PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex John Conor Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cornelius Carr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns comes to the cage accompanied by Body Head Bangerz feat. Lil' Boosie & Young Bleed - I Smoke, I Drank. Alex John Conor Burns had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

John Conor Burns
vs
Carr

190 cm
32
215 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

185 cm
30
214 lbs
26 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Arcticus University: London

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex John Conor Burns !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cornelius Carr!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Burns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carr.
A big left from Carr misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Carr.
Burns lands with a shot to the body.
Carr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carr scores with a hook to the body. Burns takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burns throws a sloppy head kick
and Carr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carr.
Burns half committed to a counter leg kick.
Burns misses with a head kick.
Carr scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burns throws a half hearted mid kick.
Carr misses the shot to the body.
Burns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carr throws the left hand but Burns avoids the punch easily.
Burns looks to land a left hand but Carr moved out of range nicely.
Burns lands a jab to the head.
Carr steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Burns . That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Burns misses
and Carr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burns slips a jab from Carr.
Burns blocks a low kick nicely.
Burns throwing a counter right hand but Carr manages to avoid it.
Burns takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jab, jab by Burns - just one landing.
Carr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Burns clobbers Carr with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Burns feints and then cracks Carr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carr down.
We've been told by Burns 's head coaches at Canadian Elite Bruins Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Carr throws a shot from downtown. Burns moves away and avoids it.
Burns misses the jab.
Burns tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Burns scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carr connects with a body shot that sends Burns 's belly button to the back.
Burns tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns swings away with a body shot that misses
and Burns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burns closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carr counters with a left to the body.
Burns throws a head kick but Carr moves out of range.
Burns throws a poor cross that misses
and Carr counters with a nice uppercut.
Burns connects with a jab.
Carr connects with a body shot.
Carr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burns .
As Carr tries to get set, Burns tries to push him back and clinch up but Carr manages to avoid the attempt.
Carr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns misses the body punch
and Burns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carr attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Carr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Carr lands with a shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Burns blocks the low kick.
Carr is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Burns had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Carr misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Burns misses the target.
Carr tries to move into range but Burns moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Burns blocks a head kick by Carr.
Burns misses with a straight left.
Burns scoring well with a low kick there.
Carr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burns .
Carr ducks under a wild hook from Burns .
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burns , right into the meat.
Burns fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Carr checks it well.
Carr throws out a powerful jab.
Burns on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Carr digs a good body shot into Burns 's ribs.
Burns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Carrs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Burns moves forwards but Carr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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!
Carr takes a swing at Burns 's ribcage but misses.
Carr has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns jabs Carr right on the nose. Carr blinks but takes it well.
Burns swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carr.
Carr looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
Carr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burns .
Burns is looking to counter with a body kick.
Burns misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carr counters with a good low kick that Burns was not able to check.
Carr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Burns s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burns .
Burns walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice body punch from Carr.
Carr jabs Burns to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Burns is breathing heavily.
Burns connects with an inside leg kick.
Carr misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Carr! But no joy.
Burns does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Carr fails to land with a series of punches.
Carr takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cornelius Carr dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Burns moves out of range of the strikes.
It looked like Burns wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Carr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns .
Carr misses with a hook. Burns ducked under it nicely.
Carr misses with a straight left.
Burns misses with an uppercut. Carr saw that one coming.
Burns tests Carr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Burns misses.
Carr connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Burns misses with an attempted mid kick.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Carr is just out of range.
Carr scores with a crisp jab that stopped Burns in his tracks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burns .
Carr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Carr just misses with a punch to the body.
That kick from Carr tenderised Burns 's leg. Burns is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Burns takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns tries to work over Carr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burns misses with some punches.
Carr lands with a short shot to the head.
Carr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Carr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Carr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns blocks a body shot from Carr.
Carr blocks a body shot from Burns .
A short body shot lands from Carr as the two fighters clinch.
Burns prevents a body shot from Carr.
Carr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burns working aggressively here.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Carr working aggressively here.
Carr blocking some punches.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carr misses with the head strike.
Carr lands with a left to the head.
Carr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Carr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Carr misses with a punch on the inside.
Carr works on Burns 's body with a couple of short punches.
Carr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burns misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Carr.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Carr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carr lands a left hand.
Carr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burns misses with a punch on the inside.
Carr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carr lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carr lands a body punch.
Carr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carr gets through Burns 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carr swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carr pushes Burns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Burns .
Cornelius Carr seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carr lands a left hand.

Burns is rocked!

Carr breaks the clinch.
Burns chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Carr can pounce on him.
Carr misses with a low kick.
Burns is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Burns moves into the clinch.
Carr misses with a hook to the ribs.

Carr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burns tries to clinch up.
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.
Carr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burns 's sensitive parts.
Carr scores with a hook.
Oh Burns is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carr throws a looping overhand right but Burns ducks down to avoid it.
Burns seems to have got his legs back now.
Cornelius Carr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carr defending well as Burns loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Carr! But no joy.
Carr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns checks the leg kick.
Carr checks a leg kick nicely.
Carr appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Burns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carr. Burns does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carr lands a jab to Burns 's midsection.
Burns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns ducks under a wild hook from Carr.
Burns is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Carr.
Burns throws a body punch but Carr moves out of range.
A slow jab from Burns misses its intended target.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carr misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy body kick from Burns
letting Carr counter with a right hand.
Carr darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cornelius Carr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Burns is looking to slow Carr down with leg kicks.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carr was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns .
Burns looks to throw the jab but Carr is out of range.
Carr throws a shot to the body.
Carr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burns takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carr throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Burns was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Carr.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Carr misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns blocks a jab.
Burns looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Burns finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A left lands for Carr.

Burns clinches up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Carr.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carr blocks an uppercut.
Burns swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carr lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Carr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carr lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns .
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Carr.
Carr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Carr.
A short right from Carr on the inside.
Carr works on Burns 's body with a couple of short punches.

Carr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carr ducks under a wild hook from Burns .
Burns looks to land a left hand but Carr moved out of range nicely.
Burns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carr.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carr's corner calls for a 1-2. Carr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Carr avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carr misses with a looping left.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Burns 's hands.
Carr stuns Burns with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Burns takes one on the button.
Carr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Burns to score with a decent uppercut.
Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns moves away.
Carr throws a poor cross that misses
and Burns makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Burns throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Carr cracks Burns with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Carr has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Burns to stand back up!
Burns tries to clinch there but Carr circles away.
Carr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burns scores with a decent looking hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Carr. That's going to slow Burns down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carr lands a hook that stumbles Burns back into the cage. Carr follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Burns to the canvas! Carr pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Burns has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cornelius Carr!
Cornelius Carr is the new light heavyweight champion!
Cornelius Carr thanked the fans post fight for their support.