PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Axper Jan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica - Enter Sandman. Jan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Im axpers! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Burza
vs
Jan

185 cm
35
195 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

183 cm
21
192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Burza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Axper Jan!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jan throws out a loose jab but Burza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jan throws an overhand right that lands on Burza's shoulder, as Burza tries to avoid the shot.
Jan fails to land with a series of punches.
Burza misses with the combination.
Jan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burza.
Jan swings for the body but Burza moves out of range.
Jan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jan ducks right into an uppercut from Burza.
Burza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jan.
Burza dodges the punch combination from Jan.
Jan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza misses with a straight right.
Burza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jan looks to score with a jab to the body but Burza is just out of range.
Jan connects with a single shot there.
Burza misses with a hook. Jan ducked under it nicely.
Jan misses with a straight left.
Burza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Burza blocks a jab.
Burza takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burza. Jan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burza just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Jan misses.
Jan throws a nice looking combination but Burza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jan swinging wildly here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jan clobbers Burza with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jan lands a nice looking body shot.
Burza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jan misses with a right hand
and Burza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jan takes a swing at Burza's ribcage but misses.
Jan looks to land a right hand but Burza moved out of range.
Burza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jan misses with a hook.
Jan misses with a double jab.
Burza misses with a looping right.
Jan slips a jab and a cross from Burza.
Burza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jan.
Jan misses with a few strikes there.
Jan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Burza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jan misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza moves out of range of the strikes.
Jan just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Burza does no damage.
Burza staying out of range there.
Jan ducks under a wild hook from Burza.
Jan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burza.
Burza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jan.
Burza slips a jab and a cross from Jan.
Jan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burza manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Burza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Axper Jan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A punch combination from Burza misses.
Burza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jan throws out the jab.
Jan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Burza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jan throws a hook but Burza avoids it easily.
Jan misses with a lunging right hand
and Burza counters with a one-two to the body.
Jan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burza misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Jan misses.
Burza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Axper Jan seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jan throws a hook to the side of Burza's head but Burza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burza throws a right hand that Jan ducks under and follows up with a left that Jan also avoids with ease.
A swing and a miss from Jan.
Jan 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.
Jan misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jan thinking.
Burza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Burza throws a shot from downtown. Jan moves away and avoids it.
Jan misses with a hook
and Burza counters with a stiff right hand.
Jan's corner calls for a 1-2. Jan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Burza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jan lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jan swings widly with a right hand
and Burza counters with a straight right hand.
Jan throws a poor cross that misses
and Burza counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burza misses with a wild combination.
Jan throws a big shot that misses.
Jan misses with a few strikes there.
Jan misses with a hook
and Burza counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jan throws a big shot that misses.
Burza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Burza misses with a double jab
and Jan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Burza lands a two punch combo.
Burza's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Burza duly obliges.
Burza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Jan.
Burza thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza slips a straight right by Jan.
Jan throws a right hand that misses
and Burza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Jan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jan throws a combination. Burza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A combination from Burza does no damage.
Jan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burza throws a good cross that connects.
Nice defenses there by Jan.
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 John Burza will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jan scores with a jab.
Jan lands a jab to the nose.
Jan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jan blocks a jab.
Jan throws a jab when Burza was well out of range.
Jan swinging wildly here.
Burza just misses with a punch to the body.
Burza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burza tests Jan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza lands a lovely overhand right.
Jan slips a jab from Burza.
Burza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Burza.
Jan takes one to the chin there.
Burza cracks a nice hook into Jan's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Jan misses the target.
Jan throws a right hand that Burza ducks under and follows up with a left that Burza also avoids with ease.
Burza throws a body punch but Jan moves out of range.
Jan thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza just misses with a punch to the body.
Burza misses with a body shot.
Jan throws a lazy uppercut
and Burza counters with a straight right hand.
Jan throws out a loose jab but Burza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jan misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a left to the body.
Burza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Burza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burza.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burza clobbers Jan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burza counters with a left to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Jan misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza throws out a loose jab but Jan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jan looks to land a combination but Burza avoids it well.
Jan feints a jab promting Burza to slip. Jan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Burza slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Burza staying out of range there.
Jan misses with an uppercut
enabling Burza to counter with a crisp jab.
Jan throws a poor cross that misses
and Burza counters with a nice body shot.
Burza throws a big shot that misses.
Jan misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza ducks under a wild hook from Jan.
Burza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burza misses with an uppercut. Jan saw that one coming.
Jan looks to throw the jab but Burza is out of range.
Burza throws a nice looking combination but Jan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burza scores with a sloppy right hand. Jan should have avoided that one.
Burza misses with a jab, cross combination.
John Burza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jan throws out the jab.
Jan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burza tries to bum rush Jan with a series of wild strikes but Jan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Burza.
I think Burza has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... John Burza!
John Burza bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.