PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johny Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Just Joshin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by "Firestarter" by The Prodigy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burns
vs
Joshin

180 cm
23
183 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

150 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johny Burns!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Just Joshin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joshin shoots in and drives through. Burns sprawls well.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Joshin shoots in for a double leg but Burns sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Joshin shoots in for a takedown but Burns shows good takedown defense.
Johny Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Just Joshin.
Joshin shoots in but no luck this time.
Burns pivots, looking for a leg kick but Joshin is out of range and Burns settles back down.
Burns throws a leg kick which misses Joshin's front leg but catches the back leg as Joshin tries to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Joshin blocks the leg kick.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Joshin moves out of range as Burns throws a body kick.
Joshin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Burns but Burns pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Joshin moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burns throws the kick towards the body but Joshin avoids it.
Burns lands a jab to the head.
Burns stuffs the takedown attempt from Joshin. Joshin gets slowly back to his feet.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Johny Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joshin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns. That's going to slow Joshin down.
Burns shoots and misses

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshin wants to control but Burns is keeping him busy.
Burns gets back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Joshin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Burns defends it well.
Joshin looks gassed!

Burns looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Joshin is looking for a kimura but Burns is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Joshin to get the leverage.
Burns gets back to full guard.
Burns throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Joshin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burns is keeping the position for now.
Joshin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Joshin advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshin trying to control the position but Burns is working away.
Burns is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Joshin's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Joshin is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Burns has managed to free his arm - good work.
Joshin blocks the strikes from Burns.
Burns slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Burns is on top in guard.

Burns avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Joshin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burns is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns landing some decent shots from guard.

Joshin has his foot on Burns's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Burns works his way back into a safe position though.
Joshin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Burns content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Burns is in close to Joshin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Burns trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Burns avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Burns sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Joshin's guard.
Joshin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burns scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joshin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Joshin is trying to maintain the position but Burns is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johny Burns dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Joshin avoids the body shot from Burns.
Joshin moves in looking to clinch but Burns pushes him off.
Joshin checks a leg kick nicely.
Burns fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Joshin is out of range.
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joshin blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Burns misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns shoots and misses

and Joshin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Burns's guard.
Burns thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burns wants to sweep here but Joshin controlling him for the moment.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Joshin from controlling successfully.

Joshin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Joshin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Joshin wants to pass the guard but Burns is keeping the position.

Joshin drops back looking for a leg! Burns is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Burns manages to kick Joshin off! Joshin jumps back into Burns's guard.
Joshin works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns moves into full guard.
Joshin stopping the sweep attempt from Burns.
Joshin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Burns's guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Burns manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Joshin stopping the sweep attempt from Burns.
Joshin tries to free his leg and advance position but Burns is retaining full guard.

Joshin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Joshin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Joshin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Joshin is looking to advance position but Burns has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Burns.
Burns lands with some strikes.
Burns scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Joshin is trying desperately to improve position.
Joshin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Burns lands a nice shot to the head.
Burns breaks from Joshin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Burns avoids the attempt from Joshin to control.
Burns looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Joshin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Burns punishing his opponent with strikes.
Burns scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Joshin is desperately trying to improve his position but Burns has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns working the ground and pound effectively.
Burns landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Burns cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Joshin regains half guard.
Joshin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Johny Burns overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Joshin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burns is one step ahead there.
Burns throws a big right hand that misses.
Joshin trying to keep a closed guard but Burns is proving a slippery customer.
Burns 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.

Joshin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Johny Burns will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Burns misses with an uppercut.
Burns looks to land a right hand but Joshin moved out of range.
Burns shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Joshin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Burns's guard now.
Joshin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Joshin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Joshin drops back looking for a leg! Burns is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Burns manages to kick Joshin off! Joshin jumps back into Burns's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Burns is on top in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshin looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Burns avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Joshin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Burns passes Joshin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Burns is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Joshin!
Burns pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Burns lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Burns lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Joshin is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Burns lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Joshin hang on?
Burns scoring with strikes but Joshin is staying in there.
Burns breaks from Joshin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Joshin is desperately trying to improve his position but Burns has a good base and remains in mount.
Burns scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Joshin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Joshin wants to control but Burns is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Joshin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Burns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Joshin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Burns is working hard here to advance position.
Joshin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Burns manages to get himself to full guard.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Joshin from controlling successfully.
Burns throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Joshin pushes down on Burns's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Joshin uses his free foot to push down on Burns's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Burns.
Burns really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns has given up his back. Will we see Joshin going for some submissions?
Burns tries to escape but Joshin has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Joshin controlling from the back.
Burns tries to escape but Joshin has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Joshin working for a choke but Burns is defending well.
Burns manages to reverse the position and now he's in Joshin's guard. Nice work there by Burns.
Joshin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burns is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Just Joshin really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Joshin avoids a kick to the body.
Joshin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Burns misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Burns gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Joshin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burns swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Joshin is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Burns trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burns working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Joshin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Joshin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Joshin from controlling successfully.
Joshin passes into half guard.
Joshin passes to side control.
Joshin tries to advance to mount but Burns denies him.
Joshin works to advance to full mount. Burns defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Burns flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Burns throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns has given up his back here. Will Joshin look for the submission or keep pounding away?

Joshin is persistently looking for the submission but Burns is defending it well.

Joshin is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Burns defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Burns breaks Joshin's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Burns lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burns chips away with some ground and pound.

Joshin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Burns doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Burns manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Joshin looking to control.
Burns lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns stands up over Joshin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Joshin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burns is one step ahead there.

Joshin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burns slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Joshin tries to bench press Burns off him but Burns keeps the position.
Burns working the head with strikes.
Burns cracks Joshin with a big elbow.
Joshin tries to improve position but can't.
Burns working the head and body with strikes.

Burns is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Joshin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Burns working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Joshin struggling a bit here.
Burns throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Burns looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Joshin is looking for a sweep.
Joshin regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Just Joshin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Burns misses with a leg kick.

Burns looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Joshin moves into full guard.

Joshin isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Burns stacks Joshin on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Burns!
Joshin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Joshin sneaks back into half guard.
Burns will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Joshin is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Burns pulls his head out easily.
Burns passes to side control.
Burns advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshin working to try and regain half guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Burns with a couple of short strikes.
Burns landing strikes from the mount.

Burns looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Burns thowing shots but they're missing.
Joshin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Joshin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Burns trying to strike off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Joshin from controlling successfully.
Joshin tries to free his leg and advance position but Burns is retaining full guard.
Joshin preventing the sweep.
Joshin trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.

Joshin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Burns is looking to slow Joshin down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Joshin instigates a clinch.
Joshin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Burns pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Burns is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Joshin pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Burns gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Joshin wants to control but Burns is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Burns thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Joshin's head.
Joshin wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.

Joshin actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joshin wants to get back to full guard.
Burns working over Joshin with some ground and pound. Joshin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Joshin is in trouble now - Burns has advanced to mount!
Burns prevents Joshin from getting the reversal.
Burns fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Burns with good strikes from the mount here!
Joshin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Burns lands a nice short elbow.

Joshin looking for submissions off his back.
Burns is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Johny Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johny Burns!
Johny Burns is the new welterweight champion!