PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nova Zigaman (ranked 790 p4p, 94 weight class) and William Burns (ranked 1957 p4p, 239 weight class). Zigaman's entrance music is Cameo - Word Up!. A fine choice. Burns has chosen How We Do as his entrance music. William Burns has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nova Zigaman's chin.

Zigaman
vs
Burns

203 cm
33
287 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

194 cm
42
278 lbs
35 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nova Zigaman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, William Burns!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Zigaman lands with a cross.
Burns pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zigaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns throws a hook but Zigaman avoids it easily.
Burns misses with a series of wild punches.

Zigaman feints and as Burns raises his hands in defense, Zigaman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zigaman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Burns works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burns working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zigaman.
We've been hearing good reports from Zigaman's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Burns wants to stand but Zigaman is controlling the position.
Burns has control of Zigaman's left arm, preventing Zigaman from doing any damage.
Zigaman trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zigaman prevents Burns from getting back to his feet.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Burns has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Zigaman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Burns tries to land a body kick
and Zigaman counters with a straight right hand.
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zigaman scores with a shot to the body.
Zigaman looks for a takedown but Burns sprawls well.

Burns clinches.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Burns breaks the clinch.

Burns takes the fight into the clinch.
Zigaman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zigaman.

Burns breaks from the clinch.
Burns wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Burns.
A head kick by Burns misses

and Zigaman counters with a takedown into side control.
Zigaman throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Burns really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zigaman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zigaman tries to move to mount but Burns blocks the move with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Zigaman.
Burns tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Zigaman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Burns is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zigaman is landing with some decent strikes but Burns is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Burns manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Burns trying to control from the bottom.
Zigaman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zigaman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Zigaman trying to control from half guard but Burns is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Burns manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Zigaman throwing strikes from guard but Burns blocks nicely.
Zigaman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Burns is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Burns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zigaman backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Burns throws a knee to the head but misses.

Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
William Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zigaman moves away from the strike by Burns.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but William Burns will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zigaman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zigaman thumps Burns with a low kick.
Zigaman moves out of range as Burns throws a body kick.
Zigaman lands with an overhand left.
Burns takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A left lands for Zigaman.

Burns gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Burns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns looks to land a body kick but Zigaman moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zigaman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burns lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
William Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zigaman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Burns blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a poor cross that misses

and Zigaman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Zigaman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Burns defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zigaman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zigaman is nestled in close to Burns, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zigaman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Zigaman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Burns defends it well.
Zigaman is looking to advance position but Burns won't allow it.
Burns is looking to escape.
Zigaman takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Burns is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Zigaman there.
Zigaman moves nicely into side control.
Zigaman is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burns is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Zigaman asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nova Zigaman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zigaman is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Zigaman lands some shots froms side control.
Burns tries to buck Zigaman off but Zigaman is having none of it.
Zigaman takes a little break here. Burns wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Zigaman trying to control the action but Burns is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zigaman cracks Burns with a big right hand but Burns just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zigaman is working Burns over with some ground and pound from side control.
Burns is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Zigaman has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The strikes coming from Zigaman are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Zigaman sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Burns is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Zigaman has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Burns taking shots to the head.
Zigaman unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zigaman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Burns tries to lock up and control but Zigaman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Burns taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nova Zigaman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Burns tries to clinch up.
Zigaman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zigaman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burns throws a leg kick
and Zigaman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zigaman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Zigaman - just one landing.
Burns pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zigaman shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burns misses with an uppercut. Zigaman saw that one coming.
Burns misses with a head kick.
Burns misses with a lunging right hand

and Zigaman counters with a shoot takedown. Burns fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zigaman scoring with some ground and pound.
Zigaman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Zigaman cracks Burns with a solid left hand.
Zigaman postures up in Burns's guard and throws a big left but Burns blocks it.
Zigaman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burns swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zigaman trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.
Zigaman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Zigaman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burns can do to turn this around?
Burns avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zigaman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burns tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zigaman throws a big elbow that misses.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Zigaman from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zigaman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zigaman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burns can't keep his opponent in guard - Zigaman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Zigaman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Burns does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zigaman passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Burns!
Zigaman working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zigaman landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zigaman looking to finish Burns with some ground and pound. This is bad for Burns!
Zigaman landing punches.
Zigaman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zigaman looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Burns covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nova Zigaman!
Nova Zigaman retains his heavyweight title!
As Nova Zigaman got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I'm the champ. I'm the greatest. Yo' listen Junior... don't ever think you can compete with the freakzilla again. Whilst you're there, send you wife my way and I'll show her just how bombastic the zig-man is.'.
The defeated William Burns had this to say: 'Im not retiring on a loss, I will be back.'.