PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Sandman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Burman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandman comes to the cage accompanied by Nobodys comin' to save you. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sandman
vs
Burman

176 cm
22
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Sandman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, George Burman!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sandman shoots in and bounces Burman off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sandman stops Burman from standing up.
Burman is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sandman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sandman stops Burman from standing up.
Sandman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sandman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Burman keeping moving, preventing Sandman from controlling successfully.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Sandman takes the fight into the clinch.
Sandman tries for a takedown. No joy.
Burman goes for a takedown attempt but Sandman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Sandman gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burman is looking to escape.
Burman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sandman scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Sandman there.

Sandman is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Burman is just riding it out for now. Sandman eventually gives up the hold.
Sandman works his way into full mount!
Sandman cracks Burman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Burman squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sandman lands a big shot there that rocks Burman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Sandman is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Burman can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sandman is breathing heavily.
Burman wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Sandman is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Burman has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Burman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Burman squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sandman with shots to the head and body - Burman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Burman is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Burman is in a horrible position here. Sandman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Burman is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sandman scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burman wants to try and get back to his feet.
Burman is in a horrible position here. Sandman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Burman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sandman working Burman over with strikes here.
Burman wants to get back to his feet.
Sandman cracks Burman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sandman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Burman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sandman lands with some strikes.

Sandman looking to isolate an arm here. Burman doesn't see it coming and as Sandman extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Sandman!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shawn Sandman!