PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aoki is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Prodigy - Breathe. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burgess
vs
Aoki

190 cm
26
196 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

188 cm
25
200 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Granite chin

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

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 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gilbert Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Burgess misses.
Burgess wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Burgess checks a leg kick.

Aoki scores with a takedown into Burgess's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Burgess working a defensive guard here.
Burgess is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Burgess manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Aoki manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoki pulls Burgess in to control the position.
Burgess throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Aoki wants to sweep here but Burgess controlling him for the moment.
Burgess is in close to Aoki's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Aoki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Aoki holds on and takes a little breather.
Burgess throwing strikes from guard but Aoki blocks nicely.
Aoki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Burgess working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Aoki looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Burgess throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aoki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burgess lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burgess postures up in Aoki's guard and throws a big left but Aoki blocks it.
Burgess throws a strike but Aoki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki trying to control but Burgess is working from the bottom.
Burgess working a defensive guard here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki looking to pass the guard.
Aoki stops Burgess from standing up.
Burgess pulls Aoki in close to prevent any damage.
Burgess is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Aoki is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Anthony Burgess.
Aoki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aoki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anthony Burgess is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aoki tries to clinch but Burgess is having none of it.
Aoki thows a body shot but no joy.
Aoki looks to land a combination. Burgess sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Aoki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burgess circles away quickly and effectively.
Burgess tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aoki was well out of range. Poor timing from Burgess.
Aoki takes one to the side of the head.
Aoki misses with a low kick.
Burgess moves out of range of the strikes.
Aoki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Burgess takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Burgess connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burgess pivots, looking for a leg kick but Aoki is out of range and Burgess settles back down.
A bone on bone clash there as Aoki blocks the leg kick.
Aoki throws a lazy right hand but Burgess sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burgess throws a hook but Aoki avoids it easily.
Burgess wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Aoki throws a head kick but Burgess moves out of range.
Burgess looks to land a right hand but Aoki moved out of range.
Burgess misses with an uppercut.
Burgess looks to land a combination but Aoki avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aoki misses with a leg kick
and Burgess counters with a stiff right hand.
Burgess lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Burgess dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aoki misses with a left hand
and Burgess makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aoki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aoki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aoki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Burgess's hands.
Burgess throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burgess scores with a jab. Aoki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Aoki slips under a jab.
Aoki wants to clinch.
Burgess throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Aoki. Those never looked like landing.
Aoki staying out of range there.
Burgess stalks Aoki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Aoki's face. Aoki staggers backwards, shaken.
Burgess misses with a low kick.
Gilbert Aoki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burgess is looking to chop away at Aoki's legs.
Burgess cracks a nice hook into Aoki's ribs.
Aoki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burgess throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Aoki counter with a right hand.
Burgess misses with a wild combination.
Burgess takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Anthony Burgess is winning the standup battle so far.
Aoki drops his hands momentarily and Burgess takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aoki bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoki working away.
Aoki has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Burgess slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Aoki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Burgess does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Aoki is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Burgess has managed to free his arm - good work.
Burgess is staying active underneath Aoki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Burgess tries to get to full guard but Aoki has control of the leg.

Aoki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Aoki is working away from the top position though.
Aoki stops Burgess from getting back to his feet.
Burgess is controlling Aoki's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Burgess moves into full guard.
Aoki is stalling in the full guard.
Burgess is pulling down on Aoki's head to control his posture.
Anthony Burgess overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Burgess looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aoki is one step ahead there.
Burgess seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Anthony Burgess just wasn't active enough.
Aoki throws a head kick but Burgess moves out of range.
Aoki ducks under a wild hook from Burgess.
A punch combination from Aoki misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aoki throws a leg kick but Burgess sees it coming and moves out of range.
Burgess throws a right and a left that Aoki avoids nicely.
Burgess wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Burgess dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Aoki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Burgess throws a jab when Aoki was well out of range.
Aoki throws a series of punches but Burgess moves out of range.
Burgess stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Burgess closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Burgess throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burgess throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aoki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aoki tries to score with a low kick but Burgess moves his leg out of the way.
Aoki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Burgess displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aoki throws out the jab.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Burgess punishes Aoki's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Burgess missing with a left hand there. Aoki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burgess throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burgess thows a body shot but no joy.
Burgess tries to score with a low kick but Aoki moves his leg out of the way.
Danga de danga de dang - Burgess scores with a four punch combination!
Burgess with a hook.
Burgess fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Burgess lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aoki.
Aoki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Aoki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aoki lands a body shot.
Aoki misses with a double jab
letting Burgess counter with a right hand.
Burgess misses with a low kick as Aoki jumps back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burgess scores with a sloppy right hand. Aoki should have avoided that one.
Aoki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki throws a leg kick but Burgess sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burgess manages to avoid it.
Aoki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Burgess misses the jab.
Aoki ducks right into an uppercut from Burgess.
Burgess throws the left hand but Aoki avoids the punch easily.
Burgess scores with a nice right hand.
Gilbert Aoki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aoki throws a series of punches but Burgess moves out of range.
Burgess throws a hook but Aoki blocks it.
Burgess throws a combination that misses
enabling Aoki to counter with a crisp jab.
Aoki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Aoki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Burgess misses.
Burgess misses with a leg kick.
Aoki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burgess cracks the inside of Aoki's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burgess looks to score with a jab to the body but Aoki is just out of range.
Aoki looks for a takedown but Burgess sprawls well.
Anthony Burgess has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilbert Aoki.
Aoki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aoki connects with a nice looking jab.
Burgess scoring well with a low kick there.
Burgess scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Burgess showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burgess 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Anthony Burgess!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Anthony Burgess!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Anthony Burgess!

Anthony Burgess wins by unanimous decision!