PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Burczymucha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mairbek Taisumov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taisumov has chosen Castle in the snow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Burczymucha
vs
Taisumov

190 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
213 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stefan Burczymucha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mairbek Taisumov!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Taisumov darts in and clinches Burczymucha up against the cage.
Taisumov swings wildly with an uppercut but Burczymucha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taisumov lands a left hand.
Burczymucha misses with the head strike.
Burczymucha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taisumov avoids the elbow strike from Burczymucha, against the cage.
Burczymucha misses with an elbow over the top.
Taisumov takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taisumov.
Taisumov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Burczymucha's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Burczymucha lands a damaging elbow.
Burczymucha lands an elbow just above Taisumov 's eye.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike.
Burczymucha lands a damaging elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taisumov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taisumov gets through Burczymucha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Taisumov.
Taisumov is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Taisumov fails to land.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike.
Burczymucha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Taisumov has a couple of punches blocked by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha lands a nice elbow.
Burczymucha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike from Burczymucha.
Burczymucha throws an elbow that misses.
Taisumov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Burczymucha on the inside.
Taisumov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taisumov throws a punch but it's blocked by Burczymucha.
Taisumov misses with the head strike.
Burczymucha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burczymucha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burczymucha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taisumov's defenses.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside that Taisumov shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taisumov lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burczymucha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taisumov tries to throw a body punch but Burczymucha avoids it by throwing Taisumov back against the cage.
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burczymucha throws an elbow but misses.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burczymucha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burczymucha.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taisumov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha throws an elbow that misses.
Taisumov has a couple of punches blocked by Burczymucha.
Taisumov avoids a wild elbow strike from Burczymucha.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taisumov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Taisumov throws a punch but it's blocked by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha blocks a body shot from Taisumov.
Burczymucha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha lands an elbow that stopped Taisumov in his tracks for a moment.
Burczymucha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taisumov misses with a punch to the body.
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burczymucha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burczymucha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Mairbek Taisumov has been cut.
Burczymucha misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burczymucha.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike from Burczymucha.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside that Taisumov shrugs off.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike from Burczymucha.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it misses.
We've been informed that Taisumov has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike.
Burczymucha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taisumov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burczymucha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taisumov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taisumov blocking some punches.
Taisumov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burczymucha softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Taisumov lands with a light punch inside.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike from Burczymucha.
Burczymucha lands an elbow that stopped Taisumov in his tracks for a moment.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike.
Taisumov has a couple of punches blocked by Burczymucha.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burczymucha.
Taisumov throws a head punch that misses.
Burczymucha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Taisumov throws a head punch that misses.
Burczymucha blocking some punches.
Taisumov blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taisumov swings wildly with an uppercut but Burczymucha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taisumov blocks the elbow strike.
Burczymucha throws a head punch that misses.
Taisumov working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Burczymucha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mairbek Taisumov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Taisumov lands a right hook to the body.

Taisumov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burczymucha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taisumov throws a head punch that misses.
Taisumov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burczymucha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Taisumov.
Burczymucha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taisumov's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Taisumov fails to land.
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burczymucha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burczymucha misses with an elbow strike.
Taisumov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burczymucha blocks an uppercut.
Burczymucha blocks an uppercut.
Taisumov dodges an elbow strike from Burczymucha.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike from Burczymucha.
Taisumov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burczymucha blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taisumov swings wildly with an uppercut but Burczymucha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taisumov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burczymucha dodges an elbow strike from Taisumov.
Taisumov working aggressively here.
Taisumov lands a left hand.
Taisumov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taisumov swings wildly with an uppercut but Burczymucha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burczymucha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Taisumov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taisumov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burczymucha throws an elbow but misses.
Burczymucha scores with a shoulder strike.
Taisumov swings wildly with an uppercut but Burczymucha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burczymucha throws an elbow that misses.
Burczymucha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taisumov avoids the elbow strike from Burczymucha, against the cage.
Taisumov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burczymucha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burczymucha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it misses.
Taisumov misses with the head strike.
Taisumov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burczymucha backwards.
Taisumov blocks the elbow strike.
