PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Avit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Burgundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Avit
vs
Burgundy

170 cm
22
144 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

172 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Avit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ron Burgundy!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Avit.
Nice straight punches there by Burgundy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burgundy.
Avit shoots in but no luck this time.
Burgundy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Burgundy. No joy for Avit on that attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Avit looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Avit lands a nice elbow.
A body shot lands from Burgundy.
Avit misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burgundy.
Burgundy controlling the action here for a moment.
Avit tries to break free but Burgundy pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Avit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burgundy's brow.
Still in the clinch, Burgundy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Avit looking to stall.
Burgundy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burgundy lands a right hand.
Avit lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Burgundy lands a left hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Burgundy.
Burgundy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Burgundy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burgundy.
Avit is trying to break the clinch but Burgundy is controlling him.
Avit has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Burgundy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Avit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from Burgundy.
Avit is breathing heavily.
Burgundy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Avit.
Avit throws an elbow but it misses.
Burgundy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Burgundy presses Avit against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Burgundy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burgundy lands a body punch.
Burgundy lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Burgundy.
Burgundy lands a body shot.
Burgundy managing to block the knees to the body from Avit.
Burgundy lands a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burgundy digs a right hand into Avit's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Avit's gas tank.
Burgundy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Burgundy.
Burgundy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burgundy lands a nice shot to the body.
Burgundy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Avit backwards.
Burgundy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Burgundy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Burgundy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Burgundy.
Burgundy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Avit.
Burgundy lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burgundy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Burgundy instigates a clinch.
Burgundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Burgundy breaks the clinch.
Avit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice straight punches there by Burgundy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burgundy.
Avit moves to clinch but Burgundy breaks away

and Burgundy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Burgundy scores with a shot to the side of Avit's head.
Good body shot from Burgundy.

Burgundy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Avit takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Burgundy digs a good body shot into Avit's ribs.
Burgundy slips a straight right by Avit.

Burgundy gets a clinch.
Avit tries to stall but Burgundy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Burgundy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Burgundy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Burgundy.

Burgundy breaks from the clinch.
Burgundy with a nice cross.

Burgundy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burgundy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Avit or not.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Avit just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burgundy's brow.
A shot in the inside from Burgundy.
Avit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Avit taking a breather.
Burgundy pushes Avit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Burgundy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgundy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Avit pushes off an throws an elbow but Burgundy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Burgundy prevents the takedown attempt.
Burgundy slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burgundy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Burgundy.
Burgundy pushes Avit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Burgundy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Burgundy manages to break the clinch.
Avit walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avit shoots in but Burgundy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Avit tries to clinch
and Burgundy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Avit wants to clinch
and Burgundy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Burgundy moves into the clinch.
Avit with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Burgundy.
A shot in the inside from Burgundy.
Burgundy lands with a right to the head.
Avit misses with an elbow strike.
Burgundy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Avit up against the cage.

Burgundy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burgundy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burgundy lands a nice hook to Avit's body. Avit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Avit takes one to the side of the head.
Burgundy stuns Avit with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Burgundy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Avit has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Burgundy takes the fight into the clinch.
Burgundy is pushing Avit up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Burgundy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Avit wants to clinch but Burgundy slips to the side
letting Burgundy counter with a right hand.
Avit misses with a kick to the body.
Avit tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Burgundy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Avit misses the jab.
Avit tries to clinch up

and Burgundy counters by clinching up.
Avit missing with knees to the body.
Burgundy avoids a wild elbow strike from Avit.

Burgundy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Avit misses with a jab to the body
and Burgundy counters with a right hand to the body.
Avit closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burgundy counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burgundy lands a slapping body shot.
Jab, jab by Burgundy - just one landing.

Avit clinches up with Burgundy and pushes him back against the cage.
Burgundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Avit throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Burgundy.
Burgundy lands a body punch in the clinch.

Burgundy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ben Avit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burgundy leaves Avit with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Burgundy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Avit back to the cage. Burgundy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Avit tries to clinch
and Burgundy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burgundy lands with a nice combination. Avit backs away looking to recover.

Avit is rocked!
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!
Avit misses with a combination
and Burgundy counters with a right hand to the body.
Oh Avit is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy lands with a good body shot.
Avit seems to have got his legs back now.
Burgundy works Avit's body with a nice hook.
Avit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ron Burgundy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Avit wants to clinch

and Burgundy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Burgundy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Avit looks to clinch
and Burgundy counters with a straight right hand.
Burgundy scores with a jab to the body.
Burgundy lands the left hand.
Avit on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Avit tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Burgundy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Burgundy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy controlling the action here for a moment.
Burgundy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Avit backwards.
Burgundy is pushing Avit up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Avit tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Avit pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Avit is trying to stall.
Burgundy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Avit drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Avit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burgundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Avit throws an elbow but it misses.
Avit tries to break the clinch but Burgundy is controlling the position.
Burgundy lands a right hand.
Burgundy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Burgundy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Avit's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Burgundy - that landed with a thud.
Avit's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Burgundy.
Avit trying to control the position but instead, Burgundy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Avit into the cage.
A short right from Burgundy on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Avit up against the cage.
Burgundy pushes Avit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Avit throws an elbow but it misses.
Ron Burgundy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burgundy lands a shot to the body.
Burgundy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right hand to the body from Burgundy.
Burgundy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Burgundy avoiding damage as Avit throws knees to the body.
Avit tries to land knees in the clinch but Burgundy avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting on Burgundy's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Avit misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Burgundy manages to break the clinch.
Burgundy cracks Avit with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Burgundy leaves Avit with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Burgundy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice shot by Burgundy.
Avit tries to clinch but Burgundy moves away
and Avit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Avit shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Burgundy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Avit shoots in but no luck this time.
Burgundy avoids a punch combination nicely.

Burgundy pushes Avit up against the cage in a clinch.
The referee calls for Burgundy to work.

Burgundy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Avit takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice combination there by Burgundy.
Burgundy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Burgundy lands with a cross.
Burgundy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burgundy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgundy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ben Avit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burgundy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burgundy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Burgundy digs a good hook to Avit's body.
Burgundy connects with a body shot that sends Avit's belly button to the back.
Burgundy lands a jab to the nose.
Burgundy lands a body shot.
Burgundy cracks Avit with an open hand slap.
Burgundy lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgundy throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Avit stumbling backwards into the cage! Avit bounces back off the cage towards Burgundy, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Burgundy lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Burgundy celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ron Burgundy!