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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Branson Burt (ranked 4349 p4p, 3169 weight class) and Duke Babaganush (ranked 434 p4p, 368 weight class). Burt comes to the cage accompanied by Got the Life. Duke Babaganush has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Branson Burt's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Branson Burt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Babaganush!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babaganush throws a head kick that misses.
Burt rushes Babaganush and presses him up against the cage.
Burt breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Burt really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Burt misses with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Burt.
Babaganush is trying to break free.
Burt misses with a knee strike.
Babaganush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Babaganush is trying to break free.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Babaganush wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burt lands a knee to the head.
Burt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Babaganush is defending well for now.
Babaganush working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but Babaganush blocks with his arms.
Burt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Babaganush's face.
Babaganush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burt instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babaganush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burt has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Burt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babaganush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babaganush paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Burt closes the distance and pushes Babaganush back into the cage.
Burt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Babaganush's efforts to push away.
Babaganush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burt blocks a jab.
Burt tries to clinch up but Babaganush circles away and keeps his distance.
Babaganush lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Burt rushes Babaganush and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Burt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burt wants to clinch up but Babaganush keeps it at a distance.
Burt slips a jab and a cross from Babaganush.
Burt takes the fight into the clinch.
Burt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Babaganush has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Burt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babaganush wants to get back to striking at distance but Burt won't allow it.
Burt has Babaganush pressed against the cage, preventing Babaganush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Babaganush is trying to force a seperation but Burt has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Burt.
It looks like Duke Babaganush has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Babaganush manages to break the clinch.
Burt misses with a two punch combination.
A cross from Babaganush lands.
Babaganush slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burt clinches.
Babaganush is trying to break the clinch but Burt has him pressed against the cage.
Burt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Babaganush is looking to break free of the clinch but Burt has double underhooks.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but Babaganush blocks with his arms.
Burt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Babaganush.
Babaganush fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Burt lands a knee to the head.
Burt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Babaganush avoids it.
Burt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Babaganush has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burt misses with a knee strike.
Babaganush is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Burt misses with a knee strike.
Burt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burt working Babaganush over with knees to the body.
Burt has Babaganush pressed against the cage, preventing Babaganush from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Babaganush has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Babaganush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Babaganush lands a lovely overhand right.
Burt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Babaganush keeps the fight on the outside.
Babaganush lands with a straight right. Burt didn't see that one coming.
Babaganush missing with a left hand there. Burt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burt gets a clinch.
Babaganush wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Babaganush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Babaganush lands a jab to the nose.
Babaganush connects with a right hand. Burt shakes it off.
Babaganush is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Burt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Babaganush lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burt is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Babaganush was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Babaganush avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Babaganush scores with a jab to the head.
Burt darts in and clinches Babaganush up against the cage.
Burt landing knees to the head.
Babaganush avoiding damage as Burt throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babaganush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burt misses with a knee to the head.
Burt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burt lands a knee to the body.
Burt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Babaganush blocks it with crossed arms.
Burt landing knees to the body.
Burt tries a knee to the head but Babaganush blocks it.
Babaganush wants to break free but Burt has control.
Babaganush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burt misses with a knee to the head.
Babaganush tries to break the clinch but Burt is controlling the position.
Babaganush is trying to force a seperation but Burt has the dominant position.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but Babaganush blocks with his arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burt scores a nice knee to the body.
Burt tries a knee to the head but Babaganush blocks it.
Babaganush wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Burt has him pressed against the cage.
Burt with a knee to the head.
Babaganush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Branson Burt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duke Babaganush's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice uppercut there from Babaganush.
Burt pushes Babaganush up against the cage in a clinch.
Babaganush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babaganush misses with a head kick.
Burt takes a jab right on the kisser.
Burt moves out of range of the body kick.
Babaganush lands with a straight right. Burt didn't see that one coming.
Babaganush tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Babaganush scores with a jab. Burt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Burt tries to clinch up but Babaganush circles away and keeps his distance.
Babaganush loads up on a big right hand but Burt slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Babaganush.
Burt quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Babaganush slips a jab from Burt.
Burt tries to clinch up but Babaganush circles away and keeps his distance.
Burt fails in his attempt to clinch.
A lazy left from Babaganush finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Babaganush goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Babaganush lunges at Burt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Burt's hand.
Duke Babaganush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Babaganush. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Babaganush.
Burt wants to clinch up but Babaganush keeps it at a distance.
Babaganush has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Babaganush circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burt rushes Babaganush and presses him up against the cage.
Burt keeps control of Babaganush as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Babaganush blocks it with crossed arms.
Babaganush wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burt misses with a knee strike.
Babaganush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Babaganush lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Burt at a distance.
Burt has Babaganush up against the cage in a clinch.
Babaganush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Burt drives through and clinches with Babaganush against the cage.
Babaganush breaks the clinch.
Babaganush fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babaganush uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Burt has time to react.
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush moves out of range.
A jab from Babaganush misses.
It looked like Burt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Babaganush.
Babaganush misses with a kick to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Burt misses its target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Babaganush misses its intended target.
Burt doesn't manage to clinch there - Babaganush circles away.
