PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Burnside (ranked 5439 p4p, 551 weight class) and Alexander White (ranked 22653 p4p, 774 weight class). Alexander White has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Magnus Burnside's chin.

Burnside
vs
White

205 cm
29
250 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

200 cm
28
275 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Burnside!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander White!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burnside.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burnside misses with a two punch combination.
Burnside leaves White with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Burnside scores with a three punch combo!
Burnside throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
White with the counter takedown but Burnside avoids it easily.
White takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Burnside is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Burnside throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White tries to clinch up but Burnside circles away and keeps his distance.
White changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Burnside tries to avoid it but White manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Burnside to the ground. Burnside escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burnside connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnside looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
Burnside lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
White takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Burnside misses with a few strikes there.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Burnside swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burnside throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burnside works the jab nicely.
Burnside rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Burnside throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Burnside scores with a hook.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burnside throws out the jab.
White scores with a kick to the body.
Burnside rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White fails with a takedown attempt.
Magnus Burnside has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander White.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burnside swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burnside appears to be looking for a big counter.
Burnside throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
White fails to land the takedown.
A counter left hand to the body from Burnside misses its target.
White dodges the punch combination from Burnside.
Burnside stalks White and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into White's face. White staggers backwards, shaken.
Burnside is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by White or perhaps it was just good defense by Burnside, which made it look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnside throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Burnside throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
White shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Burnside counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Magnus Burnside is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White looks winded!
White tries to score a power double leg takedown but Burnside sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten White somewhat.

Burnside lands a left and a right that send White crashing to the mat, dazed. Burnside thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Alexander White has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burnside throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Burnside lands with a good body shot.
Burnside works White's body with a nice hook.
Burnside wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Burnside ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burnside lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burnside.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice jab there from Burnside.
Burnside jabs at White's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Burnside dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander White's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Burnside lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
Burnside misses with a wild combination.
Burnside connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Magnus Burnside is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burnside displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

White is rocked!
Burnside cracks White with a hook to the temple - White is on wobbly legs here! Burnside swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! White falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Burnside wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Magnus Burnside!