PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Burkam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Burkam has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Briggs
vs
Burkam

183 cm
23
279 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonard Briggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bob Burkam!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs wants to clinch.
Briggs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Briggs connects with a jab.
Leonard Briggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burkam swings for the body but Briggs moves out of range.
Briggs shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Burkam counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Briggs breaks from the clinch.
Briggs misses with a takedown attempt

and Burkam counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Briggs manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Burkam showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Burkam stands up over Briggs, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Burkam seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Bob Burkam.
Briggs throws a front kick that sends Burkam stumbling back into the cage.
Briggs with a lazy takedown attempt
and Burkam counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leonard Briggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Briggs fails to land the takedown.
Briggs could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Burkam scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burkam is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Burkam working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Burkam landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Burkam passes the guard and advances to mount!
Burkam controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Briggs in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burkam controlling the pace for now.
Briggs takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Burkam's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Burkam!