PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Burishkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Zimmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burishkov comes to the cage accompanied by Not a step back. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Burishkov
vs
Zimmer

185 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Sparta Fightware

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Viktor Burishkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hans Zimmer!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zimmer misses with a looping left.
Burishkov misses with an uppercut. Zimmer saw that one coming.
Zimmer throws a series of punches but Burishkov avoids them all with ease.
Burishkov tries to clinch but Zimmer is having none of it.
Burishkov lands a jab to the head.
Zimmer scores with a nice head shot.
A clash of legs there as Zimmer blocks the low kick.
Burishkov moves out of range of the strikes.
Burishkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zimmer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Burishkov moves into the clinch successfully.

Burishkov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burishkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Viktor Burishkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burishkov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zimmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burishkov takes one on the button.

Burishkov gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Burishkov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burishkov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zimmer.
Burishkov is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burishkov moves away from the strike by Zimmer.
Some wild striking there from Zimmer.
Zimmer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zimmer scores with the left hand. Burishkov knows he should have avoided that one.
Burishkov throws a series of punches but Zimmer avoids them all with ease.
Burishkov misses with a wild body shot.
Nice jab there from Zimmer.
Zimmer lands a nice shot to the body.
Burishkov throws a looping overhand right but Zimmer ducks down to avoid it.
Burishkov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zimmer.
Zimmer looks to throw the jab but Burishkov is out of range.
Zimmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burishkov.
Good shot there by Zimmer.
Zimmer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zimmer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zimmer lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Burishkov misses.
Burishkov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Zimmer misses with an uppercut. Burishkov saw that one coming.
Zimmer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Burishkov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Burishkov connects with a nice looking jab.
Burishkov throws a big shot that misses.
Zimmer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burishkov throws out the jab.
Burishkov scores with a hook.
Zimmer misses with a straight left.
Zimmer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Burishkov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Burishkov moves out of range as Zimmer strikes.
Burishkov is looking to chop away at Zimmer's legs.
Zimmer misses with a straight right.
Burishkov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Burishkov throws a chopping leg kick but Zimmer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zimmer looks to land a right hand but Burishkov moved out of range.
Burishkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burishkov fails to land with a series of punches.
Burishkov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zimmer.
Burishkov throws a lazy right hand but Zimmer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zimmer throws a big shot that misses.
Zimmer 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.
Zimmer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zimmer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zimmer swings for the body but Burishkov moves out of range.
Zimmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Burishkov scores with the left hand. Zimmer knows he should have avoided that one.
Zimmer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Burishkov rushes Zimmer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zimmer working hard to break the clinch.
Burishkov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Zimmer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Burishkov has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zimmer after a bit of a struggle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burishkov lands a shot to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Burishkov manages to break the clinch.
Burishkov lands the left hand.
Burishkov blocks a jab.
Zimmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burishkov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burishkov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zimmer on the side of the head.
Zimmer misses with a hook. Burishkov ducked under it nicely.
Zimmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Burishkov scores with a jab.
Burishkov throws a body punch but Zimmer moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Zimmer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Burishkov tries to clinch up.
Burishkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zimmer throws a jab but it's blocked by Burishkov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Burishkov 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.

A left lands for Zimmer.
Viktor Burishkov is winning the standup battle so far.
Burishkov ducks right into an uppercut from Zimmer.
Zimmer misses with a hook.
An inside leg kick from Burishkov misses.
Burishkov throws a shot from downtown. Zimmer moves away and avoids it.
Zimmer ducks under a wild hook from Burishkov.
Burishkov moves away from the strike by Zimmer.
Nice jab there from Burishkov.
Burishkov loads up on a big right hand but Zimmer slips the punch.
Burishkov throws a lazy right hand but Zimmer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burishkov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Zimmer swats away the attempt to clinch by Burishkov.
Burishkov throws a hook but Zimmer blocks it.
Zimmer throws a lazy right hand but Burishkov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burishkov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zimmer misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmer misses with a looping left.
Burishkov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zimmer misses with a hook
enabling Burishkov to counter with a crisp jab.
Zimmer moves out of range of the body kick.
Zimmer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burishkov scores with a nice right hand.
Burishkov throws an overhand right that lands on Zimmer's shoulder, as Zimmer tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Zimmer misses the target.
Zimmer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zimmer missing with a left hand there. Burishkov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Burishkov misses its intended target.
Burishkov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Zimmer gets tackled into the cage by Burishkov. Burishkov maintains the clinch.
Burishkov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Zimmer fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Burishkov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Burishkov breaks from the clinch.
Zimmer throws the left hand but Burishkov avoids the punch easily.
Zimmer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zimmer tries to bum rush Burishkov with a series of wild strikes but Burishkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burishkov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zimmer checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Burishkov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zimmer throws the left hand but Burishkov avoids the punch easily.
Burishkov moves out of range as Zimmer strikes.
Burishkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zimmer slips under a jab.
Burishkov misses with a low kick as Zimmer jumps back.
Zimmer lands with a straight right. Burishkov didn't see that one coming.
Zimmer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Burishkov has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zimmer dips to his left and cracks Burishkov with an uppercut!
Burishkov slips a straight right by Zimmer.

