PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Burgundy (ranked 948 p4p, 149 weight class) and Leeland Lillard (ranked 802 p4p, 134 weight class). Ron Burgundy had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Burgundy
vs
Lillard

188 cm
42
215 lbs
62 - 25 - 1

192 cm
34
217 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 62 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ron Burgundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leeland Lillard!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lillard looks to score with a jab to the body but Burgundy is just out of range.
Burgundy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Burgundy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lillard scoring well with a low kick there.
Burgundy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burgundy misses with a straight right.
Lillard cracks Burgundy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A combination from Lillard does no damage.
Lillard lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Ron Burgundy has been cut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Burgundy.
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!
Lillard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burgundy.
Burgundy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Burgundy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Burgundy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burgundy thows a left - swing and a miss!

Lillard closes the distance and clinches.
Lillard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lillard misses with the head strike.
Lillard keeps control of Burgundy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lillard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgundy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burgundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Lillard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lillard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lillard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Come on Lillard - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lillard tries to throw a body punch but Burgundy avoids it by throwing Lillard back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lillard.

Burgundy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lillard tries to clinch but Burgundy moves out of range.

Lillard clinches with his opponent.

Burgundy breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Burgundy.

Lillard darts in and clinches Burgundy up against the cage.
Burgundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Lillard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lillard stalling in the clinch.
The referee calls for Lillard to work.
Lillard lands a shot to the body.
Lillard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Burgundy up against the cage.
Lillard effectively controlling the action here.
Lillard looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leeland Lillard.
Burgundy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lillard throws out the jab.
Burgundy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Burgundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lillard.
Lillard avoids the body shot from Burgundy.
Burgundy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lillard connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Burgundy momentarily.
Burgundy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lillard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Burgundy scrambles back to his feet.
Lillard slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lillard works the jab nicely.
Lillard lands a body shot.
Burgundy throws a right and a left that Lillard avoids nicely.
Lillard misses with a wild combination.
Lillard is looking to clinch but Burgundy is avoiding it.
Lillard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burgundy.
A telegraphed right hand from Burgundy misses the target.
Nice cross by Lillard.
Lillard avoids a punch combination nicely.
A little jabbing left from Lillard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lillard feints a jab promting Burgundy to slip. Lillard then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Burgundy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Lillard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burgundy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ron Burgundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgundy misses with a two punch combination.
Burgundy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lillard throws out a loose jab but Burgundy uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Burgundy misses the target.
Lillard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lillard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Burgundy lands a nice hook to Lillard's body. Lillard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Burgundy throws a looping overhand right but Lillard ducks down to avoid it.

Lillard moves into the clinch.
Burgundy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burgundy is trying to force a seperation but Lillard has the dominant position.
Lillard leaning against his opponent.
Lillard just leaning against Burgundy, taking a breather.
Burgundy looking to stall.
Lillard slowing the pace effectively.
Burgundy is stalling here.

Burgundy manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burgundy throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burgundy. That's going to slow Lillard down.
Burgundy keeps the fight on the outside.

Burgundy lands a left and a right that send Lillard crashing to the mat, dazed. Burgundy thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Lillard is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ron Burgundy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ron Burgundy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lillard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lillard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lillard connects with a crisp jab.
Burgundy misses with a hook. Lillard ducked under it nicely.
Lillard throws a jab when Burgundy was well out of range.
Burgundy throws a leg kick but Lillard checks it.
Burgundy misses with a combination
and Lillard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burgundy. Lillard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burgundy looks to land a right hand but Lillard moved out of range.
Burgundy looks to land a left hand but Lillard moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgundy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lillard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lillard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Lillard.
Sloppy strikes from Burgundy. Those never looked like landing.
Lillard unleashes a big counter combination but Burgundy bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Lillard misses the shot to the body.
Burgundy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lillard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burgundy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lillard crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Burgundy - the referee stops the clock and Lillard gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Burgundy. Lillard manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lillard needs to keep his hands up - Burgundy had a free shot at his head there.
Burgundy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lillard tries to clinch but Burgundy moves out of range.
Burgundy throwing a counter right hand but Lillard manages to avoid it.
Lillard looks to land a body kick but Burgundy moved away.
It looked like Burgundy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ron Burgundy is winning the standup battle so far.
Lillard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Leeland Lillard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lillard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lillard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Burgundy swings widly with a right hand
letting Lillard counter with a right hand.
Lillard tries to clinch up but Burgundy circles away and keeps his distance.

Lillard has managed to clinch.
Come on Lillard - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Burgundy throws a head punch that misses.
Lillard controlling the action here for a moment.
Lillard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burgundy backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lillard is trying to stall.
Burgundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burgundy misses with some punches.
A short right from Burgundy.
Lillard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lillard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Burgundy is keeping busy.
Lillard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Burgundy up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lillard is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Leeland Lillard.
Lillard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burgundy.
A shot to the liver by Lillard. Beautiful body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Burgundy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burgundy.
Lillard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burgundy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lillard fails with an attempt to clinch.
and Burgundy counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Lillard! He's just covering up as Burgundy starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ron Burgundy!
Ron Burgundy really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Spartan Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.