PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aron Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrion Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burza comes into the arena with Du Hast - Rammstein blaring out of the sound system. Lannister has chosen Freefallin by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as his entrance music. Tyrion Lannister is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Burza
vs
Lannister

168 cm
26
148 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aron Burza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyrion Lannister!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Chris Dean and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lannister shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Burza counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lannister is on top in guard.

Burza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lannister gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Burza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lannister!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Burza wants to control the pace but Lannister is squirming around nicely.
Lannister tries to reverse the position but Burza maintains control.
Burza wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burza is working hard here to advance position.
Lannister is working to get back to half guard.
Burza lands a big shot there that rocks Lannister but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Burza wants to control the pace but Lannister is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lannister is looking to improve his position but Burza isn't that keen on the idea.
Burza lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Burza connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lannister working to try and regain half guard.
Lannister looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lannister keeps trying to improve his position.
Burza tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lannister is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Burza wants to take Lannister's back but he can't do it this time.
Burza lands a big shot there that rocks Lannister but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Burza takes Lannister's back.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Burza gets to his feet and calls for his opponent to stand and trade! Heeeere we go!

Burza looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Lannister!
Lannister takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lannister is not content to let Burza control the position.
Lannister sneaks back into half guard.
Burza passes to full mount!
Burza landing shots from mount.
Lannister manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Burza trying to pass the guard but Lannister defending well.
Lannister is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lannister gets full guard.
Burza tries to free his leg and advance position but Lannister is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lannister is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Lannister looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Burza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lannister swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lannister's guard.

Burza is working for a kimura but Lannister is defending it quite comfortably.
Burza scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lannister is looking to improve his position.
Lannister moves into full guard.
Lannister looking for a sweep. Not yet Lannister, not yet.
Burza wants to pass the guard but Lannister is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lannister can't keep his opponent in guard - Burza advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lannister manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Burza passes into half guard.
Burza sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lannister wants to get back to full guard.
Burza is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Lannister is squirming around, avoiding Burza's attempts to control the action.
Burza fails to move to back control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burza moves to take his opponent's back.
Burza is punishing Lannister with strikes - can he finish him?!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aron Burza dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lannister closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lannister shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Burza as he avoids it easily.

Burza drives through with a takedown into Lannister's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Burza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lannister is keeping the position for now.
Burza stands up over Lannister, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lannister keeping moving, preventing Burza from controlling successfully.
Burza is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burza passes into half guard.
Burza passes to full mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burza lands a big elbow.
Aron Burza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lannister has given up his back. Will we see Burza going for some submissions?

Lannister fending off the submission attempt from Burza.

Lannister defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lannister is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Burza gets his way!
Burza tries to keep control of the position but Lannister is staying busy.

Burza is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Lannister defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Lannister manages to reverse the position and now he's in Burza's guard. Nice work there by Lannister.
Burza manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lannister manages to get himself to full guard.

Burza got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lannister has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Burza has managed to get both his arms back between Lannister's legs - danger averted.

Lannister throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lannister looking for a sweep. Not yet Lannister, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza connects with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Burza is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Burza pushing down on Lannister's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Lannister looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Burza looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Burza wants to take a breather but Lannister is having none of it.
Burza passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lannister!
Lannister is in a horrible position here. Burza smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lannister is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lannister is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lannister gets back to half guard.
Burza is trying to control the action in half guard but Lannister is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Lannister looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Burza is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Burza looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Lannister is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Burza pulls his head out easily.
Lannister is looking for a sweep. Burza is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Burza is trying to work for a kimura but Lannister is defending well.
Burza moves into full mount! Lannister won't be happy about that!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burza is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lannister has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Burza lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burza raining down shots from the mount!
Lannister can't escape the position.
Burza tries to control but Lannister wriggling away.
Burza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lannister can do to turn this around?

Burza working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Lannister takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Burza is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lannister has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lannister is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aron Burza dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Burza drives through with a takedown into guard.
Burza trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lannister wants to sweep but no luck.
Burza makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burza makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lannister wants to sweep here but Burza controlling him for the moment.
Burza trying to control but Lannister is working from the bottom.
Lannister keeping full guard, as Burza tries to pass.
Lannister wants to sweep but no luck.

Lannister looking for subs off his back but Burza has passed one foot through into half guard.
Lannister is refusing to be controlled, as Burza sits in half guard.
Lannister is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burza scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza is keen to just control but Lannister is a slippery customer.
Burza passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lannister!
Burza dominating with strikes here.
Lannister tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Burza trying to control but Lannister is having none of it.
Lannister is looking to get to half guard.
Burza pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Lannister is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lannister?
Lannister really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lannister is controlling an arm, preventing Burza from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Lannister really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Burza working for a submission but Lannister is keeping him at bay.
Burza tries to control but Lannister wriggling away.

Burza working for a guillotine from mount but Lannister is in no mood to give up.
Burza is trying to take his opponent's back.
Lannister is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza moves to back control.

Lannister defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Lannister tries to roll but Burza sticks to his back.

Burza working for a choke but Lannister is defending well.

Lannister preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Burza.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lannister tries to escape the position.
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!

Burza working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lannister tries to break free.

Lannister is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Burza gets his way!

Burza looking to break Lannister's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Lannister remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Burza will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

Burza is persistently looking for the submission but Lannister is defending it well.

Burza has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Lannister is defending well but eventually Burza manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Lannister has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aron Burza!
Aron Burza opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.