PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brady Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Oró Sé do Bheath Abhaile . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burns
vs
White

186 cm
27
187 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

190 cm
28
199 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brady Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Xavier White!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White tries to clinch but Burns moves out of range.
White looks to clinch
and Burns counters with a thumping low kick.

White rushes Burns and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Burns misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burns prevents a body shot from White.
White scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Burns scores with a nice short uppercut.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burns stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Burns cracks White with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Xavier White has been cut.

White closes the distance and pushes Burns back into the cage.

Burns breaks the clinch.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns misses with a kick to the body.
Burns scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Burns tries to keep at a distance but White has taken the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Good body shot from Burns.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Burns.
Burns stalling against the cage.

Burns breaks from the clinch.
Burns avoids the head kick by White.
Burns throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab by Burns.
Burns throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Burns.
White lands a glancing blow to the side of Burns's head.
White blocks a jab.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White moves in looking to clinch but Burns pushes him off.
White tries to bum rush Burns with a series of wild strikes but Burns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burns jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
White moves in looking to clinch but Burns pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Burns to score with a decent uppercut.
Burns lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
Burns looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
Burns connects with a leg kick. White looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
White throws a series of punches but Burns avoids them all with ease.
White thumps Burns with a low kick.
White tries to bum rush Burns with a series of wild strikes but Burns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns circles away.
Burns wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Burns getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.
White tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
Burns throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
White tries to bum rush Burns with a series of wild strikes but Burns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White looks winded!
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burns lands a nice leg kick that just misses White's sensitive parts.
White is looking to clinch.
White wants to clinch.
Burns swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Good leg kick by Burns there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
White avoids a kick to the body.
White misses with a head kick.
White takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A chopping leg kick lands by Burns.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
White tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
Burns connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White wants to clinch up but Burns keeps it at a distance.
Burns closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns dodges the punch combination from White.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
White tries to clinch but Burns moves away
and Burns counters with a body kick.
Burns cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
Burns moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
White lands a head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burns scores with a sloppy right hand. White should have avoided that one.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Burns.
Burns connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier White's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Burns misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
A jab from Burns misses.
Burns scores with a jab to the body.
White takes a kick to the side of the head.
White walks into a stiff left hand from Burns.
Good shot there by Burns.
White throws a head kick that misses.
Burns lands a lovely overhand right.
Burns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Whites jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from White 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.
White ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Brady Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Burns does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns misses with a series of wild punches.
White blocks a head kick by Burns.
Burns paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
White tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burns throws a good cross that connects.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns throws a quick counter head kick but White was just out of range.
Burns with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns.
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Burns takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Xavier White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Burns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
Burns jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Burns keeps White at a distance using the push kick.
Burns checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Burns lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White avoids the body shot from Burns.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White wants to clinch
and Burns counters with a lovely straight right hand!

White rushes Burns and presses him up against the cage.
Burns struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
White lands a knee to the head.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White is trying to push Burns away but Burns has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
White blocking some punches.
Burns lands a hook to the side of the head.
White is working Burns over against the cage.
Xavier White seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
White is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Burns lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burns lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down White.
White is breathing heavily.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by White.

Burns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

White closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.

Burns breaks the clinch.
Burns moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
White walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
White tries to clinch up.
Some bone on bone action there as Burns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Burns looks to land a body kick but White moved away.

White clinches.
Burns lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Burns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burns, pushing him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Burns.
Burns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whites head.

Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Burns lands a lovely overhand right.
Burns lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burns lands a straight punch to the body, keeping White at a distance.
White tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
Burns is looking to counter punch.
Burns throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by White.
White takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White tries to clinch up.
White needs to keep his hands up - Burns had a free shot at his head there.
White is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
White shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

White is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Burns dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Xavier White's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Burns lands a brutal head kick. White looks out on his feet and Burns throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Brady Burns!