PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Burrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bickle's entrance music is Edu Kehäkettunen & Stig Dogg - Kullii . A fine choice. Burrell is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Can't Touch This. Travis Bickle could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Stanley Burrell 's chin.

Bickle
vs
Burrell

185 cm
30
176 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

180 cm
42
179 lbs
34 - 16 - 2

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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 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Travis Bickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stanley Burrell !
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Bickle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bickle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bickle swings for the body but Burrell moves out of range.
Bickle thows a leg kick but Burrell checks it
and Bickle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burrell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bickle thinks about countering with a body kick.
Bickle tries to move into range but Burrell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Burrell misses with an uppercut.
A punch combination from Burrell misses.
Bickle throws a sloppy head kick and Burrell moves out of range easily.
Burrell only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bickle connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Burrell 's hands.
Bickle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Burrell connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burrell manages to avoid it.
Bickle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Burrell .
Bickle throws a leg kick but Burrell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Burrell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bickle with a body shot.
Burrell looks to throw the jab but Bickle is out of range.
Burrell throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burrell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bickle.
Travis Bickle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bickle throws the kick towards the body but Burrell avoids it.
Burrell swings for the body but Bickle moves out of range.
Burrell tries to move into range but Bickle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bickle drops his hands momentarily and Burrell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Burrell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Bickle counters by moving into the clinch.

Burrell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burrell . That's going to slow Bickle down.
Burrell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bickle on the side of the head.
Bickle avoids a punch combination nicely.
A shot to the liver by Bickle. Beautiful body shot.
Burrell avoids the body shot from Bickle.
Burrell flicks out a counter leg kick but Bickle steps away.
Bickle lands with a straight right. Burrell didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bickle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Burrell misses.
Bickle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Burrell is able to avoid easily.
Burrell connects with a body shot.
Burrell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bickle.
That kick from Bickle tenderised Burrell 's leg. Burrell is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bickle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Bickle is just out of range.
Burrell punishes Bickle's body with a nice straight punch.
Bickle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Burrell on the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bickle checks a leg kick.

Bickle has closed the distance and engaged Burrell in a clinch.
Burrell misses with a knee strike.
Bickle tries a body shot but Burrell blocks it.
Burrell misses with a knee to the head.
Bickle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bickle lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bickle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bickle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Bickle drives through and clinches with Burrell against the cage.
Bickle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Burrell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burrell slips under a jab.
Good work by Bickle as he checks the leg kick.
Bickle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Burrell lands a head shot.
Burrell misses with a left hand
and Bickle counters with a stiff right hand.
Burrell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bickle connects with a leg kick. Burrell looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That kick from Bickle tenderised Burrell 's leg. Burrell is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bickle misses with a right hand
and Burrell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burrell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bickle's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burrell slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Bickle gets a clinch.

