PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Predator Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Beckett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Jiu-Jitsu. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Burns
vs
Beckett

170 cm
29
145 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

168 cm
34
146 lbs
29 - 15 - 2

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Predator Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Jim Beckett!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckett scores with the left hand. Burns knows he should have avoided that one.
Beckett tries to work over Burns's front leg with a kick but Burns checks it.
Jim Beckett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beckett.

Beckett closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Burns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Burns sneaks back into half guard.
Beckett drops an elbow to the side of Burns's head.
Burns wants to sweep but Beckett has passed to side control!
Beckett looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Burns tries to buck Beckett off but Beckett is having none of it.
Burns is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Beckett off and has taken his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beckett trying to control the hands but Burns breaks the grip.
Beckett has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Burns looking to hold on to the position here but Beckett rolls and ends up regaining guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
Beckett is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Burns pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beckett is keeping the position for now.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Beckett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Beckett is trying to control the position but Burns postures up.
Beckett keeping moving, preventing Burns from controlling successfully.
Burns looking to sit in guard and control but Beckett gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beckett stopping the sweep attempt from Burns.
Burns is working hard here to advance position.
Burns is trying to keep Beckett in close.

Burns looking for subs off his back but Beckett has passed one foot through into half guard.
Beckett landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Burns wants to get back to full guard.
Burns has hold of Beckett's hands but Beckett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beckett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Burns trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns tries to roll over but Beckett keeps him under control.
Burns moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Burns working for a triangle but Beckett defends it easily.

Burns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Beckett lands a couple of digs.
Beckett wants to pass the guard but Burns is keeping the position.

Burns looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Beckett passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns is looking to control Beckett's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Burns avoid being mounted?
Beckett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Burns is looking to improve his position.
Burns is refusing to be controlled, as Beckett sits in half guard.
Burns wants to control but Beckett is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Beckett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Burns.

Burns working for a triangle but Beckett defends it easily.
Burns looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Beckett puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Burns doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Beckett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Beckett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burns is out of range.
Beckett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Burns gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Burns on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beckett lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Beckett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Beckett lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Burns has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Burns and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Burns stuffs the takedown.
Beckett throws a low kick but Burns avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beckett connects with a single shot there.
Burns defending well as Beckett loads up on a big left hand.
Burns attempts a counter takedown but Beckett avoids it well and moves away.
Beckett throws a left and a right that both miss

and Burns counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Burns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beckett swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Beckett keeping moving, preventing Burns from controlling successfully.
Burns pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beckett is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Burns preventing the sweep.
Burns wants to pass the guard but Beckett is keeping the position.
Beckett seems keen to control Burns's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Beckett throws a head kick that misses.
Burns drops down looking for a counter takedown but Beckett sprawls and moves away.
Beckett misses with a low kick.
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beckett.
Jim Beckett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Horrible takedown attempt by Burns or perhaps it was just good defense by Beckett, which made it look bad.
Beckett fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burns checks it well.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Beckett misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett tries a head kick but it misses.
Beckett with a jab.
Beckett misses with a kick to the body

and Burns counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Beckett!
Beckett is looking for a sweep.
Burns trying to control the position but Beckett is working away.

Burns thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Beckett is not content to let Burns control the position.
Predator Burns overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckett parries the strikes from Burns easily there. Burns is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Beckett to escape.
Burns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beckett keeps working.
Beckett struggling a bit here.
Burns lands a nice forearm strike.
Burns in side control lands a decent elbow.
Beckett is trying to control Burns's posture but Burns avoids it.
Burns is looking to take a break and control but Beckett is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jim Beckett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Beckett does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Beckett lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beckett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Beckett lands with an uppercut that bounces Burns off the cage and back into range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Beckett.
Beckett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beckett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Beckett misses with a right hand
and Burns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beckett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beckett throws out the jab.
Burns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beckett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Burns drops down looking for a counter takedown but Beckett sprawls and moves away.
Beckett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beckett throws a front kick aimed at Burns's knee but Burns avoids it well.
Beckett scores with a hook to the body. Burns takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Beckett misses with a body punch

and Burns counters with a nice double leg into side control. Beckett won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett stops Burns from passing to mount.
Beckett tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Burns wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Beckett is not content to let Burns control the position.
Burns tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Burns is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Beckett's shoulder. That is not cool.
Burns is trying to ground and pound but Beckett uses the momentary lack of control by Burns to regain half guard.
Burns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beckett keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Burns slows the pace down in half guard.
Beckett is not content to let Burns control the position.
Burns drops an elbow to the side of Beckett's head.
Burns trying to control from half guard but Beckett is working away.
Beckett wants to improve his position but Burns is controlling well.
Burns content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Predator Burns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burns thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Burns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beckett keeps working.
Burns wants to advance to full mount but Beckett doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Beckett has control of Burns's left arm, preventing Burns from doing any damage.

Beckett looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Burns with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burns wants to control from the top but Beckett keeps moving.
Beckett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Beckett pulls Burns in close to his closed guard and prevents Burns from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Beckett thows a leg kick but Burns checks it

so Burns counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Beckett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burns wants to control from the top but Beckett keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Burns looking to improve position, pressing down on Beckett's thigh with his hand. Beckett seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Burns paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Burns's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Beckett picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jim Beckett!
A very excited looking Jim Beckett made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Predator Burns spoke after the fight, saying 'It's ok, i'm home.'.