PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Burns (ranked 3805 p4p, 24283 weight class) and Halt Warris (ranked 445 p4p, 646 weight class). Warris comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alarm Clock kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Burns
vs
Warris

215 cm
25
275
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
26
254
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Altitude Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Halt Warris!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Burns moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Burns.
Burns is pressed up against the cage. Warris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burns down to the mat. Burns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Warris tries to close the distance and clinch but Burns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Warris shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Burns manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Warris stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Warris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burns, pushing him back against the cage.
Warris takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Halt Warris has been cut.
Burns stalling.
Warris looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
Warris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Warris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burns lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Warris jumps into guard, dragging Burns to the mat.
Warris tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Burns gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Burns clinches.
Warris is looking to break free of the clinch but Burns has double underhooks.
Burns stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Burns is pressed up against the cage. Warris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burns down to the mat. Burns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Burns takes the fight into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Burns controlling the action here for a moment.
Burns with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Warris's elbow.
Burns leaning against his opponent.
Burns is pressed up against the cage. Warris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burns down to the mat. Burns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Benny Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Halt Warris.

Burns forces Warris back against the cage and clinches.
Burns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Warris backwards.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Burns content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Burns gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Warris is trying to pull guard but Burns turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Burns - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Warris is trying to pull guard but Burns turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warris tries to pull guard but Burns forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Warris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Burns misses with a body punch.
Burns putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Warris in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Burns.
Burns is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Warris is trying to pull guard but Burns has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Burns.
Burns leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Burns.

Burns moves into the clinch.
Warris takes a knee to the side of the body.
Warris looks winded!
Knees to the body from Burns.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burns.
Burns just leaning against Warris, taking a breather.
Burns gets through Warris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Burns lands an elbow just above Warris 's eye.

That has opened up Halt Warris's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns stalling the fight.
Burns lands an elbow just above Warris 's eye.

The cut above Halt Warris's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Warris takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burns scores with a shot to the side of Warris's head.

Halt Warris's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Stalling in the clinch from Burns.
Warris is trying to pull guard but Burns turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Burns.
Come on Burns - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Burns lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Halt Warris's cut.
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.

Burns gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Warris tries to pull guard but Burns holds him up against the cage and eventually Warris drops back down to his feet.
Burns has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Burns is pressed up against the cage. Warris has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burns down to the mat. Burns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Warris shoots for a double leg takedown but Burns sprawls well. He's pushed Warris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Benny Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Halt Warris.
No luck for Warris with that takedown attempt.
Burns wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Warris.
Nice takedown defense from Burns. No joy for Warris on that attempt.

Burns closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Warris is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Burns - that landed with a thud.
Burns with a knee to the head.
Burns scores with a knee to the head.

Warris is rocked!
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Warris can do to turn this around?
Burns lands with a short shot to the head.
Warris is still on wobbly legs! Can Burns finish him?

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Halt Warris's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Benny Burns!
After the fight, Benny Burns was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.