PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Sacrapanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Burnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Sacrapanti
vs
Burnett

170 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

172 cm
26
152 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Sacrapanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brandon Burnett!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sacrapanti changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Burnett tries to avoid it but Sacrapanti manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Burnett to the ground. Burnett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Burnett takes a swing at Sacrapanti's ribcage but misses.

Burnett darts in and clinches Sacrapanti up against the ropes.
Sacrapanti misses with a knee to the head.
Sacrapanti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sacrapanti changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Burnett fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Sacrapanti shoots in and bounces Burnett off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Sacrapanti looking to pass the guard.

Sacrapanti 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.
Sacrapanti won't allow Burnett to sweep him here.

Burnett is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sacrapanti is aware though and is defending well.

Burnett has an active guard here but Sacrapanti has managed to pass into half guard.
Sacrapanti wants to free his trapped foot but Burnett is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sacrapanti is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Burnett defends it well.
Burnett flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Burnett looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Sacrapanti is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Sacrapanti wants to work for an arm triangle but Burnett is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Burnett wants to get back to his feet.
Burnett tries to get to full guard but Sacrapanti has control of the leg.

Sacrapanti seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sacrapanti wants to pass the guard but Burnett is defending well.

Sacrapanti is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Sacrapanti seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sacrapanti is breathing heavily.

Sacrapanti is working for a kimura but Burnett is defending it quite comfortably.
Burnett throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Burnett is looking for a sweep. Sacrapanti is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Burnett tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burnett makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Sacrapanti tries to clinch but Burnett is having none of it.
Sacrapanti has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Sacrapanti. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Burnett takes the fight into the clinch.
Burnett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burnett blocks an uppercut.
Sacrapanti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burnett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Joe Sacrapanti has been cut.

Burnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burnett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burnett wants to clinch.

Burnett clinches.
Burnett connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Burnett - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sacrapanti is trying to pull guard but Burnett has him pressed against the ropes.
Sacrapanti is trying to drag Burnett to the mat but Burnett just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Sacrapanti avoids the elbow strike from Burnett, against the ropes.
Burnett stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sacrapanti goes for a takedown in the clinch but Burnett prevents it.
Burnett is pressed up against the ropes. Sacrapanti has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burnett down to the mat. Burnett avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Burnett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burnett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sacrapanti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burnett misses the shot to the body.
Burnett tries to clinch but Sacrapanti is having none of it.
Burnett lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Burnett has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Burnett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Sacrapanti's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Burnett swings for the body but Sacrapanti moves out of range.
Sacrapanti fails to land the takedown.
Sacrapanti closes this distance looking for a takedown but Burnett circles away.

Burnett has Sacrapanti up against the ropes in a clinch.
Sacrapanti wants to take the fight to the mat but Burnett manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Sacrapanti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burnett obliges.

Burnett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Burnett as Sacrapanti shoots in.
Burnett wants to clinch up but Sacrapanti keeps it at a distance.
Burnett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sacrapanti swats away the attempt to clinch by Burnett.
Sacrapanti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sacrapanti fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Burnett lands with a kick to the temple. Sacrapanti shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sacrapanti tries to keep at a distance but Burnett has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sacrapanti looking for a takedown.
Burnett has Sacrapanti pushed against the ropes.
Sacrapanti takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sacrapanti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burnett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burnett dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Sacrapanti tries to pull guard but Burnett forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Burnett landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Burnett - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sacrapanti blocks an elbow strike from Burnett.
Sacrapanti tries to score a body lock takedown but Burnett shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Burnett scores with a knee to the head.
Brandon Burnett seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Burnett - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Burnett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burnett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sacrapanti closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Burnett quickly recovers to half guard.
Burnett wants to improve his position but Sacrapanti is controlling well.
Burnett looks like he's trying to stand up.

Sacrapanti is working for a kimura but Burnett is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sacrapanti prevents Burnett from improving his position.
Burnett wants to control but Sacrapanti is keeping busy.

Sacrapanti is working for a kimura but Burnett is defending it quite comfortably.
Burnett tries to roll over but Sacrapanti keeps him under control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burnett is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Burnett trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Sacrapanti unloading with bombs!

Sacrapanti is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Burnett has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Burnett!
Burnett wants to stand and escape but instead Sacrapanti has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Burnett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Sacrapanti's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Burnett plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Burnett fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sacrapanti, pushing him back against the ropes.
Sacrapanti tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sacrapanti swings wildly with an uppercut but Burnett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sacrapanti is looking for a takedown.
Sacrapanti looking to throw knees to the head but Burnett is blocking nicely.
Burnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burnett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Burnett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sacrapanti moves to clinch but Burnett breaks away
and Burnett counters with an inside leg kick.
Sacrapanti shoots in looking for a takedown. Burnett tries to sprawl out of it but Sacrapanti keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Burnett manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Sacrapanti. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Burnett gets a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burnett is pressed up against the ropes. Sacrapanti has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burnett down to the mat. Burnett avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnett defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sacrapanti.

Burnett fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sacrapanti, pushing him back against the ropes.
Sacrapanti blocks the elbow strike.
Sacrapanti takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burnett is trying to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Burnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Burnett closes the distance and clinches.
Sacrapanti blocks an elbow strike.
Sacrapanti missing with knees to the body.
Burnett landing knees to the head.
Sacrapanti goes for a takedown attempt but Burnett pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Burnett gets a clinch.
Joe Sacrapanti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett lands an elbow that stopped Sacrapanti in his tracks for a moment.

Burnett breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sacrapanti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sacrapanti gets tackled into the ropes by Burnett. Burnett maintains the clinch.
Sacrapanti has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Burnett after a bit of a struggle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Burnett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sacrapanti blocks an elbow strike from Burnett.
Burnett scores a nice knee to the body.

Burnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Burnett clinches up with Sacrapanti and pushes him back against the ropes.
Burnett misses with some punches.

Burnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joe Sacrapanti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burnett tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Sacrapanti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sacrapanti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Burnett scores with a push kick.

Burnett gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sacrapanti takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Burnett.

Burnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brandon Burnett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burnett throws a head kick but Sacrapanti moves out of range.

Burnett has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burnett just leaning against Sacrapanti, taking a breather.
Burnett is looking to control Sacrapanti's arms but Sacrapanti gets an underhook and turns him. Now Burnett has his back to the ropes.
Burnett with a knee to the head.

Joe Sacrapanti's cut is getting worse.
Sacrapanti takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burnett stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sacrapanti tries to throw a body punch but Burnett avoids it by throwing Sacrapanti back against the ropes.
Burnett crunches a lovely knee into Sacrapanti's ribcage.

Burnett breaks the clinch.

Burnett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Burnett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burnett wants to clinch up but Sacrapanti keeps it at a distance.
Burnett misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burnett fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick from Burnett lands but Sacrapanti takes it in his stride.

Burnett has managed to clinch.
Sacrapanti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burnett.
Burnett stalling the fight.
A knee to the head by Burnett.
Sacrapanti is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Burnett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Burnett manages to break the clinch.

Burnett has closed the distance and engaged Sacrapanti in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sacrapanti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burnett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Burnett.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Burnett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Burnett 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Burnett!