PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauro Fran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Black
vs
Fran

195 cm
26
290 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

193 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cyrus Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauro Fran!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black scores with a jab. Fran acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Mauro Fran has been cut.
Fran lands a nice leg kick that just misses Black's sensitive parts.
Black is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fran.
Fran misses with a hook.
Black loads up on a big right hand but Fran slips the punch.
Fran connects with a solid leg kick.
Fran throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fran looks to land a body kick but Black moved away.
Black throws a lazy right hand but Fran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Fran gets a clinch.
Fran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Fran.
Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Black's elbow.
Fran pushes Black back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Black's elbow.
Fran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fran misses with the head strike.
Fran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Black tries to work over Fran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fran misses with a body punch.
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fran misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Fran.
Fran throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fran tries to throw a body punch but Black avoids it by throwing Fran back against the cage.
Black blocks a body shot from Fran.
Fran lands a shot to the body.
Fran pushes Black back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blacks head.
Fran swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Black.

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

Black rushes Fran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fran has a couple of punches blocked by Black.
Fran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fran misses with the head strike.
Black blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauro Fran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mauro Fran's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Fran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Black.
Black takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Donk. Fran catches Black right on the button with a cross.

Fran instigates a clinch.

Fran breaks the clinch.

Black darts in and clinches Fran up against the cage.
Fran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fran.
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Black blocking some punches.
Fran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fran tries to throw a body punch but Black avoids it by throwing Fran back against the cage.
Fran misses with a body punch.
Black lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fran or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black gets through Fran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Black prevents a body shot from Fran.
A hook to the body from Fran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black blocks a body shot from Fran.
Black is leaning against Fran and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fran is breathing heavily.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Fran.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fran.
Black softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Black tries to work over Fran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fran lands with a left to the head.
Black scores with a shot to the side of Fran's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fran.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fran gets through Black's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Fran avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fran working aggressively here.
Fran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black working aggressively here.
Fran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blacks head.
Fran throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Fran.
Black prevents a body shot from Fran.
Fran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Black.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Black fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black lands with a right to the head.
Black misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cyrus Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice left hand lands by Fran.
Fran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Black's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauro Fran comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fran has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Mauro Fran!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Mauro Fran!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Mauro Fran!

Mauro Fran wins by unanimous decision!
Mauro Fran thanked the fans post fight for their support.