PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus comes to the cage accompanied by Lonely Boy - The Black Keys. Tom Cirus had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Cirus
vs
Wilson

180 cm
30
168 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

178 cm
32
165 lbs
21 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Center Cage Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Cirus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lee Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirus shoots in looking for a takedown but Wilson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cirus's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Cirus closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cirus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wilson is looking to improve his position.
Wilson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cirus looking to sit in guard and control but Wilson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wilson won't allow Cirus to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson trying to control but Cirus is working from the bottom.
I've been told that Wilson has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Wilson prevents Cirus from getting back to his feet.
Wilson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cirus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cirus slips a jab and a cross from Wilson.
Cirus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wilson's waist but Wilson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cirus off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Cirus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cirus chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wilson can pounce on him.
Wilson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wilson as he jumps to the side.
Cirus will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cirus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Wilson finds it's way through Cirus's defenses.
Wilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cirus moves away.
Wilson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cirus slips a straight right by Wilson.
Wilson throws a leg kick but Cirus sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Wilson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cirus manages to avoid it.
Wilson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cirus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wilson is fending him off so far but Cirus persists. Nope, Wilson circles away and we're back to standing.
Wilson lands a really nice looking cross but Cirus seems unphased.
Wilson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ciruss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Cirus is rocked!
Wilson pounces like a tiger and cracks Cirus with a vicious hook! Cirus is down but not out! Wilson follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lee Wilson!
Lee Wilson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.