PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ma Chao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Burroughs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burroughs comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Simple Man By Shinedown kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Ma Chao has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Chao
vs
Burroughs

180 cm
22
210 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
218 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Core Tokyo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ma Chao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Burroughs!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burroughs moves into range and clinches up with Chao.
Chao throws a punch but it's blocked by Burroughs.
Chao lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chao misses with some punches.
Chao working aggressively here.
Burroughs looking to stall.
Chao throws a punch but it's blocked by Burroughs.
A head punch on the inside from Burroughs fails to land.

Burroughs breaks the clinch.
Chao tries to clinch but Burroughs moves out of range.
Burroughs fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Burroughs looks to clinch
enabling Chao to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like John Burroughs has been cut.
Burroughs scores with a spinning back kick!
Chao steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Burroughs is out on his feet! Chao sets himself and nearly takes Burroughs's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ma Chao!