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BFT-443: Hymen vs Caesar PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Kothciushco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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250 lbs
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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
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Krzysztof Kothciushco!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kothciushco gets tackled into the cage by Stevens. Stevens maintains the clinch.
Stevens decides to pull guard.
Kothciushco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stevens works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stevens is looking for a triangle but Kothciushco pushes his legs off easily.
Stevens throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Stevens working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kothciushco.
Kothciushco controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kothciushco gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krzysztof Kothciushco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevens closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stevens has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sydney Fight Team in the buildup to the fight.
Kothciushco takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens is trying to pull guard but Kothciushco turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Kothciushco holds him up against the cage and eventually Stevens drops back down to his feet.
Stevens is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kothciushco gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kothciushco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kothciushco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stevens tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kothciushco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kothciushco lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Frank Stevens has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Kothciushco fails to land.
Kothciushco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from Stevens.
Kothciushco tests Stevens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kothciushco lands a nice looking body kick.
Kothciushco scores with a punch to the head.
Stevens tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kothciushco defends well and Stevens ends up having to push Kothciushco into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Stevens fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kothciushco avoids it really well and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kothciushco dips to his left and cracks Stevens with an uppercut!
Stevens is rocked!
Stevens walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Kothciushco swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Krzysztof Kothciushco!
Krzysztof Kothciushco thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Knope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nadir has chosen M.A.S.H Theme as his entrance music. Abed Nadir acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Knope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Abed Nadir!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Darius Henderson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadir rushes Knope and presses him up against the cage.
Knope tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
Knope stalling against the cage.
Nice elbow from Knope.
It looks like Abed Nadir has been cut.
Knope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Knope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nadir's brow.
Knope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knope throws an elbow but it misses.
Knope lands a nice elbow.
Nadir blocks an elbow strike from Knope.
Knope's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knope tries a body shot but Nadir blocks it.
Knope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Knope.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nadir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knope misses with an elbow strike.
Nadir avoids the elbow strike from Knope, against the cage.
Knope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nadir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nadir is looking to control Knope's arms but Knope gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nadir has his back to the cage.
Knope managing to block the knees to the body from Nadir.
Knope avoiding damage as Nadir throws knees to the body.
Knope lands a right hand.
Knope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knope trying to stall but Nadir improves his position.
Knope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nadir is defending well for now.
Nadir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knope misses with a body punch.
Knope putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nadir in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knope tries a knee to the head but Nadir blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Knope.
Nadir managing to block the knees to the body from Knope.
A short right from Knope on the inside.
Knope tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knope slows down the pace here.
Knope leaning against his opponent.
Knope putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nadir in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Knope.
Nadir taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knope scores with a shoulder strike.
Nadir stalling in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Knope.
Nadir looks winded!
Nadir tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knope avoids it.
Knope pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knope is looking to take this one to the mat.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nadir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nadir taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knope lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nadir.
Knope stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knope misses with an elbow over the top.
Nadir is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knope pushes off an throws an elbow but Nadir leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nadir blocks an elbow strike from Knope.
Knope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knope tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nadir tries to work over Knope's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knope has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Nadir regains guard immediately.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knope throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nadir pulls Knope in close to his closed guard and prevents Knope from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Knope dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abed Nadir's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nadir tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knope was well out of range. Poor timing from Nadir.
Knope is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nadir can do to turn this around?
Knope shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nadir napping and manages to drive through into side control!
You can see the frustration on Nadir's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nadir is not content to let Knope control the position.
Knope landing strikes.
Knope throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nadir tries to improve position but can't.
Nadir is trying to control Knope's posture but Knope avoids it.
Knope throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knope tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Knope is working Nadir over with some ground and pound from side control.
Knope postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Knope is looking to take a break and control but Nadir is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nadir tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Knope stands up and beckons Nadir to his feet.
Knope rushes Nadir and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knope misses with a punch to the body.
Knope dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Nadir.
Knope has a couple of punches blocked by Nadir.
Nadir dodges an elbow strike from Knope.
Knope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nadir is defending well for now.
Knope misses with an elbow over the top.
Knope tries to land a knee to the head but Nadir blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Knope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nadir's brow.
