PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Burgess (ranked 24937 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derick Fourie (ranked 4890 p4p, 0 weight class). Derick Fourie has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Leonard Burgess's chin.

Burgess
vs
Fourie

178 cm
19
214 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

193 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Leonard Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Derick Fourie!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fourie lands a nice looking body kick.

Fourie rushes Burgess and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Burgess ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Burgess no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Burgess is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fourie is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgess lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Fourie wants to sweep here but Burgess controlling him for the moment.
Fourie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Burgess scoring with punches to the head and body.
Burgess wants to stand but Fourie has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fourie is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fourie tries to score a body lock takedown but Burgess shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fourie wants to stall.
Fourie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Burgess pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Fourie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burgess gets underhooks to prevent Fourie's takedown attempt.
Leonard Burgess has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derick Fourie.

Burgess pulls guard effortlessly.

Fourie stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fourie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Burgess as he jumps to the side.

Burgess looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Fourie!
Fourie takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on Fourie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fourie looks winded!
Burgess working the head with strikes.
Burgess working the ground and pound.

Burgess stands up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick by Burgess misses
and Fourie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fourie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fourie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burgess looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Burgess looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burgess's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fourie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Burgess makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burgess cracks Fourie with a solid left hand.
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.
Burgess working some strikes from top position.
Burgess scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burgess lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burgess cracks Fourie with a solid left hand.
Burgess postures up and lands a big shot to Fourie's brow.
Burgess scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Burgess stands up and waves to Fourie to follow him.
Fourie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Burgess does no damage.
A head kick misses from Burgess.
Fourie is looking for the big counter here.
Burgess defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fourie.
Burgess seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Fourie avoids the head kick by Burgess.
Fourie tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Burgess feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burgess stopping the sweep attempt from Fourie.
Burgess lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burgess postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Burgess scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Burgess with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Burgess gets to his feet. Fourie looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Fourie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Burgess dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Burgess dives in and scores a takedown into Fourie's guard.

Fourie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Burgess working some strikes from top position.
Burgess with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fourie looking for a sweep. Not yet Fourie, not yet.
Burgess postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Burgess keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fourie's head.
Burgess is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fourie can do to turn this around?
Fourie is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgess working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Fourie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Burgess stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Burgess fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fourie, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burgess wants the takedown. Fourie is fighting it off but Burgess persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Fourie's guard against the cage.
Burgess scoring with some ground and pound.
Burgess distracts Fourie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Burgess stands up over Fourie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Burgess postures up and lands a big shot to Fourie's brow.
Burgess preventing the sweep.
Burgess working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fourie's head.
Burgess cracks Fourie with a solid left hand.
Burgess connects with a couple of short punches.
Burgess won't allow Fourie to get back to his feet.
Burgess keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fourie's head.
Fourie has momentary wrist control but Burgess slips an elbow through the middle.
Burgess makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burgess scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Burgess content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Burgess stands up over Fourie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Burgess stands up and waves to Fourie to follow him.
Burgess throws a head kick that misses.
Fourie is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Burgess bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Burgess looks up at the clock and then as Fourie takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Burgess smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Burgess working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Fourie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fourie is working to avoid the ground and pound but Burgess connects with a decent elbow.
Burgess working away.
Burgess working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fourie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Burgess lands an elbow.

Burgess has hold of Fourie's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Fourie tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Burgess cranks the arm and Fourie screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Fourie, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Leonard Burgess!