PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Wilder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Cezar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Wilder
vs
Cezar

196 cm
25
261 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

205 cm
27
268 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rob Wilder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julio Cezar!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Cezar.
Cezar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wilder throws a hook to the side of Cezar's head but Cezar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cezar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wilder throws a right hand that misses
and Cezar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wilder scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Julio Cezar has been cut.
Cezar misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Wilder wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wilder throws a shot from downtown. Cezar moves away and avoids it.
Wilder shoots in for a takedown but Cezar shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Julio Cezar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilder jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cezar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wilder has been working on his balance at Mad Dog Fight Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Cezar.
Cezar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cezar misses with a two punch combination.
Wilder swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Wilder closes the distance and clinches.

Wilder escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cezar lands an overhand right.
A jab from Wilder misses.
Cezar looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wilder misses with the combination.
Cezar is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cezar lands a nice shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Wilder misses the target.

Cezar ducks straight into an uppercut from Wilder and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Cezar manages to regain guard straight away.

Cezar is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilder arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Cezar's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rob Wilder!
A relieved looking Rob Wilder thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.