PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaxson Burns (ranked 4192 p4p, 3268 weight class) and Mark Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Dawson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Burns
vs
Dawson

197 cm
25
243
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
250
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaxson Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mark Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dawson swats away the attempt to clinch by Burns.
Burns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dawson drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Burns defends it well.

Burns gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dawson scores with a shoulder strike.

It looks like Jaxson Burns has been cut.
Burns looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Dawson - that landed with a thud.
Dawson lands a nice uppercut.
Dawson lands a left hand.

Dawson drops Burns onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Burns is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Burns is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Dawson.
Oh Burns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns seems to have got his legs back now.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Dawson drops Burns onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Burns is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Jaxson Burns's cut is getting worse.
Dawson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burns or not.
Burns is breathing heavily.
Burns has a couple of punches blocked by Dawson.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but Dawson avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Dawson.
Dawson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Burns! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Dawson is unloading with more strikes now! Burns drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Dawson!