PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mauno Alanaama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamus Burby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alanaama comes into the arena with Gamma Ray - Gardens of the Sinner blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Alanaama
vs
Burby

175 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

168 cm
19
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mauno Alanaama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shamus Burby!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burby tries for a takedown but Alanaama sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alanaama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burby.
Burby closes the distance and clinches up with Alanaama, looking for a takedown. Burby pushes Alanaama against the cage but Alanaama circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Alanaama as Burby shoots in.
Mauno Alanaama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shamus Burby.
Alanaama tries for a takedown but Burby circles away easily

and Burby counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Burby.
Burby not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Burby looking to pass the guard.

Alanaama throws his legs up looking for a submission but Burby uses it to pass to side control.
You can see the frustration on Alanaama's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Burby just content to control the position.

Burby has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alanaama swats away the attempt to clinch by Burby.
Alanaama wants to clinch up but Burby keeps it at a distance.
Burby tries for a takedown but Alanaama circles away easily

and Alanaama counters with a shoot takedown. Burby fights it but they end up in guard.
Alanaama is breathing heavily.
Burby working a defensive guard here.
Alanaama pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burby is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burby being controlled here, momentarily.
Alanaama postures up and lands a big shot to Burby's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burby has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Alanaama has passed into side control.
Alanaama working away.
Burby is looking for a sweep.

Alanaama decides to stand back up.
Burby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burby scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Burby has a takedown stuffed.

Alanaama has closed the distance and engaged Burby in a clinch.
Burby fails to pull guard.
Alanaama drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alanaama is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alanaama gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Alanaama performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nice strikes from Alanaama there.
Alanaama sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Alanaama has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alanaama is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Burby defends it well.
Burby is trying to control but can't.

Alanaama is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Burby defends it well.
Burby gets full guard.
Burby looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Alanaama stands up and waves to Burby to follow him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burby looks to clinch

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

Alanaama has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Burby clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauno Alanaama dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Alanaama thuds his right hand into Burby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Burby is rocked!

Alanaama moves into the clinch successfully.
Alanaama landing knees to the head.
Burby is still on wobbly legs! Can Alanaama finish him?
Alanaama looking for a takedown.
Burby stalling in the clinch but Alanaama improves position.
Still in the clinch, Alanaama scores with a nice short uppercut.

Alanaama pulls Burby into guard.
Alanaama wants to sweep but no luck.
Burby looking to pass the guard.
Alanaama lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Burby!
Alanaama landing strikes from the mount.
Alanaama controlling from the full mount.
Burby seems to have recovered his senses.
Burby tries to lock up and control but Alanaama gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Alanaama is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Burby can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Burby is trying to escape the mount but Alanaama keeps good control and instead manages to take Burby's back.
Burby turns into Alanaama and is now in his guard.
Burby stopping the sweep attempt from Alanaama.

Alanaama looking for a guillotine here but Burby defends easily.
Burby is looking to advance position but Alanaama has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Alanaama controlling his opponent.
Burby tries to hold on but Alanaama postures up.
Burby swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Burby really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Alanaama is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Shamus Burby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burby stuffs the takedown.
Alanaama stuffs the takedown attempt from Burby. Burby gets slowly back to his feet.
Burby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burby shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Alanaama as he avoids it easily.

Alanaama tries to keep at a distance but Burby has taken the fight into the clinch.
Alanaama gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Burby.
Mauno Alanaama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shamus Burby.
Alanaama wants a takedown but no success here.
Alanaama prevents the takedown attempt.
Alanaama is pressed up against the cage. Burby has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Alanaama down to the mat. Alanaama avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Burby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Burby drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Alanaama gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alanaama.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burby changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Alanaama fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Burby closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alanaama circles away.
Burby wants to clinch

and Alanaama counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Burby tries to roll over but Alanaama keeps him under control.

Alanaama is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Burby is trying to control but can't.
Burby tries to roll over but Alanaama keeps him under control.

Alanaama is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauno Alanaama dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Burby with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alanaama tries to clinch there but Burby circles away.

Alanaama decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Burby trying to hold on to Alanaama's head to control him but Alanaama postures up.
Burby moves into full guard.
Burby wants to sweep here but Alanaama controlling him for the moment.
Burby manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Alanaama manages to get himself to full guard.
Burby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Alanaama has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Burby can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burby postures up.
Alanaama wants to stand but Burby is controlling the position.
Burby throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Alanaama holds on and takes a little breather.
Burby stopping the sweep attempt from Alanaama.
Alanaama is controlling Burby's posture.
Alanaama keeping moving, preventing Burby from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alanaama connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two 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.
Burby circles away from the clinch attempt.

Alanaama clinches up with Burby and pushes him back against the cage.
Alanaama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alanaama is working for takedown but Burby is calmly controlling the position for now.
Burby stops a takedown attempt from Alanaama.

Alanaama drags the fight down to the ground.

Burby decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Alanaama, up you get!
Alanaama stuffs the takedown.
Alanaama wants to clinch up but Burby keeps it at a distance.
Burby keeps the fight on the outside.
Burby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A swing and a miss from Alanaama.
Horrible takedown by Burby or perhaps it was just good defense by Alanaama which made him look bad.
Mauno Alanaama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shamus Burby.

Burby rushes Alanaama and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burby wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Burby breaks the clinch.
Burby misses with a takedown

and Alanaama counters with a takedown into side control.
Burby struggling a bit here.

Alanaama swings around for an armbar but Burby sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Alanaama's guard.
Burby trying to control but Alanaama is working from the bottom.
Alanaama throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Burby looking to pass the guard.

Alanaama looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Alanaama wants to sweep here but Burby controlling him for the moment.

Alanaama is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alanaama is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alanaama pulls Burby in close to prevent any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Alanaama darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Alanaama trying to pass the guard but Burby defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burby wants to control but Alanaama is keeping busy and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauno Alanaama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Alanaama 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauno Alanaama!