PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gaius Caesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Balles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaius Caesar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Caesar
vs
Balles

190 cm
19
186 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gaius Caesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timo Balles!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Caesar closes the distance and clinches.
Caesar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Balles trying to stall but Caesar improves his position.
Balles avoiding damage as Caesar throws knees to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balles. Caesar does a little dance to reset his feet.

Caesar closes the distance and pushes Balles back into the cage.
Caesar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balles or not.
Still in the clinch, Caesar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Caesar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caesar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balles or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Caesar as Balles tries to tie him up.
Caesar lands a left hand.

Caesar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Balles misses with a two punch combination.

Caesar gets a clinch.
Balles managing to block the knees to the body from Caesar.
Caesar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balles.
Balles looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Caesar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Balles clinches but Caesar breaks the clinch

and Caesar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Caesar.
Balles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caesar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Caesar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balles backwards.

Balles is fighting off a takedown attempt but Caesar is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Balles to the mat. Balles regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Balles is striking off his back. Caesar thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.

Caesar stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Balles to get to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balles lands with an uppercut that bounces Caesar off the cage and back into rage.

Caesar moves into range and clinches up with Balles.
Balles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balles is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Caesar lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Caesar - that landed with a thud.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Balles throws a punch but it's blocked by Caesar.
Caesar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caesar tries to land knees in the clinch but Balles avoids the damage to the body.
Caesar gets through Balles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Caesar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Balles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caesar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balles.
Balles tries to stall but Caesar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Caesar lands with a light punch inside.
Balles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Caesar lands a body punch.
Balles stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Caesar.
Caesar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Caesar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Caesar is leaning against Balles and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Caesar is leaning against Balles and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Caesar digs a right hand into Balles's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balles's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caesar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balles backwards.

Caesar gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Caesar stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Caesar drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Caesar stands and throws Balles's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Caesar decides to stand up, so the ref orders Balles to his feet.
Balles tries to clinch up.
Balles throws a series of punches but Caesar avoids them all with ease.

Caesar moves into the clinch successfully.
Caesar lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caesar.
A shot in the inside from Caesar.
Caesar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Balles backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Caesar.

Balles is rocked!
Caesar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caesar.
Caesar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balles is still on wobbly legs! Can Caesar finish him?

Caesar gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Balles regains guard.

Caesar stands up and waves to Balles to follow him.

Caesar drives through and clinches with Balles against the cage.
Caesar lands a nice uppercut.
Balles seems to have recovered his senses.
Balles misses with a punch to the body.

Caesar breaks the clinch.

Caesar rushes Balles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Balles is looking to control Caesar's arms but Caesar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Balles has his back to the cage.
Balles can't find room to land a body shot as Caesar controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caesar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balles swings wildly with an uppercut but Caesar uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caesar.
Balles tries a body shot but Caesar blocks it.
A short right from Balles.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Caesar as Balles tries to tie him up.
Caesar lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Caesar.
Caesar lands a body shot in the clinch.

Caesar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Caesar takes the fight into the clinch.
Balles stalling in the clinch but Caesar improves position.
A short body shot lands from Caesar as the two fighters clinch.
Caesar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Balles backwards.
Caesar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Caesar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Caesar drives through and clinches with Balles against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caesar lands a body punch.
Caesar cracks Balles with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Caesar.

Caesar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaius Caesar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Caesar closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caesar.
Caesar is leaning against Balles and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balles throws a head punch that misses.
Caesar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Balles or not.
Balles misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Caesar.
Caesar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Caesar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Caesar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Balles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Caesar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Caesar has Balles pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Caesar pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Balles tumbling to the mat - Caesar dives into Balles's guard.
Caesar advances position into side control!

Caesar decides to stand up, so the ref orders Balles to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Caesar forces Balles back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balles. Caesar does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caesar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Timo Balles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caesar manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Balles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Caesar moves into the clinch.

Caesar manages to break the clinch.
Balles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caesar.

Caesar takes the fight into the clinch.
Balles has a couple of punches blocked by Caesar.
Caesar lands a body shot.
Caesar lands a body punch.
Caesar trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balles.
Balles misses with some punches.
Caesar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caesar.
Nice body punch from Caesar - that landed with a thud.
Caesar lands a body shot.
Caesar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Caesar breaks from the clinch.

