PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Cesar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Whior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whior comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Haka kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Junior Whior has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cesar
vs
Whior

225 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julio Cesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Whior!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cesar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cesar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Junior Whior has been cut.
Cesar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cesar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Whior blocks the body kick.
Cesar misses with the combination.

Whior shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Whior showed some decent athleticism there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Whior stands up and beckons Cesar to join him on the feet.

Whior takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Whior.

Whior breaks from the clinch.

Whior closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cesar did well to prevent Whior getting side control.
Cesar wants to get back to his feet.
Whior controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whior landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Whior perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Whior scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Well, if Whior is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Whior lands a nice short elbow.
Still in half guard, Whior seems content to control.
Whior seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Whior is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cesar defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cesar looks like he's trying to stand up.
Cesar is breathing heavily.
Whior is controlling the pace.
Cesar taking some punishment here, with Whior in his half guard.
Cesar looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Whior looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cesar tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Whior manages to move to mount!
Whior controlling the pace for now.

Whior has hold of Cesar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cesar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Whior takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Whior tries to control but Cesar wriggling away.
Whior has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Whior controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
I looks like Whior might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

Despite being in the dominant position, Junior Whior just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Whior looks to land a combination but Cesar avoids it well.

Whior shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cesar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Whior chips away with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whior trying to control the position from guard on top but Cesar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Whior dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Whior's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Whior drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Whior drops back looking for a leg! Cesar is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cesar manages to kick Whior off! Whior jumps back into Cesar's guard.

Cesar pushes Whior off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Cesar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Whior counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Whior pushing down on Cesar's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Whior 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.
Whior sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whior works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Whior has hold of Cesar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cesar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Cesar is trying to stand up.
Whior lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cesar hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whior won't let Cesar get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Whior. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Whior scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cesar trying desperately to get to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whior controlling his opponent.
Junior Whior has got the better of the ground game so far.
Whior scoring with strikes but Cesar is staying in there.
Cesar has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Whior trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Cesar doesn't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Whior.
Whior is punishing Cesar with strikes - can he finish him?!
What can Cesar do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Cesar has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Whior keeps control of the position easily here as Cesar tries to buck him off.
The referee is taking a good look at Cesar as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Whior!
Whior looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whior scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Cesar is looking for a way out.

Whior is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Cesar is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Junior Whior!