PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Bastard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burton has chosen Carcass - Keep on Rotting in the Free World as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bastard
vs
Burton

225 cm
23
314 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

183 cm
21
300 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Golden supplements

Golden supplements
MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Big Bastard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Fred Burton!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burton.
Burton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bastard was well out of range. Poor timing from Burton.
Burton tries to clinch up but Bastard circles away and keeps his distance.
Bastard throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Burton's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastard misses with a two punch combination.
Bastard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bastard is looking to clinch.

Burton drives through with a takedown into guard.
Burton throws a strike but Bastard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bastard wants to control from the top but Burton keeps moving.
Burton wants to stand but Bastard is controlling the position.
Bastard stopping the sweep attempt from Burton.
Bastard prevents Burton from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bastard 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bastard doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Burton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Burton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Burton throwing shots but Bastard is blocking nicely.
Bastard trying to control but Burton postures up.
Burton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bastard is looking to escape.
Burton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton winds up and cracks Bastard with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burton looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bastard gets back to full guard.
Burton throws and elbow that misses. Bastard uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Burton's guard. Nice move by Bastard!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton looking for a sweep. Not yet Burton, not yet.
Bastard wants to control from the top but Burton keeps moving.

Burton has his feet on Bastard's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Bastard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Burton counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bastard's guard now.
Bastard keeping moving, preventing Burton from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burton looking to sit in guard and control but Bastard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Burton wants to stand but Bastard is controlling the position.
Bastard looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastard prevents Burton from getting back to his feet.

Burton is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Burton keeps control of Bastard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Bastard breaks from the clinch.
Burton misses with a wild combination.
Bastard shoots in looking for a takedown. Burton tries to sprawl out of it but Bastard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Burton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Bastard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bastard misses with a takedown

so Burton counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burton controlling from the top position.
Burton is fighting to break Bastard's control of his arms but Bastard is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Burton dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Burton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bastard makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bastard.
Burton trying to control the position from guard on top but Bastard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burton is working Bastard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Burton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Burton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bastard's head.
Burton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Burton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Burton postures up in Bastard's guard and throws a big left but Bastard blocks it.
Burton landing some decent shots from guard.
Burton throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard keeping moving, preventing Burton from controlling successfully.
Bastard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burton.
Burton is looking to work some ground and pound but Bastard has wrist control.
Burton throwing strikes but missing.
Burton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bastard managing to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bastard shoots and misses
and Burton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burton feints and as Bastard raises his hands in defense, Burton changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Burton passes into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Burton in particular looking to stall.
Ground and pound from Burton.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burton working Bastard over with strikes.
Burton prevents Bastard from improving his position.
Burton drops an elbow to the side of Bastard's head.

Burton postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Bastard to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton works Bastard's body with a nice hook.

Burton moves into the clinch.

Burton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bastard slips under a jab from Burton.
Burton throws a combination that misses

and Bastard counters with a takedown into side control.

Burton explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Bastard throws a right and a left that Burton avoids nicely.
Burton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastard can pounce on him.
Burton swinging wildly here.
Bastard wants to clinch up but Burton keeps it at a distance.
A lazy left from Burton finds it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burton looks to land a combination but Bastard avoids it well.
Bastard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Burton counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Burton sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton 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.
Bastard wants to improve his position but Burton is controlling well.
Burton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Burton 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.
Bastard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burton.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burton keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Burton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Burton is taking a breather. Bastard says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Burton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Burton fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bastard sprawls well initially but Burton persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Burton is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Burton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bastard defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Burton lands a nice short elbow.
Burton working Bastard over with strikes.
Burton stalling.
Bastard wants to get back to his feet.
Fred Burton has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burton throwing shots but Bastard is blocking nicely.
Burton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bastard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Burton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Burton is trying to control the action in half guard but Bastard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Burton throws a strike but Bastard avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bastard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burton cracks Bastard with a solid left hand.
Bastard will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Burton throwing strikes but missing.

Burton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bastard, up you get!
Bastard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Burton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fred Burton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burton has closed the distance and engaged Bastard in a clinch.
Bastard keeps control of Burton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burton smiles and moves away.
Bastard fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Big Bastard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bastard loads up on a big right hand but Burton slips the punch.
Bastard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burton is out of range.
Burton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Burton lands a left and a right that sends Bastard crashing to the canvas! Burton dives into mount looking to finish!

Bastard is rocked!

It looks like Big Bastard has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Oooh a big shot lands for Burton! Bastard is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Fred Burton! Fred Burton retains his super heavyweight title!