PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caio Cesar Caprillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Marlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caprillo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun. Marlov has chosen The Imperial March as his entrance music. Yuri Marlov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cesar Caprillo
vs
Marlov

208 cm
24
246 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

191 cm
25
240 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Caio Cesar Caprillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Marlov!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marlov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caprillo slips under a jab.
Caprillo dodges the punch combination from Marlov.
Marlov throws a series of punches but Caprillo moves out of range.
Marlov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marlov stalks Caprillo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Caprillo's face. Caprillo staggers backwards, shaken.
Marlov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Marlov closes the distance and clinches.

Marlov manages to break the clinch.
Caprillo looks for a takedown but Marlov sprawls well.
Marlov throws a series of punches but Caprillo moves out of range.
Caprillo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Cesar Caprillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marlov tries to bum rush Caprillo with a series of wild strikes but Caprillo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marlov misses with a series of wild punches.
Yuri Marlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Caprillo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Marlov missing with punches from the bottom.
Caprillo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Caprillo 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.
Marlov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Caprillo is trying to control the action in half guard but Marlov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Marlov missing with punches from the bottom.
Caprillo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Marlov moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Caprillo passes Marlov's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Marlov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Caprillo working over Marlov with some ground and pound. Marlov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marlov tries to kick Caprillo off but Caprillo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marlov tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Caprillo working the head and body with strikes.
Marlov is not content to let Caprillo control the position.
Marlov misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Caprillo there.
Marlov has hold of Caprillo's hands but Caprillo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marlov tries to kick Caprillo off but Caprillo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marlov taking some punishment here, with Caprillo in his half guard.
Marlov tries to get to full guard but Caprillo has control of the leg.
Marlov throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Caprillo slips a nice elbow through Marlov's hands, connecting with Marlov's forehead.
Caprillo blocks the strikes from Marlov.
Caprillo stalling.
Marlov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Caprillo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Caprillo working the head and body with strikes.
Caprillo lands strikes from half guard.
Marlov misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Marlov actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marlov tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Marlov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caprillo is trying to control the action in half guard but Marlov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Marlov has hold of Caprillo's hands but Caprillo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Caprillo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Caprillo.
Marlov misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Caprillo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Caprillo lands with a punch from half guard.
Caprillo blocks the strikes from Marlov.
Caprillo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Caprillo is taking a breather. Marlov 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.
Caprillo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Marlov is looking for a sweep. Caprillo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Caprillo lands with a punch from half guard.
Caprillo slows the pace down in half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Caprillo winds up and cracks Marlov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marlov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Marlov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Caprillo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Caprillo's back!
Marlov tries to keep control of the position but Caprillo is staying busy.
Caprillo tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Caprillo is trying desperately to improve position.
Caprillo slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Caprillo misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caprillo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Marlov trying to control but Caprillo is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caio Cesar Caprillo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Some wild striking there from Marlov.
Caprillo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Marlov sprawls well. Marlov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Caprillo gets slowly back to his feet.
Marlov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marlov fails to land with a series of punches.
Caprillo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Caprillo throws a head kick but Marlov moves out of range.
Marlov stuffs the takedown attempt from Caprillo. Caprillo gets slowly back to his feet.
Caprillo shoots in for a takedown but Marlov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Cesar Caprillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caprillo has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caprillo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marlov.
Marlov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Marlov lands a jab-cross combination.
Marlov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Caprillo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Marlov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marlov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Marlov misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice combination there by Marlov.
Marlov misses with a few strikes there.
Caprillo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Caprillo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Caprillo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marlov lands a couple of sideways elbows.

Marlov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Caprillo is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Marlov is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Caio Cesar Caprillo!