PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trip Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simba Burns Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Burns Jr's choice of entrance music: Thuggish Ruggish Bone. Simba Burns Jr will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Kenzie
vs
Burns Jr

154 cm
35
213 lbs
21 - 24 - 0

180 cm
28
210 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Golden Supplements

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 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Trip Kenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Simba Burns Jr!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns Jr lands a front kick.
Burns Jr throws the kick towards the body but Kenzie avoids it.
Kenzie moves out of range of the body kick from Burns Jr.
Kenzie throws a sloppy head kick and Burns Jr moves out of range easily.
Burns Jr connects with a solid leg kick.

Burns Jr rushes Kenzie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kenzie being controlled against the cage.
Nice body punch from Burns Jr - that landed with a thud.
Kenzie is breathing heavily.

Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.

Burns Jr closes the distance and pushes Kenzie back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns Jr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Burns Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Burns Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kenzie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns Jr's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Burns Jr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Kenzie controls his hands.

Burns Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kenzie tries to keep at a distance but Burns Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burns Jr gets through Kenzie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Burns Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kenzie fails to land.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Burns Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kenzie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A good leg kick by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns Jr lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kenzie takes a step back to recover.

Kenzie tries to keep at a distance but Burns Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Burns Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burns Jr plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Burns Jr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kenzie.
Burns Jr connects with a body shot that sends Kenzie's belly button to the back.
Nice jab there from Burns Jr.

Burns Jr takes the fight into the clinch.

Burns Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burns Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns Jr cracks the inside of Kenzie's front leg.
Simba Burns Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kenzie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Burns Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kenzie's sensitive parts.
Kenzie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Burns Jr lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a head kick. Kenzie smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Burns Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Burns Jr feints and then cracks Kenzie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kenzie down.

Kenzie gets tackled into the cage by Burns Jr. Burns Jr maintains the clinch.
Burns Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burns Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Burns Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burns Jr digs a right hand into Kenzie's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kenzie's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burns Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burns Jr lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Burns Jr.
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 the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kenzie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burns Jr clinches with his opponent.
Burns Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Burns Jr as Kenzie tries to tie him up.
Burns Jr lands a right hand.
Burns Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Burns Jr darts in and clinches Kenzie up against the cage.
Burns Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kenzie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kenzie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Burns Jr. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenzie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Burns Jr throws a front kick that sends Kenzie stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simba Burns Jr dominated that round.
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 Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trip Kenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns Jr scores with a nice body kick.
Kenzie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns Jr. That's going to slow Kenzie down.
Kenzie takes a kick to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Burns Jr moves into range and clinches up with Kenzie.
A left hand lands to the body for Burns Jr.
Burns Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr pushes Kenzie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kenzie tries to score a power double leg takedown but Burns Jr sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kenzie somewhat.
Burns Jr lands with a kick to the ribs.
Burns Jr is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A head kick from Burns Jr lands but Kenzie takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burns Jr instigates a clinch.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.

Burns Jr has managed to clinch.
Burns Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kenzie backwards.

Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.
Burns Jr punishes Kenzie's body with a nice straight punch.

Burns Jr closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Burns Jr on the inside.
Burns Jr gets through Kenzie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Burns Jr.

Burns Jr drops Kenzie onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Kenzie is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Kenzie is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns Jr drops Kenzie with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Kenzie is out cold! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Simba Burns Jr!
Post fight, Simba Burns Jr took to the microphone: 'I'm not back, because I never left.. I am here and here to stay and I want that world title. I love my brother Simba Burns and the whole Burns family who helped me win this fight. And my new partners the Diaz bros thanks for the help guys.'.