PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Branson Burt (ranked 2812 p4p, 24884 weight class) and Oliverium Hebbnesium (ranked 319 p4p, 515 weight class). Burt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Got the Life. Hebbnesium has chosen Sk8er Boi as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Burt
vs
Hebbnesium

190 cm
19
155
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
165
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

BE Younick $25
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Branson Burt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oliverium Hebbnesium!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hebbnesium tries a head kick but it misses.

Burt moves into the clinch.
Hebbnesium tries to score a body lock takedown but Burt shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Burt scores with a knee to the head.
Burt has Hebbnesium pressed against the cage, preventing Hebbnesium from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Come on Burt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Burt manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hebbnesium being controlled against the cage.
Burt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hebbnesium has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Burt lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Burt taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Hebbnesium's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burt stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hebbnesium has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Burt is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Burt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hebbnesium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hebbnesium has had enough of the clinch but Burt keeps him there for the moment.
Hebbnesium blocks an elbow strike.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hebbnesium has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Hebbnesium can't break the clinch.
Burt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hebbnesium tries for a takedown but Burt manages to get underhooks.
Branson Burt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliverium Hebbnesium.
A knee to the head by Burt.
Burt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hebbnesium's face.
Burt connects with a knee to the head.
Burt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burt lands a good knee to the midsection. Hebbnesium won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hebbnesium looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hebbnesium up against the cage.
Burt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hebbnesiums head.
Our sources have told us that Burt has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Hebbnesium tries to break the clinch but Burt is controlling the position.
Hebbnesium is trying to drag Burt to the mat but Burt just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Knees to the body from Burt.
Burt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hebbnesium's face.
Burt stalling.
Burt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hebbnesium's face.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Burt takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hebbnesium wants to get back to striking at distance but Burt won't allow it.
Burt content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Burt drops Hebbnesium with a big knee straight up the middle! Hebbnesium is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Hebbnesium is rocked!

It looks like Oliverium Hebbnesium has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burt closes the distance and clinches.
Hebbnesium is still on wobbly legs! Can Burt finish him?
Burt is struggling to control the position.
Hebbnesium letting Burt take a breather here.
Burt leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hebbnesium seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Branson Burt.

Burt closes the distance and clinches.
Burt stalling against the cage.
Burt has Hebbnesium pressed against the cage, preventing Hebbnesium from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burt lands a knee to the head.
Burt digs a right hand into Hebbnesium's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hebbnesium's gas tank.
Hebbnesium takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burt lands a good knee to the midsection. Hebbnesium won't want to take too many of those.
Burt connects with a knee to the head.
Hebbnesium fails to pull guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burt connects with a knee to the head.
Burt lands a knee to the head.
Burt pressing his opponent against the cage.
Burt stalling against the cage.
Burt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hebbnesium is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burt is defending well for now.
Hebbnesium has had enough of the clinch but Burt keeps him there for the moment.
Hebbnesium tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burt smiles and moves away.

Burt gets a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Branson Burt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliverium Hebbnesium's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Burt clinches up with Hebbnesium and pushes him back against the cage.
Burt really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Burt is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hebbnesium is working for takedown but Burt is calmly controlling the position for now.
Burt lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Burt.
Hebbnesium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burt is stalling here.
Come on Burt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Branson Burt.

Burt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but Hebbnesium blocks with his arms.
Burt scores with a knee to the head.
Burt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burt digs a right hand underneath Hebbnesium's ribcage. Hebbnesium let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A knee to the head by Burt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hebbnesium tries to pull guard but Burt won't allow it.
Burt connects with a knee to the head.
Burt landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hebbnesium's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burt with a knee to the head.
Burt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hebbnesium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hebbnesium can do to turn this around?
Burt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burt effectively controlling the action here.
Burt slows down the pace here.
Burt gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Hebbnesium is trying to break the clinch but Burt has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burt landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hebbnesium is breathing heavily.
Hebbnesium jumps guard but Burt turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Branson Burt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliverium Hebbnesium.
Burt stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Burt crunches a lovely knee into Hebbnesium's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hebbnesium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hebbnesium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burt stalling.

Burt drops Hebbnesium with a big knee straight up the middle! Hebbnesium is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Hebbnesium tries to keep at a distance but Burt has taken the fight into the clinch.

Burt breaks the clinch.

Burt drives through and clinches with Hebbnesium against the cage.
Burt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burt has Hebbnesium pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Hebbnesium is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Burt - that's hurt Hebbnesium badly! Oh, another knee lands and Hebbnesium is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Hebbnesium doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Branson Burt!
The defeated Oliverium Hebbnesium had this to say: 'At least I did a 360 Kickflip Double Penetration Ollie the other day........'.