PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theon Greyjoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burton
vs
Greyjoy

195 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Burton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Theon Greyjoy!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Greyjoy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Burton is trying to defend but Greyjoy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Greyjoy content to control rather than advance.
Burton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Burton tries to get out of the position.

Greyjoy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Burton wants to get back to his feet.
Greyjoy passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton trying desperately to get to his feet.
Burton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Greyjoy on the ground.
Greyjoy looking to control but Burton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Greyjoy wants to finish this one by submission but Burton is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Greyjoy.
Greyjoy won't let Burton get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greyjoy tries to control but Burton wriggling away.
Burton is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Greyjoy working for a submission but Burton is keeping him at bay.
Greyjoy trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greyjoy fails to advance to Burton's back.
Greyjoy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Greyjoy punching from mount but Burton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Greyjoy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Burton is trying to stand but he's just given Greyjoy his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Greyjoy has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Burton has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Burton is trying to stand back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Greyjoy has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Burton has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burton has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Greyjoy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Theon Greyjoy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Greyjoy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Theon Greyjoy has been cut.

Burton has Greyjoy up against the cage in a clinch.

Burton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burton stuffs the takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burton is looking to clinch but Greyjoy is avoiding it.
Burton is looking to clinch.
Greyjoy slips under a jab.
Burton wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greyjoy shoots for a takedown but Burton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Barry Burton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theon Greyjoy.
Greyjoy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Burton pinned against the cage. Burton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Barry Burton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Greyjoy.
Burton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burton rushes Greyjoy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Burton lands a left hand.
Greyjoy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Burton fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Burton lands a big right hand that sends Greyjoy crashing to the mat! Burton stays standing though and waves Greyjoy back to his feet!
Barry Burton is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greyjoy shoots in looking for a takedown. Burton tries to sprawl out of it but Greyjoy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Burton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Greyjoy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Burton sprawls well. Burton wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Greyjoy gets slowly back to his feet.
Greyjoy is breathing heavily.
Burton tries to clinch there but Greyjoy circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burton cracks Greyjoy with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Burton has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Greyjoy to stand back up!

That has opened up Theon Greyjoy's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Burton drives through and clinches with Greyjoy against the cage.
Burton is struggling to control the position.
Greyjoy tries to score a body lock takedown but Burton shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Greyjoy wants a takedown.
Burton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Greyjoy up against the cage.

Burton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greyjoy shoots in but no luck this time.
Theon Greyjoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Greyjoy closes the distance but Burton moves to the side

and Burton counters by clinching up.

Burton breaks the clinch.
Burton fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burton is looking to clinch but Greyjoy is avoiding it.

Burton rushes Greyjoy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Burton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Theon Greyjoy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Burton tries to clinch there but Greyjoy circles away.
Greyjoy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Burton instigates a clinch.
Burton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Burton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burton stalling against the cage.
Burton cracks Greyjoy with a nice body shot.
Burton prevents a takedown attempt there.
Greyjoy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Burton prevents it.
Greyjoy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Burton breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Burton. That snapped Greyjoy's head back.
Burton connects with a jab.
Nice sprawl there from Burton as Greyjoy shoots in.
Barry Burton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theon Greyjoy.

Burton clinches.

Burton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Burton.

The cut above Theon Greyjoy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greyjoy shoots for a takedown but Burton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Burton doesn't manage to clinch there - Greyjoy circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Greyjoy wants a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burton breaks the clinch.
Burton fails with an attempt to clinch.

Burton clinches.

Burton breaks from the clinch.

Burton moves into the clinch.
Burton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Greyjoys head.

Burton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Greyjoy keeps the fight on the outside.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Greyjoy.
Burton lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burton moves into range and clinches up with Greyjoy.

Burton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Greyjoy shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Burton defends it nicely.
Greyjoy get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Greyjoy stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Burton runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Barry Burton!