Oooooh!!! Burishkov has knocked Zimmer down with a huge combo! Burishkov steps away and waves a wobbly Zimmer back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Zimmer is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burishkov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zimmer is still on wobbly legs! Can Burishkov finish him?
Zimmer misses with a straight left.
Zimmer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burishkov.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zimmer seems to have recovered his senses.
Zimmer throws a head punch that misses.

Burishkov breaks the clinch.
Zimmer moves away from the strike by Burishkov.
Burishkov moves away from the strike by Zimmer.
Zimmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burishkov.
Zimmer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burishkov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zimmer looks to land a combination but Burishkov avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zimmer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Burishkov.
Zimmer works over Burishkov's head and body with a nice combination.
Burishkov tries to clinch there but Zimmer circles away.
Burishkov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Burishkov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Burishkov is looking to clinch but Zimmer is avoiding it.
Burishkov misses with a few strikes there.

Burishkov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zimmer tries to break the clinch but Burishkov is controlling the position.
Zimmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Burishkov breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burishkov lands with a straight right. Zimmer didn't see that one coming.
Zimmer loads up on a big right hand but Burishkov slips the punch.
Burishkov looks to land a left hand but Zimmer moved out of range nicely.
Burishkov misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Burishkov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Burishkov clinches.
A short left from Burishkov.
Zimmer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zimmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Burishkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zimmer tries to break the clinch but Burishkov is controlling the position.

Burishkov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Zimmer.
Burishkov throws a shot from downtown. Zimmer moves away and avoids it.
Zimmer misses the jab.
Burishkov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zimmer.
Burishkov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zimmer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burishkov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zimmer looks to land a left hand but Burishkov moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmer lands with a good body shot.
Burishkov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zimmer.
Burishkov throws a hook but Zimmer blocks it.
Zimmer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burishkov throws out the jab.
A jab from Zimmer misses.
Zimmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zimmer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burishkov ducks under a wild hook from Zimmer.
A slow jab from Burishkov misses its intended target.
Burishkov blocks a jab.
Zimmer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burishkov.
Burishkov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zimmer under the eye.
Zimmer misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Burishkov misses the target.
Burishkov works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Zimmer ducks straight into an uppercut from Burishkov and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Zimmer manages to regain guard straight away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmer keeping moving, preventing Burishkov from controlling successfully.
Burishkov passes Zimmer's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Burishkov tries to stand but can't do so whilst Zimmer controls his leg.
Zimmer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burishkov is working away from the top position though.
Burishkov is keen to just control but Zimmer is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burishkov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zimmer's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zimmer wants to control but Burishkov is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Burishkov decides to return to a standing position.
Burishkov misses with an uppercut.
Zimmer throws a jab when Burishkov was well out of range.
A jab from Zimmer misses.
Burishkov takes one to the chin there.
Zimmer slips a jab from Burishkov.
Burishkov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zimmer.
Zimmer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice uppercut lands for Burishkov. That snapped Zimmer's head back.
Zimmer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Zimmer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burishkov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zimmer throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Zimmer.
Zimmer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Burishkov walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burishkov clinches with his opponent.
A hook to the body from Burishkov.
Zimmer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zimmer tries to circle away but Burishkov has him pinned against the cage.

Burishkov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zimmer blocks a head kick by Burishkov.
Burishkov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zimmer throws out the jab.
Burishkov takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Decent striking displayed by Burishkov there.
Zimmer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Burishkov doesn't seem bothered though.
Burishkov slips a jab from Zimmer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burishkov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Burishkov moves forwards but Zimmer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Burishkov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zimmer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hans Zimmer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zimmer throws a lazy right hand but Burishkov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Burishkov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burishkov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Burishkov!
An out of breath and clearly excited Viktor Burishkov thanked Sparta Fightware for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).