PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Uncle Cyrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cyrus
vs
Faria

154 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
157 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Uncle Cyrus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Faria!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cyrus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cyrus avoids the head kick by Faria.
Cyrus throws a hook but Faria avoids it easily.
Cyrus could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cyrus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cyrus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cyrus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cyrus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cyrus is looking to clinch but Faria is avoiding it.
Cyrus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cyrus misses with a body kick.
Cyrus tries to clinch up but Faria circles away and keeps his distance.
Faria keeps the fight on the outside.
Faria connects with a solid leg kick.
Cyrus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Faria takes a step back to recover.
Faria takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cyrus scores with a nice body kick.
Faria pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cyrus is out of range and Faria settles back down.
Cyrus wants to clinch.
Cyrus tries to clinch up.
Cyrus wants to clinch up but Faria keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria lands with a shot to the body.
Faria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cyrus is breathing heavily.

Cyrus moves into the clinch.
Cyrus blocks an elbow strike from Faria.
Cyrus has Faria pressed against the cage, preventing Faria from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Faria blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Faria pulls guard successfully.
Cyrus might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Faria controls Cyrus momentarily but Cyrus frees himself.
Cyrus trying to control but Faria is working from the bottom.

Faria scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Faria lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Faria misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Faria tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cyrus swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Faria on the side of the head.
Cyrus tries to clinch there but Faria circles away.
Cyrus closes the distance but Faria moves to the side
and Faria counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faria keeps Cyrus at a distance using the push kick.
Cyrus clinches but Faria breaks the clinch
enabling Faria to counter with a crisp jab.
Cyrus avoids the head kick by Faria.
Cyrus looks to clinch
and Faria counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Faria lands with a kick to the temple. Cyrus shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Faria chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Faria takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Faria.
A short body shot lands from Cyrus as the two fighters clinch.

Faria manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Cyrus drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Faria manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Cyrus has Faria in his guard.
Faria is looking to stand up but Cyrus won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus trying to control the position.
Cyrus is trying to hold Faria in close to prevent damage but Faria has managed to pass into half guard.
Cyrus wants to improve his position but Faria is controlling well.
Cyrus is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cyrus misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cyrus trying to get back to full guard but Faria takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Cyrus flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Cyrus wants to control but Faria is having none of it.
Cyrus is trying to escape the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cyrus tries to lock up and control but Faria gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Faria dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Faria's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Faria duly obliges.
Cyrus darts in trying to clinch
and Faria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Faria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Faria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Faria tries to close the distance and clinch but Cyrus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cyrus tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Faria counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cyrus is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cyrus is looking to clinch.
Cyrus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cyrus manages to avoid it.
Cyrus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cyrus clinches but Faria breaks the clinch
and Faria counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cyrus tries to clinch up
and Faria counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyrus tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Faria counters with a low kick, right behind Cyrus 's knee.
Lucas Faria seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cyrus tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Faria counters with a slapping leg kick.
Faria checks a leg kick.
Faria thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cyrus if he has to take too many more of those.
Faria lands a nice shot to the body.
Faria is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cyrus rather than just go for the knockout.
Faria misses with a two punch combination.
Faria with a hook.
Faria works over Cyrus's head and body with a nice combination.
Faria circles away from the clinch attempt
and Faria counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Faria throws a right hand that Cyrus ducks under and follows up with a left that Cyrus also avoids with ease.
Cyrus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Faria is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Cyrus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Faria has taken the fight to the clinch.

Faria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faria lands a nice hook to Cyrus's body. Cyrus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Faria swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Faria lands a body shot.
Faria moves out of range of the leg kick from Cyrus.
Uncle Cyrus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cyrus scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Faria lands a nice looking body shot.
Faria has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Faria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cyrus looks to clinch
and Faria counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cyrus tries to clinch

and Faria counters by moving into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Cyrus.
Cyrus can't find room to land a body shot as Faria controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Faria's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cyrus swings wildly with an uppercut but Faria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faria lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Faria fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus tries a knee to the head but Faria blocks it.
Cyrus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cyrus leaning his opponent against the cage.
Faria looking to throw knees to the head but Cyrus is blocking nicely.
Faria is trying to force a seperation but Cyrus has the dominant position.
A right handed body shot lands from Cyrus.
Cyrus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cyrus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Faria has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Faria managing to block the knees to the body from Cyrus.
Cyrus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faria fails to pull guard.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cyrus misses with a punch to the body.
Cyrus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faria blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cyrus.
Faria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Faria breaks the clinch.
Faria throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cyrus tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Faria counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cyrus wants to clinch up but Faria keeps it at a distance.
Cyrus just misses with a punch to the body.
Faria dodges the punch combination from Cyrus.
Faria lands a head kick. Cyrus smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Faria doesn't manage to clinch there - Cyrus circles away.
Cyrus tries to clinch up
letting Faria counter with a right hand.
Cyrus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cyrus misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cyrus darts in trying to clinch
and Faria counters with a nice body shot.
Cyrus takes a swing at Faria's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Faria showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cyrus darts in trying to clinch
and Faria counters with a big head kick but Cyrus shrugs it off.
Cyrus looks to clinch
and Cyrus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Cyrus has Faria up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cyrus takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cyrus lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cyrus slows down the pace here.
Cyrus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Faria.
Cyrus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faria's elbow.
Faria blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cyrus misses with an elbow over the top.

Faria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Faria has Cyrus up against the cage in a clinch.
Faria misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cyrus looking to throw knees to the head but Faria is blocking nicely.
Cyrus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Faria avoids it.
Cyrus blocks an elbow strike.
Faria prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cyrus just leaning against Faria, taking a breather.
Cyrus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cyrus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cyrus prevents Faria from breaking the clinch.
Cyrus is trying to stall.

Faria pulls guard effortlessly.
Cyrus trying to move into half guard but instead Faria has managed to sweep!
Faria has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cyrus manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cyrus avoids the attempt from Faria to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cyrus misses with a head shot.
Faria manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Cyrus throws a strike but Faria avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Cyrus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Faria preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cyrus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Faria avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cyrus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Faria wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Faria wants it to stay on the feet.
Faria ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Faria connects with a high kick.
Faria lands with a slapping head kick.
Cyrus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faria swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice body kick there by Faria.
Cyrus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Faria lands with a kick to the temple. Cyrus shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cyrus looks to clinch
and Faria counters with a good, hard body kick but Cyrus shrugs it off.
Cyrus looks to clinch
and Faria makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cyrus really felt that one!
Faria is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Some wild striking there from Faria.
Cyrus lands with a kick to the temple. Faria shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cyrus closes the distance but Faria moves to the side
and Faria counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cyrus's knee momentarily.
Faria goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria moves in looking to clinch but Cyrus pushes him off.
Cyrus cracks Faria with an open hand slap.

Cyrus has taken the fight to the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cyrus lands an elbow just above Faria 's eye.
Cyrus works on Faria's body with a couple of short punches.
Cyrus lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Cyrus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cyrus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cyrus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faria is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Faria throws an elbow but misses.
Faria lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cyrus trying to land knees to the body.
Faria wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cyrus will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lucas Faria is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Faria blocks an elbow strike.
Faria blocks an uppercut.
Uncle Cyrus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cyrus lands a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Faria comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Faria winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Faria!