PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimitar Schvenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and stanely burnsely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). stanely burnsely is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Schvenko
vs
burnsely

189 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dimitar Schvenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, stanely burnsely!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schvenko rushes burnsely and presses him up against the cage.
Schvenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. burnsely lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
burnsely changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Schvenko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
burnsely connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Schvenko throws a head kick that half lands.
Schvenko swinging wilding here.
Schvenko slips a jab and a cross from burnsely.
Schvenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and burnsely counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Schvenko actively working from the bottom here.
burnsely trying to pass the guard but Schvenko defending well.
Schvenko is breathing heavily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
burnsely slips a nice elbow through Schvenko's hands, connecting with Schvenko's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Schvenko kicks off burnsely and gets to his feet.
Schvenko misses with a double jab

and burnsely counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by burnsely.
burnsely stops Schvenko from standing up.
burnsely forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schvenko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Schvenko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
burnsely is bucking up trying to escape but Schvenko cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
burnsely avoids a series of strikes thrown by Schvenko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
burnsely really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Schvenko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Schvenko lands a nice shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schvenko lands a big elbow.
burnsely is trying desperately to improve position.
Schvenko with good strikes from the mount here!
burnsely working to try and regain half guard.
Schvenko with a couple of short strikes.
Schvenko lands with some vicious ground and pound - can burnsely hang on?
burnsely wants to hold on but Schvenko pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schvenko looking to finish burnsely with some ground and pound. This is bad for burnsely!
Schvenko with good strikes from the mount here!
Schvenko landing strikes from the mount and burnsely is in trouble!
Schvenko with good strikes from the mount here!
Schvenko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. burnsely can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
burnsely really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Schvenko breaks from burnsely's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Schvenko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
burnsely tries to hold on but Schvenko pushes him away.
BOOM! Schvenko connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Schvenko thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Schvenko with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schvenko raining down shots from the mount!
Schvenko landing shots from mount.
Schvenko with shots to the head and body - burnsely looks very uncomfortable down there.
Schvenko lands a big elbow.
burnsely is looking to improve his position but Schvenko isn't that keen on the idea.
burnsely is squirming around, avoiding Schvenko's attempts to control the action.
Schvenko putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schvenko controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Schvenko cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dimitar Schvenko dominated that 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.

Schvenko throws a left and a right that both miss
and burnsely cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Schvenko throws a left and a right that both miss

and burnsely decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Schvenko's guard.
Schvenko keeping moving, preventing burnsely from controlling successfully.
Schvenko wants to get back to his feet but burnsely is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
burnsely passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Schvenko missing with punches from the bottom.
burnsely prevents Schvenko from improving his position.
burnsely is breathing heavily.
Schvenko gets full guard.

Schvenko has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes burnsely off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schvenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling burnsely to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by burnsely.
Schvenko tries to bum rush burnsely with a series of wild strikes but burnsely uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
burnsely changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Schvenko tries to avoid it but burnsely manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Schvenko to the ground. Schvenko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
burnsely lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dimitar Schvenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schvenko stuffs the takedown attempt from burnsely. burnsely gets slowly back to his feet.
Schvenko fails with the takedown

and burnsely counters with a nice double leg into guard.
burnsely lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Schvenko wants to sweep but no luck.
burnsely with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Schvenko manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. burnsely manages to get himself to full guard.
Schvenko trying to control the position from guard on top but burnsely is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dimitar Schvenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schvenko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schvenko trying to control the position from guard on top but burnsely is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
burnsely wants to sweep but no luck.
Schvenko sitting in guard, not really doing much.
burnsely working a defensive guard here.
Schvenko trying to control but burnsely is working from the bottom.
burnsely wants to sweep but no luck.
burnsely bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schvenko's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schvenko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
burnsely won't allow Schvenko to get back to his feet.
burnsely trying to control the position from guard on top but Schvenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Schvenko pushes burnsely off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Schvenko doesn't succeed with the takedown

so burnsely counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Schvenko lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for burnsely!
Schvenko avoids the attempt from burnsely to control.
Schvenko looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
burnsely is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Schvenko moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, burnsely has worked his arm free - good work by burnsely!
burnsely is trying to control Schvenko's posture but Schvenko avoids it.
Schvenko tries to stand but burnsely controls the position and pulls Schvenko into his guard.
Schvenko is looking to stand up but burnsely won't let him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schvenko postures up in burnsely's guard and throws a big left but burnsely blocks it.

Schvenko decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Schvenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and burnsely counters with a single leg into guard. Schvenko didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

stanely burnsely showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

burnsely fails to land the takedown.
burnsely misses with a double jab

and Schvenko counters by moving into the clinch.
Schvenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Schvenko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
burnsely wants to break the clinch but can't.
burnsely looking for a takedown.
burnsely wants to get back to striking at distance but Schvenko won't allow it.
Schvenko keeps control of burnsely as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Schvenko has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. burnsely is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

burnsely breaks the clinch.
Schvenko looks to clinch
and burnsely counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
burnsely moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Schvenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and burnsely counters with a stiff right hand.
burnsely misses with a few strikes there.
burnsely throws a series of punches but Schvenko avoids them all with ease.

Schvenko looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
burnsely trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Schvenko is looking to advance position but burnsely has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
burnsely putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Schvenko wants to control but burnsely is having none of it.
Schvenko regains half guard.
Schvenko is trying to defend against the ground and pound but burnsely scores with a couple of nice shots.
burnsely trying to pass the guard but Schvenko defending well.
Schvenko is refusing to be controlled, as burnsely sits in half guard.
burnsely really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schvenko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Schvenko is trying to get back to full guard.
burnsely is pressing down on Schvenko's thigh, looking to free his foot. Schvenko is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Schvenko tries to kick burnsely off but burnsely keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Schvenko missing with punches from the bottom.
Schvenko works his way to full guard. Good work.
Schvenko lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for burnsely!
Schvenko working burnsely over with strikes here.
Schvenko with a couple of short strikes.
burnsely is trying to escape the mount.
Schvenko fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Schvenko there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Schvenko throws some wild stikes that burnsely manages to avoid easily.
burnsely is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Schvenko misses with a head shot.
burnsely is looking to improve his position but Schvenko isn't that keen on the idea.
Schvenko landing punches.
burnsely is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Schvenko cracks burnsely with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Schvenko in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
burnsely takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns burnsely that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Schvenko lands with some vicious ground and pound - can burnsely hang on?
Schvenko postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. burnsely looks a forlorn figure.
Schvenko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
burnsely is wriggling around trying to escape.
Schvenko looking to finish burnsely with some ground and pound. This is bad for burnsely!
Schvenko lands a big shot there that rocks burnsely but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Schvenko landing strikes, looking to finish!
Schvenko with shots to the head and body - burnsely looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Schvenko breaks from burnsely's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Schvenko scoring with strikes but burnsely is staying in there.
Schvenko postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. burnsely looks a forlorn figure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dimitar Schvenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Schvenko 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dimitar Schvenko!