FSF17 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Cambridge (ranked 4182 p4p, 460 weight class) and Ivan Volchenko (ranked 8350 p4p, 696 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Volchenko's choice of entrance music: Roar of the Lion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cambridge
vs
Volchenko

198 cm
24
270 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

190 cm
27
240 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Cambridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Volchenko!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volchenko needs to keep his hands up - Cambridge had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Ivan Volchenko has been cut.
Ryan Cambridge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Volchenko walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Cambridge swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ryan Cambridge!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pele Ronaldo (ranked 1966 p4p, 242 weight class) and Veli Urhola (ranked 2421 p4p, 281 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Urhola's choice of entrance music: The Trammps -Disco Inferno. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ronaldo
vs
Urhola

177 cm
31
266 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

194 cm
41
259 lbs
31 - 19 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pele Ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Veli Urhola!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo moves forwards but Urhola connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Urhola.
Urhola fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ronaldo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ronaldo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A jab from Urhola finds it's way through Ronaldo's defenses.
Urhola moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ronaldo misses with a takedown attempt
and Urhola counters with a nice body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pele Ronaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urhola bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Urhola misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urhola slaps away a takedown attempt from Ronaldo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Urhola keeps the fight on the outside.
Ronaldo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Urhola as he jumps to the side.
Ronaldo misses with a takedown
and Urhola counters with a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ronaldo tries to score a power double leg takedown but Urhola sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ronaldo somewhat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo shoots in but no luck this time.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ronaldo dodges an elbow strike from Urhola.

Urhola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Veli Urhola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ronaldo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Urhola makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urhola lands a jab.
Ronaldo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Urhola but Urhola pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Urhola connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo fails with the takedown
and Urhola counters with a straight right hand.
Ronaldo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Urhola counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Urhola scores with a jab to the head.
Urhola lands a nice looking body kick.
Ronaldo shoots in for a takedown but Urhola shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ronaldo tries to clinch up but Urhola circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Urhola as Ronaldo shoots in.
Ronaldo fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ronaldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ronaldo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Urhola as he avoids it easily.
Urhola cracks Ronaldo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ronaldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Urhola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice side step and Urhola releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ronaldo shoots in but Urhola avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Urhola jabs at Ronaldo's body.
Ronaldo wants to clinch up but Urhola keeps it at a distance.
Urhola unleashes a big counter combination but Ronaldo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ronaldo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veli Urhola dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ronaldo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Urhola sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Ronaldo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Urhola's guard.
Ronaldo wants to control from the top but Urhola keeps moving.

Urhola working for a triangle but Ronaldo defends it easily.
Ronaldo is looking to work some ground and pound but Urhola has wrist control.
Urhola has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ronaldo trying to control but Urhola is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo throwing strikes but missing.
Urhola preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Urhola seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Urhola preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ronaldo preventing the sweep.
Ronaldo trying to control the position from guard on top but Urhola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ronaldo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ronaldo looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Urhola takes a swing at Ronaldo's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Urhola scores with a jab.
Urhola connects with a body shot that sends Ronaldo's belly button to the back.
Urhola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Urhola as Ronaldo shoots in.
Urhola is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Urhola fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ronaldo on the side of the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Urhola. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Urhola scores with a hook to the body. Ronaldo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Urhola slaps away a takedown attempt from Ronaldo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Urhola looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pele Ronaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urhola cracks Ronaldo with a good jab.
Urhola throws a head kick but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Urhola.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urhola circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ronaldo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Urhola counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ronaldo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Urhola is fending him off so far but Ronaldo persists. Nope, Urhola circles away and we're back to standing.
Ronaldo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Urhola. Urhola obviously looking to wear him down.
Urhola lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ronaldo backs up against the cage.
Urhola slaps away a takedown attempt from Ronaldo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Veli Urhola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Urhola lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urhola throws a head kick that Ronaldo semi-blocks.
Urhola leaves Ronaldo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Urhola looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Urhola lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urhola swats away the attempt to clinch by Ronaldo.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is looking to clinch but Urhola is avoiding it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Urhola!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veli Urhola showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ronaldo shoots in and drives through. Urhola sprawls well.
Pele Ronaldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ronaldo is looking to clinch.
Urhola swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Urhola uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ronaldo tries to move into range but Urhola moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ronaldo throws a low kick but Urhola moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Urhola! But no joy.
No luck for Ronaldo with that takedown attempt.
A left and a right from Urhola both land. Nice combination.
Ronaldo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick from Urhola.
Urhola throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Urhola manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Urhola throws out a counter right but Ronaldo avoids it with no problem.
Veli Urhola seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ronaldo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Urhola circles away.
Urhola throws out a counter right but Ronaldo avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pele Ronaldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Urhola bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ronaldo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Urhola. That one must have hurt.
Urhola swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is rocked!
Urhola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ronaldo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ronaldo wants to clinch
and Urhola counters with a crisp right that sends Ronaldo to the canvas! Urhola follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veli Urhola!
Our winner, Veli Urhola, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Conrad Hauser (ranked 1018 p4p, 118 weight class) and James Toby (ranked 2295 p4p, 270 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Toby's choice of entrance music: Will Smith - The Fresh Prince. James Toby has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hauser
vs
Toby

