PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Demarco (ranked 4944 p4p, 5740 weight class) and Juliusz Cezar (ranked 471 p4p, 517 weight class). Juliusz Cezar will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Demarco
vs
Cezar

198 cm
18
270
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
265
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Demarco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juliusz Cezar!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cezar shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Demarco but Demarco pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Demarco drives through and clinches with Cezar against the cage.

Cezar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cezar fails with a takedown attempt.
Marco Demarco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cezar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cezar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Demarco tries to avoid it but Cezar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Demarco to the ground. Demarco escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Marco Demarco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juliusz Cezar.
Cezar dives in for a single leg takedown but Demarco sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cezar dodges the punch combination from Demarco.
Cezar throws a counter combo.
Demarco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cezar is trying to counter with his kicks.
Demarco tries to work over Cezar's front leg with a kick but Cezar checks it.

Demarco moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demarco stops a takedown attempt from Cezar.
Cezar fails to pull guard.
Cezar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Demarco walks away with a smile on his face. Cezar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cezar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cezar shoots in and drives through. Demarco sprawls well.

Demarco looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Demarco with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Demarco wants to control from the top but Cezar keeps moving.
Demarco has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Demarco landing some decent shots from guard.
Demarco makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Demarco working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cezar's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demarco scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Demarco landing with the ground and pound.

Cezar is rocked!
Demarco trying to control but Cezar is working from the bottom.
Demarco works over Cezar with some ground and pound from guard.
Cezar is still in real trouble! Can Demarco finish him?
Demarco postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Cezar covers up, he's hurt! Demarco keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Demarco and the ref steps in to end the fight! Demarco can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Demarco!