PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lauri Torni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torni comes to the cage accompanied by Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Torni
vs
Burgess

189 cm
33
190 lbs
31 - 14 - 1

190 cm
33
196 lbs
24 - 15 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

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 31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lauri Torni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Burgess!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Burgess.
Burgess throws a low kick but Torni avoids it.
Torni throws a hook to the side of Burgess's head but Burgess sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burgess comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Burgess throws a hook but Torni avoids it easily.
Torni lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burgess's sensitive parts.
Burgess takes a swing at Torni's ribcage but misses.
Burgess throws an overhand right that lands on Torni's shoulder, as Torni tries to avoid the shot.
Burgess misses with an uppercut.
Burgess misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burgess throws an overhand right that lands on Torni's shoulder, as Torni tries to avoid the shot.
Burgess pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch combination from Burgess misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burgess.
Burgess will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Torni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burgess throws out the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Torni 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burgess throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Torni counters with a shoot takedown. Burgess fights it but they end up in guard.
Torni trying to control but Burgess is working from the bottom.
Torni wants to stand but Burgess has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Burgess holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Burgess misses with a low kick.
Torni goes for a double leg but Burgess avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Burgess continues to drive forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torni tries a body shot but Burgess blocks it.
Burgess blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torni blocks an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Torni takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Burgess has a couple of punches blocked by Torni.
Torni taking a breather.
Torni lands with a right to the head.
Torni is leaning against Burgess and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Torni lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burgess or not.
Torni misses with a punch on the inside.
Burgess lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torni's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torni lands an uppercut.
Torni lands a nice uppercut.
Burgess lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Torni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torni gets through Burgess's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgess tries a body shot but Torni blocks it.
Torni misses with a punch to the body.
Torni keeps control of Burgess as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Torni lands a right hand.
Torni scores with a hook to the body.
Burgess missing with knees to the body.
Torni lands a right hand.
Burgess tries to land knees in the clinch but Torni avoids the damage to the body.
Burgess wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Torni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burgess throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Torni misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Torni.
Burgess tries to break free but Torni pushes him back against the cage.
Torni controlling the action here for a moment.

Burgess manages to break the clinch.
Burgess misses with a looping left.
Burgess has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Burgess misses with a body punch
and Torni counters with a slapping leg kick.
Burgess waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torni.
Torni throws a jab but it's blocked by Burgess.
Burgess throws a leg kick

and Torni counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Torni.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torni stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Torni taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Torni blocking some punches.
Torni effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Torni for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lauri Torni dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Torni swings for the body but Burgess moves out of range.
Burgess fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torni manages to avoid it.
Torni tries to score with a low kick but Burgess moves his leg out of the way.
Torni dodges the punch combination from Burgess.
Torni misses with a wild body shot.
Burgess works the jab nicely.
Burgess misses with a double jab.
Torni chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Burgess can pounce on him.
Burgess lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Torni just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burgess.
A right-left combo lands from Burgess.
Burgess throws a low kick but Torni moves out of range easily.
Torni lands a right hook to the body.
Burgess throws a predictable looking body shot

and Torni counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Burgess looking for a sweep. Not yet Burgess, not yet.

Torni stands up and waves to Burgess to follow him.
Burgess falls off balance throwing a combination
and Torni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burgess works the jab nicely.
Torni avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burgess.
Burgess throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Torni counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Burgess's guard now.
Torni prevents Burgess from getting back to his feet.

Torni gets to his feet. Burgess looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Burgess swings for the body but Torni moves out of range.
Burgess cracks Torni with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torni. Burgess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Torni defending well as Burgess loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Torni misses.
Burgess throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Torni's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Burgess connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Torni scrambles back to his feet.
Burgess's jab looks to have found its range, popping Torni under the eye.
Anthony Burgess seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burgess throws an off balance right hand
and Torni counters with an inside leg kick.
Burgess throws out a powerful jab.
Torni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burgess throws a body punch but Torni moves out of range.
A slow jab from Burgess misses its intended target.
Burgess avoids the body shot from Torni.
Torni tries to land a front kick but Burgess steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Burgess throws a right and a left that Torni avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torni fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burgess checks it well.
Left hook, right uppercut from Burgess.
Burgess loads up on a big right hand but Torni slips the punch.
A combination from Torni does no damage.
Burgess misses with a lunging right hand

and Torni counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Burgess has one foot on Torni's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Torni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burgess.
Burgess throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Torni moves into the clinch successfully.
Torni looking to slow down the pace here.
Torni tries to throw a body punch but Burgess avoids it by throwing Torni back against the cage.
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 Lauri Torni will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Torni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burgess throws a big shot that misses.
A combination from Burgess does no damage.
Torni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burgess manages to avoid it.
Torni is looking to wear down Burgess with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Burgess misses with a right hand
and Torni counters with a nice kick to the body.
Torni misses with a low kick.
Torni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burgess misses with a hook.
Burgess scores with a punch to the head.
Torni lands a body shot.
Torni throws a chopping leg kick but Burgess manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torni moves forwards but Burgess connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Burgess blocks the leg kick.
Burgess cracks Torni with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Torni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Torni dodges the punch combination from Burgess.
Torni misses with a body shot.
A big left from Burgess misses.
Torni is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burgess.
Burgess swings widly with a right hand

and Torni decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Burgess's guard.
Torni wants to stand but Burgess has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burgess pushes Torni off and scrambles back to his feet.
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!
Burgess rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Torni takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burgess takes a kick to the side of the head.
Torni moves away from the strike by Burgess.
Burgess lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Torni counters with a shoot takedown. Burgess fights it but they end up in guard.

Burgess wriggles free and stands up.
Torni fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Burgess has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Burgess cracks Torni with an open hand slap.
Anthony Burgess has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Torni misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burgess checks a low kick from Torni.
Torni throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Burgess takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burgess throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lauri Torni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgess throws a leg kick which misses Torni's front leg but catches the back leg as Torni tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burgess throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torni on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Torni checks the leg kick nicely there.
Torni throws a front kick aimed at Burgess's knee but Burgess avoids it well.
Burgess throws a right hand that misses

and Torni counters by clinching up.
Burgess works on Torni's body with a couple of short punches.
Burgess is trying to force a seperation but Torni has the dominant position.

Burgess breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burgess throws a poor cross that misses

and Torni counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Burgess tries to roll over but Torni keeps him under control.

Burgess with the active half guard here but Torni passes nicely into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lauri Torni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Torni, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lauri Torni!
Lauri Torni seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.