PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Burns (ranked 5390 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergey Orehovskiy (ranked 7121 p4p, 0 weight class). Orehovskiy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Prince of the ring. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burns
vs
Orehovskiy

154 cm
20
278 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vincent Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergey Orehovskiy!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orehovskiy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Burns sprawls well. Burns wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Orehovskiy gets slowly back to his feet.
Burns thinks about countering with a body kick.
Burns could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Orehovskiy throws a head kick but Burns moves out of range.

Burns looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Orehovskiy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Burns pulls his head out easily.
Burns missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Orehovskiy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burns.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orehovskiy trying to control here.

Burns is looking for a kimura but Orehovskiy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Burns to get the leverage.
Orehovskiy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throwing shots but Orehovskiy is blocking nicely.
Orehovskiy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Burns lands a nice short elbow.
Orehovskiy wants to control but Burns is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Burns thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Orehovskiy's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Burns lands a nice short elbow.
Orehovskiy is looking to improve his position.
Burns missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Burns has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burns throwing shots but Orehovskiy is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Burns there.

Burns is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Orehovskiy is looking to control Burns's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Orehovskiy avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orehovskiy is holding on to half guard well.
Burns looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Orehovskiy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Orehovskiy wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.
Burns sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Orehovskiy defending well though.
Burns scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Orehovskiy manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Burns fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Orehovskiy to the ground. Burns is now in Orehovskiy's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a strike but Orehovskiy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Burns wants to stand and escape but Orehovskiy is having none of it.
Burns wants to sweep but no luck.
Burns wants to improve his position but instead Orehovskiy has moved into half guard.
Orehovskiy tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Burns.
Orehovskiy looks winded!
Burns gets full guard.
Burns is looking to stand up but Orehovskiy isn't so interested in that idea.
Burns wants to improve his position but instead Orehovskiy has moved into half guard.

Orehovskiy postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Burns to stand up.

Burns shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Orehovskiy napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Orehovskiy bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body kick from Orehovskiy.
A right-left combo lands from Orehovskiy.

It looks like Vincent Burns has been cut.
Orehovskiy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Burns shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Burns showed some decent athleticism there.
Burns is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Burns is nestled in close to Orehovskiy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sergey Orehovskiy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vincent Burns's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Burns tries to keep at a distance but Orehovskiy has taken the fight into the clinch.

Burns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Orehovskiy moves into the clinch successfully.
Burns slowing the pace effectively.

Burns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Burns shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Burns missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Burns slips a nice elbow through Orehovskiy's hands, connecting with Orehovskiy's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orehovskiy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Orehovskiy trying to hold on to Burns's head to control him but Burns postures up.
Orehovskiy is doing well to control the position and prevent Burns from advancing to side control.
Orehovskiy trying to control but Burns postures up.
Orehovskiy is trying to stand up here but Burns is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Orehovskiy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Orehovskiy is breathing heavily.
Burns postures up and lands a big shot to Orehovskiy's brow.
Orehovskiy will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Burns postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Burns working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Orehovskiy's head.
Burns is working Orehovskiy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vincent Burns overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns scoring with some ground and pound.
Burns loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burns throwing strikes from guard but Orehovskiy blocks nicely.
Burns is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns stands up over Orehovskiy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Orehovskiy working a defensive guard here.
Burns is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Burns with a flurry of punches that miss.
Burns postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Burns is standing up over Orehovskiy. Orehovskiy looks to escape but Burns dives into side control.

Burns is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Orehovskiy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Burns wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Orehovskiy, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Burns fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Orehovskiy struggling a bit here.
Burns scoring with punches from side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Burns is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Orehovskiy has escaped the position, nice work there.
Orehovskiy manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Burns dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vincent Burns's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Orehovskiy pushes Burns up against the cage in a clinch.

Burns manages to break the clinch.
Orehovskiy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Burns circles away.

Burns shoots in and bounces Orehovskiy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Burns postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orehovskiy can do to turn this around?
Burns scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns preventing the sweep.
Burns lands a couple of digs.
Orehovskiy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Burns throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Orehovskiy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burns chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throwing strikes from guard but Orehovskiy blocks nicely.
Burns is looking to work some ground and pound but Orehovskiy has wrist control.
Burns throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Burns lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Burns might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Burns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burns working some strikes from top position.
Orehovskiy trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Burns lands a couple of elbows.
Burns lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burns's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orehovskiy controls Burns momentarily but Burns frees himself.
Orehovskiy wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Burns is now in half guard.
Burns takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Orehovskiy wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.
Orehovskiy wants to get back to his feet.

Burns is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Burns seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orehovskiy flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Orehovskiy throws a sloppy head kick

and Burns counters with a nice double leg into side control. Orehovskiy won't be happy with that.
Orehovskiy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Burns connects with a decent elbow.
Burns in side control lands a decent elbow.
Burns lands an elbow.
Orehovskiy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Burns wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Burns scoring with punches and elbows.
Burns scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Orehovskiy to see if he's OK.
Burns cracks Orehovskiy with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns cracks Orehovskiy with a big elbow.
Burns in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Burns's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns cracks Orehovskiy with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Orehovskiy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Orehovskiy takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Burns is working Orehovskiy over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns working the body and head with strikes.
Orehovskiy is trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent Burns!