PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Fairbanks (ranked 993 p4p, 1572 weight class) and Lester Burnham (ranked 56 p4p, 82 weight class). Burnham has chosen All Star Chuck Taylors as his entrance music. Desmond Fairbanks is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Fairbanks
vs
Burnham

173 cm
36
142
31 - 26 - 0

170 cm
27
143
14 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Desmond Fairbanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lester Burnham!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fairbanks slaps away a takedown attempt from Burnham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Burnham shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fairbanks but Fairbanks pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Burnham shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fairbanks napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fairbanks is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Burnham is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fairbanks is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fairbanks wants to get back to his feet but Burnham drags him back down.

Burnham is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fairbanks is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fairbanks is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Fairbanks is trying to stand up here but Burnham is controlling him well.
Burnham is keen to just control but Fairbanks is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fairbanks is trying to stand.

Burnham is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fairbanks pushes Burnham off looking to stand but Burnham dives back in and keeps control.
Burnham is trying to control the action in half guard but Fairbanks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Burnham has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Fairbanks defend it? Burnham steps over the head and cranks it - Fairbanks is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Burnham!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lester Burnham!
After winning the bout, Lester Burnham thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.