Caesar rushes Balles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Balles lands a shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Caesar digs a right hand into Balles's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balles's gas tank.
A short right from Caesar on the inside.
Caesar gets through Balles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caesar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balles can do to turn this around?
Balles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balles.
Caesar lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Caesar.
Balles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Caesar.
Caesar lands a nice shot to the body.
Balles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Balles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balles lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Caesar.
Balles throws a head punch that misses.
Caesar tries to score a body lock takedown but Balles shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar prevents a body shot from Balles.
Caesar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balles stops a takedown attempt from Caesar.
Balles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar taking a breather.
Balles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Caesars head.
Balles swings wildly with an uppercut but Caesar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balles lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Balles tries to throw a body punch but Caesar avoids it by throwing Balles back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Balles misses with some punches.
Balles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Caesar - that landed with a thud.
Caesar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Balles misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Caesar.
Caesar scores with a hook to the body.
Caesar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balles.
Caesar controlling the action here for a moment.
Caesar lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Caesar manages to break the clinch.
Caesar tries to clinch there but Balles circles away.
Balles lands with an uppercut that bounces Caesar off the cage and back into rage.
A right-left combo lands from Balles.
Caesar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gaius Caesar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Caesar has Balles up against the cage in a clinch.
Caesar digs a right hand into Balles's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balles's gas tank.
The referee is keeping an eye on Caesar - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gaius Caesar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Caesar pushes Balles back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Caesar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Caesar.
Balles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Caesar backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Caesar is keeping busy.
Caesar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Balles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaius Caesar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balles takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Caesar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaius Caesar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Balles lands a two punch combo.
Balles thows a left - swing and a miss!

Caesar shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Balles looks like he's trying to stand up.

Caesar stands up out of the half guard.

Caesar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Balles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caesar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Balles.
A shot in the inside from Balles.
Balles can't find room to land a body shot as Caesar controls the action.
Balles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Caesar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Balles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caesar swats away the attempt to clinch by Balles.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balles tries to clinch there but Caesar circles away.

Caesar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Caesar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Caesar blocks an uppercut.
Caesar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caesar trying to land knees to the body.
Balles digs a right hand underneath Caesar's ribcage. Caesar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Balles throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Balles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Caesar.
Balles looking to stall.
Caesar blocking some punches.
Caesar lands a body shot.
A short right from Balles.
Caesar gets through Balles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caesar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Caesar blocking some punches.
Caesar lands a shot to the body.
Caesar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Balles avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Balles as the two fighters clinch.
Caesar misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Balles misses with the head strike.
Caesar lands a body shot.
Good body shot from Balles.
Balles misses with a punch on the inside.

Caesar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Balles tries to clinch

and Caesar counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Caesar.
Balles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Caesar is keeping busy.
Balles throws a head punch that misses.
Caesar lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Caesar.
Balles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caesar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Balles.
Balles tries a body shot but Caesar blocks it.
Nice body punch from Caesar.
Caesar lands a shot to the body.
Balles misses with some punches.
Caesar lands a left hand.
Balles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar avoiding damage.
Balles gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Caesar.
Balles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Balles.
Balles misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Caesar.
Caesar is leaning against Balles and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Balles managing to block the knees to the body from Caesar.
Balles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Caesar backwards.
Balles misses with the head strike.
Caesar lands a body shot in the clinch.
Caesar is trying to drag Balles to the mat but Balles just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaius Caesar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caesar misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Balles on the inside.
A hook to the body from Caesar.
A nice right hand lands inside from Balles.
Caesar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Caesar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Caesar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balles backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Balles fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Caesar blocks a body shot from Balles.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balles.
Caesar lands with a short shot to the head.
Caesar works on Balles's body with a couple of short punches.
Caesar lands a nice shot to the body.
Balles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balles. Caesar does a little dance to reset his feet.

Caesar drives through and clinches with Balles against the cage.
Caesar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Balles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caesar lands a shoulder strike.
Caesar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Caesar.
Caesar pressing his opponent against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Caesar.
Balles throws a punch but it's blocked by Caesar.
Balles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Caesar is keeping busy.
Caesar scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Timo Balles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gaius Caesar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Balles working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gaius Caesar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Caesar, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gaius Caesar!