PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Cyothen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Frogger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyothen comes to the cage accompanied by 7lions - one man symphony. The key to victory for Max Cyothen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Cyothen
vs
Frogger

225 cm
30
207 lbs
9 - 15 - 0

193 cm
21
204 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Cyothen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ben Frogger!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frogger takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Frogger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice defenses there by Frogger.
Cyothen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cyothen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cyothen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cyothen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Frogger defending well as Cyothen loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot lands for Cyothen.
Frogger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cyothen.
Frogger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cyothen moves away.
Frogger takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cyothen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tenacity Elite - 17 Coaches in the buildup to the fight.
Cyothen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cyothen looks to land a right hand but Frogger moved out of range.
Cyothen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Frogger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cyothen.
Cyothen throws a series of strikes that have Frogger backpedaling.
Cyothen misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frogger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frogger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Frogger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cyothen loads up on a big right hand but Frogger slips the punch.
Max Cyothen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cyothen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cyothen blocks a head kick by Frogger.
Cyothen cracks Frogger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cyothen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Froggers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Frogger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cyothen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cyothen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cyothen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cyothen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A jab lands there for Cyothen.
Frogger dodges the punch combination from Cyothen.
Cyothen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

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!
A jab from Cyothen misses.
Cyothen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cyothen lands a body shot.
Cyothen throws a sloppy body shot
and Frogger makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Frogger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cyothen.
Cyothen throws a shot to the body.
Cyothen scores with a jab to the body.
Cyothen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cyothen cracks a nice hook into Frogger's ribs.
Frogger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Frogger walks into a stiff left hand from Cyothen.
Frogger shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cyothen scores with a body shot.
Cyothen misses the shot to the body.
Frogger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cyothen.
Cyothen takes a swing at Frogger's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Cyothen.
A jab from Cyothen misses.
Cyothen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cyothen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frogger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cyothen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cyothen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Frogger.
Decent striking displayed by Cyothen there.
Cyothen throws a looping overhand right but Frogger ducks down to avoid it.
Cyothen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Frogger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cyothen loads up on a big right hand but Frogger slips the punch.
Cyothen cracks Frogger with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cyothen jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frogger on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cyothen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Max Cyothen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cyothen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cyothen scores with a nice right hand.
Cyothen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Cyothen misses the target.
Cyothen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Frogger drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Frogger thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the body from Cyothen misses

and Frogger counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cyothen dodges the ground and pound from Frogger.
Cyothen defending against the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Cyothen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice shot lands for Cyothen.
Frogger slips under a jab from Cyothen.
Cyothen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Froggers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cyothen misses the jab.
Cyothen misses with a telegraphed body shot

so Frogger counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Frogger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Frogger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cyothen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Frogger throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Frogger throwing strikes from guard but Cyothen blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cyothen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cyothen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Frogger.
Cyothen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cyothen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyothen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Frogger throws a big elbow that misses.
Frogger postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Frogger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cyothen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Frogger looks to land a left hand but Cyothen moved out of range nicely.
Cyothen misses with a straight left.
Cyothen throws the left hand but Frogger avoids the punch easily.
Cyothen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frogger can do to turn this around?
Frogger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut lands for Cyothen. That snapped Frogger's head back.
A slow jab from Cyothen misses its intended target.
Cyothen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frogger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cyothen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Cyothen there.
Cyothen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frogger has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Frogger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cyothen moves out of range as Frogger strikes.
Cyothen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cyothen misses with a left hand

and Frogger counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Cyothen!
The ground and pound from Frogger seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Frogger fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frogger misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cyothen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Frogger misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Frogger are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Frogger scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cyothen to see if he's OK.
Frogger misses with the ground and pound.
Frogger working the head and body with strikes.

Cyothen is rocked!
Frogger landing strikes.
Oh Cyothen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Frogger scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Cyothen is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Frogger can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Frogger!