PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frederic Bastiat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burgess's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, travis barker push em. Bastiat has chosen Superstition as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Frederic Bastiat enters the cage!

Burgess
vs
Bastiat

190 cm
34
196 lbs
24 - 17 - 3

188 cm
35
197 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

[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 24 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frederic Bastiat!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgess throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Burgess clinches up with Bastiat and pushes him back against the cage.
Bastiat drops down looking for an ankle pick but Burgess pulls his leg out and moves away.
Burgess throws a nice looking combination but Bastiat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bastiat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Burgess throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bastiat tries for a takedown but Burgess sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Burgess connects with an inside leg kick.
No joy there for Burgess, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bastiat shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anthony Burgess has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frederic Bastiat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burgess.
Burgess misses with a double jab.
Burgess scores with a nice strike.
Bastiat misses with a takedown attempt - Burgess sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Burgess gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bastiat is working for takedown but Burgess is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastiat looking for a takedown.
Bastiat has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Burgess is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bastiat is looking for a takedown.
Burgess lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bastiat looks winded!
Nice body punch from Burgess.
Burgess lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burgess digs a right hand into Bastiat's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bastiat's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Burgess breaks from the clinch.
Burgess with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burgess.
Burgess fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bastiat.
A solid body kick from Burgess.
Burgess connects with an inside leg kick.
No joy there for Burgess, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Burgess forces Bastiat back against the cage and clinches.
Burgess slows down the pace here.
Burgess is working Bastiat over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burgess throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Burgess lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Bastiat is defending against the submission attempts here by Burgess.
Burgess tries to pass to full mount but Bastiat defends it.
Bastiat has hold of Burgess's hands but Burgess slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bastiat keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgess looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bastiat with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bastiat taking some punishment here, with Burgess in his half guard.
Burgess working Bastiat over with strikes.
Burgess has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burgess is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bastiat is looking to improve his position.

Burgess wants to work for an arm triangle but Bastiat is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Burgess thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burgess looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Burgess winds up and cracks Bastiat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burgess is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bastiat regains full guard. Nicely done.

Bastiat throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Burgess scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Burgess keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bastiat's head.
Burgess is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgess advances to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burgess lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Bastiat looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastiat wants to get back to full guard.
Bastiat misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Burgess is looking to take a break and control but Bastiat is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Bastiat looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Burgess is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bastiat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burgess scores with a couple of nice shots.
Burgess passes the guard and advances to mount!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Burgess! Bastiat is hurt baaadly! Burgess is firing away with more strikes - Bastiat is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Burgess!
Anthony Burgess opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.