PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Belyaev (ranked 246 p4p, 573 weight class) and Cyril Cizek (ranked 28 p4p, 52 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Daniel Belyaev has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Daniel Belyaev seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Belyaev
vs
Cizek

178 cm
31
152
14 - 6 - 0

170 cm
29
152
15 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Wrestler Wayfare

Wrestler Wayfare

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Belyaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cyril Cizek!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belyaev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Belyaev fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cizek throws out a counter right but Belyaev avoids it with no problem.
Belyaev takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Belyaev shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Belyaev missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Belyaev slips a nice elbow through Cizek's hands, connecting with Cizek's forehead.
Belyaev thows a huge punch but Cizek dodges it nicely.
Belyaev missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cizek has hold of Belyaev's hands but Belyaev slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Belyaev missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Belyaev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Belyaev works his way into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belyaev dominating with strikes here.
Cizek is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Belyaev lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cizek is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belyaev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belyaev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cizek?

Cizek is rocked!
Cizek's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Cizek is still in real trouble! Can Belyaev finish him?
Belyaev breaks from Cizek's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Belyaev postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Cizek in real trouble here! The ref calls for Cizek to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Belyaev!
Our winner, Daniel Belyaev, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.