PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between hurrican carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stasiek Burdon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Burdon's choice of entrance music: Linkin Park - Bleed it out. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

carter
vs
Burdon

182 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
196 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, hurrican carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stasiek Burdon!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

carter has closed the distance and engaged Burdon in a clinch.
carter wants to stall.
carter tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
carter drops down looking for an ankle pick but Burdon pulls his leg out and moves away.
carter tries to clinch up but Burdon circles away and keeps his distance.
carter is looking to clinch but Burdon is avoiding it.
Burdon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
carter moves in looking to clinch but Burdon pushes him off.

carter closes the distance and clinches.

Burdon has dropped down and is working for a takedown. carter is trying to keep an underhook but Burdon manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Burdon decides to stand and escape the position.

carter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burdon, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burdon.
Burdon stalls.

Burdon gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Burdon trying to pass the guard but carter defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
carter taking some punishment here, with Burdon in his half guard.
Burdon slows the pace down in half guard.
carter looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ground and pound from Burdon.
Burdon is controlling the pace.
Burdon slips a nice elbow through carter's hands, connecting with carter's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
carter is trying to stand.
Burdon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Burdon.
carter wants to get back to his feet.
Burdon throwing shots but carter is blocking nicely.
Burdon prevents carter from standing back up.
Burdon throws a strike but carter avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burdon not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
carter has momentary wrist control but Burdon slips an elbow through the middle.
Burdon throwing strikes from guard but carter blocks nicely.
Burdon makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burdon is stalling in the full guard.
carter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Burdon on the ground.
Burdon looks gassed!

Burdon stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
carter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Burdon as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for hurrican carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
carter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Burdon is fending him off so far but carter persists. Nope, Burdon circles away and we're back to standing.
carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Burdon closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming carter to the mat! carter manages to get full guard.
Burdon makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burdon won't allow carter to get back to his feet.
Burdon works a leg free and moves into half guard.
carter looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stasiek Burdon dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Both fighters circling a little - carter finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

carter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
carter has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Burdon is proving hard to escape from.
Burdon has his hands on carter's head, controlling the position.

Burdon kicks carter off and gets to his feet.
carter tries for a takedown but Burdon circles away easily

and Burdon counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for carter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burdon controlling from the full mount.
Burdon looking to finish carter with some ground and pound. This is bad for carter!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burdon content just to control the position here.
Burdon is landing with some decent strikes but carter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Burdon.
Burdon scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish carter?
Burdon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Burdon lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burdon lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Burdon looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burdon punishing his opponent with strikes.
Burdon scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish carter?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burdon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Burdon is landing with some decent strikes but carter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
carter wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burdon lands with some vicious ground and pound - can carter hang on?
carter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Burdon pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
A nice elbow there by Burdon.
Burdon postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. carter looks a forlorn figure.
Burdon working the ground and pound effectively.
Burdon is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. carter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Burdon controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burdon has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of carter's face.
Burdon is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burdon unloading with bombs!

carter is rocked!
carter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Oh carter is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burdon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Burdon with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stasiek Burdon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

carter throws a leg kick which misses Burdon's front leg but catches the back leg as Burdon tries to avoid it.

Burdon feints and as carter raises his hands in defense, Burdon changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Burdon pushes down on carter's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Burdon controlling the action here.
carter seems to have got his legs back now.
carter is trying to stand back up but Burdon is controlling him

Burdon stands up out of the half guard.
Burdon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
carter doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Burdon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

carter decides to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burdon throwing strikes from guard but carter blocks nicely.
Burdon slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Burdon distracts carter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Burdon lands a couple of elbows.
Burdon slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Burdon stands up.
carter tries for a takedown but Burdon circles away easily

and Burdon counters with a shoot takedown. carter fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burdon advances position into side control!
Burdon scoring with punches and elbows.
Burdon in side control, just content to control the action for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Burdon tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Burdon stands up and we're back to a striking position.
carter takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burdon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Burdon shoots in and bounces carter off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
carter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
carter keeping moving, preventing Burdon from controlling successfully.
Burdon trying to stand up but can't free himself from carter's guard.
carter keeping full guard, as Burdon tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
carter is looking to stand up but Burdon isn't so interested in that idea.
Burdon trying to control the position from guard on top but carter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burdon would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Burdon stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
carter tries for a takedown but Burdon circles away easily

and Burdon counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for hurrican carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Burdon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stasiek Burdon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Burdon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stasiek Burdon!