PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fergal Deville (ranked 7248 p4p, 656 weight class) and Cornelius Burns (ranked 5713 p4p, 606 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Deville
vs
Burns

190 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
209 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fergal Deville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cornelius Burns!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deville takes a swing at Burns's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Burns on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Deville throws a lazy uppercut
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
Burns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Deville.
Deville throws a predictable looking body shot
and Burns counters with a left and a right that stings Deville.
Deville lands a head shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Deville!

It looks like Cornelius Burns has been cut.
Deville lands with a right hand.
Deville throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burns makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deville missing with a left hand there. Burns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burns is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Deville with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Deville misses
and Burns counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burns slips a jab from Deville.
Deville misses with a body shot
and Burns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Deville swings widly with a right hand
and Burns counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Burns misses.
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Deville.
Burns has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A big right from Deville misses.
Deville misses with the combination.
Burns swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Deville throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burns throws out a counter right but Deville avoids it with no problem.

Burns darts in and clinches Deville up against the cage.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
Burns scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Burns lands an uppercut.
Burns scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Burns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Deville backwards.
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deville's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Burns pushes Deville back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Deville or not.
A left hand lands to the body for Burns.
Burns scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Burns.

Deville is rocked!
Deville blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
Oh Deville is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burns misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
Burns working aggressively here.
Burns working aggressively here.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Deville blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Deville.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Deville uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Deville blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Deville uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burns working aggressively here.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Deville blocks an uppercut.
Burns misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deville.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Deville definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Deville blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Deville seems to have got his legs back now.
Burns misses with some punches.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
Deville blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Burns scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burns creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Deville's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Deville drops to his knees and Burns pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cornelius Burns!
During a confident post fight interview, Cornelius Burns thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.