198 cm
33
257 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

198 cm
35
275 lbs
17 - 14 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Conrad Hauser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Toby!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hauser looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Toby has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A combination from Hauser does no damage.
Hauser throws a one two combo.
Toby takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A shot to the body from Hauser misses
and Toby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hauser misses with a hook. Toby ducked under it nicely.
Hauser looks to throw the jab but Toby is out of range.
Toby throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hauser throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toby takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Toby dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hauser is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Conrad Hauser has been cut.
Hauser takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hauser tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toby was well out of range. Poor timing from Hauser.
Hauser moves out of range of the body kick from Toby.
Hauser tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toby was well out of range. Poor timing from Hauser.
Toby tries to bum rush Hauser with a series of wild strikes but Hauser uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Toby misses with a body kick.
Toby throws a sloppy head kick and Hauser moves out of range easily.
Toby throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Toby misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Hauser misses its target.
Toby tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Toby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toby drops his hands momentarily and Hauser takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Toby fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hauser blocks a head kick by Toby.
Toby on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Toby clinches up against the cage.
Toby lands an elbow inside.
Hauser working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Hauser breaks from the clinch.
Hauser tests Toby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hauser swings for the body but Toby moves out of range.
Toby steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hauser looks to score with a jab to the body but Toby is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hauser. That's going to slow Toby down.
A punch lands to the side of Toby 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Toby ducks under a wild hook from Hauser.
Hauser on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice cross by Toby.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hauser throws the left hand but Toby avoids the punch easily.
Hauser lands with a nice body punch.
Toby looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hauser seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hauser lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Toby drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Toby moves forwards but Hauser connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Toby is rocked!
Toby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toby is still on wobbly legs! Can Hauser finish him?
Hauser catches Toby with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hauser misses with a double jab
letting Toby counter with a right hand.
Toby switches off momentarily and Hauser cracks him with a monster right hand! Toby topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Hauser dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Hauser!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Conrad Hauser!
Conrad Hauser thanked the fans post fight for their support.

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
83%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdravko Dren (ranked 2928 p4p, 333 weight class) and Numero Deux (ranked 3001 p4p, 342 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dren might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to GETO BOYS - mind of a lunatic. Deux is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Post Party Depression. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dren
vs
Deux

194 cm
40
260 lbs
24 - 23 - 0

199 cm
38
279 lbs
29 - 32 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 24 - 23 - 0, fighting out of London, Zdravko Dren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Numero Deux!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deux throws out a loose jab but Dren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deux throws the left hand but Dren avoids the punch easily.
Dren seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Dren listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Deux doesn't manage to clinch there - Dren circles away.
A swing and a miss from Dren.
Dren on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Deux's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dren under the eye.
Deux throws a lazy uppercut
and Dren counters with a nice kick to the body.
A punch combination from Deux misses.
Dren connects with a high kick.
Deux throws a sloppy head kick and Dren moves out of range easily.
Deux misses with a lunging right hand
and Dren counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dren slips under a jab from Deux.
Deux tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dren swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dren throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Deux looks winded!
Dren lands a nice looking kick to the body. Deux takes a step back to recover.
Deux takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

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

Deux is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deux wants to stay close but Dren steps back to make room for something. Deux seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Dren and Deux drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zdravko Dren!
During a confident post fight interview, Zdravko Dren thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Numero Deux spoke after the fight, saying 'Tell me when the fire dies down... What the F will you do?!?!'.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
97%

Main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nova Zigaman (ranked 790 p4p, 94 weight class) and William Burns (ranked 1957 p4p, 239 weight class). Zigaman's entrance music is Cameo - Word Up!. A fine choice. Burns has chosen How We Do as his entrance music. William Burns has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nova Zigaman's chin.

