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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tuomas Keto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burza has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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188 lbs
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tuomas Keto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Burza!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keto slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Keto throws a nice head kick!
Burza loads up on a big right hand but Keto slips the punch.
Burza misses with a body shot.
Keto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Keto closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Burza quickly recovers to half guard.
Keto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keto prevents Burza from improving his position.
Keto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Keto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Burza's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keto controlling the pace.
Burza avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Keto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Keto is working away from the top position though.
Keto prevents Burza from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keto is trying to work for a kimura but Burza is defending well.
Keto slows the pace down in half guard.
Burza is trying to stand back up but Keto is controlling him
Ground and pound from Keto.
Keto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burza keeps working.
Burza wants to get back to full guard but Keto has mounted him!
Keto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Burza is looking to get to half guard.
Keto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Burza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Keto is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Burza can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Keto is landing with some decent strikes but Burza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Burza taking shots to the head.
Keto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Burza sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Burza looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Keto postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Burza is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Keto, into his guard.
Keto is trying to control the position but Burza postures up.
Keto working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Burza has passed into half guard!
It looks like Burza is going to stand back up.
Keto tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Burza seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza blocks the strikes from Keto.
Keto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Burza wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Keto uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Burza trying to stand up but can't free himself from Keto's guard.
Keto has control of Burza's left arm, preventing Burza from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keto looking for a sweep. Not yet Keto, not yet.
Burza has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Keto is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomas Keto dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Burza moves out of range as Keto strikes.
Burza misses with a lunging right hand
and Keto counters with a right hand to the body.
Burza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keto was well out of range. Poor timing from Burza.
Keto tried to score with a low kick but Burza checks it.
Keto slips under a jab.
Burza blocks a head kick by Keto.
Burza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keto.
Keto tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Burza is able to avoid easily.
Keto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keto throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza takes a swing at Keto's ribcage but misses.
Keto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Burza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Keto throws a head kick that misses.
Keto finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Keto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burza feints a jab promting Keto to slip. Burza then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Keto slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Burza looks to throw the jab but Keto is out of range.
Keto thuds his shin into the meat of Burza's side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burza misses with a straight right.
A head kick misses from Keto.
Burza moves out of range of the body kick.
Burza throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Keto counters with a body kick.
Burza scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burza shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Keto eats them both and turns towards Burza to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Keto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burza jabs Keto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Keto misses with a left hand
and Burza counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Keto tries to score a power double leg takedown but Burza sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Keto somewhat.
Burza throws a hook but Keto avoids it easily.
Keto throws a jab when Burza was well out of range.
A jab lands there for Burza.
Keto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Keto scores with a jab to the head.
Keto just misses with a punch to the body.
Burza dips to his left and cracks Keto with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keto.
Burza thows a body shot but no joy.
Keto shoots in for a takedown but Burza shows good takedown defense.
Burza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burza misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Keto misses the target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Keto. Burza shrugs it off though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Burza moves out of range of the strikes.
Keto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tuomas Keto will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Burza avoids the body shot from Keto.
Burza misses with a looping left.
Burza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Keto.
Burza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Keto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Burza misses with a series of wild punches.
Burza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Keto.
Keto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keto thows a body kick. Burza tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Keto throws a lazy uppercut
and Burza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Burza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Keto scores with a push kick.
Burza throws an overhand right that lands on Keto's shoulder, as Keto tries to avoid the shot.
Keto scores with a leg kick.
Keto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burza.
A jab from Burza misses.
Keto connects with a solid leg kick.
Keto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Burza's head.
Tuomas Keto is winning the standup battle so far.
Keto staying out of range there.
Keto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Keto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burza missing with a left hand there. Keto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keto throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keto tries to clinch up but Burza circles away and keeps his distance.
Keto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Keto throws a sloppy head kick and Burza moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza moves out of range of the body kick.
Keto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Burza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keto.
Keto throws a lazy right hand but Burza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
John Burza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Burza steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Keto. That one must have hurt.
Keto misses with a head kick.
Keto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burza.
Keto throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keto has a takedown stuffed.
Keto throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keto. Burza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Burza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keto throws a body punch but Burza moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keto lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Burza misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomas Keto clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Keto fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burza is out of range.
John Burza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Keto misses with an uppercut. Burza saw that one coming.
Keto throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Keto motions for Burza to come forward. Keto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Keto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burza.
A jab from Burza does it's job there.
Burza dodges the punch combination from Keto.
Burza staying out of range there.
Burza throws a shot to the body.
Burza moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Burza has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Keto.
Keto lands a slapping body shot.
Burza misses with a body shot
and Keto counters with a stiff right hand.
Burza throws a jab when Keto was well out of range.
Keto is looking to chop away at Burza's legs.
Keto thuds his shin into the meat of Burza's side.
Keto rushes Burza and presses him up against the cage.
Keto keeps control of Burza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burza wants to get back to striking at distance but Keto won't allow it.
Burza's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Keto is pushing Burza up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza wants to get back to striking at distance but Keto won't allow it.
Keto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burza's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keto.
Keto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burza blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Keto fails to land.
Keto lands a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keto leaning his opponent against the cage.
Burza tries to break free but Keto pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza is looking to break free of the clinch but Keto has double underhooks.
Keto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Keto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Keto drags the fight down to the ground.
Keto working a defensive guard here.
Burza wants to stand but Keto is controlling his posture from full guard.
Keto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Burza wanted to stand there but Keto had control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Keto is trying to keep Burza in close.
Keto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burza is one step ahead there.
Burza must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Keto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Burza wants to get up but he can't break Keto's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tuomas Keto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Keto is pulling down on Burza's head. It's preventing any offense from Burza, at least for the moment.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Keto defending well as Burza loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuomas Keto had his way with John Burza in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Keto misses with a kick to the body.
Keto thumps Burza with a low kick.
Burza on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Keto misses with a wild combination.
Burza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keto misses with a lunging right hand
and Burza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Burza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burza avoids a kick to the body.
Burza misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keto throws a body kick that misses.
Burza throws a big shot that misses.
Burza throws a looping overhand right but Keto ducks down to avoid it.
Keto scores with a push kick.
Burza throws a hook to the side of Keto's head but Keto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burza misses with a double jab.
Burza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Keto.
Keto throws a wild body kick that Burza sees coming a mile off.
A punch lands to the side of Keto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Keto scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tuomas Keto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Burza as he checks the leg kick.
Burza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Keto.
Keto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Keto. That snapped Burza's head back.
Burza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Keto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Burza tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keto throws a front kick that sends Burza stumbling back into the cage.
Burza misses with a hook
and Keto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burza works Keto's body with a nice hook.
Keto missing with a left hand there. Burza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Keto throws a series of punches but Burza moves out of range.
Burza misses the shot to the body.
Burza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keto looks to throw the jab but Burza is out of range.
Keto looks to land a body kick but Burza moved away.
Keto ducks under a wild hook from Burza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza blocks a head kick by Keto.
Burza blocks the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Burza blocks the leg kick.
Keto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Keto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keto is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keto scores with a push kick.
Keto scores with a head kick. Burza tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Burza misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tuomas Keto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Keto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 50:46
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuomas Keto!
Tuomas Keto retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Tuomas Keto thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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