PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Hugo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Burnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hugo comes to the cage accompanied by Lose yourself. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hugo
vs
Burnett

185 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Hugo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Burnett!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burnett wants to clinch up but Hugo keeps it at a distance.

Burnett has closed the distance and engaged Hugo in a clinch.
Burnett trying to stall but Hugo improves his position.
Burnett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burnett gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hugo.
Hugo fails to pull guard.
Burnett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hugo blocks it with crossed arms.
Hugo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hugo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Burnett gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Hugo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burnett crunches a lovely knee into Hugo's ribcage.
Burnett tries to land a knee to the head but Hugo blocks with his arms.
Burnett scores a nice knee to the body.
Hugo is breathing heavily.
Hugo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Burnett just stands there and leans against the cage.
Burnett landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burnett landing knees to the body.
Burnett lands a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Burnett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burnett lands an elbow that stopped Hugo in his tracks for a moment.
Burnett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A body shot lands from Burnett.
Burnett using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burnett crunches a lovely knee into Hugo's ribcage.
Burnett landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnett crunches a lovely knee into Hugo's ribcage.
Burnett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hugo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burnett crunches a lovely knee into Hugo's ribcage.
Hugo looking for a takedown.
Burnett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hugo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burnett landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burnett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burnett lands a knee to the body.
Burnett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hugo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Burnett.
Burnett using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burnett lands a nice knee to the body.
Burnett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hugo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burnett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hugo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burnett stops a takedown attempt from Hugo.
Burnett connects with a knee to the head.
Burnett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hugo's face.
Burnett scores a nice knee to the body.
Burnett lands a knee to the head.
Burnett throws an elbow but it misses.
Burnett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hugo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hugo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett effectively controlling the action here.
Burnett missing with knees to the body.
Burnett missing with knees to the body.
Burnett throws a knee to the head but misses.

Hugo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hugo.
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!
Burnett moves in looking to clinch but Hugo pushes him off.
Hugo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Burnett moves into range and clinches up with Hugo.
Burnett lands a body shot in the clinch.

Hugo breaks from the clinch.
Burnett lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Burnett darts in and clinches Hugo up against the cage.
Hugo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Burnett landing knees to the body.
Burnett landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Burnett.
Hugo struggles to land a body shot inside as Burnett controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett missing with knees to the body.
Burnett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hugo trying to control the position but instead, Burnett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hugo into the cage.
Burnett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hugo tries to pull guard but Burnett won't allow it.
Burnett lands a knee to the body.
Hugo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burnett landing knees to the body.
Hugo has Burnett pushed against the cage.
Burnett prevents Hugo from breaking the clinch.
Burnett lands a knee to the body.
Burnett lands a damaging elbow.
Burnett landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Burnett tries to land knees in the clinch but Hugo avoids the damage to the body.
Hugo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hugo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burnett walks away with a smile on his face. Hugo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Burnett clinches with his opponent.
Burnett lands an elbow that stopped Hugo in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hugo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hugo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burnett walks away with a smile on his face. Hugo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Burnett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hugo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burnett lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hugo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burnett tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Hugo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hugo.

Burnett looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Hugo postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Burnett is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hugo, into his guard.
Hugo is trying to keep Burnett in close.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Burnett gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Burnett dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hugo avoiding damage as Burnett throws knees to the body.
Burnett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burnett landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hugo has had enough of the clinch but Burnett keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Burnett.
Burnett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Hugo decides to pull guard.
Hugo wants to get back to his feet but Burnett is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Burnett trying to control the position from guard on top but Hugo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hugo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Burnett gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dan Burnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hugo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burnett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burnett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Burnett scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Burnett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hugo keeps the fight on the outside.
Hugo tries a head kick but it misses.

Burnett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Burnett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hugo tries to pull guard but Burnett won't allow it.
Burnett tries to land a knee to the head but Hugo blocks with his arms.

Hugo has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Burnett clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Hugo biding his time, controlling Burnett.
Burnett trying to get back to his feet but Hugo is in full control for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Burnett tries to roll but Hugo sticks to his back.
Hugo is trying to control but Burnett is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Burnett tries to buck Hugo off but he can't manage it.
Burnett is in all sorts of trouble here.

Hugo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Burnett has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Burnett is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hugo lands a nice shot to the head.
Hugo wants to control the pace but Burnett is squirming around nicely.
Burnett manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Burnett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hugo wants to stand up but Burnett has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's four 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.
Hugo is trying to control the action in half guard but Burnett is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Burnett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hugo is looking to advance position but Burnett won't allow it.
Burnett tries to roll over but Hugo keeps him under control.
Still in half guard, Hugo seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Burnett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Burnett wants to clinch.
Hugo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dan Burnett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Burnett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Burnett crunches a lovely knee into Hugo's ribcage.
Hugo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Burnett pulls his leg out and moves away.
Burnett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hugo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burnett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burnett moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Burnett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hugo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burnett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Victor Hugo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Burnett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Hugo.
Burnett landing knees to the head.
Burnett gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hugo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hugo wants to get back to striking at distance but Burnett won't allow it.
Burnett tries a knee to the head but Hugo blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hugo fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Hugo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hugo jumps guard but Burnett stands there with Hugo around his waist. Hugo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Burnett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Hugo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hugo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Burnett tries to avoid it but Hugo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Burnett to the ground. Burnett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Burnett tries to clinch but Hugo moves out of range.
Burnett tries to clinch but Hugo is having none of it.
Burnett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hugo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burnett tries to clinch up.
Burnett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Hugo feints and as Burnett raises his hands in defense, Hugo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Burnett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burnett keeping full guard, as Hugo tries to pass.

Burnett has his foot on Hugo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hugo works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hugo wants to control from the top but Burnett keeps moving.

Burnett throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hugo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hugo trying to control the position from guard on top but Burnett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Burnett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Hugo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Burnett keeping full guard, as Hugo tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burnett looking for a guillotine here but Hugo defends easily.

Hugo is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Burnett is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Burnett has escaped and now he's on top!

Hugo is working an open guard so Burnett takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Burnett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Burnett connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hugo. Hugo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hugo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Burnett tries to avoid it but Hugo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Burnett to the ground. Burnett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Burnett misses with a jab, cross combination.

Burnett instigates a clinch.
Burnett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Burnett.
Hugo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Burnett landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Burnett.
Burnett landing knees to the head.
Dan Burnett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burnett tries to land knees in the clinch but Hugo avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burnett misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Burnett as Hugo tries to tie him up.
Hugo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Victor Hugo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hugo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hugo takes a knee right on the jaw!

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Burnett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burnett has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Burnett!