PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Cierzniak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceth Isle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cierzniak
vs
Isle

195 cm
20
245 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

225 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robert Cierzniak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ceth Isle !
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cierzniak moves into the clinch successfully.
Isle wants to get back to striking at distance but Cierzniak won't allow it.
Cierzniak scores with a shoulder strike.
Cierzniak stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cierzniak scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cierzniak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cierzniak presses Isle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Isle working hard to break the clinch.
Isle is trying to push Cierzniak away but Cierzniak has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cierzniak is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cierzniak manages to break the clinch.

Cierzniak moves into range and clinches up with Isle .
Cierzniak keeps control of Isle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cierzniak throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Isle s head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isle dodges an elbow strike from Cierzniak.
Cierzniak lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Cierzniak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cierzniak's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Isle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cierzniak scrambles back to his feet.
Cierzniak misses with the combination.
Ceth Isle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cierzniak keeps the fight on the outside.
Isle has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Isle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Isle jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Cierzniak drives through and clinches with Isle against the cage.
Cierzniak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cierzniak has Isle pressed against the cage.
Isle tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cierzniak just stands there and leans against the cage.

Cierzniak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Isle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cierzniak swats away the attempt to clinch by Isle .
Cierzniak drops his hands momentarily and Isle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Isle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Cierzniak on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Cierzniak moves into the clinch successfully.

Cierzniak manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Isle lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cierzniak doesn't seem phased though.
Cierzniak looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cierzniak keeps the fight on the outside.

Isle gets tackled into the cage by Cierzniak. Cierzniak maintains the clinch.
Isle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cierzniak swings wildly with an uppercut but Isle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Isle has had enough of the clinch but Cierzniak keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cierzniak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cierzniak stalling.
Cierzniak dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cierzniak keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Isle 's efforts to push away.
Isle is trying to break free.
Cierzniak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cierzniak lands a right hand.
Isle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Isle tries to break free but Cierzniak pushes him back against the cage.
Cierzniak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Isle 's face.

It looks like Ceth Isle has been cut.
Isle fails to pull guard.
Isle is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cierzniak displaying some good clinch control by pressing Isle up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Isle is trying to break the clinch but Cierzniak has him pressed against the cage.
Cierzniak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Isle 's face.

Cierzniak breaks the clinch.

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

Cierzniak breaks the clinch.

Cierzniak darts in and clinches Isle up against the cage.
Isle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Isle tries to circle away but Cierzniak has him pinned against the cage.

Cierzniak's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cierzniak fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Isle manages to avoid it.
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!
Cierzniak swinging wildly here.
Isle takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Cierzniak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ceth Isle 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cierzniak closes the distance and clinches.

Cierzniak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Isle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Isle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Isle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Isle scores with a jab. Cierzniak acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Isle lands with a straight right. Cierzniak didn't see that one coming.
Cierzniak fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Isle on the side of the head.
Cierzniak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cierzniak fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Isle , pushing him back against the cage.
Cierzniak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cierzniak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Isle can do to turn this around?
Isle is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Isle wants to break free but Cierzniak has control.
Cierzniak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cierzniak is stalling here.
Cierzniak lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cierzniak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Cierzniak breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Isle scores with a nice right hand.
Cierzniak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Isle throws a wild hook but Cierzniak just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Isle gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Cierzniak raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Cierzniak!
An out of breath Robert Cierzniak thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.