PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Justin Burrows (ranked 6026 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Banoe (ranked 5308 p4p, 0 weight class). Burrows comes to the cage accompanied by Calm - No panic. Justin Burrows could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zach Banoe's chin.

Burrows
vs
Banoe

169 cm
18
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Justin Burrows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zach Banoe!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Banoe takes the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Burrows.
Burrows lands a body shot in the clinch.
Banoe is trying to pull guard but Burrows has him pressed against the cage.
Banoe has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Burrows after a bit of a struggle.
Burrows digs a right hand into Banoe's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Banoe's gas tank.
Banoe is trying to pull guard but Burrows turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Justin Burrows has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zach Banoe.
Banoe blocks an uppercut.
Burrows swings wildly with an uppercut but Banoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burrows swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banoe blocks an uppercut.
Banoe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Burrows gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banoe blocking some punches.
Banoe fails to pull guard.
Still in the clinch, Burrows scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burrows.
Banoe misses with the head strike.
Burrows working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Burrows on the inside.
Banoe tries to break free but Burrows pushes him back against the cage.
Banoe is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Burrows to keep the fight standing.
Burrows pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Burrows fails to land.
Banoe tries to pull guard but Burrows holds him up against the cage and eventually Banoe drops back down to his feet.
Banoe tries to pull guard but Burrows won't allow it.
Banoe takes a shot to the head.
Burrows lands with a right to the head.
Burrows throws a head punch that misses.
Banoe tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Burrows misses with a punch to the body.
Burrows lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burrows misses with the head strike.

Banoe pulls guard successfully.
Burrows trying to control the position from guard on top but Banoe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burrows sitting in guard here, content to control.
Banoe keeping full guard, as Burrows tries to pass.
Banoe keeping moving, preventing Burrows from controlling successfully.
Burrows wants to pass the guard but Banoe is keeping the position.
Burrows looking to sit in guard and control but Banoe gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burrows is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrows wants to control but Banoe passes easily into half guard.
Burrows is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Banoe jumps into side control!
Burrows struggling a bit here.
Burrows tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Banoe presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Banoe tries to control but Burrows wriggling away.
Burrows tries to hold on but Banoe pushes him away.
Burrows is trying to escape the mount.
We've been informed that Banoe has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Burrows is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrows tries to hold on but Banoe postures up.
Burrows tries to reverse the position but Banoe maintains control.
Burrows tries to hold on but Banoe pushes him away.
Burrows working to try and regain half guard.
Banoe controlling from the full mount.
Burrows is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Banoe tries to clinch but Burrows is having none of it.
Burrows circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burrows throws a jab when Banoe was well out of range.
Banoe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burrows swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Banoe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Burrows pushes Banoe up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Burrows.
Burrows throws a punch but it's blocked by Banoe.
Nice body punch from Burrows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burrows misses with a punch on the inside.
Banoe blocks an uppercut.
Burrows scores with a shot to the side of Banoe's head.
Banoe tries to work over Burrows's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burrows tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banoe's elbow.
Burrows is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Banoe is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrows lands with a short shot to the head.
Burrows lands with a left to the head.
Burrows lands a shot to the body.
Burrows misses with a punch to the body.
Burrows working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Burrows fails to land.
Burrows blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Banoe jumps guard and drags Burrows to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Burrows wants to control from the top but Banoe keeps moving.

Banoe pushes Burrows off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrows throws a series of punches but Banoe avoids them all with ease.
Banoe walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banoe misses with a wild combination.
Banoe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Banoe ducks under a wild hook from Burrows.
Burrows throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burrows.
Banoe tries to close the distance and clinch but Burrows swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burrows blocks a head kick by Banoe.
Banoe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrows connects with a good right hand that stumbles Banoe. Banoe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Burrows looks to land a combination but Banoe avoids it well.
Zach Banoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banoe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burrows swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burrows. Banoe does a little dance to reset his feet.

Burrows clinches with his opponent.
Burrows lands with a light punch inside.
Burrows lands with a short shot to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Burrows.
Burrows is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Banoe can do to turn this around?
Burrows lands a nice shot to the body.
Burrows throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burrows misses with the head strike.
Burrows fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Justin Burrows has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrows misses with a body punch.
Burrows scores with a shot to the side of Banoe's head.
Banoe blocking some punches.

Banoe decides to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burrows trying to move into half guard but instead Banoe has managed to sweep!

Burrows wants to control but Banoe passes easily into half guard.
Burrows trying to control but Banoe postures up.
Banoe wants to take a breather but Burrows is having none of it.
Burrows tries to roll over but Banoe keeps him under control.
Burrows wants to control but Banoe is keeping busy.
Banoe passes into side control, despite Burrows's attempt to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Burrows dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Burrows clinches.
A short left from Burrows.
Burrows prevents a takedown attempt there.
Burrows tries a body shot but Banoe blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burrows.
A short right from Burrows on the inside.

Banoe is rocked!
Burrows throws a head punch that misses.
Banoe is still on wobbly legs! Can Burrows finish him?
Burrows misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banoe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burrows misses with a punch on the inside.
Burrows swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burrows throws a punch but it's blocked by Banoe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banoe.
Burrows working aggressively here.
Banoe blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Burrows fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banoe.
Burrows swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burrows working aggressively here.
Burrows wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burrows fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banoe fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Burrows tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burrows misses with the head strike.
Burrows tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Burrows fails to land.
Burrows misses with a punch on the inside.
Burrows is pressed up against the cage. Banoe has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burrows down to the mat. Burrows avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Justin Burrows has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zach Banoe.
Banoe throws a head kick that misses
and Burrows counters with a crisp right that sends Banoe to the canvas! Burrows follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Burrows!
Justin Burrows thanked the fans post fight for their support.