PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roene Dekker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes into the arena with Die by the drop blaring out of the sound system. Roene Dekker has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Burns
vs
Dekker

194 cm
21
278 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

197 cm
21
248 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Legion of Pain Nutrition

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Roene Dekker!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns lands a jab.
Dekker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burns throws a body punch but Dekker moves out of range.
Burns connects with a leg kick. Dekker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Burns scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns misses with an uppercut.
Burns lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Burns.
A bone on bone clash there as Dekker blocks the leg kick.
Dekker misses with a straight left.
Dekker avoids the body shot from Burns.
Dekker dives in and grabs Burns's left leg, looking for a takedown. Burns pushes down on Dekker's head and hops out.
Dekker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dekker is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Burns misses with a hook to the body
and Dekker counters with a nice body kick.
Burns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dekker looks winded!
Dekker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns is looking to clinch but Dekker is avoiding it.
Dekker has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Roene Dekker has been cut.
Burns tests Dekker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
Burns lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Burns walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dekker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dekker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns. That's going to slow Dekker down.
Burns misses the body punch
and Dekker counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burns, right into the meat.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
Burns takes a swing at Dekker's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burns.
Burns misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burns lands with a hook. Dekker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dekker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burns thows a body kick. Dekker tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dekker moves forwards but Burns connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dekker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Dekker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dekker.
William Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Burns lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Burns digs a good hook to Dekker's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burns.
Dekker takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
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!
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns swinging wildly here.
Burns lands a nice shot that snaps Dekker's head back.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dekker manages to avoid it.
Burns lands a right hook to the body.
Burns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dekker's sensitive parts.

Burns fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dekker, pushing him back against the cage.
Burns blocks an uppercut.
Dekker is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns scores with a hook to the body.
Burns is leaning against Dekker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dekker backwards.
Dekker managing to block the knees to the body from Burns.
Burns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burns throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burns scores with a hook to the body.
Dekker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burns lands a nice uppercut.
Burns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns tries a body shot but Dekker blocks it.
A hook to the body from Burns.
Burns is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Burns takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
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 Roene Dekker's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Burns doesn't manage to clinch there - Dekker circles away.
William Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns thumps Dekker with a low kick.
Burns scores with a shot to the body.
Burns lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Burns is looking to wear down Dekker with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns scores with a leg kick.
Good exchange - Burns coming out on top.
Burns catches Dekker with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Dekker forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). William Burns!
William Burns managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Legion of Pain Nutrition, into his post fight interview.