PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cyril Cizek (ranked 3525 p4p, 1698 weight class) and Reynaud Brown (ranked 281 p4p, 152 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cizek
vs
Brown

170 cm
24
152
8 - 11 - 0

170 cm
23
148
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cyril Cizek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Reynaud Brown!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cizek swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Cizek slips a jab from Brown.
Brown on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cizek swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Brown counter with a right hand.

It looks like Cyril Cizek has been cut.
Brown throws a big shot that misses.

Cizek closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Cizek.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Cizek.
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Cizek is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Brown.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Cizek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cizek blocks an uppercut.
Cizek stalling in the clinch but Brown improves position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown lands with a left to the head.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cizek tries to stall but Brown uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Cizek.
Brown has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cizek seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Brown can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Cizek tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown works on Cizek's body with a couple of short punches.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown prevents a body shot from Cizek.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
Cizek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Cizek controls his hands.
Brown throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cizeks head.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Cizek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cizek throws a head punch that misses.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Cizek.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Cizek lands a left hand.
Brown lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Cizek.
Cizek working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Cizek misses with the head strike.
Cizek throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cizek backwards.
I was talking to Cizek's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cizek is looking to control Brown's arms but Brown gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cizek has his back to the cage.
Brown misses with some punches.
A short right from Brown.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cizek scores with a shoulder strike.
Brown cracks Cizek with a nice body shot.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Cizek.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a hook to the body.
Cizek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cizek lands with a left to the head.
Cizek will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Brown up against the cage.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cizek lands with a right to the head.
Cizek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brown scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cizek throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cizek blocking some punches.
Brown lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cizek.
Cizek misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown pushes Cizek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cizek scores with a hook to the body.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cizek.
Brown lands a body punch.
Brown working aggressively here.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown scores with a shot to the side of Cizek's head.
Cizek can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Cizek scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cizek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Cizek avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Cizek controls his hands.
A short right from Brown on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Reynaud Brown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cyril Cizek's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brown throws a series of punches but Cizek moves out of range.
Cizek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Cizek throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cizek connects with a single shot there.
Cizek misses with an uppercut.
Cizek throws a right and a left that Brown avoids nicely.
It seemed like Brown was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cizek tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown throws a right hand that misses
and Cizek counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cizek stalks Brown and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Brown's face. Brown staggers backwards, shaken.
Cizek misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Cizek lands.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
Cizek thuds a left hand into Brown's body.
Cizek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brown manages to avoid it.
Cizek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice jab there from Cizek.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cizek. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cizek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cizek.
Cizek throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Cizek is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Brown darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cizek lands with a good body shot.
Brown might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cizek scores with a one two! Brown had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cizek throws a body shot but no joy.
Cizek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cizek lands a jab.
Cyril Cizek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
A good leg kick by Cizek.
Cizek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cizek throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Cizek misses.
Brown lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cizek misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Brown counters with a huge left! Cizek is in big trouble! He's backing up but Brown isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Cizek from any more damage. A dominating finish by Brown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reynaud Brown!
Reynaud Brown seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.