PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alan Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamison Burkina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Young
vs
Burkina

175 cm
33
185 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

184 cm
20
181 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Alan Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jamison Burkina!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
Burkina dives in and grabs Young's left leg, looking for a takedown. Young pushes down on Burkina's head and hops out.
Young lands with a kick to the temple. Burkina shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Burkina dodges the punch combination from Young.
Burkina darts in trying to clinch
and Young counters with a solid body kick.
Burkina fails in his attempt to clinch.

Burkina has managed to clinch.
Burkina wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Young.
Burkina is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Burkina has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Young after a bit of a struggle.
Alan Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamison Burkina.
Burkina blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burkina tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the ropes.
Young working aggressively here.
Young'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.

Young breaks from the clinch.
Alan Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burkina showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
Young throws a push kick but Burkina slaps the foot to one side.
Burkina tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burkina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Young displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Burkina.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burkina moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
Burkina tries to clinch
and Young counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A punch combination from Young misses.
Young connects with a body shot that sends Burkina's belly button to the back.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Young throws out a leg kick but Burkina moves out of range and Young only half commits.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Young's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Young duly obliges.

It looks like Jamison Burkina has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burkina wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Burkina is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab from Young.

Burkina moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burkina's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Burkina's shoulder, as Burkina tries to avoid the shot.
Young shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Young does no damage.
Burkina is looking to clinch.
Burkina has his takedown stuffed
and Young counters with a solid body kick.
Young throws a head kick but Burkina moves out of range.
Young looks to land a right hand but Burkina moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burkina shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Young as he avoids it easily.
Burkina tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Burkina moves out of range easily.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burkina.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a half hearted mid kick.
Young leaves Burkina with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Young throws a wild body kick that Burkina sees coming a mile off.
Burkina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Burkina moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Burkina avoids the head kick by Young.
Young throws a head kick that misses.
Burkina tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Young throws a head kick that misses.

Burkina drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burkina landing strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Burkina is chipping away with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamison Burkina's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Burkina drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Burkina is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burkina trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burkina keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Young's head.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Burkina keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Young's head.
Burkina is in close to Young's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Young is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Burkina is controlling him.
Burkina lands a couple of elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burkina.
Burkina working some strikes from top position.
Burkina postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burkina is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Young on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Young tries to get out of the position.
Burkina working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young's head.
Burkina is working Young over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Burkina throws a big right hand that misses.
Young is looking to stand up but Burkina isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burkina missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Burkina passes Young's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Burkina working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Burkina.
Burkina is nestled in close to Young, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Young knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Burkina on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young wants to improve his position but Burkina is controlling well.
Burkina takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Young is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Burkina there.
Oh Young is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burkina scores with a big shot! Young's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Young! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamison Burkina!