PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Who Da (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Burnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Da
vs
Burnett

170 cm
23
155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

172 cm
28
152 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Who Da!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brandon Burnett!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burnett wants to clinch but Da slips to the side

and Da counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Burnett's guard now.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Da missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Da trying to control but Burnett is working from the bottom.
Burnett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Da with a nice head shot there.
Da has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Da loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burnett working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burnett is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Da connects with a couple of short punches.
Da engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Da wants to get up but he can't break Burnett's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da working some strikes from top position.

Da gets to his feet - Burnett follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burnett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burnett is looking to clinch but Da is avoiding it.
Brandon Burnett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Da connects with a nice looking jab.
Burnett tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Da counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Da lands a nice shot that snaps Burnett's head back.
Burnett throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Da comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Da keeps the fight on the outside.
Burnett closes the distance but Da moves to the side
and Da counters with a series of strikes. Burnett will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett tries to close the distance and clinch but Da swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burnett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Burnett looks to clinch
and Da counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Da lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burnett circles away quickly and effectively.
Da blocks a head kick by Burnett.
Burnett tries to clinch up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burnett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Da shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Burnett but Burnett pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Burnett is looking to clinch.
Burnett tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Da makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Da throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett doesn't manage to clinch there - Da circles away.
Burnett looks to clinch
and Da counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Da shoots in for a double leg but Burnett sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Burnett wants to clinch
and Da counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Burnett wants to clinch
letting Da counter with a right hand.
Da circles away from the clinch attempt

and Da counters with a nice double leg into side control. Burnett won't be happy with that.
Da working the ground and pound.
Burnett takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burnett manages to work his way to half guard, despite Da's best efforts.
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!
Da throwing shots but Burnett is blocking nicely.
Burnett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Da scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Da throwing shots but Burnett is blocking nicely.

Burnett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Da pulls his head out easily.
Burnett avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Da.
Da working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Da throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Da winds up and cracks Burnett with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Da missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Da is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Burnett gets back to full guard.
Da postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Burnett wants to clinch up but Da keeps it at a distance.
Burnett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burnett wants to clinch.
Burnett wants to clinch but Da slips to the side
and Da counters with a straight right hand.
Burnett darts in trying to clinch
and Da counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burnett moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Da.
Burnett tries to close the distance and clinch but Da swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burnett tries to clinch up
and Da counters with a series of strikes. Burnett will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnett tries to clinch but Da is having none of it.
Burnett tries to clinch there but Da circles away.
Da takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Da shoots in looking for a takedown but Burnett manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Da's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Da swats away the attempt to clinch by Burnett.
Da avoids the head kick by Burnett.
Da throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Da swats away the attempt to clinch by Burnett.
Burnett closes the distance looking to clinch

so Da counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burnett has his foot on Da's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Da works his way back into a safe position though.
Da postures up.
Da is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burnett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Da lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Burnett has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Da has passed into side control.
Da lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Burnett down.
Burnett gets back to half guard.
Da lands with a punch from half guard.
Burnett looks like he's trying to stand up.
Da works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Burnett is bucking up trying to escape but Da cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Burnett keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Da fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Da lands a big elbow.
Da lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Burnett is bucking up trying to escape but Da cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Da with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burnett is bucking up trying to escape but Da cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Burnett is rocked!
Da landing strikes from the mount.
Burnett is still in real trouble! Can Da finish him?
Who Da overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Da prevents Burnett from getting the reversal.
Da is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Da putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Da cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Da postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Burnett in real trouble here! The ref calls for Burnett to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Who Da!
A relieved looking Who Da thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.