PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between diangelo cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Augusto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cole comes to the cage accompanied by GO HARD. Vinicius Augusto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

cole
vs
Augusto

175 cm
18
252 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, diangelo cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vinicius Augusto!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Augusto throws a one two combo.
Augusto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Augusto fails to land with a series of punches.
cole misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
cole looks to clinch
and Augusto counters with a one-two to the body.
cole changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Augusto tries to avoid it but cole manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Augusto to the ground. Augusto escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Augusto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with cole, pushing him back against the cage.
A short left from Augusto.
Augusto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Augusto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Augusto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Augusto.
cole drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Augusto gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for diangelo cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Augusto swings wildly with an uppercut but cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Augusto wants to break free but cole has control.
Augusto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
cole missing with knees to the body.
Augusto has a couple of punches blocked by cole.
Augusto lands a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by cole.
cole connects with a nasty looking knee right to Augusto's face.

It looks like Vinicius Augusto has been cut.
Augusto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

cole breaks the clinch.
cole shoots in for a double leg but Augusto sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from cole.
cole is breathing heavily.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
cole can't get the takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Augusto.

Augusto breaks from the clinch.

Augusto has closed the distance and engaged cole in a clinch.
Augusto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Augusto.

Augusto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Augusto lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Augusto closes the distance and pushes cole back into the cage.
Augusto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of cole backwards.
cole prevents Augusto from breaking the clinch.

Augusto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Augusto clinches with his opponent.
Augusto lands with a right to the head.
Augusto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Augusto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Augusto on the inside.
Augusto wants to break free but cole has control.

Augusto manages to break the clinch.
cole shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Augusto as he avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Augusto clinches.

Augusto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Augusto throws a combination. cole tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Augusto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Augusto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Augusto darts in and clinches cole up against the cage.
Augusto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of cole backwards.
Augusto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Augusto lands a left hand.
Augusto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Augusto breaks from the clinch.

Augusto moves into range and clinches up with cole.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
cole keeps control of Augusto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Augusto lands with a short shot to the head.
cole wants to break the clinch but can't.
cole is looking to break free of the clinch but Augusto has double underhooks.
Augusto gets through cole's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Augusto has had enough of the clinch but cole keeps him there for the moment.

Augusto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Augusto rushes cole and presses him up against the cage.
cole prevents Augusto from breaking the clinch.
Augusto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Augusto lands a nice uppercut.

Augusto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Augusto's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Augusto duly obliges.
Augusto stalks cole and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into cole's face. cole staggers backwards, shaken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augusto throws a series of strikes that have cole backpedaling.

Augusto drives through and clinches with cole against the cage.
cole has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Augusto avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A short right from Augusto on the inside.
Augusto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
cole jumps guard but Augusto stands there with cole around his waist. cole gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
cole tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Augusto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Augusto moves into the clinch.
Augusto lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Augusto.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Augusto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
cole looking to throw knees to the head but Augusto is blocking nicely.

Augusto manages to break the clinch.
Vinicius Augusto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Augusto forces cole back against the cage and clinches.
Augusto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Augusto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
cole misses with an elbow over the top.
Augusto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but cole has him pressed against the cage.
cole tries to break the clinch but Augusto is controlling the position.

cole breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augusto looks to clinch

and cole counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
cole drops down looking for an ankle pick but Augusto pulls his leg out and moves away.

Augusto clinches up with cole and pushes him back against the cage.
Augusto gets through cole's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
cole is trying to break free.
cole wants to break free but Augusto has control.
Augusto prevents a takedown attempt there.

Augusto breaks from the clinch.

Augusto clinches with his opponent.

cole pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Augusto doesn't manage to clinch there - cole circles away.

Augusto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Augusto has had enough of the clinch but cole keeps him there for the moment.

Augusto breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from cole.
Left hook, right uppercut from Augusto.

Augusto rushes cole and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, cole throws an elbow but misses.
Augusto wants to break free but cole has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicius Augusto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vinicius Augusto's cut.
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.

cole instigates a clinch.
cole is trying to break free.
Augusto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

cole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
cole misses with a takedown

and Augusto counters by clinching up.
Augusto has a couple of punches blocked by cole.
Augusto lands with a short shot to the head.
Augusto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of cole backwards.
Augusto pushes cole back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

cole breaks the clinch.

Augusto instigates a clinch.
Augusto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of cole backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Augusto.
Still in the clinch, Augusto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Augusto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Augusto is trying to break free.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cole wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Augusto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

cole tries to keep at a distance but Augusto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Augusto lands a left hand.
Augusto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Augusto lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Augusto.
Augusto lands with a left to the head.
cole is trying to drag Augusto to the mat but Augusto just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A nice left hand lands by Augusto.
Augusto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but cole has him pressed against the cage.
Augusto lands a left hand.
Vinicius Augusto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Augusto.
A short left from Augusto.
Augusto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
cole wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for diangelo cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.
cole drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Augusto gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Augusto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Augusto keeps control of cole as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Augusto lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Augusto breaks from the clinch.

Augusto rushes cole and presses him up against the cage.
cole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Augusto swings wildly with an uppercut but cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
cole wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Augusto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Augusto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of cole backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by cole.
Augusto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Augusto wants to break free but cole has control.
Augusto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
cole blocks an uppercut.

Augusto is fighting off a takedown attempt but cole is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Augusto to the mat. Augusto regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
cole is in close to Augusto's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Augusto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Augusto looking for a guillotine here but cole defends easily.

Augusto had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. cole is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Augusto Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take cole's back instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Augusto has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, cole has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
cole is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Augusto looking for the choke from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

cole is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Augusto gets his way!
cole looking very determined here, making life difficult for Augusto.

cole fending off the submission attempt from Augusto.

cole is in a bad position with Augusto working for a choke. cole manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vinicius Augusto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vinicius Augusto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

cole tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Augusto swivels and escapes.

Augusto moves into the clinch.
Augusto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Augusto lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Augusto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
cole has a takedown stuffed.

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

Augusto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Augusto has managed to clinch.
Augusto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Augusto lands an uppercut.
cole changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Augusto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for diangelo cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Augusto closes the distance and clinches.
Augusto is trying to break free.
A short uppercut from Augusto.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Augusto.
Augusto lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augusto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of cole backwards.
Augusto scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Augusto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Augusto wants to clinch up but cole keeps it at a distance.

Augusto darts in and clinches cole up against the cage.
Augusto lands with a left to the head.
Augusto can't break the clinch.
Augusto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
cole jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Augusto walks away with a smile on his face. cole gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Augusto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Augusto tries to clinch there but cole circles away.
No luck for cole with that takedown attempt.

Augusto clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by cole.
Augusto misses with the head strike.
Augusto stalling against the cage.
cole is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Augusto pulls him back up using the underhooks.
cole is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Augusto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Augusto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
cole blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augusto stalling in the clinch but cole improves position.
Augusto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Augusto gets underhooks to prevent cole's takedown attempt.
Augusto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Augusto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Augusto.
Augusto can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Augusto.
Augusto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

cole has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Augusto regains guard immediately.
cole has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Augusto has his foot on cole's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. cole works his way back into a safe position though.
cole has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Augusto is proving hard to escape from.

Augusto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Augusto has his foot on cole's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. cole works his way back into a safe position though.

Augusto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Augusto working for a triangle but cole defends it easily.
Augusto tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augusto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vinicius Augusto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
cole postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Augusto is pulling down on cole's head. It's preventing any offense from cole, at least for the moment.
Augusto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinicius Augusto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Augusto has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicius Augusto!