PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Zurdur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes into a darkened arena with his song building. P.I.M.P. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Zurdur
vs
Burns

173 cm
26
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

163 cm
20
134 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Zurdur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brent Burns!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zurdur throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burns's waist but Burns gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zurdur off to one side.
Zurdur throws a right hand that misses
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
Zurdur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot by Burns.
Zurdur seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Burns fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zurdur looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice body punch from Burns.
Burns scores with a hook to the body. Zurdur takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burns shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zurdur as he avoids it easily.
Burns lands a body shot.

Burns shoots in and gets a takedown into Zurdur's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns working some strikes from top position.
Zurdur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burns working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zurdur working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burns.
Zurdur can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Burns controls the pace.
Zurdur not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Burns is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Zurdur controls Burns momentarily but Burns frees himself.
Burns throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burns is in close to Zurdur's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Burns has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burns advances position into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Burns working the ground and pound but Zurdur is defending the strikes.
Burns misses with the ground and pound.
Burns working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Burns remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zurdur taking punishment in the form of punches.
Burns controlling from side mount.
Burns moves into full mount!
Burns dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zurdur is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Burns with a couple of short strikes.
Burns sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zurdur can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brent Burns dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Burns lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zurdur doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zurdur throws an overhand right that lands on Burns's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
Zurdur blocks the body kick.
A shot to the liver by Burns. Beautiful body shot.
Burns lands with a hook. Zurdur tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Burns is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zurdur rather than just go for the knockout.
Zurdur takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burns takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Burns scores with a hook to the body. Zurdur takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burns scores with a sloppy right hand. Zurdur should have avoided that one.
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!
Burns fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zurdur looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Burns lands a body shot.
Burns uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zurdur.
Burns changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns lands a really nice looking cross but Zurdur seems unphased.
Zurdur tries to move into range but Burns moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zurdur fails with the takedown.
Burns connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zurdur momentarily.
Burns connects with the punch.
Burns connects with a crisp jab.
Jab from Burns.
Zurdur misses the body punch
and Burns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brent Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Burns or perhaps it was just good defense by Zurdur, which made it look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zurdur looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.
Burns lands with an uppercut that bounces Zurdur off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Zurdur fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Burns to the ground. Zurdur is now in Burns's guard.
Burns bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zurdur's guard.

Burns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Zurdur swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burns stays in close to Zurdur's body and controls the position.
Burns has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Burns throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Burns controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Zurdur knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Burns on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns won't allow Zurdur to sweep him here.
Burns is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burns is pushing down on Zurdur's leg trying to pass to half guard. Zurdur is fighting to maintain full guard but Burns has managed to sneak the leg through.
Burns lands strikes from half guard.
Brent Burns has got the better of the ground game so far.
Zurdur wants to control but Burns passes into side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns looks up at the clock and then as Zurdur takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Burns smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Burns controlling the position.
Burns lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Zurdur down.
Burns slows the pace down.
Burns lands some shots froms side control.
The referee asks Burns politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Burns prefers to stall for the moment though.
Zurdur on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zurdur tries to get out of the position.
Burns is continuing to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brent Burns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Burns.

Burns looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Zurdur!
Burns lands a nice forearm strike.
Zurdur is looking to regain half guard here but Burns keeps moving and retains side control.
Burns lands an elbow.
Burns lands a nice forearm strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zurdur is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Burns is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Burns unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Burns cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns landing strikes from the mount and Zurdur is in trouble!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns looking to control and managing it successfully.
Burns lands a couple of good shots and Zurdur has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Burns. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Burns is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Zurdur is trying to remain composed but Burns is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Brent Burns is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Zurdur trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Burns just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Zurdur takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Burns keeps control of the position easily here as Zurdur tries to buck him off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brent Burns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burns has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 25:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brent Burns!