PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Caesar (ranked 8817 p4p, 842 weight class) and Stefan Simeonov (ranked 5484 p4p, 670 weight class). Caesar's entrance music is Roman Legion March. A fine choice. Simeonov has chosen OutKast - Roses as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Caesar
vs
Simeonov

170 cm
28
177 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Amped Performance

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 - 2 - 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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stefan Simeonov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caesar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Caesar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Caesar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Simeonov moves away.
As Caesar backs off Simeonov throws a huge counter combo but Caesar manages to avoid it all.
Simeonov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caesar.

Simeonov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Caesar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simeonov throws a head punch that misses.
Simeonov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caesar scores with a shoulder strike.
Caesar misses with the head strike.
Simeonov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simeonov.
Simeonov lands a left hand.
Caesar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caesar wants to break free but Simeonov has control.
Caesar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simeonov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caesar's elbow.
Simeonov throws a head punch that misses.
Simeonov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simeonov working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Simeonov.
Caesar misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Caesar.
Simeonov prevents a body shot from Caesar.
Caesar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caesar tries to throw a body punch but Simeonov avoids it by throwing Caesar back against the cage.
Caesar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simeonov's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Caesar fails to land.
Simeonov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar lands an uppercut.
Caesar throws a punch but it's blocked by Simeonov.
Caesar digs a right hand underneath Simeonov's ribcage. Simeonov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Caesar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Simeonov lands with a short shot to the head.
Caesar misses with some punches.
Caesar throws a punch but it's blocked by Simeonov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simeonov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Simeonov fails to land.
Caesar tries to throw a body punch but Simeonov avoids it by throwing Caesar back against the cage.
Caesar misses with a punch to the body.
Caesar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caesar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simeonov's elbow.
Caesar is leaning against Simeonov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Caesar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simeonov blocking some punches.
Simeonov presses Caesar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Simeonov blocking some punches.
Simeonov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caesar struggles to land a body shot inside as Simeonov controls his hands.
Caesar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Simeonov's elbow.
Caesar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caesar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Caesar.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Caesar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simeonov lands a right hand.
Simeonov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caesar's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caesar.
Caesar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Simeonov working aggressively here.
Caesar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simeonov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caesar blocking some punches.
Caesar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caesar blocks a body shot from Simeonov.
Simeonov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caesar tries a body shot but Simeonov blocks it.
Simeonov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simeonov blocking some punches.
Simeonov misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Simeonov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simeonov misses with a punch on the inside.
Caesar blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caesar pushes Simeonov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Simeonov working aggressively here.
Caesar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simeonov throws a head punch that misses.
Simeonov misses with a punch on the inside.
Caesar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Simeonov has him pressed against the cage.
Simeonov misses with a punch to the body.
Simeonov swings wildly with an uppercut but Caesar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simeonov misses with a body punch.
Simeonov misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Simeonov dominated that round.
That's time! Caesar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Caesar moves out of range as Simeonov strikes.
Caesar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Caesar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Simeonov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Simeonov closes the distance and clinches.
Caesar scores with a shot to the side of Simeonov's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simeonov.
Simeonov has Caesar pressed against the cage, preventing Caesar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simeonov.
Simeonov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simeonov misses with a body punch.
Caesar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Caesar throws a punch but it's blocked by Simeonov.
A short uppercut from Caesar.
Simeonov blocks a body shot from Caesar.
Caesar misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Caesar - that landed with a thud.
Simeonov prevents a body shot from Caesar.
Simeonov throws a punch but it's blocked by Caesar.
Caesar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Simeonov.
Simeonov blocking some punches.
Caesar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caesar blocking some punches.
Simeonov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simeonov working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Caesar.
Caesar blocking some punches.
Caesar wants to break free but Simeonov has control.
Simeonov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar swings wildly with an uppercut but Simeonov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simeonov digs a right hand into Caesar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Caesar's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Caesar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caesar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Caesar working aggressively here.
Simeonov can't find room to land a body shot as Caesar controls the action.
Simeonov prevents a body shot from Caesar.
Caesar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Simeonovs head.
Simeonov has a couple of punches blocked by Caesar.
Caesar lands an uppercut.
Simeonov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simeonov misses with the head strike.
Simeonov misses with a punch to the body.
Caesar blocking some punches.

Caesar breaks the clinch.
Caesar throws a jab when Simeonov was well out of range.
Simeonov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar lunges at Simeonov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Simeonov's hand.
Simeonov scores with a nice strike.
Simeonov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Simeonov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Caesar tries to work over Simeonov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caesar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simeonov lands with a right to the head.
Caesar has had enough of the clinch but Simeonov keeps him there for the moment.
Caesar is working Simeonov over against the cage.
Caesar lands a hook that snaps the head of Simeonov backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Caesar.

Caesar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Simeonov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caesar misses with a hook.
It seemed like Simeonov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caesar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Simeonov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caesar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Caesar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Caesar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Simeonov has time to react.
Simeonov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Simeonov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Simeonov tries to close the distance and clinch but Caesar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Caesar dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Simeonov lunges at Caesar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Caesar's hand.
Simeonov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Simeonov lands with a slapping head kick.

Caesar is rocked!
Caesar loses concentration momentarily and Simeonov pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Caesar crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Simeonov finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Stefan Simeonov!
A less than humble Stefan Simeonov misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Julius Caesar spoke after the fight, saying 'Experience is the teacher of all things.'.