PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Burkam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aalviar Roemer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Burkam
vs
Roemer

180 cm
25
265 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Burkam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aalviar Roemer!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roemer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Bob Burkam has been cut.
Roemer cracks Burkam with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Burkam keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roemer misses with a double jab.
Roemer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Roemer throws a series of punches but Burkam moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roemer works over Burkam's head and body with a nice combination.
Roemer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Roemer. Those never looked like landing.
Roemer misses with a series of wild punches.
Roemer wants to clinch up but Burkam keeps it at a distance.
Roemer has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Burkam is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Roemer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roemer throws a body punch but Burkam moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roemer misses the shot to the body.
Burkam swats away the attempt to clinch by Roemer.
Burkam misses with a body shot.

Roemer moves into the clinch.
Burkam is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Roemer gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Burkam wants a takedown.
Roemer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burkam's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Roemer.
Roemer lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roemer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Burkam in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Roemer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roemer digs a good body shot into Burkam's ribs.
Roemer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roemer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roemer lands with an overhand left.
Aalviar Roemer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Roemer clinches up with Burkam and pushes him back against the cage.
Burkam blocks a body shot from Roemer.
Roemer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roemer scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roemer tries to work over Burkam's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burkam has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Roemer after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Burkam. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roemer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Burkam is trying to drag Roemer to the mat but Roemer just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Burkam definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Roemer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roemer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burkam counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Roemer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Burkam bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Burkam scoring with punches from side control.
A lull in the action here as Burkam stalls from top position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burkam is trying to move to mount but Roemer reverses beautifully and ends up in Burkam's guard.
Roemer won't allow Burkam to sweep him here.
Burkam 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roemer would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burkam has control of Roemer's left arm, preventing Roemer from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aalviar Roemer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Burkam's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Roemer misses with a two punch combination.
Roemer tries to clinch up.

Roemer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roemer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Roemer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roemer lands a shot to the body.

Roemer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Roemer has Burkam up against the cage in a clinch.

Roemer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burkam looks to land a left hand but Roemer moved out of range nicely.
Roemer tries to close the distance and clinch but Burkam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roemer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roemer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roemer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burkam counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burkam avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aalviar Roemer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Roemer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roemer misses with a wild combination.
Roemer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burkam circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burkam tries for a takedown but Roemer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Roemer throws a right and a left that Burkam avoids nicely.
Roemer misses with the combination.
Burkam checks a leg kick.
Burkam tries for a takedown but Roemer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Roemer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Roemer.
Roemer throws a series of punches but Burkam moves out of range.

Roemer closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roemer throws a head punch that misses.
Roemer swings wildly with an uppercut but Burkam uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Burkam's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Roemer.

Burkam works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Roemer trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Roemer is looking to stand up but Burkam isn't so interested in that idea.
Burkam content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burkam stops Roemer from standing up.
Burkam seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Roemer is looking to stand up but Burkam isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burkam works over Roemer with some ground and pound from guard.
Burkam stops Roemer from standing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burkam with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roemer being controlled here, momentarily.
Burkam lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Aalviar Roemer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bob Burkam's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Roemer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roemer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roemer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Roemer moves in looking to clinch but Burkam pushes him off.
Roemer throws a nice looking combination but Burkam bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burkam dodges the punch combination from Roemer.
Roemer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Roemer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roemer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roemer misses with a low kick.
Roemer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burkam.
Roemer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burkam connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Roemer.
Roemer misses with a few strikes there.
Roemer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roemer swinging wildly here.
Burkam checks the leg kick nicely there.
Roemer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roemer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roemer misses with a series of wild punches.
Roemer misses with a double jab
enabling Burkam to counter with a crisp jab.
Roemer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Roemer throws a chopping leg kick but Burkam manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burkam bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burkam slips a jab and a cross from Roemer.
Aalviar Roemer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slow jab from Burkam misses its intended target.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Burkam.
Burkam controlling the position from side mount.
Roemer struggling a bit here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burkam is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Roemer tries to strike but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roemer is trying to control Burkam's posture but Burkam avoids it.
Roemer tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Burkam presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Burkam raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roemer wants to control but Burkam is having none of it.
The referee warns Roemer that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burkam landing strikes from the mount.
Burkam controlling from the full mount.
Burkam seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Roemer for as long as he can get away with.
Aalviar Roemer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burkam working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Roemer is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Burkam working the ground and pound effectively.
Burkam controlling from the full mount.
Burkam lands a heavy elbow.
Bob Burkam has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

It looks like Aalviar Roemer has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burkam controlling the position easily from mount.
Burkam raining down hammerfists from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Burkam showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Roemer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Aalviar Roemer!