PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brady Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasul Mirzaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pápai Joci - Origo. Mirzaev is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Natalie La Rose - Somebody ft. Jeremih. 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.

Burns
vs
Mirzaev

169 cm
31
147 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

170 cm
27
157 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

FORCEE
Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brady Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rasul Mirzaev!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mirzaev throws a sloppy head kick and Burns moves out of range easily.
Burns is looking to counter punch.
Mirzaev throws an off balance right hand
and Burns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mirzaev throws a leg kick but Burns sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Burns fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mirzaev on the side of the head.
Mirzaev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burns checks a low kick from Mirzaev.
Burns thows a body kick. Mirzaev tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mirzaev throws a big shot that misses.
Burns jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Burns slips a straight right by Mirzaev.
A good leg kick by Burns.
Burns misses with the body kick
and Mirzaev counters with a leg kick.
Burns swings for the body but Mirzaev moves out of range.
Mirzaev misses with a left hand
and Burns counters with a low kick, right behind Mirzaev 's knee.
Burns scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns lands with a hook. Mirzaev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Mirzaev takes the fight into the clinch.
Burns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mirzaev backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burns.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mirzaev's face.
Burns tries to work over Mirzaev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mirzaev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burns makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
Mirzaev wants to break free but Burns has control.
Mirzaev wants to get back to striking at distance but Burns won't allow it.
Burns lands with a short shot to the head.
Burns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mirzaev backwards.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Mirzaev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burns lands with a short shot to the head.
Burns throws an elbow but it misses.
Burns works on Mirzaev's body with a couple of short punches.
Mirzaev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mirzaev is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirzaev prevents a body shot from Burns.
A frustrated look appears on Mirzaev's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mirzaev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns lands a knee to the head.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
Burns scores with a shot to the side of Mirzaev's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns.
Burns pushes Mirzaev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mirzaev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burns lands a right hand.
Mirzaev prevents a body shot from Burns.
Burns unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mirzaev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Burns lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mirzaev.
Burns tries to throw a body punch but Mirzaev avoids it by throwing Burns back against the cage.
Mirzaev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burns blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burns working Mirzaev over with knees to the body.
Mirzaev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Burns scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burns keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mirzaev's efforts to push away.
Mirzaev wants to break free but Burns has control.
Burns gets through Mirzaev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Burns lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burns obliges.
Mirzaev wants to get back to striking at distance but Burns won't allow it.
Mirzaev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mirzaev managing to block the knees to the body from Burns.
Burns lands a nice shot to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Burns lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mirzaev blocks an elbow strike from Burns.
Burns is leaning against Mirzaev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns missing with knees to the body.
Burns connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Rasul Mirzaev has been cut.
Burns blocks a body shot from Mirzaev.
Mirzaev is trying to break free.
Burns keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mirzaev's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Burns.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
Burns pushes Mirzaev back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Burns is working Mirzaev over against the cage.
Mirzaev wants to break free but Burns has control.
Burns digs a right hand into Mirzaev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mirzaev's gas tank.
Burns throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mirzaev blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns misses with a punch on the inside.
Burns has Mirzaev pressed against the cage, preventing Mirzaev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns lands a body punch.
Burns scores with a shoulder strike.
Mirzaev throws a head punch that misses.
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 Rasul Mirzaev's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mirzaev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Mirzaev is just out of range.
Burns scoring well with a low kick there.
Burns takes a swing at Mirzaev's ribcage but misses.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mirzaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Burns is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Brady Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Mirzaev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mirzaev misses with a double jab.
Burns lands with a nice body punch.
Mirzaev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mirzaev misses with the combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for Burns.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burns.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mirzaev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mirzaev misses the shot to the body.
Mirzaev avoids the body shot from Burns.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirzaev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Burns misses with a body kick.
A combination from Mirzaev does no damage.
Mirzaev drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Burns throws a good cross that connects.
Burns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mirzaev.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mirzaev can do to turn this around?
Burns bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mirzaev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burns was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Burns's corner calls for a 1-2. Burns obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Mirzaev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Burns connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mirzaev scrambles back to his feet.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mirzaev throws out the jab.
A big right from Mirzaev misses.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mirzaev misses with a straight right.
Burns jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A good leg kick by Burns.
Mirzaev on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns sizes up Mirzaev with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mirzaev closes the distance but Burns moves to the side
and Burns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mirzaev tries to close the distance and clinch but Burns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rasul Mirzaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mirzaev lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mirzaev walks forward, straight into a front kick from Burns.
Mirzaev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns connects with an inside leg kick.
Burns lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Burns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burns avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mirzaev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns.
Burns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mirzaev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Decent striking displayed by Burns there.
Burns takes a swing at Mirzaev's ribcage but misses.
Burns wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mirzaev blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Mirzaev misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Mirzaev does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Mirzaev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mirzaev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mirzaev sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Burns ducks under a wild hook from Mirzaev.
Burns appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burns scores with a leg kick.
Mirzaev misses with a body shot.
Burns throws a body punch but Mirzaev moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mirzaev!
Burns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Burns connects with a high kick.
Burns avoids the head kick by Mirzaev.
Burns connects with a right hand. Mirzaev shakes it off.
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!
Sloppy strikes from Mirzaev. Those never looked like landing.
Burns lands a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burns.
Mirzaev looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mirzaev will feel that in the morning.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mirzaev's head.
Mirzaev ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Burns slips under a jab.
Mirzaev swings widly with a right hand
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
Burns is looking to slow Mirzaev down with leg kicks.
Burns stuns Mirzaev with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mirzaev misses with a body punch
and Burns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burns throws a wild body kick that Mirzaev sees coming a mile off.
Mirzaev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mirzaev digs a good hook to Burns's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns throws a body kick that misses.
Mirzaev slips a jab from Burns.
Mirzaev 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.
Mirzaev misses with a looping left.
Burns goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
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 Rasul Mirzaev's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mirzaev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burns counters with a nice body kick.
Mirzaev has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Burns.
Burns blocks a jab.
Burns throws a body kick that misses.
Mirzaev misses with a leg kick.
Burns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mirzaev throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mirzaev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Burns cracks Mirzaev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mirzaev tries to score with a low kick but Burns moves his leg out of the way.
The fighters circling - Mirzaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mirzaev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Burns lands a glancing blow to the side of Mirzaev's head.
Mirzaev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burns.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mirzaev takes one on the button.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mirzaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Mirzaev misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Burns lands with an uppercut that bounces Mirzaev off the cage and back into range.
Mirzaev misses with a straight right.
Burns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mirzaev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mirzaev takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mirzaev moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.
Burns scoring well with a low kick there.
Mirzaev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burns lands a jab to the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Burns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Burns avoids the body shot from Mirzaev.
Mirzaev misses the shot to the body.
Mirzaev wants to slow Burns down by chopping away at his legs.
Mirzaev swings for the body but Burns moves out of range.
A combination from Mirzaev does no damage.
Mirzaev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Mirzaev misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Burns there.
Mirzaev walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Burns scores with a punch to the head.
Mirzaev throws a quick inside leg kick.
Burns throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mirzaev scores with a jab.
Jab from Burns.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Burns with a nice cross.

