PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burza has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benton
vs
Burza

185 cm
37
168 lbs
32 - 9 - 1

185 cm
34
195 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

KAISER
Ultra Fight Gear

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 32 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Burza!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Benton closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Burza's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Benton trying to control the position from guard on top but Burza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Benton stops Burza from standing up.
Benton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Burza keeping full guard, as Benton tries to pass.
Benton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Benton stands up from Burza's guard - Benton perhaps looking for a knockout.
Burza with a nice cross.
Burza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Burza moves out of range of the leg kick from Benton.
Benton throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza throws out a loose jab but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton tries to clinch
and Burza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice combination there by Burza.
Burza pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Benton back to the cage. Burza follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
No joy there for Benton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donk. Burza catches Benton right on the button with a cross.
Sloppy strikes from Benton. Those never looked like landing.
Burza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burza.

Benton is rocked!
Benton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oh Benton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benton seems to have got his legs back now.
Some wild striking there from Benton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza scores with a three punch combo!
Burza misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Burza misses its intended target.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burza punishes Benton's body with a nice straight punch.
Benton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Benton swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benton shoots and misses
and Burza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benton throws a right and a left that Burza avoids nicely.
Burza swinging wildly here.
Burza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Benton.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Benton misses.
Benton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a series of strikes. Benton will be more careful next time no doubt.
Burza throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.
Burza lands with an overhand left.
Benton throws a series of punches but Burza avoids them all with ease.
Benton tries to clinch but Burza is having none of it.
Benton swinging wildly here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benton!
Burza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benton throws a big shot that misses.
Sam Benton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Benton misses with a combination
and Benton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burza lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benton throws a combination that misses
and Burza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burza lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Burza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benton.
Benton tries to clinch there but Burza circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benton on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burza.
Burza thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Burza dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Burza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benton tries to clinch but Burza is having none of it.
Burza keeps the fight on the outside.
Burza lands a nice shot to the body.
Benton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burza scores with the left hand. Benton knows he should have avoided that one.
Benton throws a series of punches but Burza moves out of range.
Burza just misses with a punch to the body.
Benton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sam Benton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benton shoots in for a takedown but Burza shows good takedown defense.
Benton tries to clinch but Burza moves out of range.
Benton swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benton tries to clinch up but Burza circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza connects with the punch.
Burza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Burza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benton was well out of range. Poor timing from Burza.
John Burza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Benton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Burza moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Burza tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Burza is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Benton lands a couple of elbows.
Burza wants to sweep here but Benton controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton wants to control from the top but Burza keeps moving.
Benton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Burza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burza controlling Benton's posture.
Benton advances position into side control!
Burza is pushing Benton's head away, looking to escape. Benton manages to hold on to the position though.
Burza is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Burza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza is working to avoid the ground and pound but Benton connects with a decent elbow.
Benton working the head and body with strikes.
Benton creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Burza is not content to let Benton control the position.
Benton looks up at the clock and then as Burza takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Benton smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Benton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Benton is chipping away with strikes.
Burza tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Benton wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Burza gets back to half guard.
Burza is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Benton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Benton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Benton stops Burza from getting back to his feet.

Burza looking for submissions off his back.

Burza looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benton trying to control from Burza's half guard. Burza has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sam Benton will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Benton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Benton coming out on top.
Burza slips a jab and a cross from Benton.
Burza swats away the attempt to clinch by Benton.
Burza lands a jab to Benton's midsection.
Burza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Benton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
John Burza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burza jabs at Benton's body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Benton is defended easily by Burza.
Burza throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza scores with a nice strike.
Burza jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benton throws a series of punches but Burza avoids them all with ease.
Benton throws a right and a left that Burza avoids nicely.
Benton with a poor takedown
and Burza counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burza misses with a series of wild punches.
Burza scores with a decent looking hook.
Benton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Burza leaves Benton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton misses with a takedown attempt - Burza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Burza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Benton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton fails with the takedown
and Burza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Burza throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Burza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burza.
Benton moves out of range of the strikes.
Benton looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Burza with a jab.
Benton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Burza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza cracks Benton with a good jab.
Benton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burza scores with a nice head shot.
Benton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Burza swats away the attempt to clinch by Benton.
Good shot there by Burza.
Burza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burza walks into a jab.
Burza connects with the punch.
Burza works over Benton's head and body with a nice combination.
A big right from Benton misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton misses with a takedown
letting Burza counter with a right hand.
Benton is looking to clinch.
Benton tries for a takedown but Burza circles away easily
letting Burza counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burza connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Benton! He's out on his feet! Burza rushes in and drops Benton with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Burza!
A very excited looking John Burza rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.