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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sam Burger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mike swick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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130 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam Burger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, mike swick!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burger shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has swick pinned against the cage. swick gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
swick looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Burger fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
swick tries a head kick but it misses.
Burger scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Burger wants to lay and pray for a moment but swick keeps working.
Burger tries for a kimura but swick is defending well.
Burger wants to lay and pray for a moment but swick keeps working.
Burger looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Burger is looking to take a break and control but swick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
swick prevents Burger from improving position.
Burger postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Burger looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Burger thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Burger decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burger looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? swick is fending him off so far but Burger persists. Nope, swick circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Burger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - swick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - swick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burger clinches up with swick and pushes him back against the cage.
Burger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burger has picked swick up - he's going for a ride! Burger dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Burger not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Burger decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Burger shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Burger was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burger punching from mount but swick doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as swick is looking to escape.
Burger postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. swick looks a forlorn figure.
Burger jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but swick manages to avoid the submission attempt.
swick should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Burger tries for a kimura but swick is defending well.
Burger tries to advance to mount but swick denies him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burger tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Burger working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Burger fails to land a wild elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Burger dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
swick tries to clinch
and Burger counters with a head kick. That will keep swick thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Burger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts swick as he jumps to the side.
Burger tries for a takedown but swick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
swick stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Burger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
swick throws a head kick that misses.
Burger instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Burger.
Burger gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Burger is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so swick is just riding it out for now. Burger eventually gives up the hold.
swick won't allow Burger to pass to mount.
Burger is working for a submission of some sort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burger is looking to take a break and control but swick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burger seems to be looking for submissions.
Burger seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but swick does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
swick is in trouble now - Burger has advanced to mount!
Burger throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Burger unloads with some shots from mount but swick bucks and avoids them well.
Burger is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Burger looking to control but swick is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Burger lands with some vicious ground and pound - can swick hang on?
Burger jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but swick manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Burger will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Burger wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by swick, who protects the arm well.
Burger tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Burger has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burger has hold of swick's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! swick tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Burger cranks the arm and swick screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from swick, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Sam Burger!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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