PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Swagger (ranked 5029 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Caesar (ranked 4898 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Swagger
vs
Caesar

173 cm
25
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
136 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Swagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Caesar!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Chad Campbell and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caesar moves away from the strike by Swagger.
Caesar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Swagger throws a jab when Caesar was well out of range.
Caesar lands a head shot.
Caesar throws a body shot but no joy.
Swagger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caesar.

Swagger takes the fight into the clinch.
Swagger can't break the clinch.
Caesar tries a body shot but Swagger blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Caesar breaks from the clinch.
Swagger loads up on a big right hand but Caesar slips the punch.
Swagger slips a straight right by Caesar.
Swagger missing with a left hand there. Caesar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Swagger thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big left from Caesar misses.
Swagger throws a looping overhand right but Caesar ducks down to avoid it.
Caesar looks to throw the jab but Swagger is out of range.
Caesar throws an overhand right that lands on Swagger's shoulder, as Swagger tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Swagger misses.
Julius Caesar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caesar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Caesar throws the left hand but Swagger avoids the punch easily.
Caesar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swagger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Caesar scores with the left hand. Swagger knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Swagger is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caesar loads up on a big right hand but Swagger slips the punch.
Swagger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Oh Swagger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Swagger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caesar.
Swagger is looking to counter punch.
Caesar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Swagger throwing a counter right hand but Caesar manages to avoid it.
Caesar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Caesar drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Swagger right on the button. Swagger goes down! Caesar follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Caesar gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Caesar!
Julius Caesar decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.