PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caeser Augustus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moses has chosen Black Label Society - too tough to die as his entrance music. Ricky Moses has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Caeser Augustus's chin.

Augustus
vs
Moses

182 cm
23
165 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

176 cm
26
166 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
BioPharm Nutrition

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caeser Augustus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Moses!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Augustus lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moses at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Augustus.
Augustus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Augustus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moses moves away.
Augustus throws a big shot that misses.
Moses is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Augustus.
Augustus jabs Moses to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Moses throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Augustus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Moses there.
Moses just misses with a punch to the body.
Moses feints and then cracks Augustus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Augustus down.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Moses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Augustus is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Moses off and has taken his back!
Augustus is hanging on to Moses's back as he tries to escape.

Augustus is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Augustus connects with a big shot to the side of Moses's head.
Moses trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Augustus throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Moses rolls, trying to escape but Augustus keeps control of the position.
Augustus wants to control but Moses is keeping busy.
Augustus is punishing Moses with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Augustus scores with punches from the back.

Augustus is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Augustus. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

Augustus is persistently looking for the submission but Moses is defending it well.
Augustus wants to control but Moses is keeping busy.
Augustus punishes Moses with strikes from the back mount.
Moses is really stuck here.
Augustus lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Augustus lands strikes to the head.

Moses is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustus lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Moses is still in real trouble! Can Augustus finish him?
Moses is trapped and Augustus is scoring with shots to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Augustus is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Moses defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Augustus connects with a big shot to the side of Moses's head.
Augustus is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Augustus gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Augustus gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Augustus apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Augustus shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Moses sprawls well. Moses wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Augustus gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Augustus misses.
Augustus misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Moses.
Moses seems to have recovered his senses.
Augustus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moses moves away.
Moses staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Augustus tries to sprawl but Moses drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustus moves into full guard.

Augustus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Augustus looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Moses puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Moses is working for a submission of some sort.
Augustus wants to get back to full guard.
Moses frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Moses thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Augustus is working to get back to half guard.
Moses breaks from Augustus's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Moses punishing his opponent with strikes.
Augustus keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Augustus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Moses landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Moses looking to finish Augustus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Augustus!
Moses lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moses scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Augustus?

Augustus is rocked!
Moses trying to control but Augustus is having none of it.
Moses postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Augustus looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Augustus is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moses postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Augustus in real trouble here! The ref calls for Augustus to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Moses!
Ricky Moses decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.