PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eugene Bradley Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Fedor Entrance Song . Ash Thomas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bradley Burns
vs
Thomas

191 cm
32
186 lbs
32 - 20 - 1

182 cm
34
178 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of London, Eugene Bradley Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ash Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burns.
Burns moves out of range of the body kick from Thomas.
Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burns throws out the jab.
Burns shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Thomas but Thomas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Burns misses with a body shot.
Thomas throws a push kick but Burns slaps the foot to one side.
A cross from Thomas lands.
Thomas wants to slow Burns down by chopping away at his legs.
Burns walks into a straight right hand from Thomas.
Thomas fakes the leg kick and cracks Burns in the body.
Ash Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Burns defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burns tries for a takedown but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Burns throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Good leg kick by Thomas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thomas throws out a leg kick but Burns moves out of range and Thomas only half commits.
Thomas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thomas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thomas throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Thomas misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thomas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thomas clinches.
Burns blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas prevents Burns from breaking the clinch.

Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Thomas.
Burns walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thomas tries to score with a low kick but Burns moves his leg out of the way.
Burns scores with a shot to the body.
Burns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Burns needs to keep his hands up - Thomas had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Burns throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Thomas misses with a looping left.
Burns slips a jab from Thomas.
Thomas throws a low kick, looking for Burns's leg but Burns calmly moves out of range.
Thomas tries to work over Burns's front leg with a kick but Burns checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Burns takes a step back to recover.
Burns bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thomas's head backwards.
A cross from Burns lands.
Nice defenses there by Burns.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
Thomas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burns checks it well.

Thomas gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns blocks an uppercut.
Thomas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Burns decides to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Thomas dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thomas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Burns moves out of range of the leg kick from Thomas.
A lazy body kick from Thomas
and Thomas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thomas throws a chopping leg kick but Burns manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jab by Thomas.

Burns shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Burns was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Thomas wants to hold on but Burns pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns controlling from the full mount.
Thomas is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns controlling the pace for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Thomas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Burns sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Burns scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Thomas?
Burns lands with some strikes.
Thomas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Burns.
Thomas working to try and regain half guard.
Burns landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns breaks from Thomas's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Thomas can't escape the position.
Burns pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Burns throws some wild stikes that Thomas manages to avoid easily.
Thomas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Burns lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Thomas is squirming around, avoiding Burns's attempts to control the action.
Thomas taking shots to the head.
Burns controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Burns has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burns wants to control the pace but Thomas is squirming around nicely.
Burns lands a big shot there that rocks Thomas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Burns unloads with some shots from mount but Thomas bucks and avoids them well.
Thomas is bucking up trying to escape but Burns cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Burns lands a nice shot to the head.
Burns dominating with strikes here.

Thomas is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big strike lands for Burns! That's really hurt Thomas and he's turned his back - Burns keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Burns jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugene Bradley Burns!
Eugene Bradley Burns took some time post fight to say the following; 'I've had an amazing career, and I love my training partners and the whole Burns family and everyone else. 170 feels great to me, I finally have a size advantage instead of being tiny. CANADA BABY WEEOOO!'.