PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Lonely Boy - The Black Keys. Bruce is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Migos-Y.R.H. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cirus
vs
Bruce

180 cm
32
168 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

189 cm
26
161 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

GREEN!160

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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Cirus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leo Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirus lands a head shot.

Bruce gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cirus.
Cirus is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bruce makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bruce lands an uppercut.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cirus avoids it.
Cirus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruce scores a nice knee to the body.
Bruce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Cirus avoids the damage to the body.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cirus avoids it.
Bruce misses with a punch on the inside.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
Cirus blocking some punches.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruce is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cirus managing to block the knees to the body from Bruce.
Bruce working aggressively here.
Cirus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bruce gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bruce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bruce utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cirus.
Bruce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cirus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cirus avoiding damage as Bruce throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cirus.
Bruce misses with the head strike.
Bruce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cirus is defending well for now.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Cirus avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
Cirus blocks an uppercut.
Cirus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bruce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cirus tries to score a body lock takedown but Bruce shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Cirus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cirus managing to block the knees to the body from Bruce.
Cirus managing to block the knees to the body from Bruce.
Bruce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cirus can't get the takedown.
Bruce lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Cirus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cirus managing to block the knees to the body from Bruce.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cirus wants a takedown but no success here.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Cirus avoids the damage to the body.
Cirus avoiding damage as Bruce throws knees to the body.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cirus.
Cirus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cirus.
Cirus avoiding damage as Bruce throws knees to the body.
Cirus blocking some punches.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Cirus avoids the damage to the body.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cirus avoids it.
Bruce utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cirus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce lands a good knee to the midsection. Cirus won't want to take too many of those.
Cirus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruce.
Cirus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bruce is defending well.
Bruce has a couple of punches blocked by Cirus.
Cirus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Cirus avoids the damage to the body.
Cirus managing to block the knees to the body from Bruce.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Cirus avoids the damage to the body.
Bruce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cirus can't get the takedown.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Cirus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruce swings wildly with an uppercut but Cirus uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Bruce dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bruce moves in looking to clinch but Cirus pushes him off.
Bruce tries to clinch up.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cirus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch but Cirus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cirus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cirus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cirus swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruce.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cirus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cirus shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bruce defends it nicely.
And Bruce tries to counter it with a takedown but Cirus pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Cirus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cirus landing a few strikes.
Cirus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cirus lands an elbow.
The ground and pound from Cirus seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Cirus.
Bruce has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bruce pushes Cirus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Cirus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Cirus.
Cirus creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bruce avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cirus.
Bruce takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bruce defending against the ground and pound.
Cirus misses with the ground and pound.
Bruce is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cirus is controlling him well.
The referee asks Cirus politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Cirus prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bruce takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ground and pound from Cirus seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirus scoring with punches and elbows.

Bruce is rocked!
Cirus in side control, throwing shots but Bruce defends.
Bruce is still in real trouble! Can Cirus finish him?
Cirus looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bruce is avoiding damage well.
Check out the look on Cirus's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Cirus lands a strong strike to the head of Bruce. That's dazed him! Cirus looking to finish here. Bruce is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Cirus lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Cirus!
Tom Cirus thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Leo Bruce was interviewed post fight and said 'got out skilled but it was a great match.'.