PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex John Conor Burns (ranked 49 p4p, 9 weight class) and Rama Arjuna (ranked 202 p4p, 26 weight class). Burns 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Body Head Bangerz feat. Lil' Boosie & Young Bleed - I Smoke, I Drank. Arjuna is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Om. Alex John Conor Burns could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rama Arjuna's chin.

John Conor Burns
vs
Arjuna

190 cm
39
215 lbs
37 - 12 - 2

185 cm
32
207 lbs
27 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HELLBENT
Arcticus University: London

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 37 - 12 - 2, 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 27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rama Arjuna!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arjuna connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Burns momentarily.
Arjuna throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Burns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Arjuna.
Arjuna walks into a straight right hand from Burns .
Arjuna 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.
Arjuna misses with a body shot.
Arjuna lands with a nice body kick.
Arjuna throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arjuna moves away from the strike by Burns .
Burns is looking to land body kicks.
Arjuna lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Burns lands with a good body shot.
Arjuna throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Burns .
Arjuna throws a sloppy head kick
and Burns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns tries to score with a low kick but Arjuna moves his leg out of the way.
Arjuna throws a shot from downtown. Burns moves away and avoids it.
Burns tests Arjuna's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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 Arjuna has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Arjuna and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Arjuna has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Arjuna there as he acknowledges the shot.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Arjuna finds it's way round the side to connect with Burns 's head.
Burns slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Arjuna takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Arjuna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burns .
A little jabbing left from Arjuna on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Arjuna thuds a left hand into Burns 's body.
Arjuna checks a low kick from Burns .
Arjuna misses with a looping right.
Arjuna looks to land a combination but Burns avoids it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Arjuna blocks the leg kick.
Arjuna connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Burns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arjuna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arjuna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Arjuna.
Burns thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arjuna throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Burns connects with a crisp jab.
Arjuna throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
It looked like Burns was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Burns lands with a cross.
Burns jabs Arjuna to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Arjuna looks to land a body kick but Burns moved away.
Arjuna lands a jab to the head.
Burns is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Burns misses with a few strikes there.
Burns thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arjuna looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Arjuna connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A low kick from Burns misses
and Arjuna counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns dodges the punch combination from Arjuna.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arjuna takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Arjuna feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Burns 's calf.
Arjuna 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.
Arjuna misses with a wild combination.
Burns feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Arjuna misses with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Arjuna.
Burns connects with a body shot.
Burns lands a lovely overhand right.
Arjuna checks a leg kick.
Burns connects with a jab.
Arjuna misses with a body shot.
Burns throws a solid leg kick but Arjuna takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burns .
A jab from Arjuna does it's job there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Burns as he connects with a hook.
A big right from Arjuna misses.
Burns scores with a nice strike.
Burns moves out of range of the body kick.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Arjuna tries a quick counter leg kick but Burns is wise to it.
Burns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burns throws the left hand but Arjuna avoids the punch easily.
Arjuna throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Arjuna throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Burns counters with a body kick that stops Arjuna in his tracks momentarily.
Burns scores with the left hand. Arjuna knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arjuna misses with a hook
and Burns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Arjuna is rocked!
Burns looks for the body kick but Arjuna saw that one coming.
Arjuna misses with an attempted mid kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Burns misses the target.
Burns lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex John Conor Burns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Burns throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Burns takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Burns misses with a right hand
and Arjuna counters with a straight right hand.
Arjuna does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Arjuna connects with a solid leg kick.
Arjuna cracks Burns with an open hand slap.
Burns throws a quick inside leg kick.
Arjuna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Arjuna was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Arjuna throws a low kick, looking for Burns 's leg but Burns calmly moves out of range.
Burns takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Arjuna might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Burns has got the better of the exchanges.
Arjuna throws a front kick aimed at Burns 's knee but Burns avoids it well.
Burns lands with a right hand.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Arjuna can do to turn this around?
Burns lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arjuna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns is looking to counter punch.
Burns cracks Arjuna with a right hand to the side of the head.
Arjuna is still on wobbly legs! Can Burns finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a leg kick but Arjuna checks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Arjuna! But no joy.
Arjuna seems to have recovered his senses.
Burns misses with a leg kick
and Arjuna counters with a thumping low kick.
Burns blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Arjuna there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Arjuna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns .
Burns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Burns misses with a hook. Arjuna ducked under it nicely.
Burns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Arjuna on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Arjuna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arjuna takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Burns scores with a punch to the head.
Burns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arjuna manages to avoid it.
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arjuna.
Arjuna misses with a left hand
and Burns counters with a good low kick that Arjuna was not able to check.
Arjuna misses with a right hand
enabling Burns to counter with a crisp jab.
Burns scores with a hook.

That's two 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!
Arjuna throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alex John Conor Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Burns there.
Burns throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arjuna throws a wild hook but Burns just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Arjuna gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Burns raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex John Conor Burns !
After winning the bout, Alex John Conor Burns thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.