PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Bagno (ranked 5474 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Burrow (ranked 5335 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bagno
vs
Burrow

178 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Bagno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Burrow!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Bagno manages to break the clinch.
Bagno throws a right hand that Burrow ducks under and follows up with a left that Burrow also avoids with ease.

Burrow shoots in and gets a takedown into Bagno's guard.
Burrow lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bagno can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Burrow controls the pace.
Burrow postures up.
Burrow controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bagno throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burrow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Burrow controlling from the top position.
Burrow working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrow controlling from the top position.

Bagno has his foot on Burrow's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Burrow works his way back into a safe position though.
Burrow landing with the ground and pound.
Bagno is trying to keep Burrow in close.
Burrow sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Burrow drops back looking for a leg! Bagno is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bagno manages to kick Burrow off! Burrow jumps back into Bagno's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burrow postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Burrow is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Let's hope that Burrow has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burrow thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Burrow engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
It looks like Burrow might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Burrow.
Yet more stalling tactics from Burrow.
Bagno looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burrow is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Burrow with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burrow is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Burrow chips away with some ground and pound.
Burrow stands up over Bagno, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Burrow is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Burrow lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burrow distracts Bagno with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bagno wants to sweep but no luck.
Burrow not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Burrow dominated that 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.

Bagno throws a body shot but no joy.

Burrow gets the takedown into side control.
Burrow is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Bagno will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

Burrow is trying to get an arm triangle but Bagno is defending well.
Burrow advances to mount.

Burrow working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Bagno turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Burrow off and cradles Bagno's limp body as Burrow celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Brian Burrow!