PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Augustine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Barbaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Augustine comes to the cage accompanied by Empire State of Mind-Biggie Smalls ft. Jay-z. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Augustine
vs
Barbaros

177 cm
26
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

160 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Solomon Augustine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eddie Barbaros!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Darius Henderson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Augustine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Barbaros moves into the clinch.
Augustine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barbaros is defending well for now.
Augustine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Eddie Barbaros has been cut.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Augustine dodges an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barbaros leaning against his opponent.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Augustine being controlled against the cage.
Barbaros misses with an elbow over the top.
The referee calls for Barbaros to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustine throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbaros just misses with a elbow thrown towards Augustine's brow.
Barbaros lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Solomon Augustine has been cut.
Barbaros told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Barbaros pushes off an throws an elbow but Augustine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barbaros misses with an elbow over the top.
Barbaros pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Augustine looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Barbaros misses with an elbow over the top.
Augustine blocks the elbow strike.
Barbaros pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Augustine dodges an elbow strike from Barbaros.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustine blocks the elbow strike.
Barbaros looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barbaros throws an elbow but misses.
Augustine dodges an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barbaros throws an elbow that misses.
Augustine misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbaros just misses with a elbow thrown towards Augustine's brow.
Barbaros creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Augustine lands an elbow inside that Barbaros shrugs off.
Barbaros throws an elbow that misses.
Augustine throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike.
Barbaros creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barbaros creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike.
Barbaros looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros takes a knee right on the jaw!
Barbaros throws an elbow that misses.
Augustine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Augustine avoids the elbow strike from Barbaros, against the cage.
Augustine managing to block the knees to the body from Barbaros.
Augustine avoids the elbow strike from Barbaros, against the cage.
Barbaros throws an elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbaros just misses with a elbow thrown towards Augustine's brow.
Barbaros pushes off an throws an elbow but Augustine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barbaros misses with an elbow strike.
Barbaros pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Augustine blocks the elbow strike.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barbaros throws an elbow but misses.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Augustine utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Barbaros throws an elbow but misses.
Augustine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Barbaros dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Augustine lands a nice looking kick to the body. Barbaros takes a step back to recover.

Barbaros instigates a clinch.
Augustine blocks the elbow strike.
Barbaros lands an elbow inside that Augustine shrugs off.
Barbaros lands an elbow just above Augustine 's eye.
Augustine throws an elbow but it misses.
Augustine avoiding damage as Barbaros throws knees to the body.
Barbaros leaning his opponent against the cage.
Barbaros gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbaros pushes off an throws an elbow but Augustine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros managing to block the knees to the body from Augustine.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Augustine throws an elbow but it misses.
Augustine avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbaros.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike.
Augustine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barbaros is defending well for now.
Barbaros throws an elbow that misses.
Augustine dodges an elbow strike from Barbaros.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barbaros just misses with a elbow thrown towards Augustine's brow.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Augustine comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barbaros lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Solomon Augustine's cut is getting worse.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Augustine scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Eddie Barbaros's cut even more.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barbaros misses with an elbow over the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barbaros pushes off an throws an elbow but Augustine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Augustine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eddie Barbaros seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Augustine throws an elbow but it misses.
Augustine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barbaros blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Barbaros looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barbaros lands an elbow inside that Augustine shrugs off.

Solomon Augustine's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Barbaros taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Augustine avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros managing to block the knees to the body from Augustine.
Augustine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Augustine avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros lands an elbow inside that Augustine shrugs off.

Jeez, Solomon Augustine's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbaros throws an elbow that misses.
Augustine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros pushes off an throws an elbow but Augustine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Augustine trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barbaros throws an elbow that misses.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Augustine blocks the elbow strike.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Augustine lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barbaros avoids a wild elbow strike from Augustine.
Augustine lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Barbaros showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A head kick misses from Augustine.
Eddie Barbaros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Augustine tries a head kick but it misses.

Barbaros has Augustine up against the cage in a clinch.
Barbaros misses with an elbow over the top.
Barbaros managing to block the knees to the body from Augustine.
Barbaros misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Barbaros.
Barbaros throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Barbaros comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Augustine avoids a wild elbow strike from Barbaros.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustine dodges an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Barbaros blocks the elbow strike.
Augustine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Augustine dodges an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Augustine looking to throw knees to the head but Barbaros is blocking nicely.
Barbaros is struggling to control the position.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Augustine blocks an elbow strike from Barbaros.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Solomon Augustine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it misses.
Barbaros throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Augustine takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Solomon Augustine's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eddie Barbaros!
Eddie Barbaros really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Devotion Energy Inc (Laundry 15% Fee) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.