PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Burrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buff Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burrell comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Touch This. Dickens has chosen Trick Daddy - Shut Up as his entrance music. Buff Dickens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burrell
vs
Dickens

180 cm
39
179 lbs
28 - 13 - 2

187 cm
37
175 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stanley Burrell !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buff Dickens!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Burrell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dickens listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burrell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dickens shoots in for a takedown but Burrell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Burrell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dickens.
Burrell cracks Dickens with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dickens is looking to score with low kicks.
Burrell takes a swing at Dickens's ribcage but misses.
Dickens looks for the body kick but Burrell saw that one coming.
Dickens connects with the punch.
Burrell moves out of range as Dickens throws a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Burrell on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Dickens is just out of range.
Burrell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Burrell avoids the head kick by Dickens.

Dickens feints and as Burrell raises his hands in defense, Dickens changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dickens throwing strikes but missing.
Dickens being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens postures up.
Dickens keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Burrell 's head.
Dickens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burrell can't keep his opponent in guard - Dickens advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Burrell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dickens wants to take a breather but Burrell is having none of it.
Burrell trying to control from the bottom.
Burrell gets full guard.
Dickens looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dickens wants to control from the top but Burrell keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Dickens is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dickens drops his hands momentarily and Burrell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Burrell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burrell throws a hook but Dickens blocks it.
Burrell scores with a nice head shot.
Burrell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dickens.
Dickens lands with a hook. Burrell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Burrell throws a shot to the body.
Dickens throws a body punch but Burrell moves out of range.
Dickens throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burrell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dickens lands with a cross.
Burrell looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Dickens throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Burrell takes a swing at Dickens's ribcage but misses.
Burrell backing away here, and Dickens unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dickens lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Burrell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Burrell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Dickens is just out of range.
Burrell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burrell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dickens misses with an uppercut
and Burrell counters with a nice uppercut.
Burrell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dickens.
Burrell missing with a left hand there. Dickens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burrell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Dickens is just out of range.
Dickens misses with a hook. Burrell ducked under it nicely.
Dickens is looking to chop away at Burrell 's legs.
Dickens dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burrell . That did some damage!
Dickens thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burrell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dickens throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burrell 's waist but Burrell gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dickens off to one side.
Stanley Burrell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dickens moves out of range of the strikes.
Dickens throws the left hand but Burrell avoids the punch easily.
A low kick from Dickens misses

and Burrell counters by clinching up.

