PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Warren Daren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Cezar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julio Cezar will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Daren
vs
Cezar

193 cm
25
250 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

205 cm
28
268 lbs
7 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Warren Daren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julio Cezar!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cezar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cezar misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Cezar misses.
Daren is looking to counter the offense by Cezar and move into the clinch.
Cezar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Daren has time to react.
Cezar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cezar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Warren Daren has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cezar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daren shoots in looking for a takedown but Cezar manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Daren's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cezar misses with a wild combination.

Daren clinches.
Cezar is looking to break free of the clinch but Daren has double underhooks.

Daren pulls guard effortlessly.
Cezar looking to sit in guard and control but Daren gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daren distracts Cezar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cezar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Daren is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Daren is stalling in the full guard.
Daren sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cezar's guard.
Cezar tries to roll over but Daren keeps him under control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cezar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cezar looks like he's trying to stand up.

Daren is working for a submission of some sort.

Daren is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cezar defends it well.
Cezar is trying to stand up here but Daren is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daren is trying to control. Cezar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Daren seems to be working for a kimura but Cezar defends the submission attempt.
Cezar looks like he's trying to stand up.
Cezar is trying to get back to full guard.

Daren is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cezar defends it well.
Daren wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cezar keeps working.
Cezar tries to roll over but Daren keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cezar is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cezar wants to improve his position but Daren is controlling well.

Daren is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cezar has managed to free his arm - good work.

Daren seems to be looking for submissions.

Daren is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cezar doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Daren.
Cezar pushes Daren off looking to stand but Daren dives back in and keeps control.
Cezar is looking to improve his position.
Daren wants to control but Cezar is keeping him busy.
Cezar looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cezar tries to roll over but Daren keeps him under control.

Daren is looking for a kimura here.
Cezar is looking to escape.
Daren passes to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daren trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cezar's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Daren working for a submission but Cezar is keeping him at bay.
Daren dominating with strikes here.
Cezar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Daren. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cezar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Daren has control of Cezar's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Cezar regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Warren Daren will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Warren Daren's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cezar scores with a jab. Daren acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cezar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daren circles away quickly and effectively.
Julio Cezar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Cezar.
Daren changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Cezar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cezar wants it to stay on the feet.
Cezar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cezar throws a series of punches but Daren moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cezar stalks Daren and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Daren's face. Daren staggers backwards, shaken.
Cezar falls off balance throwing a combination

and Daren counters by clinching up.
Cezar has had enough of the clinch but Daren keeps him there for the moment.

Daren is trying to trip Cezar. He has hold of a leg but Cezar is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Daren persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daren won't allow Cezar to sweep him here.
Daren connects with a couple of short punches.
Cezar is looking to stand up but Daren isn't so interested in that idea.
Daren passes Cezar's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Daren is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cezar is just riding it out for now. Daren eventually gives up the hold.
Cezar is trying to get back to full guard.
Cezar tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Daren manages to move to mount!

Daren with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daren is looking to stand but Cezar has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Cezar wants to control but Daren is having none of it.
Daren pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Daren wants to finish this one by submission but Cezar is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Daren.
Cezar is trying to escape the mount.

Daren is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Cezar to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Cezar shrugs it off.
Cezar is bucking up trying to escape but Daren cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cezar is trying to escape the mount.

Daren is working for a guillotine from mount but Cezar frees his head quite easily.
Cezar is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daren punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cezar wants to try and get back to his feet.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Daren here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Daren is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Cezar is surviving well by controlling Daren's body position as best he can.

Daren has hold of Cezar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cezar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Cezar can't escape the position.

Daren is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Cezar to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Cezar shrugs it off.
Cezar can't escape the position.
Cezar tries to lock up and control but Daren gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Daren looking to control but Cezar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Daren looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Cezar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daren looking to finish Cezar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cezar!
Daren can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cezar is looking to escape.
Daren wants to stand but Cezar is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Daren looking to control but Cezar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cezar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Daren tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Cezar is trying to stand up.
Daren landing strikes from the mount and Cezar is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Daren is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cezar has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Cezar is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren Daren dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Warren Daren's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cezar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daren circles away quickly and effectively.
Daren walks into a left hand.
Daren shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Cezar counters with a right hand to the body.
Daren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cezar can do to turn this around?
Daren fails with the takedown
and Cezar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cezar throws a nice looking combination but Daren bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cezar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Daren gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cezar scores with a sloppy right hand. Daren should have avoided that one.
Daren closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cezar throws a jab when Daren was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cezar misses with a wild combination.
Daren half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Cezar misses with a double jab.
Cezar thuds his right hand into Daren's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cezar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daren.
Cezar throws a series of punches but Daren avoids them all with ease.
Daren attempts a counter takedown but Cezar avoids it well and moves away.
Some wild striking there from Cezar.
Cezar scores with a jab to the head.
Daren slips a jab from Cezar.
Cezar throws a left and a right that both miss

and Daren counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cezar tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Daren manages to move to mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Daren has control of Cezar's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Cezar regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Daren has control of Cezar's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Cezar regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Daren trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Daren with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Daren is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Cezar holds on to Daren as tight as he can, avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Daren is working for a guillotine from mount but Cezar frees his head quite easily.

Cezar bucks Daren off and manages to get back to his feet!
Daren has his takedown stuffed
and Cezar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Warren Daren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daren fails to land the takedown.
Julio Cezar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cezar throws a shot to the body.
Daren on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cezar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daren on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cezar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Daren drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cezar sprawls and moves away.
Cezar falls off balance throwing a combination

and Daren counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Daren wants to control but Cezar is keeping him busy.
Warren Daren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cezar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Daren is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cezar is looking to improve his position.

Daren seems to be looking for submissions.
Cezar is trying to stand.
Julio Cezar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Warren Daren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cezar tries to roll over but Daren keeps him under control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Cezar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Daren has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 29:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!