PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lonely Boy - The Black Keys. This should be fireworks!

Cirus
vs
Bishop

180 cm
32
168 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

172 cm
43
145 lbs
37 - 34 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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 19 - 12 - 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 37 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cirus looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Bishop!
The strikes coming from Cirus are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cirus throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Bishop works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Cirus trying to control the action but Bishop is working from the bottom.
Cirus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bishop defending well though.
Cirus throwing shots but Bishop is blocking nicely.
Cirus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bishop is refusing to be controlled, as Cirus sits in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bishop tries to roll over but Cirus keeps him under control.
Cirus throwing shots but Bishop is blocking nicely.
Cirus not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bishop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cirus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cirus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cirus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cirus throwing strikes but missing.
Cirus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bishop works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cirus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cirus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bishop trying to control the position here.
Bishop bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cirus's guard.
Bishop lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cirus keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Bishop prevents Cirus from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cirus.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown but Bishop shows good takedown defense.
And Bishop tries to counter it with a takedown but Cirus pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Bishop shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cirus napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cirus wants to get back to his feet.
Cirus's coaches at Animal House have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Bishop lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cirus down.
Cirus is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Bishop stalls from top position.
Bishop prevents Cirus from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop trying to control the position but Cirus is working away.
Cirus takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cirus takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bishop scoring with punches and elbows.
Bishop prevents Cirus from escaping the position.
Bishop landing strikes.
Bishop passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Cirus!
You get the feeling that Cirus really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Bishop with shots to the head and body - Cirus looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bishop looking to control but Cirus is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cirus tries to buck Bishop off but he can't manage it.
Cirus is bucking up trying to escape but Bishop cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop lands a big shot to the head and Cirus winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bryan Bishop!
Bryan Bishop thanked the fans post fight for their support.