PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamison Burkina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BeeJay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Burkina
vs
Penn

184 cm
24
181 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

184 cm
33
183 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jamison Burkina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BeeJay Penn!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn connects with the punch.
Penn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burkina.
Burkina slips under a jab from Penn.
Penn moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Jamison Burkina has been cut.
Burkina looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
Burkina shoots in but Penn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Penn lands a big right hand that sends Burkina crashing to the mat! Penn stays standing though and waves Burkina back to his feet!

Burkina is rocked!
Penn misses with a combination
and Burkina counters with a right hand to the body.
Oh Burkina is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Penn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burkina seems to have got his legs back now.
Burkina looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Burkina scores with a hook to the body. Penn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burkina lands a slapping body shot.
Penn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Penn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn trying to control the position here.
Penn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Penn wants to stand but Burkina is controlling the position.
Penn keeping full guard, as Burkina tries to pass.
Penn trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

BeeJay Penn has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Burkina scores with a crisp jab that stopped Penn in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a lunging right hand
letting Burkina counter with a right hand.
Burkina moves away from the strike by Penn.

Burkina fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Penn sprawls well initially but Burkina persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Burkina is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Burkina.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penn wants to get back to his feet.

Penn makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Burkina looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
Penn thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burkina fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burkina shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Penn sprawls well. Penn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Burkina gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamison Burkina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Penn ducks under a wild hook from Burkina.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn misses with a double jab.
Penn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burkina waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.
Penn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Burkina waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penn.

Burkina takes the fight into the clinch.
Burkina has Penn pressed against the cage, preventing Penn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burkina has Penn pressed against the cage, preventing Penn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Penn just leaning against Burkina, taking a breather.

Penn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Penn throws a lazy uppercut
and Burkina counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn blocks a jab.
Jamison Burkina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Burkina closes the distance and clinches.
Burkina swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burkina.

Penn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Penn throws a lazy right hand but Burkina sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burkina misses with a looping right.
Burkina lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A nice combination there by Burkina.
Penn looks to throw the jab but Burkina is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn takes one on the button.
Penn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Burkina there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jamison Burkina will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jamison Burkina's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Burkina shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Penn as he jumps to the side.
Burkina lands a nice shot to the body.
Penn looks to throw the jab but Burkina is out of range.
Burkina lands a nice hook to Penn's body. Penn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Penn might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Burkina moves out of range as Penn strikes.
Burkina shoots in for a takedown but Penn shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Burkina on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Burkina shoots in looking for a takedown but Penn manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Burkina's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamison Burkina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Penn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Penn.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Penn tries to move into range but Burkina moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Burkina throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Penn sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burkina fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Penn scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penn connects with a jab.
Burkina tries to close the distance and clinch up but Penn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burkina uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penn.
Penn connects with a leg kick. Burkina looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Burkina tries to score a power double leg takedown but Penn sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Burkina somewhat.

Burkina closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Penn's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Penn wants to sweep here but Burkina controlling him for the moment.
Penn is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Penn kicks Burkina off and gets to his feet.
Burkina's jab looks to have found its range, popping Penn under the eye.
Burkina looks to throw the jab but Penn is out of range.
A good leg kick by Penn.
Penn stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Burkina slips under a jab.

Penn sends Burkina crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Penn is motioning to the referee to let Burkina up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Burkina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Penn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice sprawl there from Penn as Burkina shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Penn. No joy for Burkina on that attempt.
Penn throws a shot from downtown. Burkina moves away and avoids it.
Burkina changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Penn tries to avoid it but Burkina manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Penn to the ground. Penn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The fighters circling - Burkina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Penn works Burkina's body with a nice hook.
Burkina bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Penn cracks Burkina with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Burkina looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Penn finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burkina looks to score with a jab to the body but Penn is just out of range.
Penn misses with a wild combination.
Burkina gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Penn gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Burkina is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). BeeJay Penn!
A victorious BeeJay Penn thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.