PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Slick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Burgos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burgos has chosen Stronger as his entrance music. The key to victory for Nick Slick has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Slick
vs
Burgos

180 cm
23
196 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Determined

Random Name Supplements

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Slick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pedro Burgos!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slick throws a leg kick which misses Burgos's front leg but catches the back leg as Burgos tries to avoid it.

Slick closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Burgos is letting Slick control him for a moment.
Slick wants to control but Burgos is keeping him busy.
Burgos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Burgos wants to control but Slick postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Slick is looking for a sweep. Burgos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Burgos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Slick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burgos.
Slick wants to get back to full guard.
Burgos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Burgos winds up and cracks Slick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burgos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Burgos is looking for a kimura but Slick is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Burgos to get the leverage.
Burgos trying to mount his opponent but Slick defends it.
Burgos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Burgos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Slick finds it's way round the side to connect with Burgos's head.
Nick Slick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slick shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Burgos as he jumps to the side.
Burgos shoots in looking for a takedown. Slick tries to sprawl out of it but Burgos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Slick manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Burgos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Slick's guard.
Slick is adopting a defensive guard.
Burgos thows a big elbow that misses.
Slick avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burgos postures up in Slick's guard and throws a big left but Slick blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burgos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burgos preventing the sweep.
Burgos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burgos chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slick has control of Burgos's left arm, preventing Burgos from doing any damage.
Slick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Slick lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Burgos!
Slick is breathing heavily.
Slick controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgos is trying desperately to improve position.
Slick has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Burgos's face.
Slick takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Burgos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Burgos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nick Slick will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Burgos with a poor takedown
and Slick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Burgos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Slick napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Both fighters take a look at the clock.

Burgos goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Slick rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Burgos's guard! Nice work there by Slick!
Slick slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Burgos looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Burgos has control of Slick's left arm, preventing Slick from doing any damage.
Slick won't allow Burgos to sweep him here.
Burgos keeping moving, preventing Slick from controlling successfully.
Slick is stalling in the full guard.
Slick trying to control but Burgos is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burgos 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.
Slick trying to control the position from guard on top but Burgos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burgos wants to sweep but no luck.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Slick shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice uppercut there from Slick.
Slick connects with a high kick.
Slick misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
No joy there for Slick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Slick moves in looking to clinch but Burgos pushes him off.
Slick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burgos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burgos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Slick counters with a low kick, right behind Burgos 's knee.
Slick scoring well with a low kick there.
Nick Slick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Slick tries a head kick but it misses.
No luck for Burgos with that takedown attempt.
Nick Slick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Burgos.
Slick looks to land a combination but Burgos avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Slick connects with a high kick.
Burgos with a lazy takedown attempt

and Slick counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Slick.
Burgos wants a takedown.
Slick can't find room to land a body shot as Burgos controls the action.
Slick has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Burgos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Slick drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Burgos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Slick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burgos avoids it.
A right handed body shot lands from Slick.
Burgos managing to block the knees to the body from Slick.
Slick tries for a takedown but Burgos manages to get underhooks.
Slick prevents a takedown attempt there.
Burgos goes for a takedown attempt but Slick pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Slick dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Burgos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Burgos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
A nice elbow there by Burgos.
Burgos looking to finish with strikes here!
Slick in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Slick blocking the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burgos throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Burgos is working for a guillotine from mount but Slick frees his head quite easily.
Burgos looking to ground and pound but Slick is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgos lands a heavy elbow.
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.
Burgos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Burgos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Burgos throws a strike there. Slick manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Slick trying to control from the bottom.
Pedro Burgos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burgos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Burgos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Burgos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Burgos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Slick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burgos.
Slick trying to control but Burgos postures up.
Slick wants to improve his position but Burgos is controlling well.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Burgos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Slick throws an overhand right that lands on Burgos's shoulder, as Burgos tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Slick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Slick misses with the combination.
Slick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Slick swings for the body but Burgos moves out of range.

Burgos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Burgos landing strikes from the mount.
Burgos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Slick hang on?
Burgos with the ground and pound from mount.
Burgos is landing with some decent strikes but Slick is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nick Slick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Burgos.
Burgos with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Slick that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Burgos working for a guillotine from mount but Slick is in no mood to give up.
Slick wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Burgos.
Pedro Burgos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burgos throwing strikes here but Slick is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Burgos is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Slick has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Slick!

Burgos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Burgos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Slick has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Slick!