PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silverback Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus comes into the arena with Lonely Boy - The Black Keys blaring out of the sound system. Lesnar has chosen go coors! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Silverback Lesnar enters the cage!

Cirus
vs
Lesnar

180 cm
33
168 lbs
19 - 14 - 1

166 cm
48
287 lbs
38 - 25 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 1, 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 38 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silverback Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar walks into a jab.
Cirus goes for a double leg but Lesnar avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Lesnar continues to drive forward.

Cirus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Lesnar throws Cirus to one side and escapes!
Lesnar misses with a double jab.
Lesnar throws a body punch but Cirus moves out of range.
Cirus drops down looking for a counter takedown but Lesnar sprawls and moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lesnar throws a jab when Cirus was well out of range.
Cirus changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Cirus shoots for a takedown but Lesnar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Cirus shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lesnar napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cirus working the head with strikes.
Lesnar is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Cirus working the head with strikes.
Cirus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cirus throws an elbow but Lesnar slips to the side and avoids it well.
Lesnar is pushing Cirus's head away, looking to escape. Cirus manages to hold on to the position though.
Cirus looks up at the clock and then as Lesnar takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cirus smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirus throwing shots but missing, from side control.
We've been hearing that Cirus has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cirus lands a nice forearm strike.
Cirus is putting a hurting on Lesnar here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lesnar avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cirus.
Lesnar managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cirus.
Lesnar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Cirus.
The ground and pound from Cirus seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lesnar taking a bit of punishment here - Cirus scoring with strikes.
Cirus in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cirus working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lesnar managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cirus.
Cirus working the ground and pound.
Lesnar dodges the ground and pound from Cirus.
Cirus grinds an elbow into Lesnar's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cirus working the ground and pound.
Cirus trying to control the position but Lesnar is working away.
Cirus creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lesnar taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cirus with the ground and pound but Lesnar regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Cirus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cirus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cirus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cirus looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lesnar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cirus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cirus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cirus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cirus drops an elbow to the side of Lesnar's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cirus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cirus is nestled in close to Lesnar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
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 working Lesnar over with strikes.
Cirus scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cirus is trying to control. Lesnar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cirus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cirus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cirus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lesnar's head.
Cirus working Lesnar over with strikes.
Cirus throws a strike but Lesnar avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Cirus works over Lesnar with some ground and pound from guard.
Cirus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cirus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cirus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cirus looking to pass the guard.
Cirus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cirus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cirus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cirus postures up in Lesnar's guard and throws a big left but Lesnar blocks it.
Cirus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cirus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cirus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cirus is looking to work some ground and pound but Lesnar has wrist control.
Cirus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cirus works over Lesnar with some ground and pound from guard.
Cirus will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lesnar wants to stand but Cirus is controlling the position.
Cirus throws a strike but Lesnar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lesnar prevents Cirus from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lesnar enables Cirus to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lesnar manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Cirus engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Cirus won't allow Lesnar to get back to his feet.
Cirus scoring with some ground and pound.
Cirus postures up and lands a big shot to Lesnar's brow.
Cirus stops Lesnar from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cirus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cirus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cirus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cirus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cirus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cirus is in close to Lesnar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lesnar keeping moving, preventing Cirus from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cirus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cirus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lesnar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cirus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cirus landing some decent shots from guard.
Cirus with a nice head shot there.
Cirus trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
Tom Cirus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cirus throwing strikes but missing.
Lesnar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cirus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cirus throws an elbow that misses. Lesnar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cirus's guard. Nice move by Lesnar!

Cirus is wriggling around but Lesnar manages to pass to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirus looks like he's trying to stand up.

Lesnar stands up and beckons Cirus to join him on the feet.
Cirus gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lesnar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lesnar as he jumps to the side.
Lesnar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lesnar just misses with a punch to the body.
Lesnar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lesnar wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Cirus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cirus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lesnar throws out a counter right but Cirus avoids it with no problem.
Cirus fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cirus shoots in looking for a takedown but Lesnar manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cirus's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lesnar throws a looping overhand right but Cirus ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Lesnar misses.
Cirus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lesnar.
Nice takedown defense from Lesnar. No joy for Cirus on that attempt.
Lesnar appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Cirus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cirus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cirus blocking some punches.
Lesnar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cirus blocks an elbow strike.
Cirus drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lesnar pulls his leg out and moves away.
Cirus darts in looking for a takedown but Lesnar gets double underhooks and turns Cirus into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cirus bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cirus cracks Lesnar with a big right hand but Lesnar just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lesnar throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Lesnar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lesnar loads up on a big right hand but Cirus slips the punch.
Cirus half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Lesnar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cirus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lesnar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A combination from Lesnar does no damage.
Cirus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lesnar can do to turn this around?
Cirus fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silverback Lesnar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lesnar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lesnar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cirus scores with a nice strike.
Lesnar stuffs the takedown.
Cirus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Cirus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lesnar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lesnar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
No luck for Cirus with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lesnar stuffs the takedown attempt from Cirus. Cirus gets slowly back to his feet.
Cirus fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cirus moves away.
Lesnar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cirus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cirus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lesnar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cirus tries for a takedown but Lesnar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lesnar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cirus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown but Lesnar shows good takedown defense.
Cirus shoots in looking for a takedown. Lesnar tries to sprawl out of it but Cirus keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lesnar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lesnar tries to close the distance and clinch but Cirus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lesnar missing with a left hand there. Cirus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirus tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lesnar swivels and escapes.
Cirus shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lesnar sprawls well. Lesnar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cirus gets slowly back to his feet.
Lesnar throws a jab when Cirus was well out of range.
Cirus fails to land the takedown.
Lesnar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cirus with a body shot.
Silverback Lesnar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cirus shoots in looking for a takedown. Lesnar tries to sprawl out of it but Cirus keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lesnar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cirus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lesnar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cirus was well out of range. Poor timing from Lesnar.

Cirus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cirus is trying to drag Lesnar to the mat but Lesnar just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cirus looking for a takedown.
Lesnar stops a takedown attempt from Cirus.
Cirus avoids the elbow strike from Lesnar, against the cage.
Lesnar tries to work over Cirus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lesnar stops a takedown attempt from Cirus.
Lesnar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lesnar lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirus wants a takedown.
Lesnar lands a body shot.
Lesnar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cirus.
Lesnar lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tom Cirus has been cut.
Cirus is working for takedown but Lesnar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cirus blocks the elbow strike.
Cirus is working for takedown but Lesnar is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lesnar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ciruss head.
Lesnar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silverback Lesnar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lesnar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silverback Lesnar!