PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brady Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergiu Petrescu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Burns might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Oró Sé do Bheath Abhaile . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Burns
vs
Petrescu

186 cm
25
187 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
196 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Instinct

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brady Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergiu Petrescu!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrescu takes one to the side of the head.
Petrescu wants to clinch
and Burns counters with a stiff right hand.
Petrescu avoids the body shot from Burns.
Burns slips a jab from Petrescu.
Petrescu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petrescu scores with a decent looking hook.
Burns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns misses with an uppercut.
A left lands for Petrescu.
Petrescu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Petrescu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrescu lands with a right hand.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burns misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrescu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Petrescu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Petrescu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Burns bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Petrescu's head.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Burns throws a sloppy head kick and Petrescu moves out of range easily.
Petrescu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Petrescu loads up on a big right hand but Burns slips the punch.
Burns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Petrescu follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Burns throws a big shot that misses.
Burns chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrescu can pounce on him.
Petrescu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burns.
Petrescu takes one to the chin there.
Burns throws a push kick but Petrescu slaps the foot to one side.
Petrescu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrescu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Burns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a sloppy head kick and Petrescu moves out of range easily.
Petrescu scores with a hook.
Petrescu avoids the head kick by Burns.
Burns tests Petrescu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burns paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Burns throws a push kick but Petrescu slaps the foot to one side.
Brady Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Burns blocks the low kick.
Petrescu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice shot lands for Petrescu.
Petrescu throws a body punch but Burns moves out of range.
Petrescu throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Petrescu misses its intended target.
Petrescu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burns is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a body kick that misses.
Burns bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Petrescu's head backwards.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
Petrescu with a hook.
Petrescu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Burns swings widly with a right hand
enabling Petrescu to counter with a crisp jab.
Petrescu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Petrescu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burns with a body shot.
It looks like Burns has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Burns throws a chopping leg kick but Petrescu manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Petrescu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Burns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burns misses with a double jab
and Petrescu counters with a thumping low kick.
Burns moves out of range of the leg kick from Petrescu.
Petrescu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Burns throws a jab when Petrescu was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrescu.
Good leg kick by Petrescu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Burns throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burns misses with a body shot
and Petrescu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Petrescu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Petrescu misses with a straight left.
Petrescu throws a body shot but no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Burns.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Petrescu blocks a head kick by Burns.
Burns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrescu.
Petrescu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burns lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Burns dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Burns looks to land a right hand but Petrescu moved out of range.
Burns throws a big shot that misses.
Petrescu jabs Burns right on the nose. Burns blinks but takes it well.
Burns misses with a body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Petrescu might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Burns has got the better of the exchanges.
Burns avoids the body shot from Petrescu.
Petrescu looks to land a right hand but Burns moved out of range.
Burns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Petrescu throws a leg kick which misses Burns's front leg but catches the back leg as Burns tries to avoid it.
Burns throws the left hand but Petrescu avoids the punch easily.
Nice cross by Burns.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrescu wants to slow Burns down by chopping away at his legs.
Burns tried to counter with a leg kick but Petrescu avoided it.
Petrescu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Petrescu tries to clinch up.
Burns misses the body punch
and Burns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petrescu misses the shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Petrescu in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Burns is looking to land body kicks.
Petrescu looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range.
Burns misses with a left hand
and Petrescu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Petrescu misses the shot to the body.
Burns throws a half hearted mid kick.
Petrescu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Burns throws a body kick that misses.
Burns wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice uppercut there from Petrescu.
Burns takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Petrescu loads up on a big right hand but Burns slips the punch.
Petrescu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burns misses with a hook. Petrescu ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns staying out of range there.
Petrescu takes one on the button.
Burns misses with a low kick as Petrescu jumps back.
That kick from Burns tenderised Petrescu's leg. Petrescu is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrescu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burns throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Petrescu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Burns lands a jab to the nose.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Petrescu connects with a nice looking jab.
No joy there for Burns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little jabbing left from Petrescu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrescu.
Petrescu scores with a nice head shot.
Burns blocks a leg kick.
Burns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Petrescu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Petrescu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burns counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Burns does it's job there.
Burns jabs Petrescu right on the nose. Petrescu blinks but takes it well.
Burns misses with a body kick.
Burns backing away here, and Petrescu unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Petrescu punishes Burns's body with a nice straight punch.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Burns throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Burns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burns throws an off balance right hand
and Petrescu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Petrescu tried to score with a low kick but Burns checks it.
Petrescu blocks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Petrescu there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrescu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burns throws a body kick that misses.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrescu moves away.
Petrescu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Petrescu.
Petrescu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petrescu.
Burns takes one to the side of the head.
Burns misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Petrescu misses.
The fighters circling - Burns throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice side step and Petrescu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A big right from Burns misses.
Petrescu avoids the body shot from Burns.
Petrescu throws out a counter right but Burns avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergiu Petrescu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Burns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Petrescu shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Burns eats them both and turns towards Petrescu to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Burns uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrescu.
Burns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Petrescu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Petrescu blocks the leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Petrescu. That snapped Burns's head back.
Burns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Petrescu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petrescu is trying to counter with his kicks.
Nice jab there from Burns.
Petrescu blocks a jab.
Burns throws a push kick but Petrescu slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrescu scores with a nice right hand.
Petrescu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns misses with a hook.
A cross from Petrescu lands.
Burns looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrescu throws a hook to the side of Burns's head but Burns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrescu lands a jab.
Petrescu throws a nice inside leg kick.
Petrescu looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.
Burns throws a head kick that misses.
Petrescu connects with a combination that backs up Burns into the cage. Petrescu lands a flurry of punches that gets past Burns's guard. Burns is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Petrescu bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergiu Petrescu!
Sergiu Petrescu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.