PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darrian Ashoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyprien Noe Cyr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyr has chosen Frog Song as his entrance music. Cyprien Noe Cyr is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ashoka
vs
Noe Cyr

190 cm
28
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

168 cm
29
220 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Divinity 160Q
Backyard Fighting

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darrian Ashoka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cyprien Noe Cyr!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ashoka keeps the fight on the outside.

Cyr has Ashoka up against the cage in a clinch.
Cyr is looking for a takedown.
Cyr throws an elbow but it misses.
Ashoka lands a knee to the body.
Cyr takes a shot to the head.
Ashoka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Cyprien Noe Cyr has been cut.
Ashoka managing to block the knees to the body from Cyr.
Ashoka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Ashoka.
Cyr missing with knees to the body.
Cyr trying to land knees to the body.
Cyr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ashoka is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ashoka lands an elbow inside that Cyr shrugs off.
Ashoka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cyr trying to land knees to the body.
Cyr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ashoka avoids it.
Ashoka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cyr tries a knee to the head but Ashoka blocks it.
Ashoka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ashoka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cyr backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyr trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Ashoka - that landed with a thud.
Cyr looks winded!
Ashoka is trying to stall.
Cyr tries to land knees in the clinch but Ashoka avoids the damage to the body.

Ashoka breaks the clinch.
Ashoka cracks Cyr with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cyr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Cyr is rocked!

That has opened up Cyprien Noe Cyr's cut even more.
Ashoka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cyr throws a head kick but Ashoka moves out of range.

Ashoka gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Ashoka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ashoka fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Cyr to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Cyr looks to clinch but Ashoka throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Cyr taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Darrian Ashoka!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Darrian Ashoka waved his t-shirt featuring Backyard Fighting's logo in front of the cameras.