine taking a bit of punishment here - Penguin scoring with strikes.
Augustine takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Augustine on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Penguin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Augustine tries to improve position but can't.
Penguin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Augustine is rocked!
Penguin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Oh Augustine is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Penguin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Penguin is looking to take a break and control but Augustine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Penguin lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd goes nuts as Penguin knocks Augustine out cold with a massive hammerfist! Penguin Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Socially Awkward Penguin!
Our winner, Socially Awkward Penguin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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