PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane MacGowan (ranked 760 p4p, 101 weight class) and Trevor Burrows (ranked 1373 p4p, 174 weight class). MacGowan comes to the cage accompanied by The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey. Burrows has chosen Calm - No problem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

MacGowan
vs
Burrows

185 cm
21
180 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

177 cm
21
171 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shane MacGowan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Burrows!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacGowan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Burrows circles away.
Burrows swinging wildly here.
Burrows 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.
MacGowan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Burrows's head.
The fighters circling - Burrows throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
MacGowan digs a good body shot into Burrows's ribs.

MacGowan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than MacGowan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Burrows is looking to regain half guard here but MacGowan keeps moving and retains side control.
MacGowan advances nicely into full mount.
MacGowan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, MacGowan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burrows is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacGowan unloading with bombs!
We've been hearing that MacGowan has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
MacGowan working Burrows over with strikes here.
Burrows can't escape the position.
MacGowan landing punches.
MacGowan punching from mount but Burrows doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Burrows is working to get back to half guard.
MacGowan misses with a head shot.

MacGowan is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Burrows is surviving well by controlling MacGowan's body position as best he can.
MacGowan unloading with bombs!
Burrows tries to hold on but MacGowan postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MacGowan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
MacGowan scoring with strikes but Burrows is staying in there.
MacGowan with shots to the head and body - Burrows looks very uncomfortable down there.

Burrows is rocked!
MacGowan scoring with strikes but Burrows is staying in there.
Burrows is still in real trouble! Can MacGowan finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan connects with a bit shot that sees Burrows covering up! More strikes from MacGowan and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! MacGowan is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane MacGowan!
A very excited looking Shane MacGowan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.