PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Belo Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sir Digby Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Caesar's choice of entrance music: Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Me
vs
Digby Caesar

188 cm
32
186 lbs
20 - 21 - 0

176 cm
29
177 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 21 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Belo Me!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sir Digby Caesar!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Me misses with a leg kick.
Me is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good exchange - Caesar coming out on top.
Caesar 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.
Me throws a head kick that Caesar semi-blocks.

It looks like Sir Digby Caesar has been cut.
Me ducks under a wild hook from Caesar.
Me misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Me.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Me doesn't manage to clinch there - Caesar circles away.
Caesar misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Caesar.
Me lands a nice looking kick to the body. Caesar takes a step back to recover.
Caesar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Me.
Me ducks under a wild hook from Caesar.
Me tries to clinch but Caesar moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me closes the distance looking to clinch

and Caesar counters with a takedown into side control.
Me on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Caesar working the ground and pound from side control.
Me is trying to get back to half guard.
Me manages to get back to half guard.
Me moves into full guard.

Me is looking for a triangle but Caesar pushes his legs off easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caesar stopping the sweep attempt from Me.

Me is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Caesar defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Caesar trying to control but Me is working from the bottom.

Me looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Caesar stopping the sweep attempt from Me.
Caesar trying to control but Me is working from the bottom.
Caesar cracks Me with a solid left hand.

Me throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Caesar trying to control but Me is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Caesar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Caesar stopping the sweep attempt from Me.
Caesar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Me is keeping the position for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sir Digby Caesar was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A jab lands there for Caesar.
Me misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Caesar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Me manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Me lands with a thumping leg kick.
Me tries to move into range but Caesar moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Me lands a leg kick that knocks Caesar off balance momentarily.

Me tries to sprawl but Caesar drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caesar is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Caesar trying to control the pace.
Me trying to control here.
Caesar prevents Me from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Me pushes Caesar off looking to stand but Caesar dives back in and keeps control.
Caesar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Belo Me will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sir Digby Caesar's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Me tries to clinch up

and Caesar counters with a single leg into guard. Me didn't expect that.
Me not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sir Digby Caesar has got the better of the ground game so far.

Caesar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Caesar trying to control but Me is working from the bottom.
Caesar preventing the sweep.
Caesar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Me's head.
Caesar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Caesar is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
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!
Me thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar distracts Me with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Caesar trying to control but Me is working from the bottom.
Me wants to control the position but Caesar says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Caesar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Me is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Caesar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Me keeps working.
Me wants to control the action here but instead Caesar manages to pass to full mount!
Me is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Caesar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Me is looking to improve his position but Caesar isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me wants to hold on but Caesar pushes him away.
Me is bucking up trying to escape but Caesar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Me is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caesar lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Caesar landing shots from mount.
Caesar breaks from Me's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Caesar avoids the attempt from Me to control.
Caesar breaks from Me's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Me is wriggling around trying to escape.
Caesar controlling his opponent.
Caesar won't let Me get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me is trying to escape the mount.
Me has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Caesar's lack of action.

Me looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Me wants to control but Caesar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Caesar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ground and pound from Caesar.
Caesar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Caesar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Me is trying to maintain the position but Caesar is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caesar trying to control from half guard but Me is working away.
Me is trying to get back to full guard.
Caesar content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Me is trying to maintain the position but Caesar is very close to passing his half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Me wants to clinch but Caesar slips to the side

and Caesar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Me is not content to let Caesar control the position.
Caesar is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Me looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sir Digby Caesar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sir Digby Caesar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Me looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Me closes the distance looking to clinch

and Caesar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Me on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Caesar is thwarting Me's attempts to control the position.
Caesar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Me with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Caesar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Caesar takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Me is looking to improve his position.
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!
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Me has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Caesar is working away from the top position though.
Caesar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Caesar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Caesar has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Soul Supremacy - UK. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Me moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Me is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Caesar is controlling him.
Caesar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caesar is one step ahead there.
Caesar postures up and lands a big shot to Me's brow.
Me can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Caesar controls the pace.
Me looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caesar is one step ahead there.
Caesar landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caesar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Caesar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Me tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Me's head.
Caesar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Caesar postures up and lands a big shot to Me's brow.
Caesar is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Caesar wants to control from the top but Me keeps moving.
Caesar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Me has an active guard here but Caesar has managed to pass into half guard.
Caesar trying to control from half guard but Me is working away.
Caesar is taking a breather. Me says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Me is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Caesar pulls his head out easily.
Me gets back to full guard.

Me is looking for a triangle but Caesar pushes his legs off easily.
Me will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Caesar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caesar drops an elbow to the side of Me's head.
Me wants to improve his position but Caesar is controlling well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Me has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Caesar is working away from the top position though.
Caesar is controlling the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sir Digby Caesar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Caesar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sir Digby Caesar!
During a confident post fight interview, Sir Digby Caesar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.