PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bapu Burpha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Zackrisson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Burpha
vs
Zackrisson

173 cm
24
163 lbs
11 - 1 - 1

175 cm
24
159 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bapu Burpha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Zackrisson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burpha has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Burpha there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zackrisson dodges the punch combination from Burpha.
Burpha is looking to chop away at Zackrisson's legs.
Zackrisson misses with a straight left.
Zackrisson throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Burpha 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 Zackrisson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zackrisson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Burpha shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zackrisson eats them both and turns towards Burpha to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Zackrisson throws a push kick but Burpha slaps the foot to one side.
Burpha fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Burpha scores with a nice body kick.
Burpha looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zackrisson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Burpha lands with a kick to the ribs.
Burpha cracks a nice hook into Zackrisson's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zackrisson misses the shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Zackrisson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zackrisson.
Burpha looks to throw a body kick
and Zackrisson counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zackrisson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Burpha is looking to counter punch.
Burpha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zackrisson. That did some damage!
Zackrisson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burpha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burpha throws a hook but Zackrisson avoids it easily.
Burpha moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A low kick from Burpha is predictable there
and Zackrisson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Burpha has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GWad's Playpen in the buildup to the fight.
Burpha throws a front kick that sends Zackrisson stumbling back into the ropes.
Burpha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zackrisson works Burpha's body with a nice hook.
Zackrisson misses the shot to the body.
Burpha throws a jab but it's blocked by Zackrisson.
Zackrisson tries a quick counter leg kick but Burpha is wise to it.
A punch combination from Burpha misses.
Burpha thumps Zackrisson with a low kick.
Zackrisson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Burpha. Burpha circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burpha misses with an uppercut
and Zackrisson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burpha misses the jab.
Burpha misses with a hook. Zackrisson ducked under it nicely.
Zackrisson wants to counter the offense by Burpha and move into the clinch position.
Burpha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zackrisson scores with a nice head shot.
Zackrisson misses with an uppercut. Burpha saw that one coming.
Burpha misses with a looping left.
Zackrisson looks to land a right hand but Burpha moved out of range.
Zackrisson misses with a low kick as Burpha jumps back.
An inside leg kick from Burpha misses.
Zackrisson looks to score with a jab to the body but Burpha is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Burpha on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Burpha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zackrisson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Zackrisson avoids a kick to the body.
Burpha needs to keep his hands up - Zackrisson had a free shot at his head there.
Zackrisson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Burpha had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Burpha misses with a hook to the body
and Zackrisson counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burpha throws a low kick but Zackrisson avoids it.
Burpha throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Zackrisson counters with a nice uppercut.
Burpha does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zackrisson throws a leg kick
and Burpha counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zackrisson misses with a looping right.

Zackrisson has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Still in the clinch, Zackrisson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Burpha.

