PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milano Mazric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Burns might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Die by the drop. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Burns
vs
Mazric

194 cm
22
278 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

194 cm
28
255 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Legion of Pain Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William Burns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Milano Mazric!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mazric has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Burns throws a hook but Mazric blocks it.
Burns throws a sloppy body shot
letting Mazric counter with a right hand.
Burns slips under a jab.
Mazric takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Burns throws a low kick but Mazric avoids it.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mazric.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Mazric takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Burns scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Mazric closes the distance and pushes Burns back into the cage.
Burns lands an elbow just above Mazric 's eye.
Burns lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazric tries to pull guard but Burns forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Burns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Milano Mazric has been cut.
Mazric tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burns smiles and moves away.
Mazric takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns scores with a head kick. Mazric tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mazric wants to clinch.
Burns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns throws a low kick but Mazric moves out of range easily.
Mazric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns misses with a body shot
and Mazric cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burns misses with a looping right.
Burns throws a lazy uppercut
and Mazric counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
William Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns throws a lazy uppercut
and Mazric counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Burns misses the target.
Burns lands a leg kick that knocks Mazric off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Burns.
Mazric avoids the body shot from Burns.
Burns scores with a shot to the body.
Burns looks to land a combination but Mazric avoids it well.
Burns swings for the body but Mazric moves out of range.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mazric counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mazric sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns throws an off balance right hand
and Mazric cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mazric avoids the head kick by Burns.
Mazric throws a big shot that misses.
Burns throws the left hand but Mazric avoids the punch easily.
Burns missing with a left hand there. Mazric was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burns connects with a leg kick. Mazric looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burns takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Burns tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mazric is able to avoid easily.
A big right from Burns misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Milano Mazric's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Burns misses with a right hand
and Mazric counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Burns thinking.
Mazric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mazric.
Burns throws a series of strikes that have Mazric backpedaling.
Burns cracks Mazric with a good jab.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazric checks a low kick from Burns.
William Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Mazric takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazric displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burns throws out the jab.
Burns throws a body punch but Mazric moves out of range.
Burns misses with a series of wild punches.
Burns tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Burns scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Burns misses with a double jab
and Mazric counters with a stiff right hand.
Burns is looking to wear down Mazric with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A punch combination from Burns misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a combination that misses
and Mazric counters with a slapping leg kick.
Burns misses with a shot to the body
letting Mazric counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mazric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazric blocks a jab.
Mazric lands with an uppercut that bounces Burns off the cage and back into range.
Burns throws out a loose jab but Mazric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mazric slips a jab and a cross from Burns.
Burns cracks Mazric with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mazric fails with an attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Burns.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with a low kick.
Burns lands with a nice body punch.
Mazric tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Burns.
Burns motions for Mazric to come forward. Burns throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Burns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mazric.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mazric.
Burns lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with an uppercut
and Mazric counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mazric connects with a right hand. Burns shakes it off.
Burns tries to work over Mazric's front leg with a kick but Mazric checks it.
A head kick misses from Burns.
Burns misses with a looping left.
Burns looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A low kick from Burns is predictable there
and Mazric counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mazric.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Burns dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Milano Mazric's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Burns misses with a few strikes there.
Mazric looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Burns misses with the combination.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
Burns lands a right hook to the body.
A jab from Burns misses.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns jabs Mazric right on the nose. Mazric blinks but takes it well.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazric was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazric sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
Burns is looking to slow Mazric down with leg kicks.
Burns checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mazric can do to turn this around?
Burns feints and then cracks Mazric's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mazric down.
Burns jabs Mazric to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Burns motions for Mazric to come forward. Burns throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazric is just out of range.
Mazric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burns.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazric looks to clinch
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Burns throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burns misses with a hook.
Mazric's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Burns misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mazric has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns throws a one two combo.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burns, right into the meat.
Mazric takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Burns throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mazric cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burns misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazric sizes up Burns with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mazric misses with a low kick.
Burns throws a lazy right hand but Mazric sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mazric checks the leg kick nicely there.
Burns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good leg kick by Burns there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Burns throws a leg kick but Mazric sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mazric throws out a leg kick but Burns moves out of range and Mazric only half commits.
Mazric moves out of range as Burns strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with a straight left.
Burns throws a right and a left that both miss.
A right-left combo lands from Burns.
Burns lands with a cross.
Burns lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good work by Mazric as he checks the leg kick.
Mazric throws an overhand right that lands on Burns's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mazric misses with a looping left.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Burns - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Burns clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Milano Mazric's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Burns swings for the body but Mazric moves out of range.
Mazric thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mazric looks to land a combination. Burns sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mazric takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Burns throws a right hand that Mazric ducks under and follows up with a left that Mazric also avoids with ease.
Good leg kick by Burns there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mazric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mazric tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
Burns throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Mazric is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burns.
Jab by Burns.
Burns throws a leg kick
and Mazric connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mazric slips a straight right by Burns.
Mazric uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Mazric uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burns.
Burns tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mazric is able to avoid easily.
Burns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazric slips a jab and a cross from Burns.
Burns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burns throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Burns tries to bum rush Mazric with a series of wild strikes but Mazric uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A leg kick checked by Mazric.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burns fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mazric is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazric ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Mazric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Burns misses with a combination
and Mazric counters with a stiff right hand.
Burns takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burns throws a hook but Mazric blocks it.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burns delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with a hook.
Burns misses with a combination
and Mazric counters with a nice low kick that buckles Burns's knee momentarily.
Burns misses with a wild combination.
Mazric throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns throws a series of punches but Mazric avoids them all with ease.
Mazric blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Burns had his way with Milano Mazric in that round.
The cut man is working on Milano Mazric's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazric is just out of range.
Burns lands a nice looking body shot.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mazric's sensitive parts.
Burns looks to land a body kick but Mazric moved away.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazric is just out of range.
Mazric takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mazric uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burns.
Burns scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns thows a body shot but no joy.
Mazric gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazric was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Burns throws a nice outside leg kick.
Burns throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mazric counters with an outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Burns misses the target.
Burns throws a body punch but Mazric moves out of range.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Burns waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mazric.
Milano Mazric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazric was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Burns throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mazric cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A clash of legs there as Mazric blocks the low kick.
Mazric lands a nice shot to the body.
Mazric misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burns.
Burns misses with a looping left.
Burns paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mazric avoids the body shot from Burns.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a looping overhand right but Mazric ducks down to avoid it.
Mazric misses the shot to the body.
Mazric tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mazric takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burns misses with a body shot.
Burns connects with a solid leg kick.
Good exchange - Burns coming out on top.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burns.
Mazric takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
William Burns is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazric blocks a head kick by Burns.
Good work by Mazric as he checks the leg kick.
Burns lands a body shot.
Mazric stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burns.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazric chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Burns can pounce on him.
Burns lands a jab-cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Burns fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burns 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 50:45
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Burns!
William Burns is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, William Burns, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.