PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brewster Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Condit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Condit has chosen RAWR as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Burns
vs
Condit

172 cm
32
144 lbs
25 - 19 - 0

175 cm
30
158 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Brewster Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Trevor Condit!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Condit displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Condit throws a series of punches but Burns moves out of range.
Condit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burns looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Condit gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Burns pulls guard successfully.
Condit trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burns is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Condit trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.

Trevor Condit has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns misses with a body shot.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Condit was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Condit throws a big shot that misses.
Condit scores with a jab. Burns acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.
Burns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Condit.
Condit misses with a double jab.
Burns misses with a hook to the body
and Condit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Condit paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Condit lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Burns backs up against the cage.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Condit throws a lazy right hand but Burns sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Condit moves away.
Condit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burns counters with a left to the body.
Condit throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burns misses with a shot to the body
and Condit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Condit lands with a right hand.
Condit moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Condit swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Condit lands a jab to Burns's midsection.
Burns slips a jab and a cross from Condit.
Condit tries to bum rush Burns with a series of wild strikes but Burns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Condit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Burns misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Condit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Burns thinking.
Condit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burns makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Condit looks gassed!
Condit throws a right hand that Burns ducks under and follows up with a left that Burns also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Condit dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Burns lands with a good body shot.
Condit throws a right and a left that Burns avoids nicely.
Condit looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.
Burns takes a swing at Condit's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Condit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns misses with a body shot.
Burns misses with a hook to the body
and Condit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Condit connects with a jab.
Trevor Condit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burns. Condit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Condit lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Condit.
Burns throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Condit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trevor Condit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Condit has Burns up against the cage in a clinch.

Burns jumps into guard, dragging Condit to the mat.
Burns is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Condit has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Burns is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Condit from controlling successfully.
Burns is adopting a defensive guard.

Trevor Condit has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Condit gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Burns gets control of Condit's arms and successfully pulls guard. Burns will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Burns managing to control the position.
Condit engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Burns looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Condit misses with a hook. Burns ducked under it nicely.
Trevor Condit seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burns throws a sloppy body shot
and Condit counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Condit throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Condit misses with a wild body shot.
Condit misses with a right hand
and Burns counters with a right hand to the body.
Condit looks to land a combination but Burns avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Brewster Burns will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Condit throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burns counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A shot to the body from Burns misses
and Condit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Burns thinking.

Condit rushes Burns and presses him up against the cage.
Condit tries to circle away but Burns has him pinned against the cage.

Burns ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Burns no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Burns pulls Condit in close to prevent any damage.
Condit must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Condit throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burns counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Condit misses with a double jab.
A shot to the body from Burns misses
and Condit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burns connects with a body shot.
Condit misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Condit throws a series of punches but Burns avoids them all with ease.
Condit takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Condit.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Condit was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Condit throws an off balance right hand
and Burns makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice defenses there by Burns.
Condit falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burns counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Condit thinking.
Burns misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Condit throws a series of punches but Burns avoids them all with ease.
Condit misses with a two punch combination.
Burns has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Burns takes a swing at Condit's ribcage but misses.
Burns takes a swing at Condit's ribcage but misses.
Condit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Condit swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Condit clinches with his opponent.

Burns pulls guard effortlessly.
Condit being controlled here momentarily.
Condit throws a big right hand that misses.
Burns looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brewster Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Trevor Condit!