PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sir Digby Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Gornev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caesar's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar Theme. Gornev has chosen gladiator -magnum as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Digby Caesar
vs
Gornev

176 cm
27
177 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
29
170 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sir Digby Caesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Gornev!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caesar throws a sloppy body shot
and Gornev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Caesar blocks a head kick by Gornev.
A head kick by Gornev misses

so Caesar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Caesar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Caesar wants to pass the guard but Gornev is keeping the position.
Caesar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Caesar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caesar postures up in Gornev's guard and throws a big left but Gornev blocks it.
Caesar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Caesar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gornev's head.
Caesar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gornev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Caesar.
Caesar seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gornev wants to stand up but Caesar is controlling him.
Caesar is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Caesar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Caesar won't allow Gornev to get back to his feet.
Caesar tries to free his leg and advance position but Gornev is retaining full guard.
Caesar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Caesar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gornev wants to get back to his feet but Caesar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Caesar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Caesar content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Gornev is pushing Caesar's head away, looking to escape. Caesar manages to hold on to the position though.
Caesar happy to just control the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Caesar seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gornev for as long as he can get away with.
Caesar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sir Digby Caesar wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Caesar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gornev throws a head kick that misses.
Gornev throws a head kick that misses.
Caesar throws a lazy right hand but Gornev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Caesar throws a jab when Gornev was well out of range.
Ivan Gornev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gornev misses with a kick to the body.
Gornev shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Caesar eats them both and turns towards Gornev to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gornev misses with a combination

and Caesar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Caesar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caesar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Caesar content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gornev is trying to stand.
Caesar slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Caesar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Caesar prevents Gornev from standing back up.
Caesar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gornev taking some punishment here, with Caesar in his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caesar works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gornev in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sir Digby Caesar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Caesar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gornev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caesar connects with a body shot.

Caesar closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Caesar taking a breather here.
Caesar working the body and head with strikes.
Caesar lands an elbow.
Caesar advances to full mount.
Caesar content just to control the position here.
Gornev is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caesar content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar cracks Gornev with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Caesar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Caesar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sir Digby Caesar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Caesar won't let Gornev get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Caesar lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caesar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Caesar controlling the pace for now.
Caesar lands a couple of good shots and Gornev has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Caesar scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Caesar punches Gornev on the ear.
Gornev trying to get back to his feet but Caesar is in full control for now.
Caesar 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.
Gornev is breathing heavily.
Caesar trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Gornev doesn't escape.
Caesar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar lands shots from the back.
Caesar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gornev can do to turn this around?
Caesar scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Caesar just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Caesar connects with a big shot to the side of Gornev's head.
Caesar lands a shot to the body.
Gornev is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Caesar is punishing Gornev with some ground and pound.
Caesar scores with punches from the back.

Gornev is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caesar punishes Gornev with strikes from the back mount.
Gornev is still in real trouble! Can Caesar finish him?
Caesar has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Gornev.
Caesar lands a good shot there. Gornev covers up! Caesar smells blood and goes for the finish - the referee warns Gornev to improve his position but he's not intelligently defending himself and the referee has no choice but to step in and end the fight! Caesar jumps to his feet and celebrates the important win with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sir Digby Caesar!
Sir Digby Caesar decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.