PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Burris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamed Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Burris
vs
Khalidov

160 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pierre Burris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mamed Khalidov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khalidov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burris is looking to break free of the clinch but Khalidov has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Khalidov.
Burris throws an elbow but it misses.
Khalidov fails to pull guard.
Burris missing with knees to the body.
Khalidov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khalidov is looking to take this one to the mat.
Khalidov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Burris tries to pull guard but Khalidov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Khalidov has had enough of the clinch but Burris keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Khalidov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Khalidov tries to pull guard but Burris forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pierre Burris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamed Khalidov.
Burris misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Khalidov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khalidov misses with a combination
and Burris counters with a big head kick but Khalidov shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khalidov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Burris to the mat! Burris manages to get full guard.
Burris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Burris keeping moving, preventing Khalidov from controlling successfully.
Burris might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Burris is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Khalidov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Khalidov stands up and beckons Burris to his feet.
Burris blocks the body kick.
Burris half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov misses with the body kick
and Burris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Khalidov.
Khalidov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khalidov fails to land the takedown.
Burris is looking to counter the offense by Khalidov and move into the clinch.
Khalidov looks winded!
Khalidov is looking to clinch.
Khalidov shoots in and drives through. Burris sprawls well.
Burris throws a quick counter head kick but Khalidov was just out of range.
Khalidov looks for a takedown but Burris sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Khalidov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burris.
Khalidov just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBurris.
Khalidov shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Burris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Burris has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khalidov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Burris lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burris can't get the takedown.
Burris tries to land knees in the clinch but Khalidov avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burris lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burris scores with a hook to the body.
Khalidov tries to pull guard but Burris forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Burris wants to stall.
Burris dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Khalidov has had enough of the clinch but Burris keeps him there for the moment.
Burris lands an elbow inside.

Burris has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Khalidov clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khalidov is in bad spot here.
Burris cracks Khalidov with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Khalidov from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Burris dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Burris pushes Khalidov up against the cage in a clinch.
Burris stops a takedown attempt from Khalidov.
Khalidov wants to take the fight to the mat but Burris manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Burris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khalidov.
Khalidov can't break the clinch.
Khalidov is trying to break free.
Burris landing knees to the body.
Burris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khalidov can do to turn this around?
Burris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burris prevents the takedown attempt.
Pierre Burris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamed Khalidov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burris stalling in the clinch but Khalidov improves position.
Khalidov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Khalidov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Khalidov is breathing heavily.
Khalidov misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Khalidov pulls his leg out and moves away.

Burris clinches with his opponent.
Burris putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Khalidov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Burris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khalidov letting Burris take a breather here.
Khalidov avoiding damage as Burris throws knees to the body.
Burris is looking to break free of the clinch but Khalidov has double underhooks.
Burris wants to take the fight to the mat but Khalidov manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Khalidov is trying to pull guard but Burris turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Burris.
Burris scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burris is struggling to control the position.
Khalidov looking to slow down the pace here.
Burris working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burris digs a right hand into Khalidov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khalidov's gas tank.
Burris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burris doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burris missing with knees to the body.
Khalidov tries to pull guard but Burris holds him up against the cage and eventually Khalidov drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Burris.
Burris tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khalidov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Burris wants to take the fight to the mat but Khalidov manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Khalidov pulls Burris into guard.
Burris throwing strikes but missing.
Khalidov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khalidov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Khalidov might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Burris haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Khalidov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burris.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Burris wants to stand but Khalidov is controlling his posture from full guard.
Khalidov trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Burris clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Burris dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Burris is looking to clinch but Khalidov is avoiding it.
Khalidov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Khalidov misses with a takedown
and Burris counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Khalidov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Khalidov is looking to clinch but Burris is avoiding it.
Khalidov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Burris as he avoids it easily.
Burris wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Khalidov tries to close the distance and clinch but Burris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalidov swats away the attempt to clinch by Burris.
Khalidov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khalidov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Khalidov tries to get set, Burris tries to push him back and clinch up but Khalidov manages to avoid the attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalidov misses with a head kick.
Pierre Burris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khalidov shoots in for a double leg but Burris sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pierre Burris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamed Khalidov.
Khalidov shoots in but no luck this time.
Burris is looking to counter with head kicks.

Burris has managed to clinch.

Burris jumps guard.
Burris is trying to control the position but Khalidov postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Khalidov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov stopping the sweep attempt from Burris.
Burris is trying to keep Khalidov in close.
Khalidov prevents Burris from getting back to his feet.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Burris trying to control the position here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Burris tries to clinch up.
Burris shoots in for a takedown but Khalidov shows good takedown defense.
Khalidov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Burris clinches up with Khalidov and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burris lands a right hand.
Khalidov is trying to pull guard but Burris turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Burris as the two fighters clinch.
Khalidov blocks an elbow strike.
Burris lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pierre Burris has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khalidov prevents a body shot from Burris.
Burris prevents Khalidov from breaking the clinch.
Burris leaning against his opponent.
Khalidov is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Khalidov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Burris lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burris has Khalidov pressed against the cage, preventing Khalidov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalidov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burris walks away with a smile on his face. Khalidov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Burris instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Burris landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Khalidov tries to stall but Burris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Burris gets control of Khalidov's arms and successfully pulls guard. Burris will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Burris will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Burris looking for a guillotine here but Khalidov defends easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Khalidov trying to control but Burris is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Burris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burris 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Burris!