PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caeser Augustus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaff Terra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terra has chosen Imagine Dragons - Radioactive as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Augustus
vs
Terra

182 cm
39
183 lbs
24 - 17 - 1

189 cm
30
201 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Modern Wear Apparel
Spartan Nutrition

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 24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Caeser Augustus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaff Terra!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terra stuffs the takedown attempt from Augustus. Augustus gets slowly back to his feet.
A jab from Terra finds it's way through Augustus's defenses.
Terra fails with an attempt to clinch.
Terra tries to clinch but Augustus moves out of range.
Augustus feinted with a counter takedown.

Terra lands a left and a right that send Augustus crashing to the mat, dazed. Terra thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Caeser Augustus has been cut.
Augustus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Augustus throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Terra tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Augustus is in Terra's guard.
We've been hearing that Augustus has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Augustus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Augustus throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's 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.
Terra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Augustus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Augustus sitting in guard here, content to control.
Augustus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Augustus postures up and lands a big shot to Terra's brow.
Augustus postures up and lands a big shot to Terra's brow.
Augustus postures up in Terra's guard and throws a big left but Terra blocks it.
Augustus throwing strikes from guard but Terra blocks nicely.
Augustus is stalling in the full guard.
Augustus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Augustus controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Augustus trying to control the position from guard on top but Terra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Terra really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Augustus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Augustus controlling from the top position.
Augustus throwing strikes from guard but Terra blocks nicely.
Augustus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Augustus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Augustus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Terra can do anything to dispel that myth.
Augustus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Augustus passes into half guard.
Augustus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Augustus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Augustus is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Augustus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Terra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Augustus is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Terra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Augustus.
Augustus seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Terra does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Augustus controlling the action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Augustus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Augustus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Terra defending well though.
Terra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Augustus scores with a couple of nice shots.
Augustus is pressing down on Terra's thigh, looking to free his foot. Terra is holding on for now.
Augustus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Augustus working over Terra with some ground and pound. Terra looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Augustus works his way into full mount!
Augustus working the ground and pound effectively.
Augustus landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caeser Augustus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caeser Augustus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Augustus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Terra's waist but Terra gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Augustus off to one side.

Augustus changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Terra looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Augustus grinds an elbow into Terra's temple.
Augustus working the body and head with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Augustus.
Terra is letting Augustus control him for a moment.

Augustus is working to tighten his grip on Terra's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Terra has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Augustus is really squeezing tight and eventually Terra passes out! Augustus breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Caeser Augustus!
During a confident post fight interview, Caeser Augustus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.