PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cirus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carrera Villamora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cirus's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lonely Boy - The Black Keys. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Cirus
vs
Villamora

180 cm
34
168 lbs
19 - 15 - 1

193 cm
26
240 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 1, 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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carrera Villamora!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cirus gets the takedown into side control.
Villamora is looking for a sweep.
Cirus lands some shots froms side control.
Villamora gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Villamora is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cirus scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Villamora tries to get to full guard but Cirus has control of the leg.
Cirus working Villamora over with strikes.

Villamora looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Cirus there.
Villamora wants to improve his position but Cirus is controlling well.
Cirus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Villamora actively working from the bottom here.

Villamora actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cirus lands strikes from half guard.
Cirus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Villamora looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cirus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.

Villamora looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cirus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Villamora actively working from the bottom here.
Cirus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Villamora looking for submissions off his back.

Villamora looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cirus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Villamora looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Villamora tries to roll over but Cirus keeps him under control.
Cirus scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villamora is trying to get back to full guard.
Cirus slips a nice elbow through Villamora's hands, connecting with Villamora's forehead.
Nice strikes from Cirus there.

Villamora looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Villamora is staying active underneath Cirus, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Cirus working the head and body with strikes.
Cirus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Villamora is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cirus scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cirus scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cirus working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Villamora looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Villamora is not content to let Cirus control the position.
Cirus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Villamora is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cirus pulls his head out easily.
Cirus is controlling the pace.

Villamora is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cirus pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Villamora looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cirus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Villamora regains full guard. Nicely done.
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 a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Villamora looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Villamora working for a triangle but Cirus defends it easily.
Cirus trying to control the position from guard on top but Villamora is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Villamora escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cirus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Villamora is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cirus lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cirus lands a couple of digs.
Cirus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cirus sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Villamora's guard.

Villamora looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Villamora is trying to get back to full guard.
Cirus drops an elbow to the side of Villamora's head.
Villamora is trying to get back to full guard.

Villamora looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cirus working Villamora over with strikes.
Villamora is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cirus scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Cirus there.
Cirus drops an elbow to the side of Villamora's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cirus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cirus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Villamora is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cirus scores with a couple of nice shots.
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 interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cirus drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cirus wants to control from the top but Villamora keeps moving.

Villamora has his foot on Cirus's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cirus works his way back into a safe position though.
Cirus stands up over Villamora, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cirus is pushing down on Villamora's leg trying to pass to half guard. Villamora is fighting to maintain full guard but Cirus has managed to sneak the leg through.

Villamora is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cirus pulls his head out easily.

Villamora actively working from the bottom here.

Villamora actively working from the bottom here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Villamora is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Villamora is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cirus pulls his head out easily.
Cirus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cirus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Villamora moves into full guard.
Cirus with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Villamora is looking for a triangle but Cirus pushes his legs off easily.
Cirus cracks Villamora with a solid left hand.
Cirus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Villamora has his foot on Cirus's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cirus works his way back into a safe position though.
Cirus working some strikes from top position.
Villamora keeping moving, preventing Cirus from controlling successfully.
Cirus lands a couple of digs.
Cirus lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Cirus got a little sloppy there for a moment and Villamora has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cirus has managed to get both his arms back between Villamora's legs - danger averted.
Cirus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cirus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Villamora really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cirus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cirus slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cirus with a nice head shot there.
Cirus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Villamora can do to turn this around?
Cirus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tom Cirus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cirus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cirus landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cirus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cirus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cirus controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Villamora has his foot on Cirus's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cirus works his way back into a safe position though.
Cirus lands a couple of digs.

Villamora is rocked!
Cirus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Villamora is still in real trouble! Can Cirus finish him?
Cirus showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Villamora seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cirus scoring with punches to the head and body.

Villamora is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cirus might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cirus connects with a couple of short punches.

Villamora is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cirus defends well.
Cirus lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cirus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Villamora is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cirus is aware though and is defending well.

Villamora looking for a guillotine here but Cirus defends easily.
Villamora is breathing heavily.
Cirus chips away with some ground and pound.
Cirus with a nice head shot there.
Cirus distracts Villamora with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cirus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cirus arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Villamora's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tom Cirus!
During a confident post fight interview, Tom Cirus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Carrera Villamora stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will have break and come back and give a great fight for you guys! Thanks again to all who support me.'.