PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Burnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland Saukkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roland Saukkonen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burnett
vs
Saukkonen

195 cm
27
230 lbs
14 - 12 - 1

185 cm
26
217 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Burnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roland Saukkonen!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burnett slaps away a takedown attempt from Saukkonen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Burnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burnett stuffs the takedown.
Burnett defending well as Saukkonen loads up on a big left hand.
Burnett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Saukkonen rushes Burnett and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Burnett works on Saukkonen's body with a couple of short punches.
Saukkonen has Burnett pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Burnett manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Robert Burnett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roland Saukkonen.

Saukkonen ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Saukkonen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Saukkonen keeping moving, preventing Burnett from controlling successfully.
Burnett tries to free his leg and advance position but Saukkonen is retaining full guard.
Saukkonen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Burnett!
Poor strikes thrown by Saukkonen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saukkonen prevents Burnett from getting the reversal.
Burnett tries to hold on but Saukkonen postures up.
Saukkonen punching from mount but Burnett doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Burnett can't escape the position.
Saukkonen with good strikes from the mount here!
Saukkonen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Burnett's face.
Burnett on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Burnett tries to get out of the position.
Burnett avoids a series of strikes thrown by Saukkonen.
Burnett is in all sorts of trouble here.
Saukkonen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Saukkonen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saukkonen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Saukkonen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Burnett hang on?
Saukkonen controlling the position easily from mount.
Saukkonen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Burnett looks a forlorn figure.

Burnett is rocked!
Saukkonen looking to control but Burnett is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Saukkonen controlling from the full mount.
Saukkonen lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett wants to control but Saukkonen is having none of it.
Saukkonen with a couple of short strikes.
Saukkonen tries to control but Burnett wriggling away.
Saukkonen controlling the pace for now.
Saukkonen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Burnett?
Saukkonen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Burnett can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saukkonen landing strikes from the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saukkonen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Saukkonen scoring with strikes but Burnett is staying in there.
Oh Burnett is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saukkonen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Saukkonen postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Burnett bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Saukkonen and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roland Saukkonen!
After the fight, Roland Saukkonen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.