PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Captain Tessin (ranked 6519 p4p, 6143 weight class) and Jimmy Burroughs (ranked 631 p4p, 597 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Tessin
vs
Burroughs

177 cm
19
155
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
169
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Captain Tessin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Burroughs!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tessin moves into range and clinches up with Burroughs.
Tessin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Burroughs just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tessin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burroughs.

Tessin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tessin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Burroughs's guard.
Tessin chips away with some ground and pound.
Tessin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tessin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tessin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tessin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Burroughs works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Burroughs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tessin is one step ahead there.
Burroughs is controlling Tessin's posture.
Tessin throws a big elbow that misses.
Tessin stopping the sweep attempt from Burroughs.
Tessin is pushing down on Burroughs's leg trying to pass to half guard. Burroughs is fighting to maintain full guard but Tessin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Tessin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tessin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Burroughs's head.
Tessin thows a huge punch but Burroughs dodges it nicely.
Burroughs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Burroughs is looking to improve his position.
Burroughs avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tessin.
Tessin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tessin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tessin lands strikes from half guard.
Burroughs moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Burroughs trying to keep a closed guard but Tessin is proving a slippery customer.
Tessin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tessin won't allow Burroughs to sweep him here.
Tessin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tessin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Burroughs looking for a sweep. Not yet Burroughs, not yet.
Tessin 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Burroughs looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tessin throws a strike but Burroughs rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Tessin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Burroughs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tessin is trying to keep Burroughs in close.
Burroughs wants to pass the guard but Tessin is keeping the position.
Tessin wants to stand but Burroughs is controlling the position.
Tessin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Burroughs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tessin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tessin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tessin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burroughs.
Tessin controls Burroughs momentarily but Burroughs frees himself.
Tessin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burroughs is one step ahead there.
Tessin is pulling down on Burroughs's head to control his posture.
Burroughs stopping the sweep attempt from Tessin.
Tessin trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burroughs not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tessin trying to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tessin. Burroughs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burroughs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burroughs swings for the body but Tessin moves out of range.
Tessin throws an off balance right hand

and Burroughs counters with a takedown into side control.
Tessin is looking for a sweep.
Burroughs is looking to take a break and control but Tessin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burroughs landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Captain Tessin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Horrible takedown attempt by Tessin or perhaps it was just good defense by Burroughs, which made it look bad.
Tessin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burroughs looks to land a right hand but Tessin moved out of range.
Tessin is looking to counter the offense by Burroughs and move into the clinch.
A big right from Burroughs misses.

Tessin drives through and clinches with Burroughs against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Burroughs fails to land.
Tessin tries to break the clinch but Burroughs is controlling the position.
Tessin has a couple of punches blocked by Burroughs.
Burroughs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tessin can't get the takedown.
Burroughs prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Captain Tessin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burroughs lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Tessin decides to pull guard.
Tessin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tessin looking to control.
Tessin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Burroughs is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burroughs chips away with some ground and pound.
Burroughs postures up in Tessin's guard and throws a big left but Tessin blocks it.
Tessin controlling Burroughs's posture.
Tessin keeping moving, preventing Burroughs from controlling successfully.
Tessin is trying to keep Burroughs in close.
Tessin is really struggling to control Burroughs but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tessin tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Burroughs is stalling in the full guard.
Burroughs trying to control the position from guard on top but Tessin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burroughs throws a big elbow that misses.
Burroughs controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Burroughs keeps the fight on the outside.

Burroughs moves into the clinch.
Tessin is trying to drag Burroughs to the mat but Burroughs just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Burroughs lands with a light punch inside.
Burroughs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tessin tries to circle away but Burroughs has him pinned against the cage.
Burroughs is stalling here.
The referee calls for Burroughs to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tessin is trying to pull guard but Burroughs has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Burroughs.
Tessin can't break the clinch.
Burroughs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Burroughs fails to land.
Tessin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Burroughs after a bit of a struggle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tessin.

Burroughs is trying to trip Tessin. He has hold of a leg but Tessin is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Burroughs persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Burroughs is fighting to break Tessin's control of his arms but Tessin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Burroughs preventing the sweep.
Burroughs throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Burroughs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burroughs postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Burroughs trying to control but Tessin is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tessin wants to stand and escape but Burroughs is having none of it.
Burroughs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tessin managing to control the position.
Tessin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Burroughs manages to get himself to full guard.

Tessin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tessin is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Tessin working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burroughs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tessin is one step ahead there.
Burroughs is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Burroughs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! 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.

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tessin is defended easily by Burroughs.
Burroughs misses the shot to the body.
Burroughs moves out of range of the strikes.
Tessin tries to clinch up but Burroughs circles away and keeps his distance.
Tessin looks to throw the jab but Burroughs is out of range.
Burroughs circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Burroughs.
Tessin misses with a wild body shot.
Burroughs throws a shot from downtown. Tessin moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tessin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tessin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burroughs throws out the jab.
Captain Tessin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burroughs slips under a jab from Tessin.
Burroughs throws a hook but Tessin avoids it easily.

Tessin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tessin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Burroughs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burroughs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Tessin breaks from the clinch.

Burroughs shoots in and gets a takedown into Tessin's guard.
Burroughs being controlled here momentarily.
Tessin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burroughs lands a couple of digs.
Burroughs tries to free his leg and advance position but Tessin is retaining full guard.
Burroughs throwing strikes from guard but Tessin blocks nicely.
Burroughs postures up.
Tessin is pulling down on Burroughs's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tessin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burroughs is one step ahead there.
Burroughs postures up.
Burroughs is stalling in the full guard.
Tessin is trying to control the position but Burroughs postures up.
Burroughs connects with a couple of short punches.
Burroughs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tessin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tessin is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Tessin wants to sweep here but Burroughs controlling him for the moment.
Tessin wants to stand but Burroughs is controlling the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tessin looking for a sweep. Not yet Tessin, not yet.
Burroughs postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tessin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tessin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Tessin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tessin is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tessin shoots in for a double leg but Burroughs sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tessin throws a hook but Burroughs avoids it easily.
Burroughs appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Burroughs slips under a jab from Tessin.
Burroughs tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A punch lands to the side of Tessin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burroughs misses with a straight right.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Burroughs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tessin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Burroughs avoids it really well and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Burroughs! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Captain Tessin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tessin looks to land a left hand but Burroughs moved out of range nicely.
Tessin tries to clinch up.
Burroughs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tessin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tessin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burroughs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tessin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burroughs was well out of range. Poor timing from Tessin.
Burroughs lands with a cross.
Burroughs misses with a straight right.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tessin doesn't manage to clinch there - Burroughs circles away.
Burroughs swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tessin lands a nice shot to the body.
Tessin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burroughs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burroughs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tessin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Burroughs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burroughs has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Burroughs!
In his post fight interview, Jimmy Burroughs started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.