PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brad Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Speech Cobras. Brad Burns has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burns
vs
Salabim

188 cm
30
143 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

180 cm
29
159 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Burns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salabim throws a shot to the body.
Burns loads up on a big right hand but Salabim slips the punch.
Salabim takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Salabim.
Salabim ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burns misses with a right hand

and Salabim counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Salabim.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Salabim from controlling successfully.
Salabim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burns swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burns is looking to stand back up but Salabim counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Burns.
Salabim scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salabim is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burns is trying to stand up here but Salabim is controlling him well.
Burns avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Salabim.
Burns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Burns tries to get out of the position.
Salabim works his way into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Salabim connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Burns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Salabim on the ground.
Salabim landing shots from mount.
Burns wants to get back to his feet.
Salabim lands a big shot there that rocks Burns but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Burns takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Burns is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salabim controlling from the full mount.
Salabim raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oh Burns is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big strike lands for Salabim! That's really hurt Burns and he's turned his back - Salabim keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Salabim jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sim Salabim! Sim Salabim retains his featherweight title!
Sim Salabim decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.