Dickens breaks from the clinch.
Burrell swings widly with a right hand
letting Dickens counter with a right hand.
Dickens defending well as Burrell loads up on a big left hand.
Burrell swings widly with a right hand
and Dickens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burrell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dickens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dickens has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dickens takes a swing at Burrell 's ribcage but misses.
Burrell is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Burrell tests Dickens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burrell throws out a loose jab but Dickens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burrell misses the jab.
Burrell 's corner calls for a 1-2. Burrell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Stanley Burrell will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Burrell looks to land a left hand but Dickens moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Dickens on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Burrell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dickens is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burrell with a body shot.
Burrell tests Dickens's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burrell defending well as Dickens loads up on a big left hand.
Dickens fails with a takedown attempt.
Burrell getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dickens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dickens jabs Burrell to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Burrell connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dickens closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dickens lands in his opponent's guard.
Dickens throwing strikes from guard but Burrell blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens trying to control the position from guard on top but Burrell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burrell is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burrell has Dickens pulled in close to control his posture.
Dickens with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dickens trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dickens sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Burrell 's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Burrell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dickens's hands.
Burrell throws an overhand right that lands on Dickens's shoulder, as Dickens tries to avoid the shot.
Dickens moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Burrell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Burrell lands with a cross.
Dickens misses with a body kick.
Stanley Burrell is winning the standup battle so far.
Burrell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Burrell looks to throw the jab but Dickens is out of range.
Nice jab there from Dickens.
Burrell moves out of range of the body kick.
Dickens lands a jab.
Burrell misses with a hook.
Dickens takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burrell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dickens.
Dickens throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrell misses with an uppercut. Dickens saw that one coming.
Dickens misses with a wild body shot.
Dickens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dickens was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Burrell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burrell scores with a leg kick.
Jab by Dickens.
Burrell stuffs the takedown attempt from Dickens. Dickens gets slowly back to his feet.
Dickens misses with a low kick.
Dickens works the jab nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Dickens blocks the leg kick.
Dickens misses with an uppercut.
Burrell misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Dickens was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Burrell tries to score with a low kick but Dickens moves his leg out of the way.
Burrell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickens checks the leg kick.
Dickens misses with a leg kick
and Burrell counters with a leg kick.
Burrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dickens was well out of range. Poor timing from Burrell .
Dickens moves away from the strike by Burrell .
Burrell throws out a loose jab but Dickens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dickens tries to land a front kick but Burrell steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
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!
Burrell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burrell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dickens counters with an inside leg kick.
Burrell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dickens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burrell moves out of range of the body kick from Dickens.
Dickens slips under a jab.
Burrell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burrell misses the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dickens.
Burrell thows a left - swing and a miss!
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 Stanley Burrell will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Burrell takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Burrell checks a leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Burrell .
Burrell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dickens.
A punch lands to the side of Burrell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burrell 's corner calls for a 1-2. Burrell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dickens throws a lazy head kick
and Burrell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dickens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Burrell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dickens scores with a jab to the body.
Dickens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burrell moves away.
Burrell misses with a straight right.
Dickens slips a jab and a cross from Burrell .
Burrell throws a hook but Dickens blocks it.
Burrell misses with a low kick as Dickens jumps back.
Dickens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burrell moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burrell walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dickens checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dickens throws a nice outside leg kick.
A low kick from Burrell is predictable there
and Dickens counters with a slapping leg kick.
Burrell pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dickens is out of range and Burrell settles back down.
Dickens throws a hook to the side of Burrell 's head but Burrell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burrell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dickens.
Burrell appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Burrell lands a nice hook to Dickens's body. Dickens takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Burrell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dickens was well out of range. Poor timing from Burrell .
Burrell misses with a wild body shot.
Burrell throws out a powerful jab.
Dickens lets loose with a powerful body kick. Burrell will feel that in the morning.
Dickens throws a quick inside leg kick.
Burrell throws a shot from downtown. Dickens moves away and avoids it.
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Dickens is just out of range.
Buff Dickens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Burrell .
Burrell misses with a looping left.
Dickens takes one on the button.
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!
Burrell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice sprawl there from Burrell as Dickens shoots in.
Dickens throws a wild body kick that Burrell sees coming a mile off.
Dickens misses with a leg kick.
Burrell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dickens takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Burrell lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dickens's sensitive parts.
Burrell misses with a low kick.
Burrell misses with a jab to the body
and Dickens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dickens connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens checks the leg kick nicely there.
A telegraphed right hand from Burrell misses the target.
Stanley Burrell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dickens throws a head kick that misses.
Burrell takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Burrell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dickens throws a head kick but Burrell moves out of range.
Burrell throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dickens just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Burrell . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burrell .
Dickens misses with a straight right.
Burrell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dickens.
Burrell throws a looping overhand right but Dickens ducks down to avoid it.
Burrell throws a lazy uppercut
letting Dickens counter with a right hand.

Dickens closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Burrell did well to prevent Dickens getting side control.
Dickens takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dickens throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Burrell is trying to get back to full guard.
Burrell trying to control from the bottom.
Burrell controlling the position well.

Dickens is working for a submission of some sort.
Burrell is trying to maintain the position but Dickens is very close to passing his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stanley Burrell .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Burrell , 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Stanley Burrell !
An out of breath Stanley Burrell thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.