PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brad Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rmarkas Fletcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Speech Cobras. The crowd seem to be enjoying Fletcher's choice of entrance music: Keep on Lovin Me Baby by Colin James. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Burns
vs
Fletcher

188 cm
26
143 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

175 cm
34
146 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Burns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Rmarkas Fletcher!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fletcher.
Fletcher throws a shot from downtown. Burns moves away and avoids it.
Fletcher takes a swing at Burns's ribcage but misses.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
Fletcher checks a leg kick.

Fletcher gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fletcher prevents Burns from standing back up.
Fletcher thows a huge punch but Burns dodges it nicely.
Fletcher thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Burns's head.
Fletcher is looking to advance position but Burns won't allow it.
Fletcher passes to side control.
Burns tries to escape but Fletcher is in control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fletcher trying to control the position but Burns is working away.
Fletcher working the head with strikes.
Burns takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fletcher is trying to ground and pound but Burns uses the momentary lack of control by Fletcher to regain half guard.
Burns won't allow Fletcher to pass to mount.
Burns really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Burns pushes Fletcher off looking to stand but Fletcher dives back in and keeps control.
Fletcher throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fletcher missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fletcher sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Burns defending well though.
Fletcher moves nicely into side control.
Fletcher working the ground and pound.
Burns prevents Fletcher from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Burns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fletcher on the ground.
Fletcher lands a nice forearm strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Check out the look on Fletcher's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fletcher controls the position.
Fletcher cracks Burns with a big elbow.

Fletcher thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fletcher is putting a hurting on Burns here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fletcher trying to control the position but Burns is working away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fletcher is putting a hurting on Burns here, landing some big shots from side control.
Burns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Burns tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns regains half guard there - taking advantage of Fletcher's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Fletcher passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Burns!
Fletcher scoring with strikes but Burns is staying in there.
Fletcher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fletcher lands a nice shot to the head.

Fletcher looking to secure an arm triangle but Burns defends it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fletcher has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Burns's face.

Burns is rocked!
Fletcher fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Oh Burns is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fletcher landing shots from mount.
Burns is trying to stand up.
Fletcher scoring with strikes but Burns is staying in there.
Fletcher lands a big elbow - Burns is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Burns is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rmarkas Fletcher! Rmarkas Fletcher retains his bantamweight title!
Rmarkas Fletcher made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'This is my belt, the Champ is here! Who is next? '.