PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brady Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fantinaz Del Norte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Norte has chosen La Coka Nostra - Malverde Market as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Burns
vs
Del Norte

169 cm
30
142 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

165 cm
44
141 lbs
29 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brady Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fantinaz Del Norte!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Del Norte misses.
Burns is looking to counter with a body kick.
Del Norte will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good exchange - Burns coming out on top.
Burns throws a sloppy body shot
letting Del Norte counter with a right hand.
Del Norte on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice shot lands for Del Norte.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Del Norte.
Del Norte on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Del Norte misses with a takedown attempt
and Burns makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Burns misses with a hook. Del Norte ducked under it nicely.
Del Norte throws out a counter right but Burns avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns walks into a stiff left hand from Del Norte.
The crowd cheers as Del Norte lands an impressive looking overhand right. Burns doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a nice inside leg kick.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Burns and Del Norte goes tumbling to the canvas! Burns follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Del Norte is rocked!
Burns moves into full mount! Del Norte won't be happy about that!
Del Norte is still in real trouble! Can Burns finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns mounts Del Norte! Really nice guard pass there!
Del Norte is looking to improve his position but Burns isn't that keen on the idea.
Del Norte seems to have recovered his senses.
Burns controlling from mount.
Del Norte is trying desperately to improve position.
Burns controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Norte tries to hold on but Burns pushes him away.
Del Norte really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Burns controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Norte is trying to escape the mount but Burns keeps good control and instead manages to take Del Norte's back.
Del Norte is in bad spot here.
What can Del Norte do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Del Norte tries to roll but Burns sticks to his back.
What can Del Norte do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Del Norte rolls, trying to escape but Burns keeps control of the position.
Burns is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Del Norte can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns biding his time, controlling Del Norte.
Del Norte looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Del Norte is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brady Burns dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Del Norte misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Burns on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Del Norte throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Del Norte with a lazy takedown attempt
and Burns counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Del Norte.
Burns pushes Del Norte away with a front kick.
Burns feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Del Norte's calf.
Del Norte misses with a lunging right hand
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Burns. Del Norte shrugs it off though.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Del Norte throws out the jab.
Del Norte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns.
Del Norte takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burns.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns is stalking Del Norte. Del Norte circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Burns, and it's lights out! Del Norte really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brady Burns!
Brady Burns thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Fantinaz Del Norte stepped up to the mic, saying 'Great job fucker, one hell of a fight :)'.