PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William S Burroughs (ranked 1600 p4p, 1681 weight class) and Mike Jones (ranked 239 p4p, 252 weight class). Burroughs comes to the cage accompanied by William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer. Mike Jones will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Burroughs
vs
Jones

180 cm
22
189
8 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
200
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA

PWNAGE Elite - $25 Tees

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William S Burroughs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Jones!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
A jab from Jones misses.
Burroughs jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Burroughs clinches.
Burroughs's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Burroughs.
Burroughs stalling the fight.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burroughs slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones throws a jab when Burroughs was well out of range.
Burroughs swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burroughs.

Jones gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burroughs.
Burroughs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burroughs's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burroughs controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Burroughs is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burroughs.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Burroughs lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burroughs is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Burroughs postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burroughs scoring with punches to the head and body.
Burroughs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs throws a big right hand that misses.
Burroughs throws a big elbow that misses.
Burroughs content to stall in guard here.
Jones is wriggling around but Burroughs manages to pass to half guard.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burroughs.
We've been hearing that Burroughs has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Burroughs has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Burroughs in particular looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burroughs.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burroughs is working away from the top position though.
Burroughs is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Burroughs wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.
Burroughs working the head and body with strikes.
Jones has hold of Burroughs's hands but Burroughs slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Burroughs throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Burroughs is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Jones reverses the position - he's now on top in Burroughs's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Burroughs is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Burroughs sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Burroughs has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Burroughs sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Burroughs with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

William S Burroughs dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Burroughs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burroughs takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burroughs shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Burroughs tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Burroughs back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Burroughs as Jones tries to tie him up.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Burroughs drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burroughs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burroughs scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burroughs swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burroughs turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Burroughs looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jones is avoiding damage well.
Burroughs scores with a couple of short elbows.
Burroughs throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Burroughs lands some shots froms side control.
Burroughs in side control lands a decent elbow.
Burroughs scoring with punches and elbows.

Jones is rocked!
Burroughs lands a strong strike to the head of Jones. That's dazed him! Burroughs looking to finish here. Jones is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Burroughs lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William S Burroughs!
Our winner, William S Burroughs, 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.