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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Burrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaspars Timma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burrell comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Touch This. Timma is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Adrenaline Rush. Stanley Burrell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stanley Burrell !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaspars Timma!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Timma moves out of range of the strikes.
Timma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Burrell throws a shot from downtown. Timma moves away and avoids it.
Burrell lands with a nice body punch.
Burrell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Timma.
Kaspars Timma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Timma lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Burrell .
Burrell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Timma misses with a hook. Burrell ducked under it nicely.
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!
Timma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burrell lands a body shot.
Timma gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burrell .
Timma is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Timma.
Timma is still on wobbly legs! Can Burrell finish him?
Timma ducks under a wild hook from Burrell .
A telegraphed right hand from Burrell misses the target.
Timma seems to have recovered his senses.
A left lands for Timma.
Timma misses with a leg kick.
Timma gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burrell .
Timma throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Timma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burrell throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Burrell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Burrell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Timma crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Burrell - the referee stops the clock and Timma gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Burrell . Timma manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Timma.
Timma checks a low kick from Burrell .
Timma finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burrell checks a leg kick.
Burrell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Timma.
Timma throws a hook to the side of Burrell 's head but Burrell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Timma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burrell moves away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Timma.
Burrell swings widly with a right hand
and Timma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burrell connects with a crisp jab.
Burrell misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timma chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Timma uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Burrell .
Timma misses with a wild body shot.
Timma thows a body shot but no joy.
Timma throws an overhand right that lands on Burrell 's shoulder, as Burrell tries to avoid the shot.
Burrell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Timma misses with a straight left.
Timma throws a hook but Burrell blocks it.
Burrell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Timma throws out the jab.
Timma lands a really nice looking cross but Burrell seems unphased.
Timma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timma throws a hook to the side of Burrell 's head but Burrell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burrell is looking to chop away at Timma's legs.
Timma swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Burrell .
Timma throws a series of punches but Burrell moves out of range.
Burrell lands a glancing blow to the side of Timma's head.
Timma fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burrell checks it well.
Burrell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Timma.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Timma. Burrell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burrell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Timma.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanley Burrell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Timma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Burrell 's hands.
Burrell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Burrell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Timma cracks the inside of Burrell 's front leg.
Burrell scores with a sloppy right hand. Timma should have avoided that one.
Timma takes a swing at Burrell 's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Timma.
Burrell misses the shot to the body.
Burrell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Burrell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Timma manages to avoid it.
Stanley Burrell is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Timma misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timma misses with an uppercut.
Burrell chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burrell slips under a jab from Timma.
Timma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Timma moves forwards but Burrell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Timma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Timma checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burrell . Timma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Timma takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Timma ducks under a wild hook from Burrell .
A swing and a miss from Timma.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Timma thuds his right hand into Burrell 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Timma uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Burrell has time to react.
Burrell 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Timma connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Burrell scrambles back to his feet.
Burrell misses with a low kick as Timma jumps back.
The fighters circling - Burrell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Timma misses the target.
Burrell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Timma cracks Burrell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A jab from Timma does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Timma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burrell throws a leg kick but Timma sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Timma misses the target.
Timma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burrell listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burrell catches Timma with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Timma has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burrell .
Timma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burrell .
Burrell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burrell throws a leg kick but Timma sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Timma throws a leg kick
and Burrell makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timma misses with an uppercut
and Burrell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burrell keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burrell looks to score with a jab to the body but Timma is just out of range.
Timma scores with a jab.
Timma misses with a wild body shot.
Timma connects with a body shot that sends Burrell 's belly button to the back.
Burrell misses with a low kick.
Timma slips a jab and a cross from Burrell .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Timma.
Timma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burrell manages to avoid it.
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 Stanley Burrell will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Timma connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Burrell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Timma.
Timma ducks under a wild hook from Burrell .
Burrell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Timma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burrell was well out of range. Poor timing from Timma.
Timma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burrell manages to avoid it.
Burrell throws a wild body kick that Timma sees coming a mile off.
Burrell 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.
Burrell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Timma missing with a left hand there. Burrell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burrell .
Burrell checks the leg kick.
Burrell throws a front kick aimed at Timma's knee but Timma avoids it well.
Timma tries a low kick but Burrell avoids it.
Timma misses with a hook. Burrell ducked under it nicely.
Burrell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Timma stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Timma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burrell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Burrell slips a jab from Timma.
Burrell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Timma misses with a hook. Burrell ducked under it nicely.
Kaspars Timma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Burrell !
Timma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burrell moves away from the strike by Timma.
Burrell lands with a hook. Timma tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burrell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Timma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Burrell dodges the punch combination from Timma.
Timma looks to throw the jab but Burrell is out of range.
Timma throws a lazy right hand but Burrell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Timma moves out of range as Burrell strikes.
Burrell tries to score with a low kick but Timma moves his leg out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Timma just misses with a punch to the body.
Timma listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Timma throws a jab when Burrell was well out of range.
Timma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Burrell 's hands.
Crunch! Burrell slams his shin into Timma's torso.
The fighters circling - Timma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Timma misses.
Nice shot by Timma.
Timma goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Burrell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Timma looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Timma wants to land a leg kick but Burrell is out of range.
Timma connects with a jab.
Burrell checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice defenses there by Burrell .
Timma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That kick from Burrell tenderised Timma's leg. Timma is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Timma misses with a body shot.
Burrell checks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burrell slips a straight right by Timma.
Timma throws a lazy right hand but Burrell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kaspars Timma.
Well Burrell 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Stanley Burrell !
A very excited looking Stanley Burrell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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