PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rutten
vs
Burton

185 cm
21
201 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

191 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Rutten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shawn Burton!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burton slips a straight right by Rutten.
Burton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rutten. Rutten obviously looking to wear him down.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burton connects with the punch.
Rutten throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rutten bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rutten lands a jab to Burton's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rutten throws a low kick, looking for Burton's leg but Burton calmly moves out of range.
Burton misses with a straight right.
Rutten looks to land a body kick but Burton moved away.
Rutten tests Burton's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Shawn Burton has been cut.
Rutten wants to slow Burton down by chopping away at his legs.
Rutten lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burton's sensitive parts.
Burton looks gassed!
Rutten throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good exchange - Rutten coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rutten fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Burton sprawls well initially but Rutten persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Rutten works his way into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Rutten.
Rutten tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rutten connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rutten controlling from mount.
Rutten lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Rutten.
Rutten scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Burton?
Rutten controlling from the full mount.
Rutten with the ground and pound from mount.
Rutten with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rutten tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rutten is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rutten punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton is trying desperately to improve position.
Rutten controlling from the full mount.
Rutten can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burton is looking to escape.
Rutten controlling from the full mount.
Burton is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rutten can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burton is looking to escape.
Rutten sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rutten working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistair Rutten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawn Burton's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Burton throws a head kick that misses
and Rutten counters with a good low kick that Burton was not able to check.
Rutten turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Burton closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rutten did well to prevent Burton getting side control.
Rutten is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rutten makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rutten.

Rutten is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Burton frees his head nicely. Oh but Rutten has switched to an armbar! Burton is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Alistair Rutten!