Burrell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Bickle misses.
Burrell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bickle had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Burrell scores with a decent looking hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bickle.
Burrell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bickle loads up on a big right hand but Burrell slips the punch.
Bickle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Bickle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bickle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burrell .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bickle connects with a solid leg kick.
Bickle explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bickle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Burrell throws a jab but it's blocked by Bickle.
Bickle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Stanley Burrell will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bickle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burrell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bickle momentarily.
Burrell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stanley Burrell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bickle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bickle appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burrell lands a really nice looking cross but Bickle seems unphased.
Bickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burrell slips under a jab.
Burrell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bickle to score with a decent uppercut.
A good leg kick by Bickle.
Bickle moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good shot there by Burrell .
Burrell lands with a straight right. Bickle didn't see that one coming.
Burrell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Burrell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burrell 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
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!
Bickle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bickle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Burrell misses.
Bickle is looking to counter punch.
Burrell moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bickle gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burrell .
Burrell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bickle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Burrell looks to throw the jab but Bickle is out of range.
Bickle lands with a shot to the body.
Bickle tries a head kick but it misses.
Bickle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bickle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Burrell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burrell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bickle can pounce on him.
Burrell works Bickle's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bickle throws the kick towards the body but Burrell avoids it.
Bickle has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bickle misses with a looping left.
Burrell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bickle throws a jab but it's blocked by Burrell .
Burrell throws out a loose jab but Bickle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bickle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bickle 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.
Bickle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burrell was well out of range. Poor timing from Bickle.
Bickle checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bickle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burrell steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bickle. That one must have hurt.
A punch lands to the side of Burrell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bickle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bickle avoids the body shot from Burrell .
Burrell cracks Bickle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burrell throws a leg kick but Bickle moved away.
Bickle misses with a body shot.
Burrell misses with the combination.
Burrell delivers a nice body kick.
Burrell connects with a nice looking jab.
Bickle swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Burrell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Bickle drives through and clinches with Burrell against the cage.
Burrell working hard to break the clinch.
Burrell tries to circle away but Bickle has him pinned against the cage.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Burrell .
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Our sources have told us that Bickle has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Burrell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bickle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Burrell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burrell working hard to break the clinch.
Burrell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Burrell tries to break the clinch but Bickle is controlling the position.
Bickle blocking some punches.
A short right from Bickle on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Burrell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bickle misses with a body kick.
Bickle misses with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Bickle.
Bickle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bickle throws a lazy body kick
and Burrell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burrell throws a leg kick but Bickle moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Stanley Burrell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Burrell misses with an uppercut. Bickle saw that one coming.
Bickle moves forwards but Burrell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Burrell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burrell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bickle.
Burrell scores with a nice head shot.
Burrell 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Burrell duly obliges.
Bickle looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Burrell paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Burrell scores with a nice right hand.
Burrell connects with a body shot that sends Bickle's belly button to the back.
Bickle throws a wild body kick that Burrell sees coming a mile off.
Burrell scores with a jab.
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!
Bickle misses with a body shot.
Bickle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burrell throws a poor cross that misses
and Bickle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bickle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrell ducks under a wild hook from Bickle.
Burrell with a jab.
Bickle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bickle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burrell paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Burrell gets tackled into the cage by Bickle. Bickle maintains the clinch.
Burrell blocks a body shot from Bickle.
Burrell tries to break the clinch but Bickle is controlling the position.
Bickle pushes Burrell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bickle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burrell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Bickle.
Bickle throws a punch but it's blocked by Burrell .
A short left from Bickle.
Still in the clinch, Bickle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burrell works on Bickle's body with a couple of short punches.
Travis Bickle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burrell is trying to break free.
Bickle working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle tries to work over Burrell 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Burrell .
Bickle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Bickle.
Burrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burrell tries to circle away but Bickle has him pinned against the cage.
Burrell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Burrell trying to control the position but instead, Bickle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Burrell into the cage.
Burrell has a couple of punches blocked by Bickle.
Bickle struggles to land a body shot inside as Burrell controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burrell tries to circle away but Bickle has him pinned against the cage.
Bickle scores with a shoulder strike.
Stanley Burrell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Burrell takes a shot to the head.
Bickle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Bickle.
Bickle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bickle scores with a shot to the side of Burrell 's head.

Burrell is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bickle.
Burrell is still on wobbly legs! Can Bickle finish him?

Bickle breaks the clinch.
Bickle scores with a jab to the body.
Burrell slips under a jab.
Burrell feints a counter leg kick.
Burrell seems to have recovered his senses.
Burrell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Burrell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A leg kick checked by Bickle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a jab when Burrell was well out of range.
Bickle throws a body shot but no joy.
Burrell lands a nice shot that snaps Bickle's head back.
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 stalks Bickle and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bickle's face. Bickle staggers backwards, shaken.
Bickle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burrell .
Burrell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burrell misses with a wild combination.
Burrell scores with a nice strike.
Burrell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bickle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Burrell .
Bickle drops Burrell with a straight right hand, right on the button! Bickle follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Bickle!
Travis Bickle was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.