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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andy Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puna Wai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andy Burns looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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135 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
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173 cm
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156 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andy Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Puna Wai!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wai sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Burns somewhat.
Burns has his takedown stuffed
and Wai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burns has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sanitarium in the buildup to the fight.
Wai ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Wai feints the counter takedown.
Wai fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns is breathing heavily.
Burns shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wai as he avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns throws a sloppy head kick
and Wai counters with a nice double leg into side control. Burns won't be happy with that.
Wai remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Wai is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wai is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Wai scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wai has hold of Burns's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Burns seems comfortable defending it but Wai has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Burns is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Burns is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Wai couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Puna Wai!
A relieved looking Puna Wai thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Andy Burns stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank fans '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
34% |
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