PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caeser Augustus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josef Urrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urrah has chosen Johnny Cash - Oney as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Augustus
vs
Urrah

182 cm
34
184 lbs
17 - 14 - 1

185 cm
26
173 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

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 17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Caeser Augustus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josef Urrah!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urrah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Augustus. That did some damage!
Nice cross by Urrah.
Augustus throws a head kick that misses.
Urrah fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Augustus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Augustus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Augustus ducks under a wild hook from Urrah.
Augustus misses with a straight right.
Urrah lands a nice leg kick that just misses Augustus's sensitive parts.
Urrah misses the jab.
Augustus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown attempt by Augustus or perhaps it was just good defense by Urrah, which made it look bad.
Urrah lands a nice leg kick that just misses Augustus's sensitive parts.
Augustus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Urrah manages to avoid it.
Urrah cracks the inside of Augustus's front leg.
Urrah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Augustus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Josef Urrah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urrah lands with a shot to the body.
Urrah fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Augustus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Augustus looks for a takedown but Urrah sprawls well.
Urrah misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Urrah.
Urrah throws a hook but Augustus avoids it easily.
Josef Urrah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Urrah dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Augustus. That did some damage!
Augustus needs to keep his hands up - Urrah had a free shot at his head there.
Urrah looks to land a combination but Augustus avoids it well.
Urrah tries a head kick but it misses.
Urrah misses with a looping right.
Urrah throws a series of punches but Augustus avoids them all with ease.
Jab, jab by Urrah - just one landing.
Urrah lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Augustus is looking to clinch but Urrah is avoiding it.
Urrah looks to score with a jab to the body but Augustus is just out of range.
Urrah blocks a head kick by Augustus.
Urrah with a nice cross.
Urrah lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Augustus at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Augustus tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Urrah defends well and Augustus ends up having to push Urrah into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caeser Augustus. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urrah blocking some punches.
Urrah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Augustus's elbow.
Augustus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Urrah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Augustus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Urrah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Augustuss head.
Augustus tries to work over Urrah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Augustus has a couple of punches blocked by Urrah.
Urrah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Augustus is trying to maintain a safe position but Urrah gets an underhook and turns Augustus into the cage.
Urrah lands a left hand.
Augustus misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Urrah on the inside.
Augustus throws a head punch that misses.

Urrah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Augustus. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A cross from Urrah lands.
Augustus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Augustus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Urrah.
Augustus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Augustus on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Urrah slips under a jab from Augustus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urrah takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Urrah throws a right and a left that both miss.
Urrah tries to bum rush Augustus with a series of wild strikes but Augustus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Urrah swings away with a body shot that misses
and Augustus counters with a three punch combo that has Urrah backing up. Urrah nods at Augustus to acknowledge the strikes.
Urrah blocks a jab.
Augustus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Augustus drops his hands momentarily and Urrah takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Augustus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Augustus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Urrah thuds his right hand into Augustus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Urrah connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Augustus momentarily.
Augustus throws a series of punches but Urrah avoids them all with ease.
Urrah pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Augustus looks for a takedown but Urrah sprawls well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Urrah lands a glancing blow to the side of Augustus's head.
Urrah ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Augustus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Urrah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Urrah gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Augustus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Urrah looking to control.
Urrah utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Urrah wants to sweep but no luck.
Augustus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Urrah is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Augustus postures up and lands a big shot to Urrah's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Urrah can't keep his opponent in guard - Augustus advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Augustus is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Urrah still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Urrah has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Urrah dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Augustus tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Urrah swivels and escapes.
Augustus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Urrah digs a good body shot into Augustus's ribs.
Augustus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Augustus just misses with a punch to the body.
Urrah scores with a jab to the body.
Augustus throws a series of punches but Urrah avoids them all with ease.
Augustus moves out of range as Urrah strikes.
A punch combination from Urrah misses.
Urrah shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Augustus eats them both and turns towards Urrah to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Augustus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Augustus is trying hard to land a takedown here. Urrah sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Urrah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Augustus.
Urrah moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Urrah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Urrah throws a nice head kick!
Caeser Augustus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Augustus throws a jab when Urrah was well out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Urrah. That's going to slow Augustus down.
Urrah misses with a head kick.
Urrah feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Augustuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Augustus is rocked!
Augustus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Oh Augustus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Urrah drops Augustus with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Augustus! Urrah dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josef Urrah!
Post fight, Josef Urrah took to the microphone: 'Avgå Hamrén!'.