PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Santos Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliveira has chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcukXwFUTU as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Burza
vs
Santos Oliveira

185 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Burza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Francisco Santos Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira throws a series of punches but Burza avoids them all with ease.
Oliveira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oliveira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Burza looks to land a combination but Oliveira avoids it well.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Burza to counter with a crisp jab.
Francisco Santos Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oliveira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Burza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a right hand to the body.
Oliveira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burza, as that shot connected.
Burza throws a combination. Oliveira tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Burza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliveira has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Burza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Oliveira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Oliveira looks gassed!
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a nice uppercut.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oliveira has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Burza stalks Oliveira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Oliveira's face. Oliveira staggers backwards, shaken.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burza, as that shot connected.
Burza throws a good cross that connects.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Burza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Burza lands a jab to Oliveira's midsection.
Burza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Burza counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Burza scores with a hook to the body. Oliveira takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Burza lands a nice shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Oliveira.
A shot to the liver by Burza. Beautiful body shot.
Burza lands with an overhand left.
Burza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burza.
Burza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Burza goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A shot to the liver by Burza. Beautiful body shot.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Burza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Burza clobbers Oliveira with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Burza scores with a decent looking hook.
Burza wants to slow Oliveira down by chopping away at his legs.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab lands there for Burza.
Burza connects with a good right hand that stumbles Oliveira. Oliveira circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Burza fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Oliveira avoids it really well and circles away.
Burza connects with a looping right hand.
Burza is working the combinations to good effect here.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burza counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Francisco Santos Oliveira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Burza looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Burza has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Burza looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Oliveira wants to control but Burza is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Burza there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Burza thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Oliveira tries to reverse the position but Burza maintains control.
Oliveira flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Oliveira blocking the ground and pound.
Burza working Oliveira over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Burza looking for a guillotine from mount but Oliveira is having none of it.

Burza working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oliveira swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Oliveira wants to hold on but Burza pushes him away.
Oliveira is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Oliveira regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burza prevents Oliveira from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Burza dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a left and a right that stings Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a nice looking combination but Burza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burza lands a nice hook to Oliveira's body. Oliveira takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
John Burza is winning the standup battle so far.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burza lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oliveira can do to turn this around?
Burza fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Oliveira on the side of the head.
Burza thuds a left hand into Oliveira's body.
Burza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Oliveira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oliveira on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Burza lands the left hand.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Burza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oliveira on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oliveira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Burza fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Oliveira avoids it really well and circles away.
John Burza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Burza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Burza scores with a body shot.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burza counters with a right hand to the body.
Good work by Oliveira as he checks the leg kick.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a nice body shot.
Burza dips to his left and cracks Oliveira with an uppercut!
Burza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burza cracks Oliveira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oliveira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Oliveira backs up against the cage.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Burza counters with a one-two to the body.
Burza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burza looks to land a combination but Oliveira avoids it well.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Burza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Burza throws a low kick but Oliveira moves out of range easily.
Burza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oliveira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oliveira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oliveira walks into a jab.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Burza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
Burza keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza digs a good hook to Oliveira's body.
Oliveira has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good exchange - Burza coming out on top.
Burza throws a push kick but Oliveira slaps the foot to one side.
Burza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a straight right hand.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a two punch combo.
Burza closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Burza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burza shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oliveira as he avoids it easily.
Burza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Burza lands a right hook to the body.
Oliveira on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A right-left combo lands from Burza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Oliveira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burza.
Burza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Burza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Burza counters with a nice uppercut.
Oliveira moves out of range of the body kick from Burza.
Good shot there by Burza.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a left and a right that stings Oliveira.
Burza scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Oliveira checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Burza digs a good hook to Oliveira's body.
Burza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burza jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Burza dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Burza bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Oliveira's head.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burza counters with a one-two to the body.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
Oliveira takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Burza scores with a nice strike.
Oliveira gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burza.
Burza looks to land a combination. Oliveira sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice combination there by Burza.
Oliveira moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Burza lands a jab.
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oliveira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliveira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Oliveira circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burza keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Burza fails with a takedown attempt.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Burza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burza misses with a series of wild punches.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Burza counters with a stiff right hand.
Burza scores with a decent looking hook.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burza scores with a jab. Oliveira acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burza counters with a nice body shot.
Oliveira checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oliveira falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burza throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Oliveira stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oliveira stuffs the takedown.
Francisco Santos Oliveira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Burza. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a straight right hand.
Burza stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A left and a right from Burza both land. Nice combination.
Burza jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Burza shoots in for a double leg but Oliveira sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Burza lands a nice looking body shot.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Burza counters with a left and a right that stings Oliveira.
Oliveira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Burza to score with a decent uppercut.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Burza counter with a right hand.
Burza throws a good cross that connects.
Oliveira is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burza.
Oliveira gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oliveira misses with a combination

and Burza counters with a nice double leg into side control. Oliveira won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Oliveira knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Oliveira bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Burza lands with a nice body punch.
Jab by Burza.
Oliveira misses with a double jab
and Burza counters with a stiff right hand.
Oliveira lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oliveira takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burza jabs at Oliveira's body.
John Burza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Danga de danga de dang - Burza scores with a four punch combination!
Oliveira misses with a double jab
letting Burza counter with a right hand.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a right hand to the body.
Burza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Oliveira stuffs the takedown.
Burza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Oliveira misses with a combination
and Burza counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burza scores with a one two! Oliveira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Oliveira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oliveira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Burza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Burza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight for John Burza!
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for John Burza!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for John Burza!

John Burza wins by unanimous decision!