PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastian Nokia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Burgess might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to travis barker push em. Anthony Burgess has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burgess
vs
Nokia

190 cm
35
196 lbs
25 - 19 - 3

182 cm
32
197 lbs
4 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 25 - 19 - 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 4 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bastian Nokia!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgess pushes Nokia away with a front kick.
Burgess throws a right and a left that both miss.
Anthony Burgess seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burgess fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nokia on the side of the head.
Burgess throws a nice inside leg kick.
Burgess tries to close the distance and clinch but Nokia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nokia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burgess.
Burgess uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nokia has time to react.
Burgess tries to land a front kick but Nokia steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Burgess throws a left and a right that both miss

and Nokia counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess is controlling Nokia's trapped leg to prevent Nokia from advancing to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burgess is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nokia's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nokia's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgess loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Nokia hold on?

Burgess tightening his grip on Nokia, looking for the choke.
Burgess throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.

Burgess working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Nokia defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Burgess lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Burgess looking for the choke but no joy.
Burgess thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Nokia covering up well under a series of strikes from Burgess.
Nokia covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess landing with strikes.

Nokia showing good submission defense here.
Nokia grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Burgess misses with a punch to the head.

Nokia defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Burgess's arms.

Nokia fending off the submission attempt from Burgess.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burgess looking for the choke from the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Even with his hooks in, Burgess manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Nokia is in a bad position with Burgess working for a choke. Nokia manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Burgess is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Burgess's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nokia under the eye.
A right-left combo lands from Burgess.
Burgess feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nokia's calf.
Burgess misses with a double jab.
Burgess misses with a combination
and Nokia counters with a head kick. That will keep Burgess thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Anthony Burgess is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burgess looks to land a combination but Nokia avoids it well.
A right-left combo lands from Burgess.
Burgess rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nokia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgess lands a body shot.
Burgess swinging wildly here.
Burgess lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nokia circles away quickly and effectively.
Burgess misses with a two punch combination.
Burgess lands with a nice combination. Nokia backs away looking to recover.
Anthony Burgess is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Burgess, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burgess lands with a shot to the body.
Burgess throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nokia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess cracks the inside of Nokia's front leg.
Some wild striking there from Burgess.
Burgess throws a combination that misses
and Nokia counters with a head kick.
Burgess misses with a wild combination.
Burgess scores with the left hand. Nokia knows he should have avoided that one.
No joy there for Burgess, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burgess scores with a nice strike.
Nokia dodges the punch combination from Burgess.
Burgess falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nokia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Burgess is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Burgess closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Burgess misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burgess is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nokia can do to turn this around?
Burgess throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Burgess scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Nokia gets tackled into the cage by Burgess. Burgess maintains the clinch.
Burgess lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burgess lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burgess breaks the clinch.

Burgess moves into range and clinches up with Nokia.

Burgess escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burgess lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nokia circles away quickly and effectively.
Burgess misses with a combination

and Nokia counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nokia in the domination position with Burgess hanging on.
Burgess is looking to reverse the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burgess looks to move to half guard but instead Nokia has passed into mount! Damn!
Burgess gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Burgess dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Burgess throws a front kick that sends Nokia stumbling back into the cage.
Burgess smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Burgess throws a series of punches but Nokia avoids them all with ease.
Burgess misses with the combination.
Burgess misses with a combination

and Nokia counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nokia stops Burgess from getting back to his feet.
Burgess manages to get to full guard.
Nokia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Burgess has Nokia pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgess wants to stand up but Nokia is controlling him.

Burgess pushes Nokia off and gets back to his feet.
Nokia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burgess.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nokia.
Burgess misses with a few strikes there.

Burgess clinches.

Burgess has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Nokia regains guard immediately.
Burgess pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nokia is keeping the position for now.
Burgess trying to control the position from guard on top but Nokia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nokia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burgess trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nokia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burgess makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burgess pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nokia is keeping the position for now.
Anthony Burgess overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burgess is looking to work some ground and pound but Nokia has wrist control.
Burgess keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nokia's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nokia keeping moving, preventing Burgess from controlling successfully.
Burgess makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nokia keeping full guard, as Burgess tries to pass.
Burgess is working Nokia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Anthony Burgess is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nokia can't keep his opponent in guard - Burgess advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Burgess tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nokia knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burgess thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nokia's head.
Bastian Nokia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Burgess showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burgess has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Burgess!
Anthony Burgess got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'