PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Cap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burgess's entrance music is travis barker push em. A fine choice. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Burgess
vs
Cap

190 cm
39
189 lbs
28 - 21 - 3

185 cm
22
202 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Papa Cap!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cap. Burgess does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burgess looks to land a combination but Cap avoids it well.
Burgess misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Burgess!
Burgess swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Burgess uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cap.
Cap looks to throw the jab but Burgess is out of range.
Burgess misses with a few strikes there.
Cap scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burgess misses with a double jab.
Cap looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cap connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Burgess's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burgess avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Some wild striking there from Burgess.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgess wants to slow Cap down by chopping away at his legs.
Cap throws a body punch but Burgess moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Cap.
Burgess throws a big counter combination but Cap scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Burgess connects with a body shot.
Burgess misses with a series of wild punches.
Cap looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cap misses with a hook. Burgess ducked under it nicely.
Anthony Burgess seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cap throws a body punch but Burgess moves out of range.
Cap is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burgess.
Burgess fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cap on the side of the head.
Burgess moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Burgess looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burgess manages to avoid it.
Burgess throws a big counter combination but Cap scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burgess manages to avoid it.

Burgess fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cap, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cap pushes off an throws an elbow but Burgess leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cap lands with a light punch inside.
Cap throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cap throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burgess throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burgess lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Burgess.
Burgess blocks a body shot from Cap.
A short left from Burgess.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Burgess.
Burgess lands with a light punch inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Burgess.
Burgess is stalling here.

Cap is fighting off a takedown attempt but Burgess is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cap to the mat. Cap regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Burgess throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess passes Cap's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cap pushes Burgess off looking to stand but Burgess dives back in and keeps control.

Burgess is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Burgess prevents Cap from standing back up.
Burgess missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cap on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgess thows a huge punch but Cap dodges it nicely.
Burgess missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cap wants to get back to his feet.
Burgess has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cap is refusing to be controlled, as Burgess sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burgess is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Cap is just riding it out for now. Burgess eventually gives up the hold.
Cap is trying to stand.
Cap felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Burgess works his way into full mount!
Burgess looking to control but Cap is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Burgess dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice cross by Cap.
Burgess scoring well with a low kick there.
Burgess connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cap's hands.
Burgess takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cap avoids a punch combination nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Cap misses.
Burgess goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Burgess tries to clinch there but Cap circles away.
Burgess is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cap can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgess misses with a two punch combination.
Cap throws a right hand that misses
and Burgess counters with a series of strikes. Cap will be more careful next time no doubt.
Anthony Burgess is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cap ducks under a wild hook from Burgess.
Cap let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cap throws a body punch but Burgess moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cap moves out of range of the body kick from Burgess.
It seemed like Cap was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cap uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burgess.

Burgess rushes Cap and presses him up against the cage.
Cap lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Anthony Burgess has been cut.
Cap's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cap lands an elbow inside.
Burgess has Cap pushed against the cage.
Cap's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Burgess lands with a right to the head.
Cap misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burgess.
Burgess lands an uppercut.
Cap tries to land a knee to the head but Burgess blocks with his arms.
Cap misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Burgess.
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!
Burgess has Cap pushed against the cage.
Burgess lands with a light punch inside.
Burgess looking to throw knees to the head but Cap is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cap looking to throw knees to the head but Burgess is blocking nicely.
Cap lands with a right to the head.

Burgess breaks from the clinch.
Burgess paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The fighters circling - Cap throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut lands for Cap. That snapped Burgess's head back.
Burgess connects with a jab.
Burgess misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cap misses the jab.
Burgess goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Burgess misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cap is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burgess with a body shot.
Burgess throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cap tries to clinch up.
Cap fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burgess moves into the clinch successfully.
Burgess lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cap throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burgess.
Burgess softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Burgess is working Cap over against the cage.
Cap is breathing heavily.
Cap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burgess has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burgess managing to block the knees to the body from Cap.
A left hand lands to the body for Burgess.
A short uppercut from Burgess.
Still in the clinch, Burgess scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cap misses with an elbow strike.
A right hand to the body from Burgess.
Cap misses with the head strike.
Burgess presses Cap against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cap misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burgess.
Burgess lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burgess is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cap looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgess digs a right hand into Cap's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cap's gas tank.

Burgess's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burgess stalks Cap and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cap's face. Cap staggers backwards, shaken.
Burgess fails to land with a series of punches.
Cap takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters circling a little - Burgess finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Burgess clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burgess.
A bit of stalling here from Burgess.
Burgess blocks an uppercut.
Burgess throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Caps head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Burgess on the inside.
Cap with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burgess digs a right hand into Cap's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cap's gas tank.
Burgess scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burgess lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Burgess dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Burgess's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice body kick there by Burgess.
Cap misses with a hook
and Burgess counters with a two punch combo.
A combination from Burgess does no damage.
Burgess fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cap has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Burgess fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cap throws a lazy uppercut
and Burgess counters with a series of strikes. Cap will be more careful next time no doubt.
Burgess throws a right hand that Cap ducks under and follows up with a left that Cap also avoids with ease.
Burgess scores with a hook to the body. Cap takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cap takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Some wild striking there from Burgess.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burgess throws a right hand that Cap ducks under and follows up with a left that Cap also avoids with ease.
Burgess rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cap moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cap scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Burgess doesn't seem bothered though.
Burgess moves out of range as Cap strikes.

Burgess pushes Cap up against the cage in a clinch.
Cap connects with a nasty looking knee right to Burgess's face.
Burgess lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cap backwards.
Burgess lands with a light punch inside.
Cap misses with a body punch.
Cap misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anthony Burgess has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Cap.
Cap misses with a punch on the inside.
Cap misses with a punch on the inside.
Cap with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cap takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cap misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burgess tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cap's elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Burgess - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cap doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cap throws a punch but it's blocked by Burgess.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cap tries to land knees in the clinch but Burgess avoids the damage to the body.
Cap doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burgess scores with a shot to the side of Cap's head.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cap.
Cap can't find room to land a body shot as Burgess controls the action.
A short uppercut from Burgess.
Cap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burgess has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cap has a couple of punches blocked by Burgess.

Burgess manages to break the clinch.

Burgess closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Burgess breaks from the clinch.
Burgess fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Burgess.
Burgess will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burgess displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cap throws out the jab.
Burgess seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Papa Cap has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess throws a series of strikes that have Cap backpedaling.
Burgess throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cap throws the left hand but Burgess avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Burgess was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Anthony Burgess is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burgess throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Burgess misses the shot to the body.
Burgess bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cap's head.
Cap misses with an uppercut.
Cap takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cap swings widly with a right hand
enabling Burgess to counter with a crisp jab.
Burgess will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cap misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgess ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burgess is looking to counter punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess throws a right hand that Cap ducks under and follows up with a left that Cap also avoids with ease.
Cap throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anthony Burgess is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice combination there by Burgess.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burgess.
Burgess throws a right hand that Cap ducks under and follows up with a left that Cap also avoids with ease.
Cap just misses with a punch to the body.
Burgess misses with the combination.
Burgess looks to land a combination. Cap sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Burgess fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Burgess showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burgess has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Burgess!
A pretty intense looking Anthony Burgess took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.