Burpha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burpha lands a right hook to the body.
Zackrisson tries to close the distance and clinch but Burpha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zackrisson takes one to the side of the head.
Zackrisson feints and then cracks Burpha's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burpha down.
Zackrisson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burpha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Burpha misses with a straight right.
Burpha connects with a solid leg kick.
Burpha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burpha fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A leg kick checked by Burpha.
Zackrisson scores with a hook to the body. Burpha takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zackrisson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Burpha scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burpha throws a wild body kick that Zackrisson sees coming a mile off.
Burpha ducks under a wild hook from Zackrisson.
Burpha takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zackrisson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burpha.
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 Bapu Burpha will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Zackrisson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burpha.
Burpha throws a push kick but Zackrisson slaps the foot to one side.
Burpha takes one on the button.
Zackrisson scores with a decent looking hook.
Burpha fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burpha looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zackrisson throws a looping overhand right but Burpha ducks down to avoid it.
A head kick by Burpha misses
and Zackrisson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zackrisson checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zackrisson lands a jab.
Burpha sizes up Zackrisson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zackrisson tries to clinch but Burpha is having none of it.
That kick from Burpha tenderised Zackrisson's leg. Zackrisson is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Burpha checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Burpha throws a big counter combination but Zackrisson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Burpha throws a push kick but Zackrisson slaps the foot to one side.
Zackrisson throws a series of punches but Burpha avoids them all with ease.
Zackrisson missing with a left hand there. Burpha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zackrisson misses with a leg kick.
Burpha bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Burpha misses with a straight left.
Burpha misses with an uppercut
and Burpha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zackrisson connects with a single shot there.
Burpha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zackrisson moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zackrisson. Burpha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burpha scores with a body shot.
Burpha uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zackrisson.
Burpha checks the leg kick nicely there.
A little feinted left hand from Burpha on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burpha lands a jab to Zackrisson's midsection.
Burpha turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zackrisson misses with a body kick.
Burpha lands a nice hook to Zackrisson's body. Zackrisson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Burpha scores with a head kick.
Burpha lands with a shot to the body.
Zackrisson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zackrisson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Burpha throws a body punch but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Zackrisson misses with an uppercut
and Zackrisson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burpha takes one to the side of the head.
Burpha throws a head kick that misses
and Zackrisson counters with a stiff right hand.
Zackrisson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burpha.
Zackrisson scores with a jab to the body.
Zackrisson misses with a right hand
letting Burpha counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Zackrisson. Burpha shrugs it off though.
Zackrisson scores with a hook.
Burpha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zackrisson.
Burpha takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zackrisson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zackrisson throws the kick towards the body but Burpha avoids it.
Zackrisson connects with a body shot that sends Burpha's belly button to the back.
Burpha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zackrisson.
Burpha feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Zackrisson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Burpha moves out of range of the body kick.
Zackrisson misses with a body shot.
Zackrisson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burpha lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zackrisson clobbers Burpha with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burpha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zackrisson.
A low kick from Burpha is predictable there
and Zackrisson counters with a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Zackrisson.
Zackrisson with a jab.
Burpha fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zackrisson moves out of range as Burpha throws a body kick.
Zackrisson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zackrisson misses with a lunging right hand
and Burpha counters with a nice leg kick.
Burpha lands with a straight right. Zackrisson didn't see that one coming.
An inside leg kick from Burpha misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A shot to the body from Burpha misses
and Zackrisson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zackrisson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Burpha counters with a low kick, right behind Zackrisson 's knee.
Burpha throws a low kick but Zackrisson moves out of range easily.
Zackrisson lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gabriel Zackrisson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zackrisson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zackrisson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Burpha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zackrisson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Burpha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burpha ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zackrisson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burpha misses with a hook.
Zackrisson throws a body punch but Burpha moves out of range.
Burpha connects with a high kick.
Zackrisson scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zackrisson pushes Burpha away with a front kick.
Burpha moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Burpha fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Zackrisson checks it well.
Burpha takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burpha keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zackrisson throws a good cross that connects.
A solid body kick from Burpha.
A good leg kick by Burpha.
Burpha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bapu Burpha is winning the standup battle so far.
Zackrisson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Zackrisson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A chopping leg kick lands by Burpha.
Zackrisson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Burpha defending well as Zackrisson loads up on a big left hand.
Zackrisson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Burpha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zackrisson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zackrisson looks for the body kick but Burpha saw that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Zackrisson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Zackrisson cracks a nice hook into Burpha's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zackrisson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burpha.
Zackrisson misses with a hook
and Burpha makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zackrisson connects with a body shot that sends Burpha's belly button to the back.
Burpha avoids a kick to the body.
Zackrisson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Burpha misses the jab.
Burpha throws a right hand that misses
and Burpha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch lands to the side of Burpha 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Zackrisson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Burpha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zackrisson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Burpha throws a lazy head kick
and Zackrisson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burpha thuds his shin into the meat of Zackrisson's side.
Both fighters circling a little - Burpha finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burpha scores with a jab. Zackrisson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Burpha moves out of range as Zackrisson strikes.
Zackrisson misses with a low kick.
Burpha appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burpha looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Burpha moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zackrisson throws a right hand that misses
and Burpha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zackrisson wants to clinch up but Burpha keeps it at a distance.
Burpha misses with a hook
enabling Zackrisson to counter with a crisp jab.
Zackrisson lands with a hook. Burpha tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zackrisson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Burpha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zackrisson throws a body shot but no joy.
Zackrisson misses with a body kick.
Burpha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burpha missing with a left hand there. Zackrisson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zackrisson connects with a nice looking jab.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the side of Burpha's head but Burpha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zackrisson walks into a jab.
Zackrisson tries to land a leg kick but Burpha saw it coming and moves away.
Zackrisson slips under a jab.
Zackrisson cracks a nice hook into Burpha's ribs.
Zackrisson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Burpha finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zackrisson throws a lazy uppercut
and Burpha counters with a good low kick that Zackrisson was not able to check.
Burpha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zackrisson. That did some damage!
Zackrisson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zackrisson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Gabriel Zackrisson just about did enough to take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Burpha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zackrisson.
Zackrisson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burpha.
Burpha scores with a hook to the body. Zackrisson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zackrisson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zackrisson throws a leg kick
and Burpha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zackrisson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zackrisson throws a lazy right hand but Burpha sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burpha is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Burpha connects with a leg kick. Zackrisson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zackrisson. Burpha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zackrisson tries to work over Burpha's front leg with a kick but Burpha checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zackrisson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burpha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burpha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zackrisson scores with a nice body kick.
Zackrisson misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zackrisson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Zackrisson throws a right hand that misses
and Burpha counters with a nice uppercut.
Burpha lands with an uppercut that bounces Zackrisson off the ropes and back into range.
Burpha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burpha connects with a solid leg kick.
Burpha moves out of range of the leg kick from Zackrisson.
A jab from Zackrisson does it's job there.
Burpha throws a leg kick
and Zackrisson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burpha blocks a low kick nicely.
Zackrisson takes one to the side of the head.
Burpha tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Zackrisson is able to avoid easily.
Zackrisson wants to counter with a clinch but Burpha pushes him away.
Zackrisson throws a lazy body kick
and Burpha counters with a good low kick that Zackrisson was not able to check.
Zackrisson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Zackrisson
and Burpha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zackrisson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Burpha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zackrisson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burpha.
Burpha swings for the body but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Zackrisson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Burpha counters with a low kick, right behind Zackrisson 's knee.
Zackrisson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burpha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zackrisson throws the kick towards the body but Burpha avoids it.
Zackrisson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Burpha is able to avoid easily.
Burpha pushes Zackrisson away with a front kick.
Burpha misses with the combination.
Zackrisson misses with an uppercut
and Burpha counters with a slapping leg kick.
Zackrisson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice body punch from Burpha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burpha lands a nice looking body shot.
Zackrisson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burpha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burpha.
Burpha connects with an inside leg kick.
Zackrisson throws a body shot but no joy.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the side of Burpha's head but Burpha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burpha was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Burpha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zackrisson lands a nice looking body kick.
A big right from Zackrisson misses.
Zackrisson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burpha was well out of range. Poor timing from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson staying out of range there.
Zackrisson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burpha manages to avoid it.
Burpha misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burpha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zackrisson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Burpha throws a sloppy head kick and Zackrisson moves out of range easily.
Zackrisson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zackrisson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Burpha.
Zackrisson throws a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Zackrisson misses.
Zackrisson throws a push kick but Burpha slaps the foot to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Burpha on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Burpha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zackrisson tries a low kick but Burpha avoids it.
Zackrisson throws a right hand that misses
and Burpha counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zackrisson blocks a jab.
Burpha misses with a low kick.
Burpha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burpha slips under a jab from Zackrisson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bapu Burpha had his way with Gabriel Zackrisson in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Zackrisson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burpha moves away.
Zackrisson ducks under a wild hook from Burpha.
Burpha ducks under a wild hook from Zackrisson.
Burpha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burpha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zackrisson takes one to the chin there.
Zackrisson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burpha.
Burpha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zackrisson moves away.
Burpha misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zackrisson misses with a lunging right hand
and Burpha counters with a nice uppercut.
Zackrisson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burpha throws out the jab.
Zackrisson throws a front kick aimed at Burpha's knee but Burpha avoids it well.
Zackrisson loads up on a big right hand but Burpha slips the punch.

