PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex John Conor Burns (ranked 23 p4p, 4 weight class) and Divock Origi (ranked 175 p4p, 28 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Body Head Bangerz feat. Lil' Boosie & Young Bleed - I Smoke, I Drank. 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.

John Conor Burns
vs
Origi

190 cm
35
215 lbs
28 - 8 - 1

187 cm
32
207 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alex John Conor Burns !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Divock Origi!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Origi drops Burns with a beautiful combination! Burns stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Origi is looking for the KO!

It looks like Alex John Conor Burns has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burns .
Origi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burns uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Origi. That did some damage!
Burns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burns moves out of range of the leg kick from Origi.
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Burns misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Burns .
Alex John Conor Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Origi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Origi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Origi throws a leg kick that misses.
Burns scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns tries to clinch up but Origi circles away and keeps his distance.
Burns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Burns lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Origi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Origi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Origi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Origi was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns .
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Origi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Burns in his tracks.
A cross from Origi lands.
Burns doesn't manage to clinch there - Origi circles away.
Origi throws an overhand right that lands on Burns 's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Origi.
Origi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burns throws a leg kick
and Origi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burns throws a low kick but Origi moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Origi! But no joy.
Burns fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Burns .
Burns throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Origi misses.
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burns tests Origi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burns paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Origi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Burns throws a low kick, looking for Origi's leg but Origi calmly moves out of range.
Burns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Origi throws a series of punches but Burns avoids them all with ease.
Burns throws a body punch but Origi moves out of range.
Origi throws out a counter right but Burns avoids it with no problem.
Origi misses with a head kick.
Origi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns blocks a head kick by Origi.
Burns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Origi's sensitive parts.
Burns is looking to clinch.
Burns lands a leg kick that knocks Origi off balance momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Origi checks a leg kick.
Burns connects with a body shot that sends Origi's belly button to the back.
Nice defenses there by Burns .
A slapping leg kick lands for Burns .
Burns scores with a body shot.
Burns throws a lazy right hand but Origi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burns throws a leg kick but Origi checks it.
Origi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Origi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Origi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns throws a solid leg kick but Origi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burns .
Origi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns cracks Origi with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Origi throws a hook but Burns avoids it easily.
Burns throws a leg kick which misses Origi's front leg but catches the back leg as Origi tries to avoid it.
Burns is looking to slow Origi down with leg kicks.
Burns throws a body punch but Origi moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Origi! But no joy.
Good standup being displayed there by Burns as he connects with a hook.
Origi tries to bum rush Burns with a series of wild strikes but Burns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burns throws a big shot that misses.
Origi takes one to the chin there.
Burns punishes Origi's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Burns drives through and clinches with Origi against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex John Conor Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex John Conor Burns 's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Origi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Origi.
Burns throws a low kick but Origi avoids it.
Burns thuds his right hand into Origi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Burns cracks the inside of Origi's front leg.
Burns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A good leg kick by Burns .
Burns fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Burns scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Origi doesn't seem bothered though.
Alex John Conor Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Origi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Burns lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Origi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns lands with an overhand left.
Burns lands with a straight right. Origi didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns delivers a nice body kick.
Burns fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Origi is out of range.
Burns looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Burns loads up on a big right hand but Origi slips the punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burns .
Burns misses with a hook. Origi ducked under it nicely.
Burns throws a front kick aimed at Origi's knee but Origi avoids it well.
Origi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Origi manages to avoid it.
Origi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Burns . Burns obviously looking to wear him down.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Burns misses with an attempted mid kick.
Origi throws out a counter right but Burns avoids it with no problem.
Burns fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Origi checks it well.
Burns misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Origi eats them both and turns towards Burns to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Burns misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Burns lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Origi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Origi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Burns tries to clinch
and Origi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Origi is able to avoid easily.
Origi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burns throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Burns scores with a kick to the midsection.
Origi moves out of range of the strikes.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Origi can do to turn this around?
Burns lands a two punch combo.
An inside leg kick from Burns misses.
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burns throws a jab when Origi was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns scores with a leg kick.
Burns thows a leg kick but Origi checks it
letting Origi counter with a right hand.
Burns thumps Origi with a low kick.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice body punch from Burns .
Origi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burns darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Burns uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Origi has time to react.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Burns connects with a crisp jab.
Origi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Origi takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Burns lands a nice looking body shot.
Origi avoids the body shot from Burns .
Origi ducks under a wild hook from Burns .
Burns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns . That's going to slow Origi down.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Origi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Origi! But no joy.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Origi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Burns waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Origi.
Burns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by Origi.
Burns lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex John Conor Burns dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex John Conor Burns 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Burns tries to land a front kick but Origi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Origi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Burns lands a jab to Origi's midsection.
Burns is looking to score with low kicks.
Origi throws out a counter right but Burns avoids it with no problem.
Burns feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Origi's calf.
Origi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Burns moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Burns fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Origi.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Origi is just out of range.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Burns finds it's way through Origi's defenses.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Origi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns lands a nice looking body kick.
Burns tests Origi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Origi blocks a jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Burns .
A slapping leg kick lands for Burns .
A nice leg kick lands there from Burns .
Burns jabs Origi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Origi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Burns comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Burns misses with a two punch combination.
Origi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Origi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A leg kick checked by Origi.
Divock Origi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alex John Conor Burns is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burns .
Burns wants to slow Origi down by chopping away at his legs.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
Burns throws a series of punches but Origi moves out of range.
Origi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Origi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns .
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Burns with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Burns lands with a hook. Origi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burns .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Burns misses its intended target.
Burns takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Burns duly obliges.
Burns throws a poor cross that misses
and Origi counters with a nice uppercut.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Burns scores with a nice strike.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Origi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burns misses with a low kick.
Origi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Burns throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Origi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Origi misses with a looping right.
Burns throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good standup being displayed there by Burns as he connects with a hook.
Burns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Origi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burns fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Burns throws a leg kick but Origi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Origi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Burns lands a slapping body shot.
Burns lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Origi at a distance.
Nice body punch from Burns .
Origi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Burns throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice cross by Burns .
Burns throws a quick inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Burns misses its intended target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex John Conor 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex John Conor Burns !
A relieved looking Alex John Conor Burns thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.