PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Drum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceasar Memphis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drum kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum. Ceasar Memphis is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Drum
vs
Memphis

162 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ace of Spades Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joshua Drum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ceasar Memphis!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Memphis throws a leg kick but Drum checks it.
A combination from Memphis does no damage.
Memphis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Memphis tries to clinch but Drum is having none of it.
Ceasar Memphis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drum works Memphis's body with a nice hook.
Drum swats away the attempt to clinch by Memphis.
Memphis tries to bum rush Drum with a series of wild strikes but Drum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Memphis does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Memphis has Drum up against the cage in a clinch.
Memphis tries a body shot but Drum blocks it.
A short uppercut from Memphis.
Memphis can't find room to land a body shot as Drum controls the action.

Memphis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Drum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Memphis moves away.
Memphis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drum misses with an uppercut.
Memphis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Drum circles away quickly and effectively.
Memphis fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Memphis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Memphis misses with a few strikes there.
Memphis tries to bum rush Drum with a series of wild strikes but Drum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Memphis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Drum scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Memphis doesn't seem bothered though.
Memphis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Memphis throws a body punch but Drum moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Memphis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Memphis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drum keeps the fight on the outside.
We've been informed that Memphis has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nice jab there from Memphis.
Drum is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Drum misses with a looping left.
Memphis throws the left hand but Drum avoids the punch easily.
Memphis thows a body shot but no joy.
Memphis throws a nice looking combination but Drum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drum walks into a left hand.
Drum ducks under a wild hook from Memphis.
Drum looks to throw the jab but Memphis is out of range.
Memphis misses with a series of wild punches.
Drum slips a jab and a cross from Memphis.
Drum throws a hook but Memphis blocks it.
Memphis staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceasar Memphis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Memphis throws a nice looking combination but Drum bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Memphis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Memphis misses with a double jab.
Memphis throws a series of punches but Drum moves out of range.
Drum avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Drum looks to land a combination. Memphis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Joshua Drum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Memphis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some bone on bone action there as Drum checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Memphis wants to clinch.
Memphis misses with a wild combination.
Drum throws a right hand that Memphis ducks under and follows up with a left that Memphis also avoids with ease.
A nice combination there by Memphis.
Drum defending well as Memphis loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Memphis.
Memphis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Memphis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Drum is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Memphis slips a straight right by Drum.
Drum avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drum misses with a double jab.
Memphis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Memphis fails to land with a series of punches.
Memphis misses with a combination
and Drum counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Memphis!

It looks like Joshua Drum has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Memphis looks to throw the jab but Drum is out of range.
Memphis misses with a low kick.
Ceasar Memphis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drum scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Memphis throws a jab but it's blocked by Drum.
Drum misses with a series of wild punches.
Memphis misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice combination there by Drum.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceasar Memphis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joshua Drum's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Memphis swinging wildly here.
Memphis throws a leg kick but Drum moved away.
Memphis throws a series of punches but Drum moves out of range.
Drum takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Memphis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decent striking displayed by Memphis there.
Memphis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Memphis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Memphis as he connects with a hook.
Memphis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Memphis throws a shot from downtown. Drum moves away and avoids it.
Memphis moves in looking to clinch but Drum pushes him off.
Memphis tries to bum rush Drum with a series of wild strikes but Drum uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab, jab by Drum - just one landing.
Drum ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Memphis moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Memphis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drum paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Drum swinging wildly here.
Drum moves out of range of the strikes.
Memphis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Memphis wants to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Memphis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Drum has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Drum and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joshua Drum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Memphis is looking to clinch but Drum is avoiding it.
Memphis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Memphis throws the left hand but Drum avoids the punch easily.
Memphis throws a series of punches but Drum avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Memphis.
Memphis throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drum checks a leg kick.
Memphis ducks under a wild hook from Drum.
Memphis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ceasar Memphis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Drum misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drum throws a series of punches but Memphis avoids them all with ease.
Drum avoids a punch combination nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ceasar Memphis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Memphis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ceasar Memphis!
Ceasar Memphis thanked the fans post fight for their support.