PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Barren Earth - Deserted Morrows. On his way into the cage it seems that Josh Burns has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Josh Burns seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Burns
vs
Dos Santos

205 cm
20
275 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Brock Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dos Santos clinches.
Dos Santos lands a left hand.
Dos Santos lands a shoulder strike.

Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Burns shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Burns drops an elbow to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Burns wants to free his trapped foot but Dos Santos is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Burns winds up and cracks Dos Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burns throwing shots but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Burns working the head and body with strikes.
Burns looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dos Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Burns has control of the leg.
Burns throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns is nestled in close to Dos Santos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Burns sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Burns stands up from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dos Santos clinches.
Dos Santos tries to circle away but Burns has him pinned against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to throw a body punch but Burns avoids it by throwing Dos Santos back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Dos Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burns has Dos Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Dos Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns tries for a takedown but Dos Santos manages to get underhooks.
Dos Santos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Burns pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Burns gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Dos Santos regains guard.
Burns landing with the ground and pound.
Burns loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos wants to sweep here but Burns controlling him for the moment.
Dos Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to pass the guard but Dos Santos is keeping the position.
Burns lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns postures up and lands a big shot to Dos Santos's brow.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Burns is proving a slippery customer.
Burns scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Burns is working Dos Santos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burns scoring with some ground and pound.
Burns working some strikes from top position.
Burns scoring with punches to the head and body.
Burns is in close to Dos Santos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Burns slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Burns working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns working the body and head with strikes.

Burns working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Burns scoring with punches and elbows.
Burns looks up at the clock and then as Dos Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Burns smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Burns lands an elbow.
Burns scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dos Santos to see if he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Burns lands some shots froms side control.
Dos Santos takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Dos Santos is rocked!
Burns scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Dos Santos is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Burns can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Burns!