PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Tall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Burneika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burneika has chosen Not Impressed Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. John Tall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tall
vs
Burneika

225 cm
19
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Tall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Burneika!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tall misses with a takedown attempt - Burneika sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Burneika stuffs the takedown.
Tall closes the distance and clinches up with Burneika, looking for a takedown. Tall pushes Burneika against the cage but Burneika circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Tall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burneika tries to close the distance and clinch but Tall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Burneika clinches.
Burneika tries to land knees in the clinch but Tall avoids the damage to the body.
Tall managing to block the knees to the body from Burneika.
Burneika lands an elbow just above Tall 's eye.
Burneika using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burneika tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tall avoids it.
Tall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burneika stalling the fight.
Tall tries to pull guard but Burneika won't allow it.
Tall trying to stall but Burneika improves his position.
Tall tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tall tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Burneika just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tall fails to pull guard.
Burneika tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tall has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Burneika is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Burneika utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burneika leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burneika is trying to maintain a safe position but Tall gets an underhook and turns Burneika into the cage.
Burneika lands a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tall looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burneika comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burneika tries to land a knee to the head but Tall blocks with his arms.
Burneika misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tall.
Tall tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burneika smiles and moves away.
Tall closes the distance but Burneika moves to the side

and Burneika counters by clinching up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Burneika.
Burneika receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Robert Burneika.

Burneika gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Burneika.
Burneika looks gassed!

Tall ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tall no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Burneika is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tall is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tall looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tall passes the guard and advances to mount!
Tall content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burneika is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Tall throwing strikes here but Burneika is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Tall tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Tall tries to control but Burneika wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tall content just to control the position here.
Burneika is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Burneika has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Tall's lack of action.

Tall is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Burneika dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Burneika tries to clinch but fails miserably
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Tall counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A right-left combo lands from Tall.

It looks like Robert Burneika has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tall closes the distance and clinches up with Burneika, looking for a takedown. Tall pushes Burneika against the cage but Burneika circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Burneika swats away the attempt to clinch by Tall.
Tall fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tall throws a push kick but Burneika slaps the foot to one side.
Burneika drops his hands momentarily and Tall needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Burneika just on the top of the head. Burneika drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Burneika - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). John Tall!