PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Filip Telford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filip Telford acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Burns
vs
Telford

194 cm
19
278 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
224 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Filip Telford!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns slips a jab and a cross from Telford.

Burns gets tackled into the cage by Telford. Telford maintains the clinch.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but Telford blocks with his arms.

Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Telford checks a leg kick.
Telford throws a hook to the side of Burns's head but Burns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Telford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
Burns throws a big shot that misses.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
Telford slips a straight right by Burns.
Filip Telford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Telford throws a right and a left that Burns avoids nicely.

Telford has taken the fight to the clinch.
Telford has Burns pressed against the cage.
Telford prevents Burns from breaking the clinch.
Burns tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Telford avoids it.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but Telford avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Telford.
Burns working hard to break the clinch.
Burns tries to break the clinch but Telford is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Telford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Telford lands a right hand.
A short right from Telford.
Telford has Burns pushed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Telford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Telford throws a punch but it's blocked by Burns.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Telford.
Telford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Telford prevents Burns from breaking the clinch.
Telford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Telford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burns's efforts to push away.
Telford lands with a left to the head.
Telford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Telford lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Telford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Telford avoiding damage.
Burns trying to control the position but instead, Telford has worked for underhooks and has pushed Burns into the cage.

Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burns connects with a body shot.
Telford works over Burns's head and body with a nice combination.
Burns moves out of range as Telford strikes.
Burns does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Telford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Telford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Telford.
Telford throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Telford thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burns cracks the inside of Telford's front leg.
Telford throws a hook to the side of Burns's head but Burns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burns with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Burns.

It looks like Filip Telford has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Telford misses the target.
Burns looks to land a left hand but Telford moved out of range nicely.
Telford lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burns tests Telford's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Telford does a little dance to reset his feet.
Telford misses with a hook.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Telford blocks a jab.
Telford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns moves away.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Burns misses.
Burns throws a right and a left that Telford avoids nicely.
Burns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Telford moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Telford there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Telford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Telford lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Telford lands a lovely overhand right.
Telford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A left and a right from Telford both land. Nice combination.
Burns feints and then cracks Telford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Telford down.
Telford connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Burns momentarily.
Burns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Telford checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Telford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Telford lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Telford.
Burns misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Filip Telford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Filip Telford's cut.
That's time! Burns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Burns doesn't manage to clinch there - Telford circles away.
Burns throws a low kick, looking for Telford's leg but Telford calmly moves out of range.
Burns throws a predictable looking body shot

and Telford counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Telford lands a nice shot to the body.
Telford lands a shot to the body.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Telford slows down the pace here.
Telford pushes Burns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Burns manages to break the clinch.
Telford fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Telford looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
Burns takes one to the chin there.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Telford manages to avoid it.
Telford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Telford throws a big shot that misses.

Telford instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Telford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Burns is looking to break free of the clinch but Telford has double underhooks.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Telford. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Burns has had enough of the clinch but Telford keeps him there for the moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Telford.
Telford lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Telford avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Telford lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Telford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Telford lands a hook that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Telford scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Telford.
Telford stalling in the clinch.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Telford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Telford presses Burns against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Telford lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Telford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Burnss head.

Telford drops Burns onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Burns is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Burns is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Telford pushes Burns against the cage. Telford is working some dirty boxing. Telford pushes off with a quick right hook! Burns goes down! Burns tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Telford moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Filip Telford!