PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Blade Wilson (ranked 1968 p4p, 1250 weight class) and William S Burroughs (ranked 276 p4p, 185 weight class). Burroughs has chosen William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wilson
vs
Burroughs

185 cm
22
190
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
189
9 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blade Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William S Burroughs!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burroughs throws the left hand but Wilson avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Wilson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Burroughs shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wilson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wilson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Burroughs is looking to improve his position.
Burroughs is looking to control Wilson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Burroughs avoid being mounted?
Wilson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wilson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Burroughs defending well though.
Wilson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Burroughs is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wilson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burroughs wants to improve his position but Wilson is controlling well.
Burroughs keeping control of the position.
Wilson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wilson controlling from mount.
Burroughs is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Burroughs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wilson controlling from the full mount.
Burroughs tries to hold on but Wilson pushes him away.
Wilson prevents Burroughs from getting the reversal.
Burroughs is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Wilson controlling his opponent.
Wilson wants to control the pace but Burroughs is squirming around nicely.
Wilson prevents Burroughs from getting the reversal.
Wilson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Burroughs is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Burroughs tries to hold on but Wilson postures up.
Wilson tries to control but Burroughs wriggling away.
Wilson content just to control the position here.
Burroughs tries to hold on but Wilson postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burroughs is trying to escape the mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Blade Wilson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice sprawl there from Wilson as Burroughs shoots in.
Burroughs throws a body shot but no joy.

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

Burroughs is rocked!

It looks like William S Burroughs has been cut.
Burroughs digs a good body shot into Wilson's ribs.
Burroughs is still on wobbly legs! Can Wilson finish him?
William S Burroughs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burroughs bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Wilson comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Burroughs falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Burroughs was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Blade Wilson!
A very excited looking Blade Wilson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.