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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kruci Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kruci Burns!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burns.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Burns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burns swats away the attempt to clinch by St Pierre.
St Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Pierre misses with a double jab.
St Pierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Burns fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with St Pierre, pushing him back against the cage.
Burns misses with some punches.
St Pierre gets underhooks to prevent Burns's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. St Pierre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
St Pierre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burns avoids the head kick by St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a series of punches but Burns avoids them all with ease.
A combination from St Pierre does no damage.
A punch combination from St Pierre misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a head kick but Burns moves out of range.
Burns shoots in for a double leg but St Pierre sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Matt St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kruci Burns.
Burns defends well against a solid takedown attempt from St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Burns is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
St Pierre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Burns is trying to control but can't.
St Pierre tries to stand and escape but Burns is controlling the position.
Burns tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Burns gets back to full guard.
Burns has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burns throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Burns!
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Burns regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns moves into full guard.
Burns throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
St Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burns has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think St Pierre should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Burns has tightened it up now! St Pierre should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kruci Burns!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
54% |
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