PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stuart Burrows (ranked 1156 p4p, 3171 weight class) and Shu Fang Tzeng (ranked 81 p4p, 222 weight class). Burrows's entrance music is Baba O'Riley. A fine choice. Tzeng has chosen Mantra Chant as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Burrows
vs
Tzeng

162 cm
31
135
17 - 4 - 1

165 cm
42
127
34 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stuart Burrows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shu Fang Tzeng!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burrows tries to sprawl but Tzeng drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Burrows misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Burrows tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Burrows misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Burrows works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tzeng pushes down on Burrows's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Burrows flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Burrows is looking to improve his position.
Burrows missing with punches from the bottom.
Burrows missing with punches from the bottom.
Burrows throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burrows manages to get to full guard.

Tzeng is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Burrows throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tzeng thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Burrows will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Burrows tries to strike from the bottom.
Burrows trying to strike off his back.

Tzeng drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tzeng jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Burrows throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Burrows trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Tzeng trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Burrows trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Tzeng drops back looking for a leg! Burrows is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Burrows manages to kick Tzeng off! Tzeng jumps back into Burrows's guard.

Tzeng is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Burrows throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Tzeng closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Burrows to the mat! Burrows manages to get full guard.
Burrows tries to strike from the bottom.
Burrows trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Burrows doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Tzeng wants to pass the guard but Burrows is keeping the position.
Burrows will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Burrows throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Burrows thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Burrows doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tzeng drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tzeng jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tzeng stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burrows swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burrows thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Burrows throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Burrows trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Tzeng thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzeng slips nicely into half guard.

Tzeng is working for a kimura but Burrows is defending it quite comfortably.

Tzeng is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Burrows sees it coming and defends easily.
Burrows misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Tzeng wants to work for an arm triangle but Burrows is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Burrows gets back to full guard.
Burrows throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Burrows throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Burrows striking off his back but it's not causing Tzeng any problems.
Burrows doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrows throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Burrows throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Burrows will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tzeng looking to pass the guard.
Burrows trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Burrows trying to strike off his back.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Tzeng throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Burrows tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Tzeng is in Burrows's guard.

Tzeng is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Burrows throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Burrows throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burrows throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Burrows will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Tzeng is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Burrows tries to strike from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shu Fang Tzeng dominated that round.
That's time! Burrows's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Burrows gets caught napping as Tzeng dives in and scores a takedown. Burrows manages to retain guard.
Burrows trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Burrows will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Burrows striking off his back but it's not causing Tzeng any problems.
Burrows throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Burrows throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Tzeng passes Burrows's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Tzeng is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Burrows doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tzeng.
Burrows misses with some strikes from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burrows flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shu Fang Tzeng has got the better of the ground game so far.

Tzeng is working for a kimura but Burrows is defending it quite comfortably.

Tzeng is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrows flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Burrows strikes from the bottom but Tzeng passes into mount!
Burrows flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Burrows flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Burrows throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tzeng. What's that going to do exactly?

Tzeng looking for a guillotine from mount but Burrows is having none of it.
Burrows throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tzeng. What's that going to do exactly?
Burrows is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Burrows is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.

Tzeng looking to secure an arm triangle but Burrows defends it well.
Burrows swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrows throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tzeng. What's that going to do exactly?
Burrows flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Burrows is in all sorts of trouble here.

Tzeng looking to secure an arm triangle but Burrows defends it well.

Tzeng working for a guillotine from mount but Burrows is in no mood to give up.

Tzeng is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Burrows to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Burrows shrugs it off.
Burrows throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tzeng. What's that going to do exactly?
Tzeng blocks Burrows's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Burrows is wriggling around trying to escape.
Burrows throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Burrows is trying desperately to improve position.
Burrows throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tzeng. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrows throwing hammer fists to the chest of Tzeng. What's that going to do exactly?

Tzeng has hold of Burrows's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Burrows manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Tzeng is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Burrows is surviving well by controlling Tzeng's body position as best he can.
Burrows keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Tzeng wants to take Burrows's back but he can't do it this time.

Tzeng is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Burrows to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Burrows shrugs it off.
Burrows is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Tran MMA Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Burrows bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Tzeng controls Burrows momentarily but Burrows frees himself.
Tzeng avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burrows throwing strikes from guard but Tzeng blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tzeng avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burrows trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burrows accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burrows missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Burrows avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Burrows loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Tzeng had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Burrows defends it easily.
Burrows missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tzeng utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tzeng working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burrows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burrows accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Burrows is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Tzeng has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Burrows is looking to defend but Tzeng has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Burrows! Tzeng pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Burrows taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Shu Fang Tzeng!
Shu Fang Tzeng seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.