Knope is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short body shot lands from Nadir as the two fighters clinch.
Knope lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nadir.
Knope lands a nice elbow.
Nadir taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nadir is defending well for now.
A right hook to the body lands for Knope.
Nadir is breathing heavily.
Knope with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knope is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nadir blocks an elbow strike from Knope.
Knope tries to land knees in the clinch but Nadir avoids the damage to the body.
Nadir content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nadir avoids a wild elbow strike from Knope.
Knope lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knope lands with a left to the head.
Knope being controlled against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knope lands an elbow that stopped Nadir in his tracks for a moment.
Nadir avoids the elbow strike from Knope, against the cage.
Knope avoiding damage as Nadir throws knees to the body.
Nadir is pushing Knope up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nadir prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Knope. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knope throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nadir blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knope is looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Knope dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Abed Nadir's cut.
That's time! Knope's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nadir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knope.
Knope uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nadir.
Nadir throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nadir misses with a body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Knope!
Knope scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nadir doesn't seem bothered though.
Knope connects with a body shot that sends Nadir's belly button to the back.
Nadir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knope drives through and clinches with Nadir against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knope pushes off an throws an elbow but Nadir leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nadir is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nadir avoids it.
Knope can't find room to land a body shot as Nadir controls the action.
Nadir stalling in the clinch but Knope improves position.
Nadir tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knope avoids it.
Knope tries for a takedown but Nadir manages to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir avoids the elbow strike from Knope, against the cage.
Nadir taking a breather.
Knope lands a shot to the body.
Nadir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knope stalling against the cage.
Knope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knope tries to throw a body punch but Nadir avoids it by throwing Knope back against the cage.
Nadir's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knope's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Nadir letting Knope take a breather here.
Nadir avoids a wild elbow strike from Knope.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Knope.
Knope leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nadir avoids a wild elbow strike from Knope.
Nadir takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ben Knope has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nadir letting Knope take a breather here.
Knope lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Knope.
Nadir content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knope gets a trip takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knope missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nadir taking some punishment here, with Knope in his half guard.
Knope thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Knope seems to be looking for submissions.
Nadir blocking the ground and pound attempt from Knope.
Nadir desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Knope trying to control the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nadir is not content to let Knope control the position.
Knope sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nadir defending well though.
Ben Knope is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knope is thwarting Nadir's attempts to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knope trying to control the action but Nadir is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Knope showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knope has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Knope!
Ben Knope decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenta Yuudai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velasquez comes to the cage accompanied by Kryptonite. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cain Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenta Yuudai!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Chris Dean and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuudai throws a shot from downtown. Velasquez moves away and avoids it.
Yuudai loads up on a big right hand but Velasquez slips the punch.
Velasquez goes for a double leg but Yuudai avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Yuudai continues to drive forward.
Velasquez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Yuudai looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yuudai is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Velasquez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Velasquez controls the position from side control.
Velasquez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Velasquez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Yuudai is holding Velasquez down, trying to stall.
Yuudai dodges the ground and pound from Velasquez.
Yuudai is looking to regain half guard here but Velasquez keeps moving and retains side control.
Yuudai is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuudai is looking to improve his position.
Yuudai moves into full guard.
Yuudai has his foot on Velasquez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Velasquez works his way back into a safe position though.
Velasquez looking to pass the guard.
Velasquez throwing strikes from guard but Yuudai blocks nicely.
Yuudai looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Yuudai pushes Velasquez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Velasquez has been working on his balance at Super SmashBros., so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Yuudai.
Velasquez slips under a jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Velasquez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yuudai sprawls well. Yuudai wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Velasquez gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cain Velasquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Velasquez shoots in for a takedown but Yuudai shows good takedown defense.
Kenta Yuudai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Velasquez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice shot by Yuudai.
Velasquez feints and as Yuudai raises his hands in defense, Velasquez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Velasquez postures up and lands a big shot to Yuudai's brow.
Yuudai is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Velasquez landing some decent shots from guard.
Velasquez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Velasquez being controlled here momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yuudai utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yuudai working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Velasquez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Velasquez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Velasquez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Velasquez looking to pass the guard.
Velasquez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Yuudai working for a triangle but Velasquez defends it easily.
