PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Ashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jullius cesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ashley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Continue To Be by David Arkenstone. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ashley
vs
cesar

178 cm
26
167 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
150 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Rivers Edge Nutrition

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Winston Ashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, jullius cesar!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cesar fails with a takedown attempt.
Ashley misses the jab.
cesar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ashley is fending him off so far but cesar persists. Nope, Ashley circles away and we're back to standing.
cesar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
cesar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Winston Ashley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jullius cesar.
cesar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ashley is fending him off so far but cesar persists. Nope, Ashley circles away and we're back to standing.
cesar shoots in looking for a takedown but Ashley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing cesar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Ashley shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ashley showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ashley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks cesar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
cesar missing with punches from the bottom.
cesar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Ashley there.
cesar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ashley drops an elbow to the side of cesar's head.
Ashley looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashley slips a nice elbow through cesar's hands, connecting with cesar's forehead.
cesar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Well, if Ashley is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
cesar lands with a few short shots to the body.
cesar tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ashley blocks the strikes from cesar.
Ashley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks cesar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
cesar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ashley with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ashley seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down cesar for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashley works his foot free and advances to mount.
cesar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ashley lands with some strikes.
Ashley dominating with strikes here.
Ashley tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ashley is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. cesar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

cesar is rocked!
Ashley looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has cesar covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Winston Ashley!