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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlinhos Valente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Predator Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valente comes to the cage accompanied by "We Dem Boyz" by Wiz Khalifa. Burns has chosen Jiu-Jitsu as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlinhos Valente!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Predator Burns!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burns shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Valente manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Burns wants to pass the guard but Valente is keeping the position.
Burns wants to control from the top but Valente keeps moving.
Burns throwing strikes but missing.
Burns throwing strikes but missing.
Burns has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valente being controlled here, momentarily.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Burns advances position into side control!
Burns is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valente has escaped the position, nice work there.
Valente can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Burns misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valente taking a bit of punishment here - Burns scoring with strikes.
Burns trying to control the action but Valente is working from the bottom.
Burns might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Valente haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Burns tries to advance to mount but Valente denies him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a strike aimed at the side of Valente's head but Valente avoids it well.
Valente gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Burns wants to take a breather but Valente is having none of it.
Valente avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burns.
Burns throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Burns lands a nice short elbow.
Burns wants to take a breather but Valente is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Burns throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Burns not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Burns not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Burns thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Valente's head.
Burns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valente keeps working.
Burns moves into full mount! Valente won't be happy about that!
Burns trying to control but Valente is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burns throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Predator Burns dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Burns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Valente feints and then cracks Burns's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burns down.
Burns defending well as Valente loads up on a big left hand.
Valente throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burns throws a leg kick but Valente sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Burns takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Valente is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns.
Valente misses with a hook to the body
and Burns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Valente misses its intended target.
Burns has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A combination from Valente does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valente pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burns moves out of range of the body kick from Valente.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Burns! But no joy.
Valente just misses with a punch to the body.
Valente tries to score with a low kick but Burns moves his leg out of the way.
Carlinhos Valente is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valente tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And Burns tries to counter it with a takedown but Valente pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Valente throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valente throws a leg kick but Burns sees it coming and moves out of range.
Valente tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burns was well out of range. Poor timing from Valente.
Burns drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Valente defends it well.
Valente's jab looks to have found its range, popping Burns under the eye.
A big left from Burns misses.
Burns takes a jab right on the kisser.
Valente throws a leg kick
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
Burns takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Valente connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carlinhos Valente seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valente fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burns manages to avoid it.
Burns shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Valente finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Valente pivots, looking for a leg kick but Burns is out of range and Valente settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valente tried to score with a low kick but Burns checks it.
Valente scores with a hook to the body. Burns takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valente throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valente keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burns has taken the fight to the clinch.
Valente stalling in the clinch.
Burns is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Valente is defending well.
A shot in the inside from Valente.
Burns avoids the elbow strike from Valente, against the cage.
Valente tries to stall but Burns uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Burns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valente throws out the jab.
Burns moves into range and connects with a jab.
Valente scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valente lands with a right hand.
Valente wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Burns gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Valente.
Valente digs a good body shot into Burns's ribs.
Burns plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Valente instigates a clinch.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Valente is controlling him.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Valente creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burns throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Valente goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burns is looking to control Valente's arms but Valente gets an underhook and turns him. Now Burns has his back to the cage.
Burns prevents a body shot from Valente.
Valente throws a punch but it's blocked by Burns.
Nice body punch from Burns.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Valente.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns is trying to force a seperation but Valente has the dominant position.
Valente is looking to control Burns's arms but Burns gets an underhook and turns him. Now Valente has his back to the cage.
Burns breaks the clinch.
Valente misses with a body shot.
Valente backing away here, and Burns unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Valente misses with a hook.
Burns shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Valente's guard.
Burns postures up.
Burns passes Valente's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Burns passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Valente!
Valente tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlinhos Valente dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Valente misses with a left hand
and Burns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Valente fails to land with a series of punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Burns blocks the leg kick.
Valente scores with the left hand. Burns knows he should have avoided that one.
Valente throws a leg kick that is checked
and Burns counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Burns wants to control from the top but Valente keeps moving.
Burns throws a big right hand that misses.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burns scoring with some ground and pound.
