QFC Tournament 880 Round 4 PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Julius Caesar (ranked 4730 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tournament One (ranked 4386 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Caesar
vs
One

169 cm
25
136 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

166 cm
25
142 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julius Caesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tournament One!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Caesar.
One is trying hard to land a takedown here. Caesar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Caesar scores with a punch to the head.
One closes the distance and clinches up with Caesar, looking for a takedown. One pushes Caesar against the cage but Caesar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Caesar lands a slapping body shot.
One tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Caesar defends well and One ends up having to push Caesar into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Julius Caesar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tournament One.
One throws an overhand right that lands on Caesar's shoulder, as Caesar tries to avoid the shot.
Caesar is looking for a counter combo.
Caesar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
One throws a poor cross that misses
and Caesar counters with a straight right hand.
Caesar lands a nice looking body shot.
One fails with the takedown
and Caesar counters with a nice uppercut.
Caesar lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
One misses with a left hand
and Caesar counters with a straight right hand.
Caesar jabs One to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Caesar there.
Caesar digs a good body shot into One's ribs.
Caesar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

One closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Caesar's guard.
Caesar is trying to keep One in close.
One passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
One throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
One thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Caesar's head.
One not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
One working over Caesar with some ground and pound. Caesar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
One looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
One stalling.
Caesar has hold of One's hands but One slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
One winds up and cracks Caesar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Caesar wants to improve his position but One is controlling well.
Caesar trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but One manages to pass to mount!
Caesar is breathing heavily.
One working the ground and pound effectively.
One sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by One.
BOOM! One connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Caesar working to try and regain half guard.
One connects with a bit shot that sees Caesar covering up! More strikes from One and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! One is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tournament One!
Tournament One gave a mention to Sportivité in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).