PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Sweet (ranked 1438 p4p, 1493 weight class) and Klement Burian (ranked 201 p4p, 210 weight class). Burian has chosen Kontrafakt - JBMNT prod. Maiky Beatz as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sweet
vs
Burian

180 cm
20
180
6 - 0 - 0

181 cm
20
170
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Pulling Guard
Conviction

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Sweet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Klement Burian!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burian throws a hook but Sweet blocks it.
Sweet is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Burian.
Burian tests Sweet's chin there with a solid looking shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sweet misses with an elbow over the top.
Sweet misses with an elbow strike.
Burian wants to get back to striking at distance but Sweet won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sweet.
Burian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sweet has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burian tries to break free but Sweet pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sweet throws an elbow but misses.
Sweet lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Burian.
Burian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sweet has him pressed against the cage.
Burian has had enough of the clinch but Sweet keeps him there for the moment.
Sweet throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burian manages to break the clinch.
Sweet doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Burian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burian's coach down at Gold Samurai\'s Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Burian's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sweet throws the left hand but Burian avoids the punch easily.
Sweet on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good standup being displayed there by Sweet as he connects with a hook.
Sweet misses with an uppercut
and Burian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sweet drops his hands momentarily and Burian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Burian moves away from the strike by Sweet.
Sweet looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Burian is fending him off so far but Sweet persists. Nope, Burian circles away and we're back to standing.
Burian with a hook.

Sweet shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sweet is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burian moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burian can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sweet controls the pace.

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

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burian is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sweet stays in close to Burian's body and controls the position.
Burian utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sweet throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sweet looking to pass the guard.
Sweet stays in close to Burian's body and controls the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Burian looking for subs off his back but Sweet has passed one foot through into half guard.

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.
Sweet tries to pass the half guard into mount. Burian knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sweet blocks the strikes from Burian.
Sweet is thwarting Burian's attempts to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Burian walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sweet listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Klement Burian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sweet takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Sweet manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Burian on his heels. He'll look to pass Burian's guard now, I'm sure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ricky Sweet will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sweet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sweet connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Burian throws a shot from downtown. Sweet moves away and avoids it.
Sweet takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sweet jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sweet throws the left hand but Burian avoids the punch easily.
Burian misses with a looping left.
Burian swings widly with a right hand

and Sweet decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Burian's guard.
Burian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sweet trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ricky Sweet overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sweet is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sweet accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burian bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sweet's guard.

Burian trying to control the position from guard on top but Sweet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burian trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burian is looking to pass into half guard but Sweet pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sweet is in guard.

Burian throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Burian preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweet is stalling in the full guard.
Burian trying to control the position.

Burian is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sweet controlling from the top position.
Burian trying to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burian is keeping the position for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Sweet shoots in and gets a takedown into Burian's guard.
Burian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sweet working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sweet stays in close to Burian's body and controls the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sweet accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sweet stops Burian from standing up.
Burian throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Sweet seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Burian is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burian is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sweet postures up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Sweet dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Burian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sweet misses the shot to the body.

Sweet clinches with his opponent.
Sweet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burian's defenses.
Burian wants to break free but Sweet has control.
Burian avoids the elbow strike from Sweet, against the cage.
Sweet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burian can do to turn this around?
Burian wants to get back to striking at distance but Sweet won't allow it.
Burian is trying to break free.
Burian has had enough of the clinch but Sweet keeps him there for the moment.
Sweet pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burian has had enough of the clinch but Sweet keeps him there for the moment.
Burian tries to circle away but Sweet has him pinned against the cage.
Sweet gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burian blocks the elbow strike.
Burian wants to break free but Sweet has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burian is trying to force a seperation but Sweet has the dominant position.
Sweet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burian's elbow.
Sweet misses with an elbow over the top.
Still in the clinch, Sweet scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sweet lands a nice elbow.
Sweet has Burian pressed against the cage, preventing Burian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
I was talking to Sweet's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sweet gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burian takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Klement Burian has been cut.
Sweet prevents Burian from breaking the clinch.
Burian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burian working hard to break the clinch.
Burian is trying to break the clinch but Sweet is controlling him.
Sweet throws an elbow but it misses.
Burian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sweet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burian's defenses.
Sweet has a couple of punches blocked by Burian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweet lands an uppercut.
Sweet pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sweet throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ricky Sweet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burian working hard to break the clinch.
Burian is trying to break the clinch but Sweet has him pressed against the cage.
Sweet lands an elbow that stopped Burian in his tracks for a moment.
Sweet has Burian pressed against the cage, preventing Burian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sweet creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sweet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sweet has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Sweet on the inside.
Sweet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burian has had enough of the clinch but Sweet keeps him there for the moment.
Sweet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweet tries to work over Burian's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burian wants to break free but Sweet has control.
Burian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burian blocks the elbow strike.
Burian is trying to push Sweet away but Sweet has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Burian has had enough of the clinch but Sweet keeps him there for the moment.
Sweet lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Sweet scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burian avoids the elbow strike from Sweet, against the cage.
Burian wants to get back to striking at distance but Sweet won't allow it.
Sweet throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burian avoids a wild elbow strike from Sweet.
Burian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sweet creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burian blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sweet can't find room to land a body shot as Burian controls the action.
Burian blocks an elbow strike from Sweet.
Burian blocks an elbow strike from Sweet.
Burian is trying to break the clinch but Sweet is controlling him.
Sweet has Burian pressed against the cage, preventing Burian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burian avoids the elbow strike from Sweet, against the cage.
Sweet misses with an elbow strike.
Sweet scores with a hook to the body.
Burian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sweet has him pressed against the cage.
Burian tries to break the clinch but Sweet is controlling the position.
Burian blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice body punch from Sweet.
Klement Burian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sweet has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Sweet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sweet, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Sweet!
A very excited looking Ricky Sweet 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.