PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lauren Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sydney Weyzen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sydney Weyzen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Burns
vs
Weyzen

175 cm
19
151 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lauren Burns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sydney Weyzen!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weyzen misses with an uppercut.
Weyzen catches Burns with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sydney Weyzen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns throws a head kick but Weyzen moves out of range.
Burns swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Burns avoids the head kick by Weyzen.
Weyzen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A right-left combo lands from Weyzen.

Burns is rocked!
Burns moves out of range of the strikes.
Oh Burns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Weyzen misses with a double jab.
Burns seems to have got his legs back now.
Burns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Weyzen.
A lazy left from Weyzen finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Weyzen with a hook.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burns looks for the body kick but Weyzen saw that one coming.
Weyzen blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weyzen lands a jab-cross combination.
Weyzen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Burns misses with an attempted mid kick.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Weyzen throws a lazy right hand but Burns sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Weyzen digs a good body shot into Burns's ribs.
Weyzen throws the left hand but Burns avoids the punch easily.
Weyzen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A good leg kick by Weyzen.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Weyzen - that will leave a mark!
Weyzen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Weyzen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burns circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weyzen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Weyzen.
Weyzen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Weyzen.
Weyzen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Weyzen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Weyzen misses with a hook. Burns ducked under it nicely.
Weyzen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Weyzen works over Burns's head and body with a nice combination.
Burns pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weyzen tries a low kick but Burns avoids it.
Burns throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Weyzen throws the left hand but Burns avoids the punch easily.
Weyzen misses the shot to the body.
Weyzen lands with an uppercut that bounces Burns off the cage and back into range.
Weyzen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burns circles away quickly and effectively.
Weyzen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Good work by Burns as he checks the leg kick.
Weyzen misses with an uppercut.
Weyzen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Burns momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Weyzen.
Weyzen misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a wild body kick that Weyzen sees coming a mile off.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Burns.
Burns throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burns throws a shot from downtown. Weyzen moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Burns.
Weyzen misses with a double jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy left from Weyzen finds it's target.

It looks like Lauren Burns has been cut.
Burns tries to work over Weyzen's front leg with a kick but Weyzen checks it.
Weyzen throws a lazy right hand but Burns sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Weyzen connects with an inside leg kick.
Burns attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sydney Weyzen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lauren Burns's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Burns walks into a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Weyzen. Those never looked like landing.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Weyzen throws out the jab.
Burns throws a body kick that misses.
Weyzen throws the left hand but Burns avoids the punch easily.
Weyzen throws a nice looking combination but Burns bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burns goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Weyzen, right into the meat.
Burns throws a sloppy head kick and Weyzen moves out of range easily.
Burns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Weyzen.
Weyzen cracks Burns with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Weyzen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burns throws a sloppy head kick and Weyzen moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns tries to score with a low kick but Weyzen moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick lands from Weyzen.
Nice shot by Weyzen.
Burns uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Weyzen.
Weyzen cracks Burns with a hook to the temple - Burns is on wobbly legs here! Weyzen swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Burns falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Weyzen wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sydney Weyzen!
Sydney Weyzen is the new featherweight champion!
Sydney Weyzen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.