PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carrion Mawae Wordsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Burgos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Carrion Mawae Wordsen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Mawae Wordsen
vs
Burgos

183 cm
22
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carrion Mawae Wordsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pedro Burgos!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burgos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Burgos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mawae Wordsen's head.
Burgos is in close to Mawae Wordsen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Burgos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Burgos throws a big right hand that misses.
Burgos passes Mawae Wordsen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Burgos prevents Mawae Wordsen from improving his position.
Burgos working the head and body with strikes.
Mawae Wordsen is trying to maintain the position but Burgos is very close to passing his half guard.
Burgos misses with a head shot. Mawae Wordsen uses the momentum to regain guard.
Burgos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burgos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mawae Wordsen can't keep his opponent in guard - Burgos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Mawae Wordsen is trying to control but can't.
Burgos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mawae Wordsen defending well though.
Burgos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Burgos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Burgos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mawae Wordsen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Burgos 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.
Burgos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mawae Wordsen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burgos is working away from the top position though.
Burgos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Burgos misses with a head shot. Mawae Wordsen uses the momentum to regain guard.
Burgos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Burgos passes into half guard.
Burgos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mawae Wordsen trying to control but Burgos postures up.
Burgos lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgos is trying to control. Mawae Wordsen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ground and pound from Burgos.
Burgos looks gassed!
Mawae Wordsen wants to get back to his feet.
Burgos winds up and cracks Mawae Wordsen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Burgos connects with a nice short shot to Mawae Wordsen's temple.
Mawae Wordsen is trying to control but can't.
Mawae Wordsen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burgos.
Mawae Wordsen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mawae Wordsen is pressing down on Burgos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mawae Wordsen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Burgos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burgos with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mawae Wordsen trying to keep a closed guard but Burgos is proving a slippery customer.
Burgos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Burgos distracts Mawae Wordsen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Burgos landing with the ground and pound.
Burgos throwing strikes but missing.
Burgos scoring with punches to the head and body.

Mawae Wordsen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Burgos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mawae Wordsen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Burgos scoring with some ground and pound.
Burgos trying to control but Mawae Wordsen is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Burgos dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mawae Wordsen has his takedown stuffed

and Burgos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Burgos passes Mawae Wordsen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Burgos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mawae Wordsen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mawae Wordsen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burgos landing with the ground and pound.
Burgos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burgos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgos wants to control from the top but Mawae Wordsen keeps moving.
Mawae Wordsen looking for a sweep. Not yet Mawae Wordsen, not yet.
Burgos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mawae Wordsen's head.
Burgos throws and elbow that misses. Mawae Wordsen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Burgos's guard. Nice move by Mawae Wordsen!
Burgos trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Mawae Wordsen wants to control from the top but Burgos keeps moving.
Burgos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mawae Wordsen taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mawae Wordsen is bucking up trying to escape but Burgos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mawae Wordsen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Burgos unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Burgos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mawae Wordsen is trying desperately to improve position.
Mawae Wordsen taking shots to the head.
Burgos with shots to the head and body - Mawae Wordsen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Burgos dominating with strikes here.
Mawae Wordsen can't escape the position.
Burgos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mawae Wordsen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Burgos with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgos with the ground and pound from mount.
Burgos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Mawae Wordsen is looking to improve his position but Burgos isn't that keen on the idea.
Burgos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mawae Wordsen is trying to escape the mount.
Burgos landing punches.
Burgos breaks from Mawae Wordsen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mawae Wordsen gets back to half guard.
Burgos wants to pass to mount but Mawae Wordsen is defending the position.
Ground and pound from Burgos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mawae Wordsen tries to get to full guard but Burgos has control of the leg.
Burgos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mawae Wordsen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Burgos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Burgos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mawae Wordsen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burgos.
Mawae Wordsen gets back to full guard.
Burgos throws and elbow that misses. Mawae Wordsen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Burgos's guard. Nice move by Mawae Wordsen!
Burgos throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Mawae Wordsen slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Burgos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Burgos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Mawae Wordsen misses with a takedown

and Burgos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mawae Wordsen!
Burgos landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Burgos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Burgos with shots to the head and body - Mawae Wordsen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Burgos with good strikes from the mount here!
Burgos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Burgos lands a big shot there that rocks Mawae Wordsen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mawae Wordsen is bucking up trying to escape but Burgos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mawae Wordsen is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mawae Wordsen's face.
Mawae Wordsen tries to hold on but Burgos postures up.
Burgos landing strikes from the mount and Mawae Wordsen is in trouble!
Mawae Wordsen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Burgos.
Burgos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Burgos breaks from Mawae Wordsen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mawae Wordsen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mawae Wordsen wants to hold on but Burgos pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mawae Wordsen is trying to escape the mount.
Burgos lands a big elbow.
Burgos lands a nice shot to the head.
Burgos with a couple of short strikes.
Burgos working the ground and pound effectively.
Burgos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mawae Wordsen is looking to escape.
Mawae Wordsen gets back to half guard.
Mawae Wordsen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Burgos chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Burgos landing some decent shots from guard.
Mawae Wordsen keeping moving, preventing Burgos from controlling successfully.
Mawae Wordsen wants to get back to his feet but Burgos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Burgos trying to control the position from guard on top but Mawae Wordsen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mawae Wordsen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burgos is one step ahead there.
Burgos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mawae Wordsen shoots in and drives through. Burgos sprawls well.

Burgos feints and as Mawae Wordsen raises his hands in defense, Burgos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Burgos is looking to advance position but Mawae Wordsen has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Burgos is trying to reverse the position but instead Mawae Wordsen has taken his back - oops!
Pedro Burgos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Will Mawae Wordsen go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Burgos looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Carrion Mawae Wordsen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mawae Wordsen doesn't have the hooks in and Burgos manages to turn into his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Burgos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burgos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Burgos!