PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamil Burczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross comes to the cage accompanied by Neck of the Woods. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Ross
vs
Burczynski

169 cm
24
163 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

176 cm
24
168 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kamil Burczynski!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ross dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burczynski. That did some damage!
Ross shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Burczynski but Burczynski pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ross connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ross throws a predictable looking body shot

so Burczynski counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ross has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Burczynski wants to control from the top but Ross keeps moving.
Ross is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Burczynski is looking to work some ground and pound but Ross has wrist control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burczynski postures up in Ross's guard and throws a big left but Ross blocks it.
Burczynski wants to control from the top but Ross keeps moving.
Burczynski with a nice head shot there.
Ross keeping full guard, as Burczynski tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burczynski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ross trying to control the position.
Ross keeping full guard, as Burczynski tries to pass.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Burczynski working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Ross wants to sweep here but Burczynski controlling him for the moment.
Burczynski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Ross is looking for a triangle but Burczynski pushes his legs off easily.
Burczynski trying to control but Ross is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burczynski passes into half guard.
Ross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Burczynski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ross won't allow Burczynski to pass to mount.
Burczynski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ross's head.
Ross tries to get to full guard but Burczynski has control of the leg.
Ross trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross desperately trying to maintain half guard.

Burczynski seems to be looking for submissions.
Burczynski is looking to advance position but Ross won't allow it.
Ross is not content to let Burczynski control the position.
Ross wants to improve his position but Burczynski is controlling well.
Burczynski trying to mount his opponent but Ross defends it.
Burczynski is trying to control the action in half guard but Ross is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross trying to control from the bottom.
Burczynski is just content to waste time from the top position. Ross takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Burczynski advances position into side control!
Burczynski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Burczynski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Burczynski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Burczynski controlling from side mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ross is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Burczynski's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamil Burczynski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Burczynski throws a half hearted mid kick.
That kick from Ross tenderised Burczynski's leg. Burczynski is trying to keep his angry face on.
Burczynski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burczynski lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Burczynski tries to clinch up but Ross circles away and keeps his distance.
Burczynski throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ross throws a leg kick

and Burczynski counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ross trying to control from the bottom.
Burczynski trying to control the action but Ross is working from the bottom.

Burczynski is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ross doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Burczynski.

Burczynski is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ross defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross is refusing to be controlled, as Burczynski sits in half guard.
Burczynski drops an elbow to the side of Ross's head.

Burczynski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Burczynski tries to pass to full mount but Ross defends it.
Burczynski is trying to control the action in half guard but Ross is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burczynski is looking to advance position but Ross won't allow it.
Burczynski not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Burczynski thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burczynski scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Burczynski is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Ross manages to get to full guard.
Kamil Burczynski has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burczynski throws a big elbow that misses.
Ross pulls Burczynski in close to his closed guard and prevents Burczynski from doing any damage or advancing position.
Burczynski wants to control from the top but Ross keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczynski throws a big right hand that misses.
Burczynski trying to control but Ross is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Burczynski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ross swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kamil Burczynski wasn't active enough on the ground.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burczynski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Burczynski moves away from the strike by Ross.
Ross displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Burczynski.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burczynski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burczynski staying out of range there.
Burczynski misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Ross throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Burczynski misses.
Kamil Burczynski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burczynski scores with a jab to the head.
Ross thumps Burczynski with a low kick.
Ross tries to land a body kick
and Burczynski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Horrible takedown by Burczynski or perhaps it was just good defense by Ross which made him look bad.
Burczynski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ross cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mike Ross has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kamil Burczynski.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burczynski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Burczynski looks to land a body kick but Ross moved away.
Ross jabs Burczynski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamil Burczynski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ross misses with a head kick.
Ross ducks under a wild hook from Burczynski.
Ross throws a hook but Burczynski avoids it easily.
Burczynski moves away from the strike by Ross.
Ross tries to work over Burczynski's front leg with a kick but Burczynski checks it.
Burczynski ducks under a wild hook from Ross.
A big right from Ross misses.
Burczynski is looking to clinch.
Burczynski shoots in but no luck this time.
Burczynski throws a hook but Ross blocks it.

Burczynski closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ross quickly recovers to half guard.
Burczynski prevents Ross from improving his position.
Ross is in trouble now - Burczynski has advanced to mount!
Burczynski avoids the attempt from Ross to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burczynski putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ross gets back to half guard.
Burczynski wants to pass to mount but Ross is defending the position.
Burczynski working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Ross's thigh. Ross counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Burczynski looking to pass the guard.
Ross trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burczynski is one step ahead there.
Ross is trying to control the position but Burczynski postures up.
Burczynski stands and throws Ross's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Burczynski gets to mount! Ross was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Ross is working to get back to half guard.
Kamil Burczynski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ross is working hard here to advance position.
Mike Ross has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczynski controlling the pace for now.
Burczynski's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Ross is looking to get to half guard.
Burczynski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Burczynski unloads with some shots from mount but Ross bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross is in all sorts of trouble here.
Burczynski has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ross wants to control but Burczynski is having none of it.
Ross is working to get back to half guard.
Burczynski tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burczynski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ross is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kamil Burczynski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Burczynski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kamil Burczynski!
A determined Kamil Burczynski didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!