PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adas Rittlewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Burnbuckle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rittlewski comes to the cage accompanied by Jajecznica. Burnbuckle has chosen Highway To Hell as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rittlewski
vs
Burnbuckle

176 cm
18
199 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 Las Vegas, Adas Rittlewski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Burnbuckle!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burnbuckle closes the distance and clinches.

Burnbuckle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rittlewski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Rittlewski 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.
Burnbuckle doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Burnbuckle is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Burnbuckle throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Burnbuckle striking off his back but it's not causing Rittlewski any problems.

Burnbuckle looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Burnbuckle striking off his back but it's not causing Rittlewski any problems.
Burnbuckle throws a couple of heel strikes.

Burnbuckle has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rittlewski can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Burnbuckle trying to keep a closed guard but Rittlewski is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnbuckle throws a couple of heel strikes.
Burnbuckle controls Rittlewski momentarily but Rittlewski frees himself.
Rittlewski trying to control but Burnbuckle is working from the bottom.
Burnbuckle strikes from his own guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Burnbuckle is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Burnbuckle pushes Rittlewski off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Nice cross by Burnbuckle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnbuckle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rittlewski.
Rittlewski tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Burnbuckle counters by moving into the clinch.

Burnbuckle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rittlewski closes the distance but Burnbuckle moves to the side

so Burnbuckle counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Burnbuckle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burnbuckle looks gassed!
Burnbuckle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rittlewski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Burnbuckle on the ground.
Burnbuckle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Burnbuckle is looking to work some ground and pound but Rittlewski has wrist control.

Burnbuckle drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Burnbuckle jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rittlewski thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rittlewski trying to control the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rittlewski wants to sweep here but Burnbuckle controlling him for the moment.
Burnbuckle wants to control from the top but Rittlewski keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Burnbuckle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Burnbuckle keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Rittlewski shoots in and bounces Burnbuckle off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Rittlewski stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burnbuckle swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burnbuckle manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rittlewski manages to get himself to full guard.
Burnbuckle working some strikes from top position.

Rittlewski has an active guard here but Burnbuckle has managed to pass into half guard.
Rittlewski on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rittlewski tries to get out of the position.
Burnbuckle is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Rittlewski!
Burnbuckle lands with some strikes.
Burnbuckle controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rittlewski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Burnbuckle 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.

Burnbuckle has managed to clinch.

Burnbuckle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Burnbuckle moves into range and clinches up with Rittlewski.
Rittlewski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Burnbuckle blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Burnbuckle breaks from the clinch.
Rittlewski shoots in for a double leg but Burnbuckle sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Burnbuckle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rittlewski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rittlewski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Burnbuckle as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adas Rittlewski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burnbuckle just misses with a punch to the body.

Burnbuckle clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Burnbuckle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burnbuckle closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Adas Rittlewski has been cut.
Burnbuckle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnbuckle swings for the body but Rittlewski moves out of range.
Burnbuckle looks to clinch

and Rittlewski counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Burnbuckle's guard now.
Burnbuckle bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rittlewski's guard.
Burnbuckle is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burnbuckle trying to control but Rittlewski is working from the bottom.

Burnbuckle gets to his feet. Rittlewski looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Burnbuckle fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rittlewski fails with the takedown
and Burnbuckle counters with a head kick.
Rittlewski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rittlewski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burnbuckle scores with a body shot.
Burnbuckle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Burnbuckle tests Rittlewski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Burnbuckle shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Rittlewski counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burnbuckle will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Burnbuckle looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rittlewski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Burnbuckle is adopting a defensive guard.
Burnbuckle keeping moving, preventing Rittlewski from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnbuckle working a defensive guard here.
Burnbuckle throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dan Burnbuckle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burnbuckle trying to keep a closed guard but Rittlewski is proving a slippery customer.

Burnbuckle is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rittlewski stops Burnbuckle from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burnbuckle is trying to control the position but Rittlewski postures up.
Rittlewski trying to control the position from guard on top but Burnbuckle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Good work by Rittlewski as he checks the leg kick.
Rittlewski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burnbuckle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burnbuckle lands a slapping body shot.
Burnbuckle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burnbuckle looks to score with a jab to the body but Rittlewski is just out of range.
Burnbuckle throws a nice looking combination but Rittlewski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rittlewski with a lazy takedown attempt

and Burnbuckle counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Burnbuckle seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Burnbuckle landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Burnbuckle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adas Rittlewski's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rittlewski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Burnbuckle as he jumps to the side.
A head kick misses from Rittlewski.
Rittlewski circles away from the clinch attempt.

Burnbuckle looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Burnbuckle trying to control the position from guard on top but Rittlewski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burnbuckle scoring with some ground and pound.

Burnbuckle is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Rittlewski looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Burnbuckle passes into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burnbuckle in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rittlewski is trying to improve his position.
Burnbuckle trying to control the action but Rittlewski is working from the bottom.

Burnbuckle has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Rittlewski with a poor takedown
and Burnbuckle counters with a nice leg kick.

Burnbuckle gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnbuckle lands an elbow inside.

Burnbuckle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burnbuckle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rittlewski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burnbuckle.
Rittlewski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Burnbuckle is able to avoid easily.
Burnbuckle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Burnbuckle.
Burnbuckle lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Burnbuckle is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rittlewski knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Burnbuckle wants to control but Rittlewski is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rittlewski tries to bench press Burnbuckle off him but Burnbuckle keeps the position.
Burnbuckle working the ground and pound.
Burnbuckle working the head and body with strikes.
Burnbuckle cracks Rittlewski with a big elbow.
Burnbuckle is staying tight to Rittlewski's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rittlewski is looking to reverse the position.
Burnbuckle scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rittlewski is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Burnbuckle is controlling him well.
Burnbuckle is putting a hurting on Rittlewski here, landing some big shots from side control.
Burnbuckle working the ground and pound.
Rittlewski is looking for a sweep.
Burnbuckle lands some shots froms side control.
Rittlewski tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Burnbuckle misses.

Rittlewski closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rittlewski working the head and body with strikes.
Burnbuckle wants to control but Rittlewski postures up.
Burnbuckle is trying to get back to half guard.
Adas Rittlewski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dan Burnbuckle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rittlewski working the ground and pound but Burnbuckle is defending the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Burnbuckle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burnbuckle has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Burnbuckle!