PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conrad Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Conrad Burns has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Burns
vs
Trudeau

190 cm
25
181 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Conrad Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Trudeau!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Burns misses.
The fighters circling - Trudeau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burns misses with a jab to the body
and Trudeau counters with a nice uppercut.
Trudeau misses with a hook.
Trudeau has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Burns is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Burns ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau.
Trudeau on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Burns lands with a nice body punch.
A shot to the body from Burns misses
and Trudeau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body punch from Burns.
Burns takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trudeau.
Burns misses with an uppercut. Trudeau saw that one coming.
Trudeau looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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 throws an overhand right that lands on Trudeau's shoulder, as Trudeau tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws out a loose jab but Trudeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trudeau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Burns at a distance.
Trudeau lands a really nice looking cross but Burns seems unphased.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burns has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Trudeau takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Burns misses with a shot to the body

and Trudeau moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Burns scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trudeau lands a hook that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trudeau.
Trudeau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau lands a left hand.
Trudeau blocking some punches.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trudeau lands with a left to the head.
Trudeau lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burns or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
Trudeau lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trudeau lands with a short shot to the head.
Burns tries a body shot but Trudeau blocks it.
Burns tries to throw a body punch but Trudeau avoids it by throwing Burns back against the cage.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
Burns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Trudeau.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trudeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Burns tries to work over Trudeau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trudeau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trudeau.
Trudeau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burns's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trudeau lands a right hand.

It looks like Conrad Burns has been cut.
Trudeau lands a shoulder strike.

Burns is rocked!
Trudeau unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Burns! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Trudeau is unloading with more strikes now! Burns drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Trudeau!