PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between stanely burnsely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Varg Larsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

burnsely
vs
Larsen

180 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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, stanely burnsely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Varg Larsen!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

burnsely scores with a takedown into Larsen's guard.
burnsely won't allow Larsen to get back to his feet.

Larsen has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes burnsely off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Larsen is looking to clinch but burnsely is avoiding it.
burnsely tests Larsen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Larsen moves in looking to clinch but burnsely pushes him off.
Larsen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
burnsely lands a glancing blow to the side of Larsen's head.

Larsen gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
burnsely prevents Larsen from getting back to his feet.

burnsely is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Larsen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst burnsely is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
burnsely working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Larsen's head.
Larsen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst burnsely is controlling him.
burnsely forces his way into half guard.
Larsen pushes burnsely off looking to stand but burnsely dives back in and keeps control.
Larsen looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Larsen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Varg Larsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
burnsely throws a series of punches but Larsen moves out of range.

burnsely darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Larsen wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsen is staying active underneath burnsely, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Larsen pushes burnsely off looking to stand but burnsely dives back in and keeps control.
burnsely lands with a punch from half guard.
Larsen blocking the ground and pound attempt from burnsely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
burnsely punishes Larsen's body with a nice straight punch.
Larsen tries to clinch up but burnsely circles away and keeps his distance.
burnsely avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Larsen is looking to clinch but burnsely is avoiding it.
burnsely keeps the fight on the outside.

burnsely scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
burnsely missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
burnsely lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsen pushes burnsely off looking to stand but burnsely dives back in and keeps control.
burnsely wants to take a breather but Larsen is having none of it.
Larsen is trying to stand.
burnsely missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
burnsely thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Larsen's head.
burnsely wants to lay and pray for a moment but Larsen keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
burnsely fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Larsen tries to clinch up.
burnsely lands a nice shot that snaps Larsen's head back.
Varg Larsen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Larsen moves in looking to clinch but burnsely pushes him off.
Larsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
burnsely throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Larsen's waist but Larsen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing burnsely off to one side.
Larsen wants to clinch.
burnsely misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

stanely burnsely dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Larsen wants to clinch up but burnsely keeps it at a distance.
burnsely swats away the attempt to clinch by Larsen.

burnsely scores with a takedown into Larsen's guard.
burnsely prevents Larsen from getting back to his feet.
Larsen is looking to stand back up but burnsely counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Larsen.
burnsely prevents Larsen from escaping the position.
burnsely in side control lands a decent elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Larsen pushes burnsely away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, burnsely gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Larsen doesn't manage to clinch there - burnsely circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larsen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Larsen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Larsen is looking to clinch but burnsely is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larsen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Larsen clinches with his opponent.
Larsen wants to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Larsen.
The crowd are getting on Larsen's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Larsen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but burnsely is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Varg Larsen.
burnsely circles away from the clinch attempt.
Larsen tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Larsen wants to clinch up but burnsely keeps it at a distance.
Larsen moves in looking to clinch but burnsely pushes him off.
Larsen is looking to clinch.
Larsen doesn't manage to clinch there - burnsely circles away.
burnsely avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Larsen stuffs the takedown attempt from burnsely. burnsely gets slowly back to his feet.
Larsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
burnsely throws a left that rocks Larsen and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! burnsely dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Larsen regain composure!

Larsen is rocked!

It looks like Varg Larsen has been cut.
Larsen is trying to get back to his feet.
Larsen is still in real trouble! Can burnsely finish him?
burnsely scoring with punches from side control.
burnsely lands a few punches from side control.
burnsely staying calm.
burnsely lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
burnsely looks up at the clock and then as Larsen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, burnsely smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
burnsely lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
burnsely working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
burnsely landing a few strikes.
burnsely lands a few punches from side control.

burnsely tries for a kimura but Larsen is defending well.
Larsen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but burnsely is controlling him well.
Larsen taking a bit of punishment here - burnsely scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larsen is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but burnsely has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Larsen prevents burnsely from moving into mount.
Larsen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but burnsely is controlling him well.

Larsen explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

burnsely shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Larsen is on queer street and burnsely is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). stanely burnsely!