PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zakaria Burch (ranked 2770 p4p, 2341 weight class) and Tempest Frank (ranked 93 p4p, 75 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Burch
vs
Frank

225 cm
25
300
2 - 1 - 0

206 cm
25
265
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zakaria Burch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tempest Frank!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Frank doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burch stalling against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Frank as Burch tries to tie him up.
Burch definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Frank misses with a knee to the head.
Burch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Frank.
Burch is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Frank using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank misses with a hook to the ribs.
Frank doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Burch breaks the clinch.
Burch feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Franks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Frank moves out of range as Burch strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burch misses with a right hand
and Frank connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frank avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Frank clinches.
Burch tries to land a knee to the head but Frank blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Frank.
Frank tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Frank unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Burch is breathing heavily.
Frank missing with knees to the body.
Frank lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burch tries to stall but Frank uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Frank throws a knee to the head but misses.
Frank blocks an uppercut.
Frank scores with a nice hook to the head.
Frank lands a hook that snaps the head of Burch backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Burch fails to land.
Burch misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burch misses with a body punch.
Burch swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frank lands a body punch in the clinch.
Frank with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Frank lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burch backwards.
Frank lands a body shot.
Frank tries to land knees in the clinch but Burch avoids the damage to the body.
Frank lands a body punch in the clinch.
Frank tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Frank utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Frank scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A knee to the head by Frank.
Frank lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Frank - that landed with a thud.
Frank goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Frank tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Frank goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Frank connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Zakaria Burch has been cut.
Frank is leaning against Burch and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Frank lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frank lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Burch backwards.

Burch is rocked!
Frank lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Burch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burch tries to circle away but Frank has him pinned against the cage.
Frank creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Burch's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Burch drops to his knees and Frank pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tempest Frank!