Mirzaev is rocked!
Mirzaev thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Mirzaev backs away, Burns returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Mirzaev is still on wobbly legs! Can Burns finish him?
Burns scores with a jab to the body.
Mirzaev seems to have recovered his senses.
Mirzaev avoids a kick to the body.
Mirzaev blocks a head kick by Burns.
Burns jabs Mirzaev to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Burns throws a head kick that half lands.
Mirzaev throws a jab when Burns was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Burns misses.
Burns digs a good body shot into Mirzaev's ribs.
Mirzaev misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Burns. Beautiful body shot.
Mirzaev throws a big shot that misses.
Mirzaev throws a big shot that misses.
Mirzaev misses with an uppercut.
Burns lands a head kick!
Brady Burns is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body kick there by Burns.
Burns lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A left lands for Burns.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Burns moves out of range as Mirzaev strikes.
Burns seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Burns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mirzaev's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Burns - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mirzaev uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Burns swings for the body but Mirzaev moves out of range.
Mirzaev lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Burns bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mirzaev blocks a head kick by Burns.
Burns lands a body shot.
Mirzaev takes one to the chin there.

Mirzaev drives through and clinches with Burns against the cage.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but Mirzaev avoids the damage to the body.
Mirzaev is trying to break the clinch but Burns is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mirzaev working hard to break the clinch.
Mirzaev has a couple of punches blocked by Burns.
Rasul Mirzaev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A frustrated look appears on Mirzaev's face as he tries to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brady Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burns 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Burns!
Brady Burns really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FORCEE logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.