PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brendan Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barbara Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brendan Burgess has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Burgess
vs
Long

185 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brendan Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Barbara Long!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Long takes the fight into the clinch.
Long scores a nice knee to the body.
Burgess is trying to pull guard but Long turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Long's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Long closes the distance and pushes Burgess back into the cage.
Burgess fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Long throws an elbow that misses.
Long fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burgess lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long scores with a shoulder strike.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long lands an elbow just above Burgess 's eye.

It looks like Brendan Burgess has been cut.
Long working Burgess over with knees to the body.
Burgess is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long taking a breather.
Long lands an elbow inside.
Long utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Long misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burgess throws a punch but it's blocked by Long.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burgess's defenses.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burgess's defenses.

Brendan Burgess's cut is getting worse.
Long lands an elbow inside that Burgess shrugs off.

Brendan Burgess's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Long breaks from the clinch.
Long throws a sloppy head kick and Burgess moves out of range easily.

Long pushes Burgess up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long tries to land knees in the clinch but Burgess avoids the damage to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burgess takes an elbow to the temple.

Jeez, Brendan Burgess's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Brendan Burgess's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Barbara Long!