PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Levi Weber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simba Burns Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weber comes to the cage accompanied by 99 Problems by Jay Z. Burns Jr is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Thuggish Ruggish Bone. Levi Weber has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Weber
vs
Burns Jr

197 cm
30
217 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

180 cm
25
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite 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 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Levi Weber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Simba Burns Jr!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burns Jr, as that shot connected.
Burns Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Weber keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Weber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burns Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Weber throws out the jab.
Burns Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Weber lunges at Burns Jr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Burns Jr's hand.
Burns Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Weber paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weber walks forward, straight into a front kick from Burns Jr.
Weber throws out a loose jab but Burns Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.

Burns Jr instigates a clinch.
Burns Jr misses with a knee strike.
Burns Jr blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burns Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Levi Weber has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Weber scores with a jab.
Burns Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Weber.
Burns Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Weber on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Weber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Weber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Weber is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Weber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Weber tries to keep at a distance but Burns Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Weber misses with the head strike.
Burns Jr lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns Jr lands an uppercut.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Burns Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Weber misses its intended target.
Weber throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Burns Jr scores with a kick to the midsection.
Burns Jr lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Burns Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Weber's calf.
Weber is breathing heavily.
A left lands for Burns Jr.
Weber on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Burns Jr. Burns Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
Burns Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Weber sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Burns Jr lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Burns Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weber.

Burns Jr has Weber up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Weber avoids it.
Burns Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Weber or not.
Burns Jr stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weber swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Weber throws a right hand that misses
and Burns Jr counters with a low kick, right behind Weber 's knee.
Weber takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Weber chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Burns Jr can pounce on him.

Burns Jr has closed the distance and engaged Weber in a clinch.
Burns Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Burns Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Weber or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Weber backwards.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Weber is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

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

Weber is rocked!
Burns Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Oh Weber is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burns Jr cracks Weber with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Weber off balance momentarily.

Burns Jr rushes Weber and presses him up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Weber seems to have got his legs back now.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Weber misses with a double jab.
Levi Weber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Burns Jr moves into range and clinches up with Weber.
Burns Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns Jr scores with a shot to the side of Weber's head.

Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.
Weber takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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 Levi Weber's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Burns Jr rushes Weber and presses him up against the cage.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Burns Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Weber's calf.
Burns Jr scores with a push kick.
Burns Jr connects with a leg kick. Weber looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Weber throws a lazy right hand but Burns Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Burns Jr gets a clinch.
Simba Burns Jr seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burns Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Burns Jr avoiding damage.
Nice elbow from Burns Jr.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Levi Weber's cut is getting worse.

Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.
Burns Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Weber. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Burns Jr scores with a push kick.
Weber walks forward, straight into a front kick from Burns Jr.
Weber stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burns Jr.
Jab from Burns Jr.
Weber sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Burns Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns Jr lands a shoulder strike.

Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.
Burns Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Weber takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Weber takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A solid leg kick lands there for Burns Jr.
Burns Jr jabs Weber right on the nose. Weber blinks but takes it well.
Weber is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burns Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Burns Jr closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Weber quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Well, if Burns Jr is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Burns Jr is pressing down on Weber's thigh, looking to free his foot. Weber is holding on for now.
Burns Jr passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Weber!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burns Jr stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Burns Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Weber lands with an overhand left.
Burns Jr moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Weber takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Burns Jr pushes Weber up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Weber will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr pressing his opponent against the cage.
Burns Jr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.

Burns Jr rushes Weber and presses him up against the cage.
Burns Jr lands a left hand.

Levi Weber's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Burns Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Weber swings for the body but Burns Jr moves out of range.
Weber misses with a straight left.
Burns Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters circle, before Burns Jr throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Weber's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Burns Jr lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Simba Burns Jr!