Zackrisson takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burpha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zackrisson tries to throw a body punch but Burpha avoids it by throwing Zackrisson back against the ropes.
Burpha misses with the head strike.
Burpha lands a body punch.
Burpha lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zackrisson misses with the head strike.
Zackrisson swings wildly with an uppercut but Burpha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burpha gets through Zackrisson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Burpha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burpha lands a body shot.
Burpha lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Burpha on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burpha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zackrisson backwards.
Burpha keeps control of Zackrisson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Burpha breaks from the clinch.
Burpha scores with a nice strike.
Zackrisson throws a low kick but Burpha avoids it.
It appears Burpha was looking to counter with a kick there.
Burpha throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Zackrisson throws a hook but Burpha blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zackrisson walks into a jab.
Zackrisson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Burpha ducks right into an uppercut from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burpha is looking to counter punch.
Burpha with a jab.
Burpha chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zackrisson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Burpha connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zackrisson scrambles back to his feet.
Burpha misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zackrisson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burpha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zackrisson manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Burpha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burpha misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zackrisson wants to counter the offense by Burpha and move into the clinch position.
A shot to the body from Burpha misses
and Zackrisson counters with a leg kick.
Zackrisson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Burpha under the eye.
Zackrisson misses with a straight left.
Burpha throwing a counter right hand but Zackrisson manages to avoid it.
Zackrisson lands with a straight right. Burpha didn't see that one coming.
Nice jab there from Burpha.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burpha darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Burpha takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zackrisson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Burpha moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burpha on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zackrisson. Zackrisson obviously looking to wear him down.
A big left from Zackrisson misses.
Zackrisson throws a body punch but Burpha moves out of range.
Burpha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burpha throws a body shot but no joy.
Zackrisson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A low kick from Burpha misses
and Zackrisson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burpha feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zackrissons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Zackrisson jabs at Burpha's body.
Burpha looks to throw the jab but Zackrisson is out of range.
Burpha throws a wild body kick that Zackrisson sees coming a mile off.
Zackrisson throws a body punch but Burpha moves out of range.
Burpha throws an overhand right that lands on Zackrisson's shoulder, as Zackrisson tries to avoid the shot.
Zackrisson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's 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 Bapu Burpha.
Well Burpha has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Bapu Burpha!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Bapu Burpha!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Bapu Burpha!

Bapu Burpha wins by unanimous decision!
Bapu Burpha retains his lightweight title!
A less than humble Bapu Burpha misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.