PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Charmicheal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Bradley Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns has chosen Fedor Entrance Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for James Charmicheal has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Charmicheal
vs
Bradley Burns

190 cm
23
201 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

191 cm
29
195 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, James Charmicheal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Eugene Bradley Burns!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charmicheal misses with an uppercut. Burns saw that one coming.

Burns moves into the clinch.
Charmicheal lands a knee to the body.
Charmicheal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Charmicheal's face.
Burns connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Charmicheal.
Charmicheal scores with a shoulder strike.
Charmicheal avoids a wild elbow strike from Burns.
Charmicheal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burns's elbow.
Burns is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Burns tries to circle away but Charmicheal has him pinned against the cage.
Charmicheal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns avoids the elbow strike from Charmicheal, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Charmicheal manages to break the clinch.
Charmicheal misses with a looping left.
Burns moves out of range as Charmicheal strikes.
Charmicheal wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charmicheal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Burns.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Charmicheal moves away.
Charmicheal misses with an uppercut. Burns saw that one coming.

Burns scores with a takedown into Charmicheal's guard.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
Charmicheal tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Burns works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Charmicheal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Charmicheal knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Burns on the ground.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Burns in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Burns lands a nice short elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charmicheal takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Charmicheal can't do much from the bottom here.
Charmicheal pushes Burns away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Burns gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charmicheal is looking to regain half guard here but Burns keeps moving and retains side control.
Charmicheal is not content to let Burns control the position.
Charmicheal is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Burns is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charmicheal prevents Burns from moving into mount.
Burns remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Burns is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Charmicheal knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Burns lands an elbow.
Charmicheal is trying to improve his position.
Charmicheal is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Burns is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Burns landing strikes from the mount.

It looks like James Charmicheal has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Burns scoring with strikes but Charmicheal is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns lands a big elbow.
Burns avoids the attempt from Charmicheal to control.
Burns has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Charmicheal's face.

James Charmicheal's cut is getting worse.
Burns trying to control but Charmicheal is having none of it.
Burns is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Charmicheal can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Charmicheal wants to hold on but Burns pushes him away.
Charmicheal working to try and regain half guard.

Burns looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eugene Bradley Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Charmicheal's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Burns ducks under a wild hook from Charmicheal.
Charmicheal moves out of range as Burns strikes.

Burns shoots in and gets a takedown into Charmicheal's guard.
Burns works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Burns is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Burns trying to pass the guard but Charmicheal defending well.
Burns has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Charmicheal is looking to escape.
Charmicheal is trying to control but Burns manages to pass to mount!
Charmicheal wants to control but Burns is having none of it.
Burns lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

James Charmicheal's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charmicheal is looking to get to half guard.
Eugene Bradley Burns has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burns breaks from Charmicheal's wrist control and lands an elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at James Charmicheal's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eugene Bradley Burns!
Eugene Bradley Burns is the new middleweight champion!