PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caeser Augustus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Thuny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christian Thuny has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Caeser Augustus's chin.

Augustus
vs
Thuny

182 cm
40
183 lbs
26 - 20 - 1

177 cm
18
183 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp

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 26 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Caeser Augustus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christian Thuny!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thuny misses with a double jab

and Augustus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Augustus keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Augustus uses his free foot to push down on Thuny's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Thuny.
Thuny wants to control but Augustus is having none of it.
Thuny is looking to get to half guard.
Augustus cracks Thuny with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Augustus lands a nice shot to the head.
Thuny is looking to get to half guard.
Thuny is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Augustus controlling his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Augustus.
Augustus content just to control the position here.
Augustus fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Thuny wants to get back to his feet.
Augustus looking to control and managing it successfully.
Augustus is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Thuny can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Augustus content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thuny wants to hold on but Augustus pushes him away.
Thuny taking shots to the head.

Augustus is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Thuny is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Caeser Augustus!
A pretty intense looking Caeser Augustus took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.