PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William S Burroughs (ranked 1246 p4p, 2727 weight class) and Balink Tarlah (ranked 164 p4p, 336 weight class). Burroughs's entrance music is William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burroughs
vs
Tarlah

180 cm
25
189
12 - 9 - 0

179 cm
37
180
21 - 15 - 0

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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William S Burroughs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Balink Tarlah!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burroughs cracks Tarlah with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tarlah swings widly with a right hand
and Tarlah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burroughs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tarlah misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burroughs.
Burroughs darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tarlah swings widly with a right hand
and Burroughs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burroughs thows a left - swing and a miss!

Tarlah instigates a clinch.
Burroughs taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Burroughs stalling in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Burroughs takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Burroughs for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

Tarlah has picked Burroughs up - he's going for a ride! Tarlah dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Tarlah throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Burroughs is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tarlah is thwarting Burroughs's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burroughs keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tarlah drops an elbow to the side of Burroughs's head.
Tarlah throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Burroughs wants to improve his position but Tarlah is controlling well.
Burroughs is controlling Tarlah's trapped leg to prevent Tarlah from advancing to side control.
Burroughs works his way to full guard. Good work.
Burroughs is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Burroughs wants to stand and escape but Tarlah is having none of it.
Burroughs seems keen to control Tarlah's posture.
Burroughs is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs is trying to control the action in half guard but Tarlah is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've been hearing that Burroughs has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Tarlah is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burroughs scores with a couple of nice shots.
Burroughs throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Burroughs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Burroughs wants to free his trapped foot but Tarlah is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Burroughs scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Burroughs wants to control but Tarlah is keeping him busy.
Tarlah blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burroughs.
Tarlah is refusing to be controlled, as Burroughs sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tarlah blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burroughs.
Tarlah slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tarlah avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tarlah 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 throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tarlah keeping moving, preventing Burroughs from controlling successfully.
Burroughs lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarlah has momentary wrist control but Burroughs slips an elbow through the middle.
Tarlah keeping moving, preventing Burroughs from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burroughs accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tarlah not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Burroughs lands a couple of elbows.
Burroughs pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tarlah is keeping the position for now.
Burroughs is working hard here to advance position.
Burroughs in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

William S Burroughs dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Burroughs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tarlah.
Tarlah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burroughs.
Tarlah defending well as Burroughs loads up on a big left hand.
Tarlah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tarlah displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burroughs throws out the jab.
Balink Tarlah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tarlah misses with a hook
and Burroughs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tarlah throws a hook but Burroughs avoids it easily.
Burroughs was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice cross by Tarlah.

It looks like William S Burroughs has been cut.
Nice shot by Tarlah.
Tarlah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Burroughs counters with a left to the body.
Tarlah bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Burroughs's head.

Burroughs is rocked!
Burroughs ducks under a wild hook from Tarlah.
Oh Burroughs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tarlah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tarlah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Burroughs was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Burroughs slips under a jab.
Tarlah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tarlah shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Burroughs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tarlah.
Tarlah looks to land a right hand but Burroughs moved out of range.
Tarlah throws an overhand right that drops Burroughs like a sack of potatoes! Tarlah dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balink Tarlah!
Balink Tarlah thanked the fans post fight for their support.