PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ebanij Nasos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Burnside (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nasos comes to the cage accompanied by Military Soviet Hymn . Burnside has chosen Clipse - Money as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Nasos
vs
Burnside

220 cm
22
265 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
24
250 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Poweful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

CROWN
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ebanij Nasos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Burnside!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasos throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Burnside stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Nasos follows into mount!

Burnside is rocked!

It looks like Eddie Burnside has been cut.
Nasos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nasos wants to control the pace but Burnside is squirming around nicely.
Burnside is still in real trouble! Can Nasos finish him?
Burnside is trying to reverse the position but instead Nasos has taken his back - oops!
Burnside seems to have recovered his senses.
Burnside tries to break free.
Burnside wants to control his opponent's hands but Nasos gets his hands free.
Nasos tries to keep control of the position but Burnside is staying busy.
Burnside tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Burnside is squirming around, avoiding Nasos's attempts to control the action.
Nasos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Burnside manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Burnside has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nasos is working away from the top position though.
Burnside makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Burnside.
Burnside looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nasos is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnside working a defensive guard here.
Nasos is pushing down on Burnside's leg trying to pass to half guard. Burnside is fighting to maintain full guard but Nasos has managed to sneak the leg through.

Burnside looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nasos wants to pass to mount but Burnside is defending the position.
Nasos is trying to control the action in half guard but Burnside is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Burnside misses the jab.
Nasos slips a jab from Burnside.
Nasos throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Burnside stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Nasos follows into mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nasos trying to control but Burnside is having none of it.
Burnside working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasos wants to get back to his feet but Burnside is holding on tight.
Burnside is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Burnside keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Burnside swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Burnside is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nasos wants to control the pace but Burnside is squirming around nicely.
Nasos is really struggling to control Burnside but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Nasos fails to move to back control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnside is wriggling around trying to escape.
Burnside is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nasos tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Burnside is trying to escape the mount.
Burnside throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Burnside really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Burnside wants to control but Nasos is having none of it.
Burnside is looking to get to half guard.
Burnside is squirming around, avoiding Nasos's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burnside is desperately trying to improve his position but Nasos has a good base and remains in mount.
Nasos is looking to stand but Nasos has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Burnside wants to hold on but Nasos pushes him away.
Burnside is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Burnside wants to control but Nasos is having none of it.
Nasos looking to control but Burnside is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebanij Nasos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Burnside's cut.
That's time! Nasos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Burnside swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Burnside rushes Nasos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Burnside breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nasos ducks under a wild hook from Burnside.
Burnside misses with a straight right.
Nasos throws a combination. Burnside tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That has opened up Eddie Burnside's cut even more.
A big left from Burnside misses.
Nasos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Burnside doesn't seem bothered though.
Nasos feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Burnside sprawling to the canvas! Burnside rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Nasos finish him?!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burnside misses with a body shot.
Burnside rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nasos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nasos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Burnside blocks a head kick by Nasos.
Burnside is breathing heavily.
Nasos lands a glancing blow to the side of Burnside's head.

The cut above Eddie Burnside's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Burnside misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasos circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Burnside to the canvas! Burnside doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Nasos keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ebanij Nasos!