PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexandr Grozny (ranked 20081 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Burnley (ranked 3213 p4p, 0 weight class). Grozny comes to the cage accompanied by Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch!. The crowd seem to be enjoying Burnley's choice of entrance music: "Joyride (Omen)" by Chevelle. Alexandr Grozny could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Adam Burnley's chin.

Grozny
vs
Burnley

170 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
176 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandr Grozny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Burnley!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grozny throws a leg kick that misses.
Burnley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grozny is looking to clinch but Burnley is avoiding it.
Burnley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Grozny darts in trying to clinch
and Burnley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burnley misses with a wild body shot.
Burnley lands with an uppercut that bounces Grozny off the cage and back into range.
Burnley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grozny lands with a straight right. Burnley didn't see that one coming.
Grozny connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grozny scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grozny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A leg kick checked by Burnley.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Grozny rushes Burnley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burnley.
Grozny tries to work over Burnley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burnley lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burnley takes a shot to the head.
Grozny works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Burnley is struggling to control the position.
Grozny tries to work over Burnley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grozny lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grozny misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Burnley.
Grozny blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grozny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burnley lands with a left to the head.
Burnley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burnley is leaning against Grozny and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Burnley will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Grozny up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grozny.
Burnley misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grozny blocks a body shot from Burnley.
Grozny cracks Burnley with a nice body shot.
Grozny lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Burnley.
Burnley lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burnley throws a head punch that misses.
Grozny prevents a body shot from Burnley.
A nice left hand lands by Grozny.
Grozny cracks Burnley with a nice body shot.
Grozny lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Grozny holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grozny takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Grozny lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Grozny working aggressively here.
I was talking to Grozny's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Grozny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burnley working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Grozny.
Grozny tries to work over Burnley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Groznys head.
Burnley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grozny backwards.
Burnley throws a head punch that misses.
Burnley pushes Grozny back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Burnley tries a body shot but Grozny blocks it.
Burnley misses with a body punch.
Burnley swings wildly with an uppercut but Grozny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grozny dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Grozny blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Grozny.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grozny creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grozny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grozny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burnley is looking to control Grozny's arms but Grozny gets an underhook and turns him. Now Burnley has his back to the cage.
Grozny misses with the head strike.
Burnley tries a body shot but Grozny blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burnley blocks a body shot from Grozny.
Burnley digs a right hand underneath Grozny's ribcage. Grozny let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Grozny lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burnley backwards.
Burnley prevents a body shot from Grozny.
Grozny misses with a punch to the body.
Burnley misses with a punch on the inside.
Burnley misses with some punches.
Burnley misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grozny tries a body shot but Burnley blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Grozny.
Grozny tries to work over Burnley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burnley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Grozny.
Grozny misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grozny softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grozny misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grozny.
Grozny's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Grozny tries a body shot but Burnley blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alexandr Grozny will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grozny tries to clinch there but Burnley circles away.
Grozny swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Burnley to counter with a crisp jab.
Burnley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grozny stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Burnley tries to move into range but Grozny moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Burnley is rocked!

Grozny clinches up with Burnley and pushes him back against the cage.

Grozny has Burnley pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Grozny pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Burnley tumbling to the mat - Grozny dives into Burnley's guard.
Burnley is still in real trouble! Can Grozny finish him?
Grozny with a flurry of punches that miss.
Burnley keeping moving, preventing Grozny from controlling successfully.
Burnley seems to have recovered his senses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grozny accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grozny throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Grozny throwing strikes from guard but Burnley blocks nicely.
Grozny throwing strikes from guard but Burnley blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grozny throws a big right hand that misses.
Burnley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burnley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grozny is fighting to break Burnley's control of his arms but Burnley is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Grozny wants to control from the top but Burnley keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Burnley scores with a hook.
Burnley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grozny.
Burnley lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grozny was well out of range. Poor timing from Burnley.
Grozny looks to score with a jab to the body but Burnley is just out of range.
Grozny takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Burnley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grozny, pushing him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Grozny scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burnley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Burnley misses with some punches.
Grozny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grozny lands a shot to the body.
Alexandr Grozny has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burnley scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Grozny.
Grozny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Burnley.
Grozny blocks a body shot from Burnley.
Burnley misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burnley.
Burnley tries to throw a body punch but Grozny avoids it by throwing Burnley back against the cage.
Burnley can't find room to land a body shot as Grozny controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grozny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Grozny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burnley's elbow.
The referee calls for Grozny to work.
Burnley misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Grozny.
Grozny throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grozny.
Grozny lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grozny lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burnley backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Burnley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grozny backwards.
Grozny lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Burnley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Grozny lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burnley or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grozny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burnley.
Grozny misses with a body punch.
Burnley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burnley misses with a body punch.
Grozny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burnley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grozny prevents a body shot from Burnley.
Grozny lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Burnley.
Burnley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grozny.
Grozny blocking some punches.
Grozny lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Burnley to his knees! Grozny keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandr Grozny!
Alexandr Grozny tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.