PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Monthomery Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axel Holmstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burns
vs
Holmstrom

195 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Monthomery Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Axel Holmstrom!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Monthomery Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Burns gets tackled into the cage by Holmstrom. Holmstrom maintains the clinch.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Holmstrom is controlling him.
Burns is looking to break free of the clinch but Holmstrom has double underhooks.
Holmstrom slows down the pace here.
Burns tries to circle away but Holmstrom has him pinned against the cage.
Burns working hard to break the clinch.
Holmstrom has Burns pressed against the cage, preventing Burns from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns is trying to force a seperation but Holmstrom has the dominant position.

Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Holmstrom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holmstrom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holmstrom is looking to clinch.
Holmstrom is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Burns is trying hard to land a takedown here. Holmstrom sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns shoots in but Holmstrom avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Monthomery Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns shoots in looking for a takedown. Holmstrom tries to sprawl out of it but Burns keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Holmstrom manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Holmstrom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burns shoots for a takedown but Holmstrom saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Holmstrom fails in his attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stalling in the clinch from Holmstrom.
Holmstrom prevents Burns from breaking the clinch.
Holmstrom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holmstrom stalling the fight.
Holmstrom keeps control of Burns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holmstrom tries to land knees in the clinch but Burns avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns managing to block the knees to the body from Holmstrom.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burns has had enough of the clinch but Holmstrom keeps him there for the moment.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Holmstrom is controlling him.
Burns is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Holmstrom stalling the fight.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns has had enough of the clinch but Holmstrom keeps him there for the moment.
Burns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burns tries to break free but Holmstrom pushes him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Holmstrom takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Holmstrom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Burns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Holmstrom has him pressed against the cage.
Burns being controlled against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Burns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burns tries to break the clinch but Holmstrom is controlling the position.
Holmstrom keeps control of Burns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Holmstrom crunches a lovely knee into Burns's ribcage.
Holmstrom trying to land knees to the body.
Holmstrom crunches a lovely knee into Burns's ribcage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Holmstrom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmstrom landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burns tries to break the clinch but Holmstrom is controlling the position.
Holmstrom with a knee to the head.
Holmstrom is stalling here.
Holmstrom throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmstrom taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Axel Holmstrom.
Burns swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmstrom.
Holmstrom tries to clinch but Burns moves out of range.
Holmstrom tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Burns misses with a double jab

and Holmstrom moves into the clinch.
Holmstrom keeps control of Burns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holmstrom looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
Holmstrom keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burns's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Burns being controlled against the cage.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Holmstrom won't allow it.
Burns can't break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns is trying to break free.
Holmstrom'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 one minute gone in the round.
Burns is looking to break free of the clinch but Holmstrom has double underhooks.
Holmstrom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burns tries to circle away but Holmstrom has him pinned against the cage.
Burns managing to block the knees to the body from Holmstrom.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Holmstrom keeps control of Burns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Holmstrom tries to land knees in the clinch but Burns avoids the damage to the body.
Holmstrom has Burns pressed against the cage, preventing Burns from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Holmstrom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.
Holmstrom working Burns over with knees to the body.
Burns avoiding damage as Holmstrom throws knees to the body.
Holmstrom stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmstrom missing with knees to the body.
Holmstrom stalling in the clinch.
Burns tries to break free but Holmstrom pushes him back against the cage.
Burns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmstrom prevents Burns from breaking the clinch.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Holmstrom has him pressed against the cage.
Burns being controlled against the cage.
Burns wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holmstrom has him pressed against the cage.
Burns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmstrom pressing his opponent against the cage.
Holmstrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmstrom looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
Holmstrom controlling the action here for a moment.
Holmstrom keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burns's efforts to push away.
Holmstrom struggles to land a body shot inside as Burns controls his hands.
Burns wants to break free but Holmstrom has control.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Holmstrom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Holmstrom is controlling him.
Burns working hard to break the clinch.
Holmstrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns is trying to break free.
Holmstrom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.
Holmstrom controlling the action here for a moment.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Holmstrom is controlling him.
Burns has had enough of the clinch but Holmstrom keeps him there for the moment.
Burns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holmstrom stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Holmstrom's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Holmstrom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Axel Holmstrom will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Burns shoots for a double leg takedown but Holmstrom sprawls well. He's pushed Burns's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Holmstrom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Burns. Those never looked like landing.
Burns tries to score a power double leg takedown but Holmstrom sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Burns somewhat.
Holmstrom throws a chopping leg kick but Burns manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Holmstrom is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Burns.
Holmstrom throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burns shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Monthomery Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns misses with a hook. Holmstrom ducked under it nicely.
Burns checks the leg kick.
Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns is trying hard to land a takedown here. Holmstrom sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Holmstrom fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Burns is defended easily by Holmstrom.
Holmstrom throws a big shot that misses.
Monthomery Burns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holmstrom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmstrom.
Burns fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Holmstrom lands with a nice body punch.
Burns moves away from the strike by Holmstrom.
Holmstrom pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Holmstrom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Burns gets tackled into the cage by Holmstrom. Holmstrom maintains the clinch.
Axel Holmstrom seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmstrom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.
Burns wants to break free but Holmstrom has control.
Holmstrom is struggling to control the position.
Burns is trying to break free.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A knee to the head by Holmstrom.
Burns tries to circle away but Holmstrom has him pinned against the cage.
The referee calls for Holmstrom to work.
Burns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns tries to break free but Holmstrom pushes him back against the cage.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Holmstrom has him pressed against the cage.
Burns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Holmstrom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Burns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holmstrom trying to land knees to the body.
Axel Holmstrom is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Burns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holmstrom utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burns is trying to push Holmstrom away but Holmstrom has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmstrom keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burns's efforts to push away.
Holmstrom tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burns avoids it.
Holmstrom tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burns avoids it.
Holmstrom connects with a knee to the head.
Holmstrom avoiding damage.
Burns wants to break free but Holmstrom has control.
Burns is trying to push Holmstrom away but Holmstrom has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holmstrom has him pressed against the cage.
Holmstrom working Burns over with knees to the body.
Holmstrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Monthomery Burns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holmstrom is pushing Burns up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

And that's the end of the fight!
Axel Holmstrom comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Holmstrom has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Axel Holmstrom!