PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kingsley Ciprut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cunningham's choice of entrance music: Disturbed - Conflict . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ciprut
vs
Cunningham

186 cm
21
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
197 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kingsley Ciprut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Cunningham!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cunningham clinches with his opponent.
Ciprut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cunningham.
Ciprut doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cunningham tries to circle away but Ciprut has him pinned against the cage.
Ciprut misses with a knee to the head.
Cunningham crunches a lovely knee into Ciprut's ribcage.
Cunningham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciprut blocks it with crossed arms.
Ciprut is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ciprut misses with a body punch.
Ciprut tries to stall but Cunningham uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cunningham looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cunningham avoids it.
Ciprut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciprut with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cunningham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cunningham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ciprut is defending well for now.
Cunningham is trying to maintain a safe position but Ciprut gets an underhook and turns Cunningham into the cage.
Cunningham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ciprut blocks it with crossed arms.
Ciprut looking to throw knees to the head but Cunningham is blocking nicely.
Ciprut takes an elbow to the temple.
Ciprut is pushing Cunningham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cunningham avoiding damage as Ciprut throws knees to the body.
Cunningham looking to throw knees to the head but Ciprut is blocking nicely.
Ciprut keeps control of Cunningham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cunningham looking to slow down the pace here.
Ciprut is struggling to control the position.
Cunningham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cunningham misses with a knee to the head.
Ciprut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ciprut managing to block the knees to the body from Cunningham.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cunningham is defending well for now.
Cunningham misses with an elbow over the top.
Cunningham misses with a knee strike.
Ciprut misses with the head strike.
Cunningham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ciprut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciprut taking a breather.

Cunningham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cunningham moves into the clinch successfully.
Ciprut avoiding damage as Cunningham throws knees to the body.
Cunningham lands a nice knee to the body.
Cunningham tries to pull guard but Ciprut forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Cunningham is trying to trip Ciprut. He has hold of a leg but Ciprut is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Cunningham persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Cunningham wants to control from the top but Ciprut keeps moving.
Ciprut can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cunningham controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham wants to stand but Ciprut is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cunningham wants to control from the top but Ciprut keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brad Cunningham was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ciprut throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Ciprut fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cunningham, pushing him back against the cage.
Cunningham misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Cunningham.
Cunningham is trying to force a seperation but Ciprut has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Cunningham.
Cunningham is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ciprut is keeping busy.
A bit of stalling here from Cunningham.
Ciprut stalls.
Cunningham lands a damaging elbow.
Ciprut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ciprut just leaning against Cunningham, taking a breather.
Cunningham pushes off an throws an elbow but Ciprut leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ciprut obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ciprut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunningham trying to land knees to the body.
Ciprut is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Cunningham dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cunningham closes the distance and clinches.
Ciprut gets through Cunningham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ciprut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Cunningham.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cunningham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ciprut with a knee to the head.
Ciprut throws an elbow but it misses.
Cunningham is trying to break the clinch but Ciprut is controlling him.
Cunningham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brad Cunningham seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cunningham avoids it.
The referee calls for Ciprut to work.
Cunningham is trying to break the clinch but Ciprut has him pressed against the cage.
Cunningham tries to pull guard but Ciprut won't allow it.
Ciprut with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciprut looking to slow down the pace here.
Ciprut goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cunningham just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ciprut's brow.
Ciprut misses with some punches.
Ciprut swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ciprut throws an elbow but misses.
Cunningham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciprut lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ciprut throws a head punch that misses.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cunningham is trying to maintain a safe position but Ciprut gets an underhook and turns Cunningham into the cage.
Ciprut tries to land knees in the clinch but Cunningham avoids the damage to the body.
Ciprut tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cunningham's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunningham takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Brad Cunningham has been cut.
Ciprut tries to throw a body punch but Cunningham avoids it by throwing Ciprut back against the cage.
Cunningham is trying to break the clinch but Ciprut is controlling him.

Cunningham escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ciprut gets tackled into the cage by Cunningham. Cunningham maintains the clinch.
Ciprut using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cunningham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Cunningham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Cunningham tries to keep at a distance but Ciprut has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cunningham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cunningham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ciprut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cunningham.
Cunningham landing knees to the body.
Ciprut looking to throw knees to the head but Cunningham is blocking nicely.
Ciprut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cunningham is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ciprut just leaning against Cunningham, taking a breather.

Cunningham manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ciprut working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ciprut lands an elbow that stopped Cunningham in his tracks for a moment.
Cunningham using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ciprut has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ciprut landing knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ciprut.
Ciprut misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ciprut throws an elbow but misses.
Ciprut stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cunningham looking to throw knees to the head but Ciprut is blocking nicely.
Cunningham managing to block the knees to the body from Ciprut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut pushes off an throws an elbow but Cunningham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ciprut working Cunningham over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ciprut.
Cunningham is breathing heavily.
Cunningham misses with an elbow over the top.
Cunningham takes an elbow to the forehead.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Cunningham. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Ciprut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciprut just leaning against Cunningham, taking a breather.
Cunningham is trying to break the clinch but Ciprut has him pressed against the cage.
Ciprut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ciprut takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ciprut misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ciprut with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cunningham tries to circle away but Ciprut has him pinned against the cage.
Ciprut is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cunningham throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kingsley Ciprut dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brad Cunningham's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ciprut closes the distance and clinches.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cunningham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ciprut is stalling here.
Ciprut landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ciprut looking to throw knees to the head but Cunningham is blocking nicely.
Ciprut missing with knees to the body.
Ciprut has Cunningham pressed against the cage, preventing Cunningham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ciprut letting Cunningham take a breather here.
Cunningham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but Ciprut blocks with his arms.
Ciprut pushes off an throws an elbow but Cunningham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ciprut has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ciprut lands a nice knee to the body.
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cunningham avoids it.
Ciprut landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cunningham takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ciprut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Ciprut.
Ciprut landing knees to the head.
Ciprut fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ciprut is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ciprut connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cunningham's face.
Ciprut misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ciprut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ciprut gets through Cunningham's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Cunningham is rocked!
Cunningham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cunningham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ciprut can't find room to land a body shot as Cunningham controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciprut's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cunningham tries a knee to the head but Ciprut blocks it.
Ciprut stalling against the cage.
Ciprut missing with knees to the body.
Ciprut can't find room to land a body shot as Cunningham controls the action.
Cunningham avoiding damage.
Ciprut lands a nice elbow.
Cunningham creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ciprut tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ciprut slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ciprut prevents it.
Cunningham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ciprut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cunningham is defending well for now.
Ciprut pushes off an throws an elbow but Cunningham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ciprut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ciprut manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ciprut lands a good knee to the midsection. Cunningham won't want to take too many of those.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ciprut avoids it.
Cunningham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cunningham misses with a knee to the head.
Ciprut misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ciprut lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ciprut comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ciprut prevents Cunningham from breaking the clinch.
Cunningham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ciprut goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ciprut obliges.
Ciprut managing to block the knees to the body from Cunningham.
Ciprut's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ciprut tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ciprut lands a knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kingsley Ciprut showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ciprut has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kingsley Ciprut!
Kingsley Ciprut tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.