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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Clawnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Clawnes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My name is MUD. Burns has chosen Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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223 lbs
15 - 12 - 0 |
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193 cm
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215 lbs
17 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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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
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Clawnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Burns!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clawnes looks to land a combination but Burns avoids it well.
Clawnes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Burns changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Clawnes tries to avoid it but Burns manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Clawnes to the ground. Clawnes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Clawnes is looking to slow Burns down with leg kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Burns, as that shot connected.
Clawnes takes the fight into the clinch.
Clawnes misses with an elbow over the top.
Burns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clawnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Clawnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas Clawnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Burns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Burns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burns cracks Clawnes with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Clawnes is looking to chop away at Burns's legs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Clawnes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Burns throws a chopping leg kick but Clawnes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clawnes tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Burns has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Clawnes.
Burns showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clawnes.
Burns explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Clawnes misses with a double jab.
Clawnes looks to land a right hand but Burns moved out of range.
Burns scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Burns. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burns.
Clawnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas Clawnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clawnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Clawnes wants to slow Burns down by chopping away at his legs.
Clawnes is looking to score with low kicks.
Clawnes closes the distance and clinches.
Burns tries to work over Clawnes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burns gets through Clawnes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burns lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Burns.
Clawnes gets underhooks to prevent Burns's takedown attempt.
Burns struggles to land a body shot inside as Clawnes controls his hands.
Clawnes lands an elbow inside that Burns shrugs off.
Burns misses with some punches.
Clawnes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Clawnes tries to land a knee to the head but Burns blocks with his arms.
Clawnes blocks a body shot from Burns.
Burns has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Clawnes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Thomas Clawnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Burns.
Clawnes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Clawnes misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Clawnes throws an elbow but misses.
Clawnes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clawnes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Burns lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clawnes or not.
Burns pushes Clawnes back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Clawnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clawnes misses with an elbow over the top.
Burns lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Clawnes clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Clawnes is trying to get back to his feet but Burns has full control of the position and if anything, Clawnes has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Burns lands with a hammerfist to the side of Clawnes's head.
Clawnes is trying to get back to his feet but Burns has full control of the position and if anything, Clawnes has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Burns has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burns has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Clawnes.
Burns is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Clawnes. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Clawnes is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Burns landing with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clawnes is trying to get back to his feet but Burns has full control of the position and if anything, Clawnes has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Burns throwing sloppy strikes.
We've been hearing good reports from Clawnes's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns is working the ground and pound. Can Clawnes escape?
Clawnes is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Clawnes is covering up but some of the strikes from Burns are getting through and doing damage.
Burns connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Clawnes to escape the position.
Clawnes is rocked!
Burns lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Burns.
Oh Clawnes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burns connects with a couple of big shots that have Clawnes covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Clawnes! Burns fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Burns!
Brian Burns decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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