PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Augusto (ranked 3529 p4p, 371 weight class) and Dub Kong (ranked 23220 p4p, 548 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Augusto
vs
Kong

174 cm
26
159 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
28
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodrigo Augusto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dub Kong!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Kong.
Augusto throws a head kick but Kong moves out of range.
Kong shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Augusto eats them both and turns towards Kong to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Augusto slips a jab and a cross from Kong.
Kong looks to score with a jab to the body but Augusto is just out of range.
Kong throws a series of punches but Augusto moves out of range.
Augusto throws a head kick that misses.
Kong lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kong misses with a wild combination.
Dub Kong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Augusto is looking to clinch.
Augusto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kong.
Kong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kong scores with a three punch combo!
Augusto is breathing heavily.
Kong scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've been told by Augusto's head coaches at Hardpunch (13 Elite / 1000$ that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kong lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Augusto circles away quickly and effectively.

Augusto clinches up with Kong and pushes him back against the cage.

Augusto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Kong. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong throws a right and a left that Augusto avoids nicely.
Kong misses with a few strikes there.
Augusto wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Augusto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kong.
Danga de danga de dang - Augusto scores with a four punch combination!
Kong lands a jab-cross combination.
Augusto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kong.
Kong moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Augusto takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
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!
Kong looks to land a combination. Augusto sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Augusto is rocked!
Augusto lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oh Augusto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A combination from Kong does no damage.
Kong throws a series of punches but Augusto moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kong lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kong fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Kong does no damage.
Kong is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kong throws a nice looking combination but Augusto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Augusto tries to clinch there but Kong circles away.
Kong lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Augusto misses with a double jab.
Kong throws a counter combo.
Kong looks to land a combination but Augusto avoids it well.
Kong connects with the punch.
A punch combination from Kong misses.
Kong looks to land a combination but Augusto avoids it well.
Kong stalks Augusto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Augusto's face. Augusto staggers backwards, shaken.
Augusto scores with a sloppy right hand. Kong should have avoided that one.
Augusto slips a jab and a cross from Kong.

Augusto has Kong up against the cage in a clinch.
Augusto seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kong misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Augusto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dub Kong dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kong scores with a one two! Augusto had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A combination from Kong does no damage.
Kong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Augusto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kong fails to land with a series of punches.
Augusto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kong throws a one two combo.
Dub Kong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kong swinging wildly here.
It looked like Augusto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kong scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Augusto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Kong.
Augusto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kong.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augusto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kong misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Kong does no damage.
Kong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Augusto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Kong tries to keep at a distance but Augusto has taken the fight into the clinch.

Augusto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kong misses with a two punch combination.
Augusto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kong looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kong misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kong looks to land a combination but Augusto avoids it well.
No joy there for Kong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kong lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Augusto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kong misses with a wild combination.
Augusto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kong.
A left and a right from Kong both land. Nice combination.
Augusto tries to clinch but Kong is having none of it.
Kong throws a right hand that Augusto ducks under and follows up with a left that Augusto also avoids with ease.
Rodrigo Augusto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Kong does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dub Kong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Augusto throws a jab when Kong was well out of range.
Kong misses with a wild combination.
Kong swinging wildly here.
A counter left hand to the body from Augusto misses its target.
Kong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Augusto lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kong will feel that in the morning.

Augusto closes the distance and clinches.

Augusto breaks the clinch.
Augusto lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kong looks to land a combination but Augusto avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kong throws a nice looking combination but Augusto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kong misses with the combination.
Kong misses with a body shot.
Kong looks to land a combination. Augusto sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augusto throws a series of strikes that have Kong backpedaling.
Augusto slips a jab and a cross from Kong.
Kong scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Augusto tries to close the distance and clinch but Kong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Augusto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Augusto lands a high kick!
Kong lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kong throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Augusto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kong.
Augusto slips a jab and a cross from Kong.
Augusto throws a big counter combination but Kong scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kong throws a series of punches but Augusto avoids them all with ease.
Augusto is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kong.

Augusto clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augusto lands with a right to the head.

Augusto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Augusto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kong swings away with a body shot that misses
and Augusto counters with a body kick.
Augusto lands with a nice body kick.
Kong throws a right hand that Augusto ducks under and follows up with a left that Augusto also avoids with ease.
Augusto feinted with a counter takedown.
Kong misses with a few strikes there.
Augusto lands a high kick!
Dub Kong is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kong is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Augusto rather than just go for the knockout.
Sloppy strikes from Kong. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Augusto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodrigo Augusto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kong misses with a two punch combination.
Augusto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dub Kong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kong winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dub Kong!
Dub Kong gave a mention to King Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).