PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Troy Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nadir
vs
Burns

195 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

197 cm
18
206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Excellent MT
Solid chin

Oblivion Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Troy Nadir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Burns!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns throws a body punch but Nadir moves out of range.
A jab from Burns misses.
Burns takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Frank Burns has been cut.
An inside leg kick lands from Burns.

Nadir closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Burns as Nadir tries to tie him up.
Nadir pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Burns misses with some punches.
Nadir is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nadir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Burns is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nadir blocking some punches.
Nadir trying to stall but Burns improves his position.
Nadir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadir wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burns keeps control of Nadir as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nadir tries to break free but Burns pushes him back against the cage.
Burns working aggressively here.
Nadir missing with knees to the body.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Nadir wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burns misses with a body punch.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
Nadir wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nadir can't find room to land a body shot as Burns controls the action.
Burns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nadir's elbow.
Burns scores with a hook to the body.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns scores with a shoulder strike.
Burns tries to work over Nadir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nadir working aggressively here.
Burns lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Nadir.

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

Nadir darts in and clinches Burns up against the cage.
Nadir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nadir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burns scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Burns.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Nadir breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burns swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nadir counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Burns digs a good body shot into Nadir's ribs.
Nadir is breathing heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Burns.

Nadir has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns pushes Nadir back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nadir looking to stall.
Nadir prevents a body shot from Burns.
Burns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Burns.
Burns lands an uppercut.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Nadir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burns is working Nadir over against the cage.
Burns misses with a body punch.
Nadir wants to get back to striking at distance but Burns won't allow it.
Burns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nadir backwards.
Burns lands a right hand.
Burns keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nadir's efforts to push away.
Nadir has a couple of punches blocked by Burns.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Burns.
Burns digs a right hand into Nadir's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nadir's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burns lands a left hand.
Burns tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nadir's elbow.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Nadir.
Burns can't find room to land a body shot as Nadir controls the action.
Burns lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Burns.
A body shot lands from Burns.
Burns lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Burns.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nadir blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Burns's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Burns darts in and clinches Nadir up against the cage.
Burns keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nadir's efforts to push away.
Burns tries to work over Nadir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burns keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nadir's efforts to push away.
Burns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nadir is trying to force a seperation but Burns has the dominant position.
Nadir stalls.
Nadir's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nadir wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nadir wants to stall.
Burns lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nadir or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
Burns lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Burns.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nadir throws a punch but it's blocked by Burns.
Burns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Burns.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Burns lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nadir backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns pushes Nadir back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Burns lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns struggles to land a body shot inside as Nadir controls his hands.
Burns lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burns works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Nadir is rocked!
Burns works on Nadir's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Nadir is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Frank Burns seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burns lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burns cracks Nadir with a nice body shot.
Burns cracks Nadir with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Nadir goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Nadir wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Frank Burns!