PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Pabin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Burton's choice of entrance music: Carcass - Keep on Rotting in the Free World. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Pabin
vs
Burton

200 cm
26
268 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

183 cm
26
260 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Damian Pabin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Fred Burton!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burton connects with the punch.
Pabin looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Burton bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Burton is looking to take a break and control but Pabin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Burton controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pabin down.
Burton throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Burton tries to score with some ground and pound. Pabin controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Burton misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Burton lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

It looks like Damian Pabin has been cut.
Burton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pabin keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pabin tries to bench press Burton off him but Burton keeps the position.
Pabin is not content to let Burton control the position.
Pabin is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton working the body and head with strikes.
Burton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Burton grinds an elbow into Pabin's temple.

Damian Pabin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fred Burton!
Fred Burton decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.