PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julian Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Nudd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Nudd is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Caesar
vs
Nudd

181 cm
20
183 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
190 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Julian Caesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Bob Nudd!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nudd throws a right and a left that Caesar avoids nicely.
Caesar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Caesar slips a jab and a cross from Nudd.
Nudd blocks the body kick.
Caesar throws a series of punches but Nudd avoids them all with ease.
Caesar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nudd misses with a series of wild punches.
Nudd throws a right and a left that Caesar avoids nicely.
Caesar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nudd sprawls well. Nudd wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Caesar gets slowly back to his feet.
Nudd works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nudd misses with a double jab.
Caesar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nudd swivels and escapes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Caesar.
Caesar throws a front kick that sends Nudd stumbling back into the cage.
Nudd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nudd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caesar circles away quickly and effectively.
Caesar slips under a jab from Nudd.
Nudd throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nudd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caesar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nudd misses with a series of wild punches.
Nudd throws a right and a left that Caesar avoids nicely.
Caesar throws a front kick that sends Nudd stumbling back into the cage.
Nudd avoids a kick to the body.

Caesar clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nudd breaks the clinch.
Nudd tries to close the distance and clinch but Caesar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nudd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caesar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nudd looks for the body kick but Caesar saw that one coming.
Both fighters circling a little - Caesar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nudd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Caesar counters with a body kick.
Nudd looks gassed!
Caesar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nudd blocks the body kick.

Caesar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Caesar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caesar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caesar slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nudd wants to improve his position but Caesar is controlling well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Julian Caesar wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Caesar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Caesar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Caesar controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Caesar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Nudd looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nudd throws a right and a left that Caesar avoids nicely.
Nudd takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Caesar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nudd circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Nudd, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nudd tries to bum rush Caesar with a series of wild strikes but Caesar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nudd moves out of range of the body kick from Caesar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar is looking to clinch but Nudd is avoiding it.
Julian Caesar is winning the standup battle so far.
Caesar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nudd circles away quickly and effectively.
Caesar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Caesar shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Caesar.
Nudd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caesar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nudd has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Caesar.
Caesar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Caesar.
Nudd has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Caesar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nudd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caesar scores with a spinning back kick!
Caesar fakes the leg kick and cracks Nudd in the body.
Caesar shoots in and drives through. Nudd sprawls well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Caesar. Those never looked like landing.
Caesar fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julian Caesar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nudd avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nudd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nudd feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Caesars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Julian Caesar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caesar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nudd.
Nudd misses with a few strikes there.
Nudd tries to clinch up but Caesar circles away and keeps his distance.
Nudd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caesar circles away quickly and effectively.
Caesar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Caesar looks to land a combination but Nudd avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nudd keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Caesar scores with a nice body kick.
Caesar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Caesar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nudd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nudd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caesar circles away quickly and effectively.
Caesar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Caesar is looking to slow Nudd down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caesar works over Nudd's head and body with a nice combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Caesar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Caesar dominated that second round.
That's time! Caesar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Nudd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caesar slaps away a takedown attempt from Nudd, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nudd throws a series of punches but Caesar avoids them all with ease.
Nudd tries to clinch but Caesar moves out of range.
Caesar lands with a nice body kick.
Nudd wants to clinch.
Nudd misses with a series of wild punches.
Nudd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar swinging wildly here.

Caesar gets a double leg takedown into Nudd's guard.
Nudd is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Caesar passes Nudd's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nudd trying to hold on to Caesar's head to control him but Caesar postures up.
Caesar 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.

Caesar gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Caesar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Caesar.
Caesar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nudd counters with a straight right hand.
Caesar throws a series of punches but Nudd moves out of range.
Caesar looks to land a body kick but Nudd moved away.
Nudd looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Caesar is fending him off so far but Nudd persists. Nope, Caesar circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice takedown defense from Caesar. No joy for Nudd on that attempt.
Julian Caesar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Nudd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar lands a head kick!
Caesar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Caesar bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nudd is trying to get back to half guard.
Nudd takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Caesar decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nudd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caesar fails with the takedown.
Nudd sizes up Caesar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Caesar shoots in but no luck this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nudd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bob Nudd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nudd works over Caesar's head and body with a nice combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nudd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Julian Caesar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Caesar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julian Caesar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Caesar 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julian Caesar!