PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Homer Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Yoda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoda has chosen Star Wars Theme as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burns
vs
Yoda

170 cm
22
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Homer Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Master Yoda!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoda lands a glancing blow to the side of Burns's head.
A punch combination from Burns misses.
Burns connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice sprawl there from Yoda as Burns shoots in.
Yoda thows a body shot but no joy.
A left lands for Burns.
Burns tries to clinch up but Yoda circles away and keeps his distance.
Burns checks a leg kick nicely.
Yoda falls off balance throwing a combination

and Burns counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Yoda's guard now.

Yoda working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Burns has passed into half guard!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoda wants to improve his position but Burns is controlling well.
Yoda punching from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns wants to stand up but Yoda is controlling the position.

Yoda actively working from the bottom here.
Yoda is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Burns gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Burns throws a series of punches but Yoda avoids them all with ease.
Yoda lands a body shot.
Yoda swings for the body but Burns moves out of range.
Burns pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burns looks for a takedown but Yoda sprawls well.
No luck for Burns with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Homer Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns closes this distance looking for a takedown but Yoda circles away.
Yoda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burns misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burns swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yoda counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Burns tries to clinch up
and Yoda counters with a left to the body.
Some wild striking there from Yoda.
Burns misses with a hook. Yoda ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Yoda counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Burns wants to stand up but Yoda is controlling him.
Yoda is looking to work some ground and pound but Burns has wrist control.
Yoda is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Yoda wants to control from the top but Burns keeps moving.
Yoda throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to sweep but no luck.
Yoda trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Yoda as Burns shoots in.
Burns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burns throws a hook to the side of Yoda's head but Yoda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Burns scores with a sloppy right hand. Yoda should have avoided that one.
Yoda is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Burns rather than just go for the knockout.
Yoda lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burns's sensitive parts.
Burns misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Burns is breathing heavily.
Yoda lands a head shot.
Yoda ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Homer Burns dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yoda thuds his right hand into Burns's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Burns misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Yoda counters with a nice body shot.
Yoda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burns scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yoda moves out of range as Burns strikes.
Nice cross by Yoda.

Yoda feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yoda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yoda works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Burns is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Yoda's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Yoda's back!
I really don't envy Yoda right now.
Yoda breaks Burns's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Yoda postures up in Burns's guard and throws a big left but Burns blocks it.
Yoda has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burns wants to stand and escape but Yoda is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoda showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Yoda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burns swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Burns has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yoda can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yoda trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A telegraphed right hand from Burns misses the target.
Nice uppercut lands for Burns. That snapped Yoda's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Burns shoots in but Yoda avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Burns fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Yoda sprawls well initially but Burns persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Yoda keeping hold of Burns's head, controlling as best he can.
Burns wants to stand up but Yoda has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Yoda gets back to full guard.

Yoda looking for a guillotine here but Burns defends easily.
Burns with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yoda has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Burns can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Burns wants to control from the top but Yoda keeps moving.
Burns wants to get up but he can't break Yoda's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Burns sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Burns throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yoda works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yoda wants to sweep here but Burns controlling him for the moment.
Yoda trying to strike off his back.

Yoda looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Burns has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Burns wants to pass the guard but Yoda is keeping the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A shot to de liver by Yoda. Beautiful body shot.
Burns throws a right hand that Yoda ducks under and follows up with a left that Yoda also avoids with ease.
Burns doesn't manage to clinch there - Yoda circles away.
Burns swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Yoda counters with a takedown into side control.
Burns is trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Master Yoda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Yoda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Burns moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yoda throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burns's waist but Burns gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yoda off to one side.
Yoda throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yoda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burns, as that shot connected.
Homer Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yoda lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Burns tries to land a front kick but Yoda steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Burns lands a jab-cross combination.
Yoda circles away from the clinch attempt

and Yoda counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Yoda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yoda stops Burns from standing up.
Yoda is looking to work some ground and pound but Burns has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burns is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns wants to get back to his feet but Yoda is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Burns can't keep his opponent in guard - Yoda advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Yoda prevents Burns from improving his position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Burns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Burns scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Yoda gets back to half guard.
Burns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yoda on the ground.
Yoda is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yoda is positioning himself well to prevent Burns advancing to mount.
Burns lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Burns thows a huge punch but Yoda dodges it nicely.
Yoda tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Burns there.
Yoda wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.
Burns tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Yoda manages to get to full guard.
Burns would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Yoda had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Burns is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Yoda Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Burns's back instead.
Yoda struggling to keep hold of the position.
Burns tries to escape the position.
Yoda is trying to stick to Burns's back but Burns is turning into Yoda. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Yoda's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Burns.
Yoda is trying to control the position but Burns postures up.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Yoda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns stopping the sweep attempt from Yoda.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Homer Burns.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Homer Burns!