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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zakaria Burch (ranked 3203 p4p, 6044 weight class) and Axl Rotten (ranked 109 p4p, 191 weight class). Rotten has chosen Diamonds aren't forever by- BRING ME THE HORIZON as his entrance music. Zakaria Burch has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zakaria Burch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Axl Rotten!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rotten lands a jab to the head.
Burch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burch connects with a nice looking jab.
Rotten throws out a loose jab but Burch uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Burch was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rotten.
Rotten drops Burch with a beautiful combination! Burch stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rotten is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burch just misses with a punch to the body.
Burch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burch. Rotten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rotten ducks under a wild hook from Burch.
Rotten throws a big shot that misses.
Rotten scores with a jab to the body.
Burch is breathing heavily.
Burch throws a shot from downtown. Rotten moves away and avoids it.
Burch takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rotten looks to throw the jab but Burch is out of range.
Rotten pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rotten lands a jab to Burch's midsection.
Burch ducks under a wild hook from Rotten.
Rotten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rotten moves into the clinch successfully.
Rotten tries to break free but Burch pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Rotten fails to land.
Burch definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rotten presses Burch against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rotten tries to circle away but Burch has him pinned against the cage.
Burch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Burch tries to work over Rotten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burch tries to work over Rotten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rotten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rotten lands with a straight right. Burch didn't see that one coming.
Rotten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burch.
Burch slips under a jab from Rotten.
Burch misses the shot to the body.
Burch swings for the body but Rotten moves out of range.
Burch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burch throws out a loose jab but Rotten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rotten drops Burch with a beautiful combination! Burch stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rotten is looking for the KO!
Burch is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rotten throws a hook but Burch avoids it easily.
Oh Burch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rotten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burch.
Rotten misses with a looping left.
Burch seems to have got his legs back now.
Rotten connects with a right hand. Burch shakes it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burch.
Rotten misses with a double jab.
Rotten with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Burch throws a shot from downtown. Rotten moves away and avoids it.
Burch scores with a jab.
Rotten looks to land a left hand but Burch moved out of range nicely.
Burch slips under a jab.
Rotten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burch scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rotten lands a lovely overhand right.
Burch swings for the body but Rotten moves out of range.
Rotten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Burch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rotten throws out the jab.
Burch closes the distance and pushes Rotten back into the cage.
Burch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rotten backwards.
Rotten misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rotten throws a poor cross that misses
and Burch counters with a nice uppercut.
Burch takes a swing at Rotten's ribcage but misses.
Burch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rotten moves away.
Burch swings for the body but Rotten moves out of range.
Burch listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Burch lands a jab to the nose.
Rotten connects with a body shot.
Rotten looks to land a left hand but Burch moved out of range nicely.
Burch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rotten looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rotten scores with a hook to the body. Burch takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burch lands a glancing blow to the side of Rotten's head.
Burch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Rotten.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burch moves out of range as Rotten strikes.
Rotten fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten swings widly with a right hand
and Burch counters with a stiff right hand.
Rotten looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Burch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rotten throws out a loose jab but Burch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burch misses with a hook. Rotten ducked under it nicely.
Burch lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zakaria Burch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burch clinches up with Rotten and pushes him back against the cage.
Rotten struggles to land a body shot inside as Burch controls his hands.
Burch displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rotten up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rotten.
Burch missing with knees to the body.
Burch is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rotten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burch lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Axl Rotten dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rotten misses with a hook.
Rotten misses with a looping left.
Burch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Rotten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rotten throws a body punch but Burch moves out of range.
A big left from Rotten misses.
Burch moves into the clinch.
Burch looking to throw knees to the head but Rotten is blocking nicely.
Rotten is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rotten has a couple of punches blocked by Burch.
Burch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Burch tries to land a knee to the head but Rotten blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burch presses Rotten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rotten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rotten throws a head punch that misses.
Rotten throws a head punch that misses.
Rotten has a couple of punches blocked by Burch.
Burch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burch working Rotten over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rotten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burch stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rotten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burch.
Rotten misses with some punches.
Burch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burch scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Burch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rotten.
Burch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burch is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Burch moves into the clinch.
Rotten can't find room to land a body shot as Burch controls the action.
Burch breaks the clinch.
Rotten misses with a body punch
and Burch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Burch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rotten keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burch slips a jab and a cross from Rotten.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Burch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Burch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Burch misses with a wild body shot.
Burch is looking to wear down Rotten with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rotten gets tackled into the cage by Burch. Burch maintains the clinch.
Burch lands an uppercut.
Burch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rotten is defending well for now.
Rotten misses with a punch on the inside.
Rotten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rotten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zakaria Burch has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burch blocking some punches.
Rotten throws a punch but it's blocked by Burch.
Burch presses Rotten against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Burch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rotten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burch with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Burch stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Burch using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rotten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Burch on the inside.
Rotten misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burch avoiding damage.
Burch breaks from the clinch.
Burch misses with a body shot
and Rotten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rotten moves out of range of the strikes.
Burch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rotten.
Burch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rotten moves away.
Rotten bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Burch's head backwards.
Rotten loads up on a big right hand but Burch slips the punch.
Rotten lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Burch misses the shot to the body.
Rotten pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Burch back to the cage. Rotten follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rotten moves away from the strike by Burch.
Burch connects with a right hand. Rotten shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burch misses with a body shot
and Rotten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Burch slips under a jab from Rotten.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rotten. Burch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rotten lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Burch moves into the clinch.
Burch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Burch scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rotten is trying to push Burch away but Burch has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rotten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rotten.
Burch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Rotten fails to land.
Rotten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rotten throws a punch but it's blocked by Burch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burch.
Rotten lands a hook that snaps the head of Burch backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zakaria Burch dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Good standup being displayed there by Rotten as he connects with a hook.
Rotten misses the jab.
Rotten lands a jab.
Rotten slips a straight right by Burch.
Burch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rotten throws out the jab.
Burch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rotten's jab looks to have found its range, popping Burch under the eye.
A jab from Burch finds it's way through Rotten's defenses.
Burch lands a slapping body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rotten. Burch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, jab by Burch - just one landing.
The fighters circling - Burch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rotten swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burch swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burch connects with a single shot there.
Rotten goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rotten throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Burch colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Rotten as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Burch is left battered and dazed whilst Rotten and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axl Rotten!
A relieved looking Axl Rotten thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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RATING
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