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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cole Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snake Eater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Cole Burns has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cole Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Snake Eater!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eater will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Burns with a lazy takedown attempt
and Eater counters with a shoot takedown. Burns fights it but they end up in guard.
Burns throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Eater lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Eater stands and steps away. Burns gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Burns fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns shoots in for a takedown but Eater shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cole Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Eater closes the distance and clinches up with Burns, looking for a takedown. Eater pushes Burns against the cage but Burns circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns shoots in for a takedown but Eater shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Eater swats away the attempt to clinch by Burns.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eater paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eater scores a takedown into full mount!
Burns tries to hold on but Eater pushes him away.
Eater prevents Burns from getting the reversal.
Eater tries to control but Burns wriggling away.
Eater controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns tries to hold on but Eater pushes him away.
Eater landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Eater connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Eater controlling his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eater landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eater controlling the position easily from mount.
Eater with a couple of short strikes.
Eater cracks Burns with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Burns is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Burns is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Eater has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Burns's face.
Eater controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eater putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Eater content just to control the position here.
Eater is working for a guillotine from mount but Burns frees his head quite easily.
Eater prevents Burns from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Eater has hold of Burns's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Burns manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Burns keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Snake Eater dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Eater stuffs the takedown attempt from Burns. Burns gets slowly back to his feet.
Burns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eater.
Burns shoots in and drives through. Eater sprawls well.
Burns fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cole Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns tries to clinch there but Eater circles away.
Eater shoots in for a takedown but Burns shows good takedown defense.
Burns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Burns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eater throws a lazy uppercut
and Burns makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Eater really felt that one!
Eater swats away the attempt to clinch by Burns.
Eater wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns misses with a double jab.
Burns misses with a takedown attempt
and Eater counters with a single leg into guard. Burns didn't expect that.
Eater thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Snake Eater has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Eater from controlling successfully.
Eater would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Eater postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eater pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burns is keeping the position for now.
Eater trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eater should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Eater is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Eater trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Eater decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice takedown defense from Burns. No joy for Eater on that attempt.
Eater throws a series of punches but Burns moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eater tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Burns swivels and escapes.
Burns lands a nice looking body kick.
Eater is breathing heavily.
Burns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burns cracks a nice hook into Eater's ribs.
Cole Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch but Eater swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burns shoots in looking for a takedown but Eater manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Burns's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Burns shoots in looking for a takedown. Eater tries to sprawl out of it but Burns keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Eater manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Eater tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burns scores with a spinning back kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eater tries to land a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns shoots for a double leg takedown but Eater sprawls well. He's pushed Burns's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Burns shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Eater sprawls well. Eater wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Burns gets slowly back to his feet.
Burns thuds his shin into the meat of Eater's side.
Burns throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eater changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Burns looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Burns tries to buck Eater off but Eater is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Eater wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns keeps working.
Eater remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cole Burns will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Eater shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Burns defends it nicely.
Burns is looking to clinch but Eater is avoiding it.
Burns throws a series of punches but Eater avoids them all with ease.
Eater gets a takedown into half guard.
Burns wants to control but Eater is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Eater is trying to control. Burns wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns wants to get back to his feet.
Burns trying to control but Eater postures up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Eater takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Burns looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burns is trying to maintain the position but Eater is very close to passing his half guard.
Eater passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eater is looking to work his way around to Burns's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Burns wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Eater controls the position.
Burns showing good submission defense here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Eater controlling the positon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eater avoiding Burns 's attempts to control his hands.
Eater is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Burns is defending well though. Eater let's go of the attempt for now.
Eater controlling the position well here. Burns rolled but Eater kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Eater is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Burns defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eater lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burns just trying to survive but Eater is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Burns is in bad spot here.
Eater landing with strikes.
Burns tries to escape but Eater has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns staying busy and making it hard for Eater to control.
Burns is covering up but some of the strikes from Eater are getting through and doing damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Snake Eater comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Eater has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Snake Eater!
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energy
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