PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Snake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaius Julius Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caesar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Warriors of the World kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

The Snake
vs
Julius Caesar

185 cm
41
218 lbs
32 - 21 - 0

200 cm
37
290 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Spartan Nutrition

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 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake The Snake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gaius Julius Caesar !
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caesar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Snake defends it nicely.
Gaius Julius Caesar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Snake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Snake lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by The Snake.
Caesar fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from The Snake.
The Snake seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The Snake throws a body punch but Caesar moves out of range.

Caesar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. The Snake did well to prevent Caesar getting side control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Caesar working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Snake is looking to control Caesar 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can The Snake avoid being mounted?
The Snake is refusing to be controlled, as Caesar sits in half guard.
The Snake taking some punishment here, with Caesar in his half guard.
Caesar is trying to control the action in half guard but The Snake is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The Snake wants to control but Caesar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Caesar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Caesar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The Snake wants to get back to full guard.
Caesar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Caesar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The Snake is pressing down on Caesar 's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The Snake is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The Snake looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of The Snake's head.
The Snake working a defensive guard here.
Caesar is in close to The Snake's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The Snake has momentary wrist control but Caesar slips an elbow through the middle.
The Snake trying to keep a closed guard but Caesar is proving a slippery customer.
The Snake might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Caesar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Caesar stopping the sweep attempt from The Snake.
Caesar is in close to The Snake's body, working some short punches and elbows.

The Snake is rocked!

It looks like Jake The Snake has been cut.

The Snake had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Caesar defends it easily.
Oh The Snake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Snake is breathing heavily.
Caesar landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Caesar won't allow The Snake to sweep him here.
The Snake seems to have got his legs back now.
Caesar scoring with some ground and pound.
Caesar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Caesar stands up over The Snake, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Caesar gets to his feet and stands over The Snake, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! The Snake felt that one! Caesar unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save The Snake from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gaius Julius Caesar !
A very excited looking Gaius Julius Caesar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.