PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brad Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Szczakowiecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Speech Cobras. Tomasz Szczakowiecki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burns
vs
Szczakowiecki

188 cm
30
143 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

169 cm
34
145 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomasz Szczakowiecki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns misses with a left hand
letting Szczakowiecki counter with a right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Szczakowiecki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burns.
Burns lands with a cross.
Burns lands a nice shot that snaps Szczakowiecki's head back.
Szczakowiecki thows a body shot but no joy.
Burns ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Szczakowiecki lands with a right hand.
Burns throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burns really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Szczakowiecki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Burns clinches up with Szczakowiecki and pushes him back against the cage.
Burns misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Szczakowiecki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns feints and then cracks Szczakowiecki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Szczakowiecki down.
Szczakowiecki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burns connects with a jab.
Burns moves in looking to clinch but Szczakowiecki pushes him off.
Burns lands with a nice combination. Szczakowiecki backs away looking to recover.
Burns darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Burns moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Szczakowiecki looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.
Szczakowiecki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Burns closes the distance and clinches.

Burns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns lands a jab.
Burns looks to throw the jab but Szczakowiecki is out of range.
Burns misses with a head kick.
Burns scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Szczakowiecki walks into a stiff left hand from Burns.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns connects with a high kick.
Szczakowiecki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Some wild striking there from Burns.
Burns moves away from the strike by Szczakowiecki.
A head kick misses from Burns.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Szczakowiecki digs a good body shot into Burns's ribs.

Szczakowiecki instigates a clinch.
Burns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nice body punch from Burns - that landed with a thud.
Burns is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Burns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burns connects with a good right hand that stumbles Szczakowiecki. Szczakowiecki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Burns comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Burns throws a head kick that misses.
Burns fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Szczakowiecki is out of range.
Burns throws a solid leg kick but Szczakowiecki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burns.
Burns is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Burns misses with a lunging right hand
and Szczakowiecki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Szczakowiecki drops Burns with a beautiful combination! Burns stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Szczakowiecki is looking for the KO!

Burns is rocked!
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
Brad Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns defending well as Szczakowiecki loads up on a big left hand.
Szczakowiecki throws a jab when Burns was well out of range.
Szczakowiecki lands a body shot.
Burns lands a jab to the nose.
Szczakowiecki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burns.
Burns looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Szczakowiecki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burns misses with a combination

and Szczakowiecki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Szczakowiecki.
Burns misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tomasz Szczakowiecki will probably get the nod.
That's time! Burns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Szczakowiecki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burns was well out of range. Poor timing from Szczakowiecki.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Burns does no damage.
Burns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Szczakowiecki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Burns misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A lazy left from Burns finds it's target.
Nice jab there from Burns.
Burns fails to land with a series of punches.
Burns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Burns misses.
A slow jab from Szczakowiecki misses its intended target.
Burns jabs Szczakowiecki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Szczakowiecki misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burns moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brad Burns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Burns moves into the clinch successfully.
Burns misses with some punches.
Szczakowiecki prevents a body shot from Burns.

Szczakowiecki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Szczakowiecki checks the leg kick.
Burns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Szczakowieckis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Szczakowiecki 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.
Szczakowiecki stalks Burns and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Burns's face. Burns staggers backwards, shaken.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Burns lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Szczakowiecki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Szczakowiecki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Burns clinches.

Burns breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns is looking to slow Szczakowiecki down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Szczakowiecki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Szczakowiecki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Szczakowiecki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Szczakowiecki throws a hook but Burns avoids it easily.
Burns scores with a jab to the jaw.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Szczakowiecki was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns.
Szczakowiecki slips a jab and a cross from Burns.
Burns connects with a single shot there.
Szczakowiecki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Szczakowiecki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Szczakowiecki.
Burns is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Burns throws a sloppy head kick and Szczakowiecki moves out of range easily.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch but Szczakowiecki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Szczakowiecki lands a right hook to the body.
Burns throws a half hearted mid kick.
No joy there for Szczakowiecki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burns rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Szczakowiecki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Szczakowiecki is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Szczakowiecki throws the left hand but Burns avoids the punch easily.
Burns throws a nice looking combination but Szczakowiecki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Burns throws a head kick but Szczakowiecki moves out of range.

Burns fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Szczakowiecki, pushing him back against the cage.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Burns tries to throw a body punch but Szczakowiecki avoids it by throwing Burns back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Szczakowiecki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Burns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Szczakowiecki is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Szczakowiecki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Burns tries a low kick but Szczakowiecki avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Szczakowiecki avoids the body shot from Burns.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Szczakowiecki cracks Burns with a good jab.
Burns closes the distance but Szczakowiecki moves to the side
and Szczakowiecki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oh Burns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Szczakowiecki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Burns dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Burns tries to land a body kick
and Szczakowiecki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Burns seems to have got his legs back now.
Tomasz Szczakowiecki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burns scores with a crisp jab that stopped Szczakowiecki in his tracks.
Burns throws the left hand but Szczakowiecki avoids the punch easily.
Burns wants to clinch.
Szczakowiecki misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Szczakowiecki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Szczakowiecki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Burns lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Szczakowiecki checks a leg kick.
Burns moves out of range of the strikes.

Szczakowiecki has Burns up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki lands a nice shot to the body.
Burns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Szczakowiecki's elbow.

Szczakowiecki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Szczakowiecki.
Szczakowiecki swinging wildly here.
Burns throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burns is looking to clinch but Szczakowiecki is avoiding it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burns.

Burns gets a clinch.
Szczakowiecki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Szczakowiecki struggles to land a body shot inside as Burns controls his hands.
Szczakowiecki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki struggles to land a body shot inside as Burns controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Burns.
Szczakowiecki blocks a body shot from Burns.
Szczakowiecki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burns lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns tries to throw a body punch but Szczakowiecki avoids it by throwing Burns back against the cage.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Burns looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
Szczakowiecki lands an uppercut.

Szczakowiecki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns is looking to clinch.
Burns missing with a left hand there. Szczakowiecki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Szczakowiecki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki misses with a looping left.
Szczakowiecki connects with a jab.
Burns dodges the punch combination from Szczakowiecki.
Burns moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Burns scores with a leg kick.
Burns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A head kick misses from Burns.
Szczakowiecki staying out of range there.
Burns missing with a left hand there. Szczakowiecki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burns looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burns moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczakowiecki throws a series of punches but Burns moves out of range.
Burns throws a head kick that Szczakowiecki semi-blocks.
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Burns gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short uppercut from Szczakowiecki.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns struggles to land a body shot inside as Szczakowiecki controls his hands.
Burns is looking to break free of the clinch but Szczakowiecki has double underhooks.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Szczakowiecki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Brad Burns has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burns misses with a punch on the inside.
Burns struggles to land a body shot inside as Szczakowiecki controls his hands.
Szczakowiecki swings wildly with an uppercut but Burns uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burns has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Brad Burns!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Brad Burns!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Brad Burns!

Brad Burns wins by unanimous decision!
Post fight, an emotional Brad Burns said 'I am the best striker in the world, my boxing is incredible and so are my team and supporters. This guy is a chump and didn't deserve to be in the ring with me tonight. I want a Title again, and i'll beat the hell out of anyone to do it.'.