PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Burh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saku Vippera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mikhail Burh has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mikhail Burh seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Burh
vs
Vippera

170 cm
21
159 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

175 cm
19
156 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Improved boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Burh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Saku Vippera!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burh shoots in for a takedown but Vippera shows good takedown defense.
Burh shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vippera but Vippera pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Burh shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vippera as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikhail Burh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vippera takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Burh shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vippera as he avoids it easily.

Vippera shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Vippera fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Vippera landing strikes from the mount.
Burh is trying to escape the mount.
Vippera takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Vippera working Burh over with strikes here.

Vippera get's back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burh has his takedown stuffed
and Vippera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vippera connects with a high kick.
Burh digs a good hook to Vippera's body.
No joy there for Burh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mikhail Burh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burh misses with a takedown

and Vippera counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Burh's guard now.
Burh is breathing heavily.
Burh wants to get back to his feet but Vippera is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Vippera wants to control from the top but Burh keeps moving.
Vippera sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Burh looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burh keeping moving, preventing Vippera from controlling successfully.

Vippera is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Burh has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Vippera off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Vippera drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vippera showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Burh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vippera is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vippera postures up.
Burh wants to get back to his feet but Vippera is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Vippera trying to control the position from guard on top but Burh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vippera looking to sit in guard and control but Burh gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vippera doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Burh postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Vippera is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Burh, into his guard.
Burh manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vippera tries to reverse the position but Burh maintains control.

Burh looking to secure an arm triangle but Vippera defends it well.
Vippera is just holding on here. Burh manages to take his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vippera tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Vippera tries to reverse the position but Burh maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saku Vippera dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Vippera shoots in for a takedown but Burh shows good takedown defense.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Vippera.
Vippera throws a strike aimed at the side of Burh's head but Burh avoids it well.
Burh manages to get back to half guard.
Vippera works his way into side control.
Vippera has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Burh!
Burh is looking to get to half guard.
Vippera punishing his opponent with strikes.
Vippera is breathing heavily.
Vippera pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Burh tries to reverse the position but Vippera maintains control.
Burh tries to hold on but Vippera pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burh is working to get back to half guard.
Burh tries to hold on but Vippera pushes him away.
Burh is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Vippera trying to control but Burh is having none of it.
Burh blocking the ground and pound.
Burh regains half guard.
Burh is trying to get back to full guard.
Burh is not content to let Vippera control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vippera prevents Burh from standing back up.
Vippera is controlling the pace.
Vippera wants to take a breather but Burh is having none of it.
Vippera is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Vippera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vippera not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Saku Vippera has got the better of the ground game so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Burh misses with a takedown

and Vippera counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vippera wants to control but Burh is keeping him busy.
Burh wants to get back to full guard.
Burh trying to hold on to Vippera's head to control him but Vippera postures up.
Burh regains full guard. Nicely done.
Vippera postures up.

Burh looking for a guillotine here but Vippera defends easily.
Burh wants to stand but Vippera is controlling the position.
Vippera in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vippera won't allow Burh to get back to his feet.
Burh wants to get back to his feet but Vippera passes into half guard.
Vippera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Burh is refusing to be controlled, as Vippera sits in half guard.
Vippera throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Burh wants to control but Vippera is keeping busy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vippera throws a low kick but Burh avoids it.
Vippera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burh throws a one two combo.
Burh with a lazy takedown attempt

and Vippera counters with a shoot takedown. Burh fights it but they end up in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saku Vippera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Vippera is looking to land body kicks.
Vippera is looking to clinch.
Vippera throws a combination that misses
and Burh counters with a stiff right hand.
Burh scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Vippera misses with a head kick.

Vippera scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Burh is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vippera's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vippera's back!
Burh connects with a big shot to the side of Vippera's head.
Vippera manages to reverse the position and now he's in Burh's guard. Nice work there by Vippera.
Vippera stays in close to Burh's body and controls the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vippera is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Vippera stands up from Burh's guard - Vippera perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nice takedown defense from Vippera. No joy for Burh on that attempt.
Vippera misses with a hook
and Burh counters with a nice uppercut.
Burh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vippera.
Vippera throws a head kick that misses.
Vippera swings for the body but Burh moves out of range.

Burh gets caught flat footed, as Vippera shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Vippera slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Vippera stopping the sweep attempt from Burh.
Vippera trying to control but Burh is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vippera trying to control but Burh is working from the bottom.
Burh is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Vippera decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Burh, up you get!
Vippera avoids a punch combination nicely.
Burh tries to bum rush Vippera with a series of wild strikes but Vippera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vippera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vippera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burh.
Burh tries for a takedown but Vippera circles away easily

and Vippera counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Vippera decides to stand up.

Vippera closes the distance and clinches.
Vippera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Vippera pulls guard effortlessly.
Vippera controls Burh momentarily but Burh frees himself.

Burh stands up and waves to Vippera to follow him.
Burh falls off balance throwing a combination

and Vippera counters with a nice double leg into side control. Burh won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Vippera in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Burh manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vippera is looking to take a break and control but Burh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burh makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Burh.
Burh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Burh is really struggling to control Vippera but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Vippera wants to stand and escape but instead Burh has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Burh would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vippera trying to strike off his back.
Mikhail Burh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burh wants to get up but he can't break Vippera's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saku Vippera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vippera winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saku Vippera!