PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Speedos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burton comes to the cage accompanied by Carcass - Keep on Rotting in the Free World. Speedos has chosen spee 2 as his entrance music. Fred Burton looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Burton
vs
Speedos

183 cm
27
274 lbs
23 - 16 - 1

200 cm
28
255 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Determined

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 23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Fred Burton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ken Speedos!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Speedos misses.
Burton looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A big left from Speedos misses.
Speedos throws the kick towards the body but Burton avoids it.
Burton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Speedos can pounce on him.
Speedos throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Speedos is looking to land body kicks.
Good work by Burton as he checks the leg kick.
Burton moves out of range of the strikes.
Speedos lands a head kick!
No luck for Speedos with that takedown attempt.
Speedos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Speedos swinging wildly here.
Speedos motions for Burton to come forward. Speedos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Speedos misses with a body punch
and Burton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Speedos tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Speedos duly obliges.
Burton defending well as Speedos loads up on a big left hand.
Speedos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Speedos jabs Burton to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Burton scores with a takedown into Speedos's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Speedos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Burton manages to get himself to full guard.
Speedos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Speedos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Speedos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speedos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Speedos advances to half guard.
Speedos winds up and cracks Burton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speedos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Speedos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Speedos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Speedos there.
Speedos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Speedos works his way into side control.
Speedos grinds an elbow into Burton's temple.
Speedos cracks Burton with a big elbow.
Speedos scores with a couple of short elbows.
Speedos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Burton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Speedos working the head and body with strikes.
Burton takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Speedos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Speedos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speedos working the head with strikes.
Speedos scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Burton to see if he's OK.
Speedos in side control lands a decent elbow.
Speedos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Burton is rocked!
A big shot lands for Speedos! That's hurt Burton! Will he recover? Speedos fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Speedos!
During a confident post fight interview, Ken Speedos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.