PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simba Burns Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mc Jitus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Thuggish Ruggish Bone. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Burns Jr
vs
Jitus

180 cm
25
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

194 cm
29
213 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Simba Burns Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Mc Jitus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jitus.
Burns Jr throws a head kick but Jitus moves out of range.
Burns Jr throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Burns Jr throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A good leg kick by Burns Jr.
Jitus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jitus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jitus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Burns Jr.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jitus misses with a double jab
and Burns Jr counters with a series of strikes. Jitus will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jitus ducks right into an uppercut from Burns Jr.
Jitus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns Jr.

Burns Jr clinches up with Jitus and pushes him back against the cage.
Burns Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burns Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burns Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burns Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jitus's efforts to push away.
Jitus is trying to break the clinch but Burns Jr has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jitus looks gassed!

Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Jitus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Burns Jr counters with an outside leg kick.
Burns Jr scores with the left hand. Jitus knows he should have avoided that one.

Burns Jr clinches up with Jitus and pushes him back against the cage.

Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burns Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burns Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Jitus moves out of range easily.
Burns Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jitus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jitus's calf.
Jitus chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Burns Jr can pounce on him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns Jr. That's going to slow Jitus down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jitus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Burns Jr. Burns Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Burns Jr.
A good leg kick by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Burns Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jitus's sensitive parts.
Burns Jr thows a body kick. Jitus tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Burns Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Burns Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burns Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Jitus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burns Jr counters with a nice body kick.
Burns Jr connects with a high kick.

It looks like Mc Jitus has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jitus has time to react.
Burns Jr slips a jab from Jitus.
Jitus misses with a combination
and Burns Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Burns Jr has managed to clinch.
A hook to the body from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr throws an elbow but it misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burns Jr.
Jitus can't break the clinch.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jitus has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Burns Jr.

Burns Jr clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burns Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Jitus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burns Jr.

Burns Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burns Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jitus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr pushes Jitus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Burns Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burns Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jitus backwards.
Burns Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jitus or not.
Burns Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jitus taking a breather.
Burns Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Burns Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Burns Jr instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns Jr with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.
Jitus thows a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick lands from Burns Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simba Burns Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mc Jitus's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jitus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Burns Jr.
Simba Burns Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Burns Jr scores with a leg kick.
Burns Jr throws a leg kick which misses Jitus's front leg but catches the back leg as Jitus tries to avoid it.
Burns Jr fakes the leg kick and cracks Jitus in the body.
Mc Jitus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns Jr thumps Jitus with a low kick.
Burns Jr lands a nice looking body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jitus blocks a head kick by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jitus on the side of the head.

Burns Jr gets a clinch.

Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Burns Jr.
Jitus takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jitus is breathing heavily.
A jab from Burns Jr does it's job there.
Jitus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr throws a front kick that sends Jitus stumbling back into the cage.
Burns Jr throws a leg kick which misses Jitus's front leg but catches the back leg as Jitus tries to avoid it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Burns Jr.
Burns Jr lands with a straight right. Jitus didn't see that one coming.

Burns Jr moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Burns Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burns Jr lands an uppercut.
Burns Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jitus backwards.
Burns Jr slows down the pace here.
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 Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jituss head.

Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burns Jr connects with a leg kick. Jitus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Burns Jr lands a big head kick that sends Jitus tumbling to the mat! Burns Jr takes a step backwards and waves Jitus back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Jitus is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Look low, kick high! Burns Jr uses the oldest trick in the book to send Jitus tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Burns Jr is absolutely delighted - when Jitus wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Simba Burns Jr!