PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cyprien Noe Cyr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Masden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Masden's choice of entrance music: Metallica - --Human. Marshall Masden told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Noe Cyr
vs
Masden

168 cm
24
220 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

195 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cyprien Noe Cyr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marshall Masden!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cyr moves away.
Cyr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Masden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Masden misses.
Cyr connects with an inside leg kick.
Masden lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Cyr shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cyr showed some decent athleticism there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

Cyr wants to work for an arm triangle but Masden is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Cyr is working for a kimura but Masden is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Cyr is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Masden is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cyprien Noe Cyr!