PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Burczymucha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo Cordero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stefan Burczymucha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burczymucha
vs
Cordero

187 cm
25
175 lbs
7 - 8 - 1

188 cm
24
175 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Stefan Burczymucha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Enzo Cordero!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cordero gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Burczymucha gets a takedown into half guard.
Cordero is looking to improve his position.

Cordero looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cordero works his way to full guard. Good work.
Burczymucha stands and throws Cordero's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Burczymucha is looking to take a break and control but Cordero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cordero is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burczymucha stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Stefan Burczymucha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burczymucha lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Burczymucha darts in and clinches Cordero up against the cage.

Burczymucha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burczymucha looks to land a combination but Cordero avoids it well.
Burczymucha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordero takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Burczymucha staying out of range there.
Burczymucha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cordero throws a hook to the side of Burczymucha's head but Burczymucha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha tries to clinch there but Cordero circles away.
Burczymucha avoids the body shot from Cordero.
Burczymucha slips under a jab.
Burczymucha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cordero looks to land a right hand but Burczymucha moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burczymucha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burczymucha looks to land a body kick but Cordero moved away.
Cordero throws a jab but it's blocked by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha misses with a double jab.
Cordero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Burczymucha fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Burczymucha dominated that round.
That's time! Burczymucha's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cordero drops his hands momentarily and Burczymucha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cordero throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Burczymucha.
Burczymucha tries to clinch there but Cordero circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burczymucha wants to clinch up but Cordero keeps it at a distance.
Stefan Burczymucha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cordero takes a swing at Burczymucha's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burczymucha closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Burczymucha wants to clinch.
Burczymucha connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cordero.
Cordero keeps the fight on the outside.
Cordero misses the jab.
Burczymucha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
No luck for Burczymucha with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cordero takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cordero is breathing heavily.
Cordero swats away the attempt to clinch by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha throws a series of punches but Cordero avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Burczymucha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordero ducks under a wild hook from Burczymucha.
Nice cross by Burczymucha.
Jab from Burczymucha.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cordero swats away the attempt to clinch by Burczymucha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Burczymucha dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cordero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burczymucha.
Stefan Burczymucha is winning the standup battle so far.
Burczymucha misses with an uppercut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cordero throws a jab when Burczymucha was well out of range.
Burczymucha cracks Cordero with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordero walks forward, straight into a front kick from Burczymucha.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burczymucha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burczymucha looks to land a combination but Cordero avoids it well.
Cordero misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cordero swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burczymucha swinging wildly here.
Cordero blocks a head kick by Burczymucha.
Cordero misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burczymucha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha lands with a kick to the temple. Cordero shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cordero misses with a wild body shot.
Burczymucha tries to clinch but Cordero is having none of it.
Cordero just misses with a punch to the body.
Cordero looks to score with a jab to the body but Burczymucha is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burczymucha drops Cordero with a beautiful combination! Cordero stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Burczymucha is looking for the KO!

Cordero is rocked!

It looks like Enzo Cordero has been cut.
Burczymucha throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cordero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burczymucha.
Burczymucha looks to land a body kick but Cordero moved away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stefan Burczymucha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burczymucha 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefan Burczymucha!