PBP Commentary

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

Burns
vs
Turpa

185 cm
20
214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

181 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Denis Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalja Turpa!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turpa thuds his shin into the meat of Burns's side.
A big left from Burns misses.
Turpa throws a head kick that Burns semi-blocks.
Turpa misses with a takedown

and Burns decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Turpa's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Burns lands a couple of elbows.
Burns definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns with a nice head shot there.
Burns scoring with some ground and pound.
Burns stays in close to Turpa's body and controls the position.
Burns has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Burns drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Turpa dives on top into guard.

Burns has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Turpa doesn't defend quickly enough and Burns has managed to lock this one up! Can Turpa escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Burns on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Denis Burns!