PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between stanely burnsely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timbe Suomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timbe Suomi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

burnsely
vs
Suomi

180 cm
23
205 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

187 cm
23
217 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, stanely burnsely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Timbe Suomi!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suomi slips a jab and a cross from burnsely.
burnsely throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
burnsely comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Suomi.
burnsely knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Suomi on the ground.

Suomi tries for a kimura but burnsely is defending well.
Suomi works to advance to full mount. burnsely defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
A nice elbow there by Suomi.
burnsely is squirming around, avoiding Suomi's attempts to control the action.
Suomi controlling the pace for now.

Suomi is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, burnsely has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Suomi working for a submission but burnsely is keeping him at bay.
Suomi trying to control but burnsely is having none of it.
Suomi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suomi looking to finish burnsely with some ground and pound. This is bad for burnsely!
A nice elbow there by Suomi.
A nice elbow there by Suomi.
burnsely is trying to escape the mount but Suomi keeps good control and instead manages to take burnsely's back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Suomi punishes burnsely with strikes from the back mount.
I really don't envy burnsely right now.

burnsely is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Well, with Suomi on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before burnsely is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
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!
Suomi trying to control momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suomi scores with punches from the back.
Suomi softening up his opponent with strikes here.
burnsely is breathing heavily.

Suomi is working for a rear naked choke. burnsely is not defending it well and Suomi has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! burnsely refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of burnsely's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Timbe Suomi!