Zigaman
vs
Burns

203 cm
33
287 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

194 cm
42
278 lbs
35 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Free Bands inc.
Mockstar Energy Drinks 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nova Zigaman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, William Burns!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Zigaman lands with a cross.
Burns pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zigaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns throws a hook but Zigaman avoids it easily.
Burns misses with a series of wild punches.

Zigaman feints and as Burns raises his hands in defense, Zigaman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zigaman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Burns works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burns working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zigaman.
We've been hearing good reports from Zigaman's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Burns wants to stand but Zigaman is controlling the position.
Burns has control of Zigaman's left arm, preventing Zigaman from doing any damage.
Zigaman trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zigaman prevents Burns from getting back to his feet.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Burns has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Zigaman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Burns tries to land a body kick
and Zigaman counters with a straight right hand.
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zigaman scores with a shot to the body.
Zigaman looks for a takedown but Burns sprawls well.

Burns clinches.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Burns breaks the clinch.

Burns takes the fight into the clinch.
Zigaman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zigaman.

Burns breaks from the clinch.
Burns wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Burns.
A head kick by Burns misses

and Zigaman counters with a takedown into side control.
Zigaman throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Burns really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zigaman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zigaman tries to move to mount but Burns blocks the move with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Zigaman.
Burns tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Zigaman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Burns is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zigaman is landing with some decent strikes but Burns is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Burns manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Burns trying to control from the bottom.
Zigaman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zigaman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Zigaman trying to control from half guard but Burns is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Burns manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Zigaman throwing strikes from guard but Burns blocks nicely.
Zigaman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Burns is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Burns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zigaman backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Burns throws a knee to the head but misses.

Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
William Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zigaman moves away from the strike by Burns.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but William Burns will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Zigaman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zigaman thumps Burns with a low kick.
Zigaman moves out of range as Burns throws a body kick.
Zigaman lands with an overhand left.
Burns takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A left lands for Zigaman.

Burns gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Burns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns looks to land a body kick but Zigaman moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zigaman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burns lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
William Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zigaman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Burns blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a poor cross that misses

and Zigaman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Zigaman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Burns defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zigaman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zigaman is nestled in close to Burns, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zigaman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Zigaman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Burns defends it well.
Zigaman is looking to advance position but Burns won't allow it.
Burns is looking to escape.
Zigaman takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Burns is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Zigaman there.
Zigaman moves nicely into side control.
Zigaman is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burns is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Zigaman asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Nova Zigaman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zigaman is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Zigaman lands some shots froms side control.
Burns tries to buck Zigaman off but Zigaman is having none of it.
Zigaman takes a little break here. Burns wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Zigaman trying to control the action but Burns is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zigaman cracks Burns with a big right hand but Burns just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Zigaman is working Burns over with some ground and pound from side control.
Burns is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Zigaman has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The strikes coming from Zigaman are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Zigaman sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Burns is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Zigaman has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Burns taking shots to the head.
Zigaman unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zigaman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Burns tries to lock up and control but Zigaman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Burns taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nova Zigaman dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Burns tries to clinch up.
Zigaman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zigaman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burns throws a leg kick
and Zigaman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zigaman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Zigaman - just one landing.
Burns pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zigaman shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burns misses with an uppercut. Zigaman saw that one coming.
Burns misses with a head kick.
Burns misses with a lunging right hand

and Zigaman counters with a shoot takedown. Burns fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zigaman scoring with some ground and pound.
Zigaman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Zigaman cracks Burns with a solid left hand.
Zigaman postures up in Burns's guard and throws a big left but Burns blocks it.
Zigaman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burns swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zigaman trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.
Zigaman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Zigaman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burns can do to turn this around?
Burns avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zigaman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burns tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zigaman throws a big elbow that misses.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Zigaman from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zigaman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zigaman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burns can't keep his opponent in guard - Zigaman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Zigaman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Burns does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zigaman passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Burns!
Zigaman working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zigaman landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zigaman looking to finish Burns with some ground and pound. This is bad for Burns!
Zigaman landing punches.
Zigaman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zigaman looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Burns covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nova Zigaman!
Nova Zigaman retains his heavyweight title!
As Nova Zigaman got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I'm the champ. I'm the greatest. Yo' listen Junior... don't ever think you can compete with the freakzilla again. Whilst you're there, send you wife my way and I'll show her just how bombastic the zig-man is.'.
The defeated William Burns had this to say: 'Im not retiring on a loss, I will be back.'.