PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Royer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Burrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royer comes to the cage accompanied by Speak Militant- Sabac Red. Burrell has chosen Can't Touch This as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Royer
vs
Burrell

185 cm
36
180 lbs
28 - 9 - 0

180 cm
27
185 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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KAISER

KAISER
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dakota Royer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stanley Burrell !
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Burrell counters with a left to the body.
Royer misses the jab.
Royer throws out a loose jab but Burrell uses good head movement to avoid it.

Burrell clinches up against the cage.
Burrell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Royers head.
Burrell misses with a punch on the inside.
Royer wants to get back to striking at distance but Burrell won't allow it.
Burrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Royer controls his hands.
Burrell tries to throw a body punch but Royer avoids it by throwing Burrell back against the cage.
Burrell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burrell .
Burrell has a couple of punches blocked by Royer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Burrell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Royer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burrell lands a right hand.
Burrell can't find room to land a body shot as Royer controls the action.
Burrell is struggling to control the position.
Royer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burrell slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrell is working Royer over against the cage.
Royer wants to break the clinch but can't.

Royer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burrell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Burrell moves out of range of the body kick.
Royer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Royer throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Royer checks a leg kick.
Royer looks to throw a body kick
enabling Burrell to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burrell . That's going to slow Royer down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burrell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burrell blocks a head kick by Royer.
Royer looks for the body kick but Burrell saw that one coming.
Royer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Burrell jabs at Royer's body.

Burrell forces Royer back against the cage and clinches.
Royer wants to break free but Burrell has control.
Burrell displaying some good clinch control by pressing Royer up against the cage.
Burrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Royer uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Royer is looking to break free of the clinch but Burrell has double underhooks.
Come on Burrell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Burrell lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Burrell .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burrell working aggressively here.
Burrell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Royer backwards.
Royer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Burrell connects with a looping right hand.
Good leg kick by Burrell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Royer motions for Burrell to come forward. Royer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Burrell throws a hook but Royer avoids it easily.
Burrell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burrell misses with a wild combination.
Royer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Royer is just out of range.
Burrell lands with a kick to the temple. Royer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Royer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Royer thows a body kick. Burrell tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Royer is just out of range.
Burrell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Royer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Royer throws a head kick but Burrell moves out of range.
Royer throws a jab but it's blocked by Burrell .
Burrell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burrell lands a nice looking body kick.
Royer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burrell .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Burrell is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Royer rather than just go for the knockout.
Burrell checks a low kick from Royer.
A clash of legs there as Royer blocks the low kick.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Burrell .
Burrell moves forwards but Royer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Burrell lands a body shot.
A low kick from Burrell misses
and Royer counters with a stiff right hand.
Burrell takes a swing at Royer's ribcage but misses.
Burrell takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royer slips a jab and a cross from Burrell .
Royer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stanley Burrell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burrell misses the jab.
Burrell moves out of range of the leg kick from Royer.
Royer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Royer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Royer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrell feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Royer's calf.
Burrell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Royer. Royer obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from Burrell is predictable there
and Royer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Burrell walks into a stiff left hand from Royer.
Burrell misses with a hook. Royer ducked under it nicely.
Burrell jabs Royer right on the nose. Royer blinks but takes it well.
Burrell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burrell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
Burrell lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanley Burrell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Burrell connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Royer cracks Burrell with a good jab.
Royer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burrell lands with a right hand.
Royer throws a body punch but Burrell moves out of range.
Burrell bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Royer's head backwards.
Royer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burrell .
Royer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burrell .
Burrell moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burrell .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer avoids the body shot from Burrell .
Burrell throws a leg kick
and Royer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Burrell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Royer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Royer thows a leg kick but Burrell checks it
and Burrell counters with a stiff right hand.
Burrell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Royer lands a nice shot that snaps Burrell 's head back.
Burrell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Royer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royer throws a big shot that misses.
Burrell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Royer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burrell slips a straight right by Royer.
Royer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Burrell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Royer can pounce on him.
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!
Royer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Royer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Burrell has time to react.
Dakota Royer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burrell throws a body punch but Royer moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrell tries a head kick but it misses.

Burrell clinches up against the cage.
Burrell working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Royer.
Royer is trying to break the clinch but Burrell has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Burrell .
Burrell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Burrell misses with a punch on the inside.
Royer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Burrell scores with a shot to the side of Royer's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Burrell as Royer tries to tie him up.

Royer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Burrell ! Royer is out on his feet! Burrell rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Royer is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Royer is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stanley Burrell !
Stanley Burrell thanked the fans post fight for their support.