PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kakumyo Burns (ranked 6596 p4p, 619 weight class) and Joe Gilligan (ranked 5401 p4p, 544 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Burns
vs
Gilligan

187 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kakumyo Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Gilligan!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gilligan checks a leg kick.
Gilligan throws out a leg kick but Burns moves out of range and Gilligan only half commits.
Gilligan is looking to land body kicks.
Burns 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.
Nice body punch from Burns.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burns, right into the meat.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gilligan was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Gilligan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Burns blocks a leg kick.
Burns tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gilligan counters with a nice kick to the body.
Burns throws out a loose jab but Gilligan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gilligan fakes the leg kick and cracks Burns in the body.
Gilligan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Gilligan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Burns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilligan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gilligan trying to land knees to the body.
Gilligan blocks an uppercut.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilligan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gilligan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gilligan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burns blocks it with crossed arms.
Gilligan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gilligan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burns blocks it with crossed arms.
Gilligan looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilligan.
Gilligan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gilligan missing with knees to the body.
Gilligan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gilligan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns is leaning against Gilligan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gilligan looks winded!
Burns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gilligan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gilligan backwards.
Gilligan trying to land knees to the body.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilligan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Burns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilligan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burns blocks it with crossed arms.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gilligan blocks an uppercut.
Gilligan misses with a knee strike.
A shot in the inside from Burns.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Burns working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Gilligan.
Gilligan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.
Burns can't find room to land a body shot as Gilligan controls the action.
Gilligan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burns avoids it.
Gilligan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gilligan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burns avoids it.
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Burns lands a right hand.
Gilligan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burns blocks it with crossed arms.
Gilligan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burns is defending well for now.
Burns tries to work over Gilligan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gilligan blocking some punches.
Gilligan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burns blocks it with crossed arms.
Burns lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burns tries a body shot but Gilligan blocks it.
Gilligan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Gilligan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burns scores with a shoulder strike.
Burns working aggressively here.
Gilligan lands a knee to the head.
Burns lands a body shot in the clinch.
Burns lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burns misses with some punches.
Burns lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns lands with a light punch inside.
Gilligan misses with a knee strike.
Gilligan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gilligan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilligan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns struggles to land a body shot inside as Gilligan controls his hands.
Burns doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gilligan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burns lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Burns.
Gilligan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gilligan tries to land a knee to the head but Burns blocks with his arms.
Burns avoiding damage as Gilligan throws knees to the body.
Gilligan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burns misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Burns.
Gilligan throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gilligan misses with a knee to the head.
Gilligan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gilligan tries a knee to the head but Burns blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Burns works Gilligan's body with a nice hook.
Gilligan avoids the body shot from Burns.
Gilligan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kakumyo Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gilligan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Gilligan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gilligan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns tries to work over Gilligan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gilligan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burns avoiding damage as Gilligan throws knees to the body.
Gilligan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Gilligan misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gilligan blocking some punches.
Gilligan is breathing heavily.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gilligan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burns has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burns lands a body punch in the clinch.
Burns tries a body shot but Gilligan blocks it.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns pushes Gilligan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Burns on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burns throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gilligans head.
Gilligan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burns blocks it with crossed arms.
Gilligan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burns blocks it with crossed arms.
Gilligan blocks an uppercut.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burns lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burns.

Gilligan is rocked!

It looks like Joe Gilligan has been cut.
Burns misses with a punch on the inside.
Gilligan is still on wobbly legs! Can Burns finish him?
Gilligan blocks an uppercut.
Gilligan seems to have recovered his senses.
Burns lands with a right to the head.
Gilligan blocks an uppercut.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gilligan can do to turn this around?
Gilligan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gilligan blocking some punches.
Gilligan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilligan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gilligan tries to land a knee to the head but Burns blocks with his arms.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Burns.
Gilligan misses with a knee strike.
Burns lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gilligan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Burns dips a shoulder and cracks Gilligan with a mighty uppercut! Gilligan falls back against the cage and Burns unloads with a barrage of strikes! Gilligan is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Burns screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kakumyo Burns!