PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Constantine Titanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaius Julius Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Titanus comes to the cage accompanied by To Glory. Caesar is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Warriors of the World. Gaius Julius Caesar struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Titanus
vs
Julius Caesar

195 cm
38
275 lbs
29 - 15 - 1

200 cm
36
290 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

GREEN!160

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 29 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Constantine Titanus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gaius Julius Caesar !
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ron Honeybunn and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Caesar closes the distance and clinches.
Caesar jumps guard but Titanus turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Titanus prevents Caesar from breaking the clinch.
Titanus tries to throw a body punch but Caesar avoids it by throwing Titanus back against the cage.
Caesar wants a takedown but no success here.
Caesar jumps guard but Titanus turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Constantine Titanus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gaius Julius Caesar .
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Caesar .
Titanus lands a knee to the body.
Caesar looks winded!
Caesar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Titanus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Titanus lands an elbow that stopped Caesar in his tracks for a moment.
Caesar is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Titanus to keep the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Caesar fails to land.
Caesar jumps guard but Titanus stands there with Caesar around his waist. Caesar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Titanus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Caesar is trying to trip Titanus. He has hold of a leg but Titanus is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Caesar persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
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!

Titanus working for submissions but it's allowed Caesar to get to half guard.
Caesar not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titanus gets back to full guard.

Caesar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Titanus pulls Caesar in to control the position.
Titanus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Titanus pulls Caesar in close to prevent any damage.
Caesar connects with a couple of short punches.
Caesar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Titanus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar stands up over Titanus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Titanus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Titanus is pulling down on Caesar 's head. It's preventing any offense from Caesar , at least for the moment.
Caesar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

It looks like Constantine Titanus has been cut.
Caesar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Caesar is in close to Titanus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Caesar stopping the sweep attempt from Titanus.
Caesar wants to control from the top but Titanus keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Caesar content to stall in guard here.
Caesar is in close to Titanus's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titanus has Caesar pulled in close to control his posture.
Titanus looking for a sweep. Not yet Titanus, not yet.
Caesar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Titanus's head.
Titanus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Titanus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Caesar is one step ahead there.
Caesar is working Titanus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Constantine Titanus's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Titanus keeping moving, preventing Caesar from controlling successfully.
Caesar stopping the sweep attempt from Titanus.
Titanus is trying to keep Caesar in close.

Titanus escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Caesar gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caesar postures up in Titanus's guard and throws a big left but Titanus blocks it.
Titanus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Titanus is trying to control the position but Caesar postures up.
Caesar preventing the sweep.
Titanus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Caesar 's guard.

Caesar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Titanus wanted to stand there but Caesar had control of the position.
Caesar keeping moving, preventing Titanus from controlling successfully.

Titanus gets to his feet. Caesar looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Caesar tries to clinch but Titanus moves out of range.
Caesar wants to clinch up but Titanus keeps it at a distance.

Caesar moves into range and clinches up with Titanus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gaius Julius Caesar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Constantine Titanus's cut.
That's time! Titanus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Caesar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caesar unleashes a big counter combination but Titanus bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Titanus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Titanus clinches.
Caesar jumps guard but Titanus stands there with Caesar around his waist. Caesar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Titanus gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Caesar .
Titanus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Titanus holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Titanus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Titanus is pushing Caesar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Titanus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Titanus throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Caesar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Titanus gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Constantine Titanus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gaius Julius Caesar .
Still in the clinch, Titanus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Titanus lands an elbow just above Caesar 's eye.

It looks like Gaius Julius Caesar has been cut.
A short left from Titanus.
Titanus stalling in the clinch but Caesar improves position.
Titanus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caesar fails to pull guard.
Caesar wants a takedown.
Titanus lands a body punch in the clinch.
Caesar is breathing heavily.
Titanus just leaning against Caesar , taking a breather.
Caesar throws a punch but it's blocked by Titanus.
Constantine Titanus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Titanus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Titanus lands a body punch.
Titanus stalling.
Titanus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Caesar can do to turn this around?
Titanus can't find room to land a body shot as Caesar controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titanus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Titanus lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Titanus.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Titanus tries to throw a body punch but Caesar avoids it by throwing Titanus back against the cage.
Titanus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Titanus can't find room to land a body shot as Caesar controls the action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Titanus scores a nice knee to the body.
Titanus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Titanus stalling the fight.
Titanus taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Titanus gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Titanus lands a damaging elbow.
Good body shot from Titanus.
Titanus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titanus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Caesar backwards.
Titanus stalling the fight.
Titanus lands an elbow that stopped Caesar in his tracks for a moment.
Titanus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Caesar tries to score a body lock takedown but Titanus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Titanus lands an elbow inside that Caesar shrugs off.
Titanus controlling the action here for a moment.
Titanus's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Caesar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Caesar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Titanus is pressed up against the cage. Caesar has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Titanus down to the mat. Titanus avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Titanus clinches.
Titanus trying to land knees to the body.
Caesar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Titanus is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Titanus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Titanus landing knees to the body.
Titanus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Titanus lands a shot to the body.
Titanus lands a nice elbow.
Titanus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Titanus pushes Caesar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Titanus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Titanus.
Titanus landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Titanus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caesar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Titanus lands a shot to the body.
Titanus landing knees to the body.
Titanus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Titanus lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Caesar .
Titanus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Titanus lands a big knee to the head and Caesar goes down! Titanus pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Constantine Titanus!
Our winner, Constantine Titanus, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.