Velasquez landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velasquez advances position into side control!
Velasquez is working Yuudai over with some ground and pound from side control.
Velasquez working the head with strikes.
Velasquez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Yuudai takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Velasquez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Velasquez wants to control but Yuudai is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yuudai manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cain Velasquez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yuudai scores with a one two! Velasquez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Cain Velasquez has been cut.
Yuudai bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Velasquez's head backwards.
Velasquez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Yuudai not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Velasquez postures up in Yuudai's guard and throws a big left but Yuudai blocks it.
Yuudai throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Velasquez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velasquez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Velasquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Yuudai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yuudai throws his legs up looking for a submission but Velasquez uses it to pass to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuudai tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yuudai takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Velasquez grinds an elbow into Yuudai's temple.
Velasquez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Yuudai down.
Yuudai is rocked!
A big shot lands for Velasquez! That's hurt Yuudai! Will he recover? Velasquez fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cain Velasquez!
A relieved looking Cain Velasquez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Hymen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaius Julius Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caesar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Warriors of the World. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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290 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Hymen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Gaius Julius Caesar !
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caesar shoots in for a takedown but Hymen shows good takedown defense.
Hymen leaves Caesar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Caesar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hymen.
Caesar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Buster Hymen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gaius Julius Caesar .
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Caesar .
Caesar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Caesar loads up on a big right hand but Hymen slips the punch.
Hymen scores with a hook.
Hymen misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hymen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hymen pulls Caesar in to control the position.
Caesar postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hymen wants to stand up but Caesar is controlling him.
Caesar is looking to work some ground and pound but Hymen has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Caesar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Caesar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Caesar is fighting to break Hymen's control of his arms but Hymen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Caesar throws a big elbow that misses.
Caesar is working Hymen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hymen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Caesar postures up in Hymen's guard and throws a big left but Hymen blocks it.
Caesar is looking to work some ground and pound but Hymen has wrist control.
Caesar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Caesar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hymen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Caesar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hymen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Caesar tries to roll over but Hymen keeps him under control.
Hymen stalling away here and it's allowed Caesar to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Caesar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hymen defends it easily.
Hymen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caesar is keeping the position for now.
Hymen tries to stand but Caesar is controlling from the bottom.
Caesar looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Hymen has picked Caesar up and slammed him! Caesar can't keep hold of the triangle and Hymen manages to pass to side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hymen takes a little break here. Caesar wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Hymen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
We've been informed that Caesar has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Caesar wants to control but Hymen postures up.
Caesar is not content to let Hymen control the position.
Hymen tries to move to mount but Caesar blocks the move with his legs.
Caesar is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Caesar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hymen is working away from the top position though.
Hymen is trying to control the action in half guard but Caesar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Caesar wants to improve his position but Hymen is controlling well.
Hymen looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Caesar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hymen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hymen's back!
Caesar punches the canvas rather than the man.
Caesar tries to get the hooks in deep but Hymen pushed the leg off.
Caesar thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Caesar avoiding Hymen 's attempts to control his hands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hymen is really stuck here.
Hymen trying to control but not successfully.
Hymen trying to get back to his feet but Caesar is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaius Julius Caesar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hymen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Caesar throws out the jab.
Caesar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hymen.
Caesar fails to land the takedown.
Caesar misses with a double jab.
Caesar tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hymen defends well and Caesar ends up having to push Hymen into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hymen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Caesar . Those never looked like landing.
Hymen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caesar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Caesar misses with a few strikes there.
Caesar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Caesar drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hymen has his feet on Caesar 's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caesar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Buster Hymen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gaius Julius Caesar .
Caesar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hymen.
Hymen tries to land a front kick but Caesar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Caesar tries for a takedown but Hymen circles away easily
and Hymen counters with a straight right hand.
Caesar is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hymen works over Caesar 's head and body with a nice combination.
Hymen lands a high kick!
It looks like Gaius Julius Caesar has been cut.
A punch combination from Hymen misses.
Hymen cracks Caesar with a good jab.
Hymen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gaius Julius Caesar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caesar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and as Caesar loses concentration momentarily, Hymen counters with a picture perfect head kick! Caesar goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Buster Hymen!
Buster Hymen retains his heavyweight title!
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