Stefan Burczymucha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burczymucha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Taisumov's brow.
Taisumov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside that Taisumov shrugs off.
Burczymucha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Taisumov blocks the elbow strike.
Burczymucha lands with a light punch inside.
Burczymucha lands an elbow just above Taisumov 's eye.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taisumov misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burczymucha throws an elbow but misses.
Burczymucha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taisumov throws a punch but it's blocked by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha misses with some punches.
Burczymucha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burczymucha blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burczymucha throws an elbow but misses.
Burczymucha working aggressively here.
Burczymucha lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burczymucha.
Taisumov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taisumov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Burczymucha fails to land.
Burczymucha pushes off an throws an elbow but Taisumov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Burczymucha lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burczymucha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burczymucha pushes off an throws an elbow but Taisumov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Taisumov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burczymucha's brow.
Taisumov misses with an elbow over the top.
Burczymucha pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it misses.
Taisumov misses with some punches.
Taisumov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Taisumov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burczymucha backwards.
Burczymucha throws a punch but it's blocked by Taisumov.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Burczymucha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burczymucha creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taisumov tries to throw a body punch but Burczymucha avoids it by throwing Taisumov back against the cage.
Taisumov takes an elbow to the temple.
Burczymucha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burczymucha lands an elbow just above Taisumov 's eye.
Taisumov has Burczymucha pressed 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 Stefan Burczymucha will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mairbek Taisumov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Taisumov fails to land with a series of punches.
Burczymucha moves in looking to clinch but Taisumov pushes him off.
Taisumov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burczymucha sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Burczymucha clinches.
Taisumov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taisumov misses with some punches.
Burczymucha blocks an elbow strike from Taisumov.
Taisumov throws a punch but it's blocked by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha lands a left hand.
Burczymucha working aggressively here.
Taisumov lands a nice uppercut.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burczymucha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Taisumov's brow.
Burczymucha misses with an elbow over the top.
Taisumov has a couple of punches blocked by Burczymucha.
Burczymucha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Taisumov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside that Taisumov shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taisumov.
Taisumov trying to stall but Burczymucha improves his position.
Burczymucha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burczymucha just misses with a elbow thrown towards Taisumov's brow.
Taisumov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burczymucha lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Taisumov fails to land.
Taisumov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burczymucha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Taisumov.
Burczymucha misses with an elbow strike.
Burczymucha swings wildly with an uppercut but Taisumov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burczymucha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Taisumov lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taisumov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Taisumov misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Taisumov fails to land.
Burczymucha blocks an uppercut.
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!
Burczymucha misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Burczymucha fails to land.
Burczymucha blocking some punches.
Taisumov tries a body shot but Burczymucha blocks it.
Burczymucha has a couple of punches blocked by Taisumov.
Burczymucha pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Burczymucha blocking some punches.
Burczymucha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside.
Taisumov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Burczymucha.
Burczymucha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taisumov lands an uppercut.
Burczymucha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taisumov takes an elbow to the temple.
Burczymucha lands a nice elbow.
Burczymucha swings wildly with an uppercut but Taisumov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burczymucha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burczymucha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taisumov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taisumov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taisumov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taisumov blocks an elbow strike.
Burczymucha lands an elbow inside.
Taisumov working aggressively here.
Taisumov throws a head punch that misses.
Burczymucha pushes off an throws an elbow but Taisumov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Burczymucha lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taisumov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taisumov scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taisumov.
Taisumov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Burczymucha.
Taisumov working aggressively here.
Burczymucha throws an elbow that misses.
Taisumov lands with a right to the head.
Taisumov lands with a short shot to the head.
Burczymucha blocks an uppercut.
Burczymucha lands an elbow just above Taisumov 's eye.
Taisumov tries a body shot but Burczymucha blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taisumov is leaning against Burczymucha and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burczymucha lands a nice elbow.
Burczymucha lands an elbow just above Taisumov 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Taisumov fails to land.
Mairbek Taisumov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stefan Burczymucha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Taisumov swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mairbek Taisumov.
I think Burczymucha has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefan Burczymucha!
Stefan Burczymucha took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.