PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mairbek Taisumov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Cioran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taisumov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Castle in the snow. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taisumov
vs
Cioran

188 cm
25
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
221 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Alpha Nutrition HIGHEST QUALITY ON THE ISLAND
Vikai Gear Island

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mairbek Taisumov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Emil Cioran!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taisumov is looking to clinch.
Taisumov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taisumov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cioran paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taisumov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cioran manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taisumov moves out of range of the strikes.
Taisumov has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Taisumov staying out of range there.
A big right from Cioran misses.
Taisumov tries to clinch but Cioran moves out of range.

Cioran moves into range and clinches up with Taisumov.
Cioran makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cioran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cioran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cioran stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Taisumov avoiding damage.
Taisumov tries to throw a body punch but Cioran avoids it by throwing Taisumov back against the cage.
Cioran blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cioran.
Cioran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taisumov.
Cioran lands a shoulder strike.
Taisumov swings wildly with an uppercut but Cioran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cioran blocking some punches.
Taisumov stalling in the clinch but Cioran improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Taisumov fails to land.
Cioran swings wildly with an uppercut but Taisumov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taisumov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Cioran.
Taisumov blocks an uppercut.
Taisumov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Taisumov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taisumov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cioran lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taisumov letting Cioran take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cioran.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cioran lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taisumov backwards.
Taisumov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cioran lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cioran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taisumov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cioran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Taisumov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cioran misses with a punch to the body.
Cioran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cioran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cioran blocks an uppercut.
Taisumov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taisumov misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taisumov throws a head punch that misses.
Cioran's coach down at THE GYM (20 Elite coaches on the Island !!!) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Cioran's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Cioran misses with a punch to the body.
Cioran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cioran.
Taisumov misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cioran lands a left hand.
A short right from Cioran.
A right hook to the body lands for Cioran.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taisumov misses with some punches.
Cioran pushes Taisumov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cioran scores with a shot to the side of Taisumov's head.
Cioran throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cioran lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cioran lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Cioran scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taisumov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Cioran.
Cioran is working Taisumov over against the cage.
Taisumov is breathing heavily.
Taisumov takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Cioran.
Cioran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taisumovs head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cioran.
Cioran works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cioran.
A short right from Cioran on the inside.

Taisumov is rocked!
Cioran working aggressively here.
Cioran gets through Taisumov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Taisumov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Cioran.
Cioran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Cioran.
Taisumov seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cioran drops Taisumov onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Taisumov is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Cioran blocking some punches.
Cioran lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Taisumov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cioran throws a shot from downtown. Taisumov moves away and avoids it.
Taisumov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cioran manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Cioran rushes Taisumov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cioran.
Cioran has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cioran blocks an elbow strike.
Cioran throws a punch but it's blocked by Taisumov.
Cioran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cioran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taisumov pushes off an throws an elbow but Cioran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taisumov.
Cioran misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Cioran.
Cioran lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Taisumov tries to throw a body punch but Cioran avoids it by throwing Taisumov back against the cage.
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cioran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taisumov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cioran pushes Taisumov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cioran lands a hook that snaps the head of Taisumov backwards.

Cioran drops Taisumov onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Taisumov is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cioran pushes Taisumov against the cage. Cioran is working some dirty boxing. Cioran pushes off with a quick right hook! Taisumov goes down! Taisumov tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Cioran moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emil Cioran!
A relieved looking Emil Cioran thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.