PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Burger (ranked 4154 p4p, 24635 weight class) and William Tate (ranked 94 p4p, 152 weight class). William Tate is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Burger
vs
Tate

190 cm
27
220
5 - 3 - 1

180 cm
20
210
5 - 13 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Burger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Burger scores with a nice head shot.
Burger lands a head kick!

It looks like William Tate has been cut.
Burger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tate tries to clinch up but Burger circles away and keeps his distance.
Tate closes the distance but Burger moves to the side
and Burger counters with a nice leg kick.
Burger works the jab nicely.
A good leg kick by Burger.
Burger throws a head kick that misses.
And Tate tries to counter it with a takedown but Burger pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Burger definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Burger connects with a single shot there.
Tate throws a hook but Burger blocks it.
Burger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burger circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burger counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burger lands with a slapping head kick.
Burger scores with a jab. Tate acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Tate is rocked!
Tate tries to clinch but Burger is having none of it.
Burger looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Burger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Burger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tate avoids the body shot from Burger.
Tate is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burger with a body shot.
Burger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tate.
Burger looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tate swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burger counters with a nice kick to the body.
Burger misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tate.
Tate tries to clinch up
and Burger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Burger pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Burger misses the target.
Burger scores with a jab to the body.
Burger scores with the left hand. Tate knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burger digs a good body shot into Tate's ribs.
Tate takes a swing at Burger's ribcage but misses.
Burger lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Burger pushes him off.
Burger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tate wants to counter with a clinch but Burger pushes him away.
Tate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burger scores with a jab to the head.
Burger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tate lands a right hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burger counters with a good low kick that Tate was not able to check.
Tate tries to bum rush Burger with a series of wild strikes but Burger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tate throws a right hand that Burger ducks under and follows up with a left that Burger also avoids with ease.
It looked like Burger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tate moves out of range of the strikes.
Burger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tate.
Burger scores with a one two! Tate had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That has opened up William Tate's cut even more.
Burger throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tate.
Tate is still on wobbly legs! Can Burger finish him?
William Tate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut there from Burger.
Tate throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burger counters with a crisp right that sends Tate to the canvas! Burger follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastian Burger!