PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Golota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Burns might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Die by the drop. William Burns has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burns
vs
Golota

194 cm
21
278 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

202 cm
31
274 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Blood Bank ($10)

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrew Golota!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns feints and then cracks Golota's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Golota down.
A punch combination from Golota misses.
Burns throws a body punch but Golota moves out of range.
Burns fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Golota on the side of the head.

It looks like Andrew Golota has been cut.
Golota throws out a loose jab but Burns uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golota scores with a body shot.
Burns feints and then cracks Golota's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Golota down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Burns.
Golota throws an overhand right that lands on Burns's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
Burns lands a nice looking body shot.
Golota motions for Burns to come forward. Golota throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
William Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Golota was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Burns throws a predictable looking body shot
and Golota counters with a stiff right hand.
Burns sizes up Golota with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Burns swinging wildly here.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Golota is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Golota, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Burns pushes Golota up against the cage in a clinch.
Golota is trying to push Burns away but Burns has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Golota wants to get back to striking at distance but Burns won't allow it.
Golota tries to work over Burns's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Golota tries to break free but Burns pushes him back against the cage.
Golota is working Burns over against the cage.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
Golota blocks an uppercut.
Golota is looking to break free of the clinch but Burns has double underhooks.
Golota is working Burns over against the cage.
Golota lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Golota backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Golota breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by Golota.
Burns takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Burns throws a hook but Golota blocks it.
Golota looks to land a combination but Burns avoids it well.

Burns clinches up against the cage.
Burns misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Golota.
Golota pressing his opponent against the cage.
Golota working hard to break the clinch.
Golota blocking some punches.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Golota.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns working aggressively here.
Golota is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Burns misses with a body punch.
Burns is trying to stall.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burns scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Burns lands a body punch in the clinch.
Burns lands a nice shot to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Golota.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golota is trying to break the clinch but Burns is controlling him.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burns prevents Golota from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Burns on the inside.

That has opened up Andrew Golota's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golota lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Golota blocking some punches.
Burns taking a breather.

Golota pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Burns.

Burns sends Golota crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Burns is motioning to the referee to let Golota up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Golota is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Burns.
Golota is still on wobbly legs! Can Burns finish him?
Golota looks winded!
Burns scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Golota seems to have recovered his senses.
Burns with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Burns turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Burns changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns lands a nice looking body shot.
Golota has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burns.
Burns feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Golota's calf.
Burns lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Golota's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Burns punishes Golota's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot by Burns.
Burns cracks Golota with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Golota falls to his knees and Burns doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Burns!
William Burns really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Blood Bank ($10) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.