Babaganush looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Babaganush throws a big shot that misses.
Babaganush connects with a single shot there.
Burt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babaganush swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babaganush throws out a counter right but Burt avoids it with no problem.
Babaganush misses with a hook. Burt ducked under it nicely.
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush is having none of it.
Babaganush swats away the attempt to clinch by Burt.
Burt wants to clinch up but Babaganush keeps it at a distance.
Babaganush tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burt was well out of range. Poor timing from Babaganush.
Burt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Babaganush connects with a solid leg kick.
Babaganush keeps the fight on the outside.
Babaganush tests Burt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Babaganush dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burt. That did some damage!
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babaganush manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Babaganush misses with an uppercut.
Babaganush throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burt tries to clinch there but Babaganush circles away.
Babaganush throws a sloppy head kick and Burt moves out of range easily.
Burt closes the distance and clinches.
A knee to the head by Burt.
Burt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Babaganush tries to circle away but Burt has him pinned against the cage.
Burt misses with a knee to the head.
Babaganush escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babaganush throws a sloppy head kick and Burt moves out of range easily.
Babaganush throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from Burt misses its target.
Babaganush circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Babaganush misses with a low kick.
Burt wants to clinch up but Babaganush keeps it at a distance.
Babaganush swats away the attempt to clinch by Burt.
Burt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burt drives through and clinches with Babaganush against the cage.
Burt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babaganush looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Babaganush tries to pull guard but Burt holds him up against the cage and eventually Babaganush drops back down to his feet.
Babaganush tries to break free but Burt pushes him back against the cage.
Burt keeps control of Babaganush as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Babaganush wants to break free but Burt has control.
Burt looking to throw knees to the head but Babaganush is blocking nicely.
Babaganush wants to get back to striking at distance but Burt won't allow it.
Babaganush is trying to push Burt away but Burt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Babaganush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Branson Burt has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Babaganush working hard to break the clinch.
Babaganush tries to break free but Burt pushes him back against the cage.
Burt misses with a knee to the head.
Burt landing knees to the head.
Burt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Duke Babaganush showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Duke Babaganush's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Burt tries to clinch up.
Babaganush swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babaganush appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Burt tries to clinch there but Babaganush circles away.
A jab from Babaganush does it's job there.
Good standup being displayed there by Babaganush as he connects with a hook.
Babaganush swats away the attempt to clinch by Burt.
Babaganush looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Babaganush throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Babaganush scores with the left hand. Burt knows he should have avoided that one.
Babaganush dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babaganush lands with a nice combination. Burt backs away looking to recover.
Burt tries to close the distance and clinch but Babaganush swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burt moves forwards but Babaganush connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Burt instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babaganush is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Burt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burt with a knee to the head.
Babaganush's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babaganush lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Babaganush throws a lazy uppercut
and Burt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Babaganush misses the jab.
Babaganush feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Burts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush is having none of it.
Burt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babaganush manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burt wants to clinch.
Burt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Burt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Burt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Babaganush is trying to break free.
Burt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Babaganush has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Babaganush's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burt tries to land a knee to the head but Babaganush blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burt prevents Babaganush from breaking the clinch.
Burt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Babaganush manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Burt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burt moves out of range of the body kick from Babaganush.
Burt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babaganush swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Babaganush throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Babaganush throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burt walks into a straight right hand from Babaganush.
Jab, jab by Babaganush - just one landing.
Babaganush scores with a nice head shot.
Babaganush lands an overhand right.
Burt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Babaganush manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Babaganush throws out a counter right but Burt avoids it with no problem.
Burt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babaganush.
Babaganush circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babaganush fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Burt on the side of the head.
Babaganush circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Babaganush scores with a nice body kick.
Babaganush misses with a wild combination.
Babaganush scores with a punch to the head.
Babaganush throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Babaganush keeps the fight on the outside.
Babaganush throws a lazy right hand but Burt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush is having none of it.
Babaganush throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burt's waist but Burt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Babaganush off to one side.
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush moves out of range.
Burt defending well as Babaganush loads up on a big left hand.
Burt wants to clinch up but Babaganush keeps it at a distance.
Babaganush scores with a punch to the head.
Burt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Babaganush. Babaganush obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burt tries to clinch but Babaganush is having none of it.
Burt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burt prevents Babaganush from breaking the clinch.
Burt working Babaganush over with knees to the body.
Burt misses with a knee strike.
Burt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Babaganush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duke Babaganush seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babaganush waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burt tries to clinch up but Babaganush circles away and keeps his distance.
Babaganush misses with a body shot.
Babaganush connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Burt momentarily.
Burt is looking to clinch.
Burt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babaganush throws out a counter right but Burt avoids it with no problem.
Branson Burt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burt is looking to clinch but Babaganush is avoiding it.
Babaganush scores with a crisp jab that stopped Burt in his tracks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Babaganush comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Babaganush 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight for Duke Babaganush!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Duke Babaganush!
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight for Duke Babaganush!
Duke Babaganush wins by unanimous decision!
Duke Babaganush bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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