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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guigui Borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus has chosen Lonely Boy - The Black Keys as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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160 lbs
20 - 38 - 1 |
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168 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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Counter fighter
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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
20 - 38 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guigui Borgne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Cirus!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borgne shoots in looking for a takedown but Cirus manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Borgne's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Borgne tries for a takedown but Cirus circles away easily
and Cirus counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Borgne's guard now.
Cirus trying to control but Borgne is working from the bottom.
Cirus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Borgne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Borgne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cirus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Borgne has momentary wrist control but Cirus slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Borgne is looking to stand up but Cirus isn't so interested in that idea.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cirus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cirus trying to control but Borgne is working from the bottom.
Cirus throwing strikes from guard but Borgne blocks nicely.
Borgne has control of Cirus's left arm, preventing Cirus from doing any damage.
Cirus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Cirus working his ground and pound in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cirus trying to control the position from guard on top but Borgne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cirus landing with the ground and pound.
Cirus throwing strikes from guard but Borgne blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cirus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cirus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Borgne avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borgne wants to stand and escape but Cirus is having none of it.
Cirus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Borgne keeping full guard, as Cirus tries to pass.
Cirus is looking to work some ground and pound but Borgne has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borgne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cirus.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cirus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Borgne is trying to keep Cirus in close.
Cirus is in close to Borgne's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cirus throwing strikes but missing.
Borgne wants to get back to his feet but Cirus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cirus throwing strikes from guard but Borgne blocks nicely.
Cirus distracts Borgne with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cirus works over Borgne with some ground and pound from guard.
Cirus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cirus landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borgne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cirus.
Cirus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cirus trying to control the position from guard on top but Borgne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cirus postures up and lands a big shot to Borgne's brow.
Cirus scoring with some ground and pound.
Cirus throwing strikes from guard but Borgne blocks nicely.
Cirus slips nicely into half guard.
Cirus looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Borgne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Borgne is trying to stand back up but Cirus is controlling him
Cirus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borgne wants to get back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Cirus there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirus stalling.
Cirus trying to pass the guard but Borgne defending well.
Cirus scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cirus content to control rather than advance.
Borgne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cirus pulls his head out easily.
Cirus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cirus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cirus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cirus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cirus is looking to take a break and control but Borgne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Cirus dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Borgne tries to sprawl but Cirus drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cirus lands a nice short elbow.
Borgne is trying to stand back up but Cirus is controlling him
Cirus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cirus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cirus is keen to just control but Borgne is a slippery customer.
Borgne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cirus.
Cirus lands strikes from half guard.
Cirus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cirus is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Borgne!
Cirus scoring with strikes but Borgne is staying in there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Borgne is bucking up trying to escape but Cirus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Borgne is rocked!
Cirus lands a big elbow - Borgne is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Borgne is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tom Cirus!
Our winner, Tom Cirus, 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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