Complex sentence: In early August, Amore and Cassady participated in a NXT Tag Team Championship number one contenders tournament, and they defeated Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger in the first round, but were eliminated by The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) in the second round.
Split into simpler sentences: In early August, Amore and Cassady participated in a NXT Tag Team Championship number one contenda's tournament. They defeated Jason Jordan and Tye Dillinger in the first round but were eliminated by the Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) in the second round.