Burns seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns wants to pass the guard but Valente is keeping the position.
Valente working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burns.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Valente keeping moving, preventing Burns from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Burns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Valente swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Burns slips under a jab from Valente.
Valente throws a leg kick but Burns sees it coming and moves out of range.
Burns with the counter takedown but Valente avoids it easily.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valente looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
Burns tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valente tries to sprawl but Burns drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Burns sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Valente defending well though.
Burns has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Burns with shots to the head and body - Valente looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns with good strikes from the mount here!
Burns cracks Valente with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valente is squirming around, avoiding Burns's attempts to control the action.
Burns is landing with some decent strikes but Valente is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Valente holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Burns tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Valente in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
It looks like Carlinhos Valente has been cut.
Burns thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valente is squirming around, avoiding Burns's attempts to control the action.
Burns lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Burns looking to ground and pound but Valente is blocking nicely.
Burns thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Valente is looking to escape.
Burns throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Valente manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Burns thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Valente's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Predator Burns really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlinhos Valente's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Burns scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
I was talking to Valente's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Valente blocks a body shot from Burns.
Valente misses with the head strike.
Valente prevents a body shot from Burns.
Burns blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Valente just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burns's brow.
Burns is looking to break free of the clinch but Valente has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valente.
Valente gets through Burns's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Valente looking to slow down the pace here.
Burns effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Valente just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burns's brow.
Burns tries to work over Valente's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burns is trying to pull guard but Valente turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Valente prevents a body shot from Burns.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Valente gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valente lands a nice uppercut.
Valente tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burns is trying to pull guard but Valente has him pressed against the cage.
Carlinhos Valente has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Predator Burns.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Valente creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burns's defenses.
Burns digs a right hand underneath Valente's ribcage. Valente let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carlinhos Valente has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burns jumps guard.
Valente is fighting to break Burns's control of his arms but Burns is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Predator Burns has got the better of the ground game so far.
Burns isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Valente stacks Burns on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Valente!
Burns is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns struggling a bit here.
Burns being controlled for a moment.
Burns is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Burns tries to get to full guard but Valente has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns looking for submissions off his back.
Burns tries to roll over but Valente keeps him under control.
Burns looking for submissions off his back.
Burns gets full guard.
Burns is trying to control the position but Valente postures up.
Valente controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Burns wants to improve his position but instead Valente has moved into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Burns wants to get back to full guard but Valente has mounted him!
Burns is desperately trying to improve his position but Valente has a good base and remains in mount.
Valente tries to control but Burns wriggling away.
Burns gets back to half guard.
Burns trying to hold on to Valente's head to control him but Valente postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burns wants to get back to full guard but Valente has passed into side control.
Burns tries to buck Valente off but Valente is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlinhos Valente had his way with Predator Burns in that round.
The cut man is working on Carlinhos Valente's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Valente throws a lazy uppercut
and Burns decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Valente's guard.
Burns throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burns accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burns working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Burns pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Valente is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns stands and throws Valente's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Burns misses with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Burns cracks Valente with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valente is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Valente managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Burns.
You can see the frustration on Valente's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Burns throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Valente works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Burns not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Valente has hold of Burns's hands but Burns slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Burns is working for a submission of some sort.
Burns wants to take a breather but Valente is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valente avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Burns.
Burns is trying to control. Valente wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Valente wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Burns not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Burns throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Valente is refusing to be controlled, as Burns sits in half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Valente throws a looping overhand right but Burns ducks down to avoid it.
And Burns tries to counter it with a takedown but Valente pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Valente misses with a hook to the body
and Burns counters with a takedown into side control.
Burns tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Valente is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valente keeps working.
Burns cracks Valente with a big right hand but Valente just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Valente is looking for a sweep.
Burns is looking to take a break and control but Valente is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Valente sneaks back into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Predator Burns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Predator Burns!
Predator Burns is the new featherweight champion!
Post fight, Predator Burns took to the microphone: 'Thanks guys, I have worked hard and the Burns team got me back on track. I regret not starting my career with Bradley Burns and my family but now I'm home.'.
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