PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Irek Ismagilov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caesar comes to the cage accompanied by Roman Legion March. The key to victory for Julius Caesar has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Caesar
vs
Ismagilov

170 cm
26
177 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Fatty's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Caesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Irek Ismagilov!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Caesar. Ismagilov does a little dance to reset his feet.

Ismagilov closes the distance and pushes Caesar back into the cage.
Ismagilov stalling against the cage.
Ismagilov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ismagilov stalling the fight.
A short left from Caesar.
Caesar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Caesar.
Ismagilov tries to score a body lock takedown but Caesar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ismagilov stalling in the clinch.
Caesar is looking to break free of the clinch but Ismagilov has double underhooks.
Caesar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Caesar blocks an uppercut.
Caesar has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Caesar struggles to land a body shot inside as Ismagilov controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Caesar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Caesar.
Caesar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ismagilov backwards.

Caesar breaks the clinch.
Caesar moves out of range as Ismagilov strikes.
Ismagilov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ismagilov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Irek Ismagilov has been cut.

Ismagilov shoots in and bounces Caesar off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ismagilov tries to free his leg and advance position but Caesar is retaining full guard.
Caesar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ismagilov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Caesar's head.
Ismagilov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ismagilov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ismagilov chips away with some ground and pound.
Ismagilov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ismagilov prevents Caesar from getting back to his feet.
Ismagilov landing with the ground and pound.
Caesar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Caesar tries to get out of the position.
Ismagilov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ismagilov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ismagilov landing with the ground and pound.
Ismagilov won't allow Caesar to get back to his feet.
Ismagilov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caesar is keeping the position for now.
Ismagilov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ismagilov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Caesar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ismagilov was well out of range. Poor timing from Caesar.

Ismagilov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Caesar bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Ismagilov moves out of range of the strikes.
Caesar wants to slow Ismagilov down by chopping away at his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caesar throws a big shot that misses.
Ismagilov misses with a hook
and Caesar counters with a three punch combo that has Ismagilov backing up. Ismagilov nods at Caesar to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ismagilov misses with a left hand
and Caesar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ismagilov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ismagilov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caesar manages to avoid it.
Caesar lands a jab to the head.
Caesar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caesar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ismagilov checks a leg kick nicely.
Caesar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Caesar connects with a single shot there.

Ismagilov throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Caesar tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ismagilov is in Caesar's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Caesar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Irek Ismagilov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ismagilov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Caesar sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ismagilov somewhat.
Caesar throws a body shot but no joy.
Ismagilov shoots in for a takedown but Caesar shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ismagilov moves out of range as Caesar strikes.
Julius Caesar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Caesar. Beautiful body shot.
Caesar throws a one two combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ismagilov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ismagilov. Caesar does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Caesar misses the target.
Caesar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caesar scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ismagilov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ismagilov misses with a looping left.
Ismagilov throws a right hand that misses

and Caesar counters with a crisp one two that drops Ismagilov! Caesar thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ismagilov to his feet! Ismagilov is in big trouble!

Ismagilov is rocked!
Caesar digs a good hook to Ismagilov's body.
Ismagilov is still on wobbly legs! Can Caesar finish him?
Ismagilov throws a series of punches but Caesar moves out of range.
Ismagilov seems to have recovered his senses.
Caesar looks to land a left hand but Ismagilov moved out of range nicely.
Caesar scores with a nice strike.
Caesar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Caesar scores with a body shot.
Ismagilov moves out of range of the strikes.
Caesar misses with a straight right.
Ismagilov feints the counter takedown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ismagilov darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ismagilov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Caesar has hold of Ismagilov's hands but Ismagilov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Caesar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ismagilov scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ismagilov takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ismagilov lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Caesar knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ismagilov on the ground.
Caesar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar is trying to stand.
Ismagilov is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Caesar is rocked!
Caesar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ismagilov can do to turn this around?
Ismagilov scores with a big shot! Caesar's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Caesar! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Irek Ismagilov!
During a confident post fight interview, Irek Ismagilov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Julius Caesar stepped up to the mic, saying 'Experience is the teacher of all things.'.