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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sir Digby Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darwin Drascoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caesar comes to the cage accompanied by Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar Theme. Drascoe has chosen Pull Me Back To Earth as his entrance music. Darwin Drascoe will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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177 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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191 cm
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179 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sir Digby Caesar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Darwin Drascoe!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drascoe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Drascoe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Drascoe misses the shot to the body.
Caesar looks to throw the jab but Drascoe is out of range.
Caesar throws a hook to the side of Drascoe's head but Drascoe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drascoe doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Drascoe misses with a low kick.
Caesar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Drascoe!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Caesar wants to control but Drascoe is keeping him busy.
Caesar remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Drascoe is looking for a sweep.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caesar grinds an elbow into Drascoe's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar in side control, throwing shots but Drascoe defends.
Drascoe is looking to reverse the position.
Caesar cracks Drascoe with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Drascoe is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Drascoe is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Caesar is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Caesar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Caesar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Drascoe hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drascoe tries to reverse the position but Caesar maintains control.
BOOM! Caesar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drascoe is bucking up trying to escape but Caesar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Caesar landing strikes from the mount and Drascoe is in trouble!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Caesar dominating with strikes here.
Drascoe is looking to get to half guard.
Caesar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Drascoe is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar controlling from mount.
Caesar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Drascoe can't escape the position.
Caesar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Drascoe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Caesar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Caesar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Caesar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Caesar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Drascoe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drascoe is looking to improve his position but Caesar isn't that keen on the idea.
Caesar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Drascoe is looking to escape.
Drascoe is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caesar wants to control the pace but Drascoe is squirming around nicely.
Caesar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Drascoe looks a forlorn figure.
Caesar scoring with strikes but Drascoe is staying in there.
Drascoe is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice elbow there by Caesar.
Caesar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Digby Caesar dominated that round.
That's time! Caesar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Caesar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caesar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drascoe lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Sir Digby Caesar has been cut.
Caesar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drascoe moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drascoe.
A right hand to the body from Drascoe.
Drascoe looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice left hand lands by Caesar.
Drascoe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drascoe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Caesar's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drascoe throws a sloppy head kick and Caesar moves out of range easily.
Caesar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drascoe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drascoe misses with a straight right.
Drascoe throws a chopping leg kick but Caesar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Caesar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Drascoe.
Caesar sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Drascoe lands a jab to Caesar's midsection.
Caesar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darwin Drascoe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Drascoe.
Drascoe takes a swing at Caesar's ribcage but misses.
We've been told by Caesar's head coaches at The Garcia Grappling Academy - Rio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Caesar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Drascoe throws the left hand but Caesar avoids the punch easily.
Drascoe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Caesar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Drascoe loads up on a big right hand but Caesar slips the punch.
Drascoe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caesar was well out of range. Poor timing from Drascoe.
Caesar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Drascoe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar swats away the attempt to clinch by Drascoe.
Caesar connects with a body shot that sends Drascoe's belly button to the back.
Drascoe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caesar to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caesar dives in and grabs Drascoe's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drascoe pushes down on Caesar's head and hops out.
Caesar checks a leg kick.
Caesar lands a glancing blow to the side of Drascoe's head.
Drascoe is looking to chop away at Caesar's legs.
Caesar misses with a hook. Drascoe ducked under it nicely.
Drascoe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Drascoe.
Caesar throws a body punch but Drascoe moves out of range.
Caesar misses the shot to the body.
Caesar throws a looping overhand right but Drascoe ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Caesar misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drascoe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Caesar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Drascoe.
The fighters circle, before Drascoe throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Caesar's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Drascoe lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Darwin Drascoe! Darwin Drascoe retains his welterweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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