PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalil Burnett (ranked 1023 p4p, 722 weight class) and Jorlan Vieira (ranked 48 p4p, 41 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Khalil Burnett has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Khalil Burnett seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Burnett
vs
Vieira

194 cm
31
215
9 - 3 - 0

188 cm
33
275
21 - 15 - 0

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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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khalil Burnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorlan Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burnett misses with a looping right.
Vieira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burnett.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vieira blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Vieira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burnett walks into a straight right hand from Vieira.
Burnett throws a jab but it's blocked by Vieira.
Vieira slips under a jab.
We've been informed that Vieira has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira misses with a hook to the body
and Burnett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burnett cracks Vieira with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vieira dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burnett. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Vieira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vieira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A decent looking cross lands there for Burnett.
Vieira moves out of range of the strikes.
Vieira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vieira takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vieira misses with a looping right.
Burnett connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Burnett cracks Vieira with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burnett misses with a hook. Vieira ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett throws the left hand but Vieira avoids the punch easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burnett, as that shot connected.
Burnett slips a straight right by Vieira.
Burnett misses with an uppercut
and Vieira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Vieira.
Despite the aggression on Vieira's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Vieira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burnett throws out the jab.
Vieira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A swing and a miss from Vieira.

Burnett sends Vieira crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Burnett is motioning to the referee to let Vieira up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Burnett misses with a hook.
Vieira tries a quick counter leg kick but Burnett is wise to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vieira.
A telegraphed right hand from Burnett misses the target.
Vieira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burnett.
Burnett swings widly with a right hand
and Vieira counters with a stiff right hand.
Burnett tries to move into range but Vieira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vieira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Burnett to score with a decent uppercut.
Vieira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vieira wants to counter with a clinch but Burnett pushes him away.
Burnett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Vieira on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jab from Burnett.

Vieira drops Burnett with a beautiful combination! Burnett stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Vieira is looking for the KO!

It looks like Khalil Burnett has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Vieira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burnett, pushing him back against the cage.
Vieira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vieira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vieira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burnett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Burnett fails to land.
Burnett avoids the elbow strike from Vieira, against the cage.
Vieira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vieira prevents a body shot from Burnett.
Burnett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burnett misses with a punch on the inside.
Vieira blocking some punches.
Burnett throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vieira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burnett prevents a body shot from Vieira.
Burnett avoids the elbow strike from Vieira, against the cage.
Vieira tries to work over Burnett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Khalil Burnett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khalil Burnett's cut.
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.

Burnett blocks the body kick.
Burnett misses with a hook.
Burnett lands an overhand right.
Vieira gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Burnett is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vieira throws a body punch but Burnett moves out of range.
Burnett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vieira staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burnett misses with an uppercut
and Vieira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burnett. Vieira does a little dance to reset his feet.

Burnett gets tackled into the cage by Vieira. Vieira maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Vieira breaks from the clinch.
Vieira moves out of range of the strikes.
Vieira is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burnett with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Vieira.
Burnett lands with an uppercut that bounces Vieira off the cage and back into range.
Burnett misses with a looping left.
Vieira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burnett misses with a left hand
and Vieira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vieira missing with a left hand there. Burnett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vieira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Burnett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett lands a glancing blow to the side of Vieira's head.
Vieira ducks right into an uppercut from Burnett.
Nice shot lands for Burnett.
Khalil Burnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Burnett sends Vieira crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Burnett is motioning to the referee to let Vieira up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Vieira is rocked!
Vieira looks to score with a jab to the body but Burnett is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Burnett.
Vieira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vieira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burnett.
Vieira tries to counter with a clinch but Burnett shakes him off and moves away.
Burnett throws a hook but Vieira blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Burnett cracks Vieira with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Vieira looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Burnett finish him?
Vieira is still on wobbly legs! Can Burnett finish him?
Vieira cracks a nice hook into Burnett's ribs.
Vieira seems to have recovered his senses.
Burnett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Burnett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vieira can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Vieira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Burnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burnett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burnett digs a right hand underneath Vieira's ribcage. Vieira let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Burnett on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Vieira fails to land.
Burnett lands a right hand.
Burnett lands an uppercut.
Burnett blocks an uppercut.
Vieira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vieira trying to stall but Burnett improves his position.
Khalil Burnett has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burnett lands a shoulder strike.
Vieira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vieira has a couple of punches blocked by Burnett.
Burnett lands a right hand.
Burnett swings wildly with an uppercut but Vieira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vieira struggles to land a body shot inside as Burnett controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vieira blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Burnett.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burnett misses with a punch on the inside.
Burnett lands a hook that snaps the head of Vieira backwards.
Burnett lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Khalil Burnett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Khalil Burnett's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Burnett just misses with a punch to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Vieira misses.
Vieira ducks under a wild hook from Burnett.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vieira.
Vieira throws a shot to the body.
Burnett swings widly with a right hand
and Vieira counters with a stiff right hand.
Vieira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burnett manages to avoid it.
Burnett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burnett scores with a jab to the head.
Burnett throws the left hand but Vieira avoids the punch easily.
Vieira moves away from the strike by Burnett.
Vieira wants to counter the offense by Burnett and move into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira throws a hook but Burnett avoids it easily.
It looked like Burnett was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vieira.
Burnett throws a hook but Vieira avoids it easily.
Vieira cracks Burnett with a good jab.
Vieira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burnett.
Vieira slips a straight right by Burnett.
Burnett throws out a loose jab but Vieira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burnett slips under a jab.
Burnett is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Vieira has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Burnett scores with a nice strike.
Vieira on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Khalil Burnett is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett lands the left hand.
Vieira ducks under a wild hook from Burnett.
A little jabbing left from Vieira on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A big left from Burnett misses.

Burnett feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Vieira sprawling to the canvas! Vieira rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Burnett finish him?!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vieira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vieira misses with a straight left.
Burnett throws a jab when Vieira was well out of range.
It seemed like Vieira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Burnett looks to score with a jab to the body but Vieira is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burnett.
Burnett works the jab nicely.
Burnett throws a jab but it's blocked by Vieira.
Vieira misses with a low kick.
Vieira pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Burnett back to the cage. Vieira follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nice defenses there by Vieira.
Vieira moves out of range as Burnett strikes.
Vieira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burnett.
Burnett misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira slips under a jab.

Vieira moves into the clinch.
Vieira blocking some punches.

Vieira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burnett stuns Vieira with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burnett throws a jab but it's blocked by Vieira.
Burnett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vieira has time to react.
Burnett throws a hook to the side of Vieira's head but Vieira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vieira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burnett misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Vieira on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jorlan Vieira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burnett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vieira doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Khalil Burnett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burnett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalil Burnett!