PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Burke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Burke acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Page
vs
Burke

201 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
255 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Burke!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burke looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Burke.

Burke is trying to get an arm triangle but Page is defending well.

Burke is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Page has escaped the position, nice work there.
Page is trying to improve his position.
Burke trying to control the position but Page is working away.
Page is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Burke's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Page is looking for a sweep. Burke is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Burke scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke is trying to control the action in half guard but Page is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Burke is working for a kimura but Page is defending it quite comfortably.
Page is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Burke is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Page defends it well.
Burke looks gassed!
Page flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Page knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Burke on the ground.
Page is trying to control but can't.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Page darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Page is thwarting Burke's attempts to control the position.
Page 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.
Page is looking to take a break and control but Burke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burke is looking for a sweep. Page is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Burke should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Page wants to take a breather but Burke is having none of it.
Burke trying to control but Page postures up.
Burke has hold of Page's hands but Page slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Page thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Burke's head.

Page is looking for a kimura here.
Page is nestled in close to Burke, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Page is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Burke is just riding it out for now. Page eventually gives up the hold.
Page thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Burke trying to control but Page postures up.
Page throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Burke trying to control but Page postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Page shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Burke is trying to defend but Page finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Burke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Burke is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Page pulls his head out easily.
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. Page connects with a nice short shot to Burke's temple.
Page slips a nice elbow through Burke's hands, connecting with Burke's forehead.
Burke is refusing to be controlled, as Page sits in half guard.
Burke is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Page dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Page scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Page lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Page trying to pass the guard but Burke defending well.
Page is looking to take a break and control but Burke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burke is trying to get back to full guard.
Burke gets back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Burke is looking for a triangle but Page pushes his legs off easily.

Burke is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Page trying to control but Burke is working from the bottom.
Page stands and throws Burke's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Page tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Page has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Page lands an elbow.
Burke is trying to control Page's posture but Page avoids it.

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.
Page controlling from side mount.
Check out the look on Page's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Burke is working to avoid the ground and pound but Page connects with a decent elbow.
Burke takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Burke taking punishment in the form of punches.
Page cracks Burke with a big right hand but Burke just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Page will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Page trying to control the position but Burke is working away.
Page lands a few punches from side control.
Page trying to control the position but Burke is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Page is trying to get an arm triangle but Burke is defending well.
Burke can't do much from the bottom here.

Page decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Page avoids a punch combination nicely.

Burke gets caught flat footed, as Page shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Page!
Page is in all sorts of trouble here.
Burke lands a nice shot to the head.

Page defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Burke.
Page has given up his back.

Burke working for a choke but Page is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Page dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Burke with a lazy takedown attempt

and Page counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Burke looking for submissions off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Page lands a nice short elbow.
Burke wants to control but Page is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Page is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Burke sees it coming and defends easily.
Page 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.
Page lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Page takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Page is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Burke is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke moves into full guard.

Burke is looking for a triangle but Page pushes his legs off easily.
Page throwing strikes from guard but Burke blocks nicely.

Burke looking for a guillotine here but Page defends easily.
Page keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Burke's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burke looking for a guillotine here but Page defends easily.

Page thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Page landing some decent shots from guard.
Burke controls Page momentarily but Page frees himself.
Page stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burke working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Page.
Page content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Page's guard.
Burke wants to control from the top but Page keeps moving.
Sean Page is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Page on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Page tries to get out of the position.
Page trying to keep a closed guard but Burke is proving a slippery customer.
Burke preventing the sweep.

Burke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Burke trying to control the position from guard on top but Page is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Page is pulling down on Burke's head to control his posture.

That's four 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.
Burke trying to control but Page is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Burke circles away from the clinch attempt.

Page scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Burke is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Page trying to mount his opponent but Burke defends it.
Burke is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Page's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Page's back!
Burke throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Tom Burke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burke controlling well, preventing Page from escaping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Page showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Page has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Page!