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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saffron Burrows (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee's entrance music is Enter the Dragon. A fine choice. The key to victory for Bruce Lee has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Decent boxing
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Saffron Burrows!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Burrows as he checks the leg kick.
Lee lands a lovely overhand right.
Lee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Burrows.
Lee takes a swing at Burrows's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burrows swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burrows throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Burrows misses the target.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lee!
Lee throws a head kick but Burrows moves out of range.
Burrows avoids the body shot from Lee.
Burrows throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A good leg kick by Lee.
Lee is looking to land body kicks.
Lee throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Burrows closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lee is trying is best to control the position here.
Lee is looking to improve his position.
Burrows throwing shots but Lee is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Lee is trying to stand.
Lee gets full guard.
Burrows trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burrows missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burrows accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burrows passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lee manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee tries to roll over but Burrows keeps him under control.
Burrows throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lee is trying to stand.
Burrows is pressing down on Lee's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lee is holding on for now.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee trying to control from the bottom.
Burrows working the head and body with strikes.
Burrows landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lee is trying to stand back up but Burrows is controlling him
Burrows looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Burrows is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lee wants to improve his position but Burrows is controlling well.
Lee has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burrows is working away from the top position though.
Burrows drops an elbow to the side of Lee's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is looking for a sweep. Burrows is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Burrows staying out of range there.
Burrows jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee throws a nice head kick!
Burrows fails to land the takedown.
Lee gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Burrows avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrows on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burrows's sensitive parts.
Burrows will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bruce Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saffron Burrows.
Burrows looks gassed!
Lee cracks the inside of Burrows's front leg.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Burrows takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Burrows's head.
Burrows throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Burrows moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut there from Lee.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burrows throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lee throws a head kick but Burrows moves out of range.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee scores with a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lee forces Burrows back against the cage and clinches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lee.
Burrows misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Burrows fails to land.
Lee throws an elbow that misses.
Burrows misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Burrows has him pressed against the cage.
Burrows misses with a punch to the body.
Lee prevents a body shot from Burrows.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Burrows in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lee tries to break free but Burrows pushes him back against the cage.
Lee lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Saffron Burrows has been cut.
Burrows misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Lee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burrows avoids it.
Burrows tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Lee lands a damaging elbow.
Lee missing with knees to the body.
Lee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lee blocks a body shot from Burrows.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
Burrows is breathing heavily.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Burrows avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lee obliges.
Burrows misses with the head strike.
Lee misses with an elbow strike.
Burrows avoids the elbow strike from Lee, against the cage.
Burrows pushes Lee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee connects with a knee to the head.
Lee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bruce Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by Lee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Lee tries to clinch up.
Bruce Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lee. Burrows shrugs it off though.
Burrows swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Burrows moves out of range easily.
Burrows fails with a takedown attempt.
Lee throws a head kick that half lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burrows's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Lee does it's job there.
Burrows circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burrows avoids the head kick by Lee.
Lee scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Burrows throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee throws a push kick but Burrows slaps the foot to one side.
Lee misses with the combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Burrows slips the punch.
Burrows moves out of range of the body kick.
Lee pivots, looking for a leg kick but Burrows is out of range and Lee settles back down.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lee throws a front kick that sends Burrows stumbling back into the cage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Burrows.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee lands with a nice body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lee.
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Burrows's calf.
Lee sizes up Burrows with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lee misses with a shot to the body
and Burrows moves into the clinch.
Lee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Burrows.
Burrows blocks a head kick by Lee.
Burrows walks into a stiff left hand from Lee.
Burrows chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
Lee throws a head kick but Burrows moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Burrows.
Burrows swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Bruce Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Burrows takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lee lands a high kick!
Lee thuds a left hand into Burrows's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee lands a head kick!
Lee connects with a high kick.
Burrows circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burrows looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Lee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Burrows circles away.
Burrows steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lee. That one must have hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Lee dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Saffron Burrows's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Burrows sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Burrows's front leg but catches the back leg as Burrows tries to avoid it.
Burrows looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Lee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Burrows swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Lee throws a jab when Burrows was well out of range.
Lee lands a head kick!
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Burrows.
Burrows avoids the head kick by Lee.
Burrows takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Burrows lands a body shot.
Lee fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Burrows's head.
Lee lands a glancing blow to the side of Burrows's head.
Burrows has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lee.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Burrows.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Burrows takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee digs a good body shot into Burrows's ribs.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Lee misses with a hook.
Burrows shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lee but Lee pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Burrows fails with a takedown attempt.
Burrows takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Burrows circles away.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burrows is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lee rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee closes the distance and pushes Burrows back into the cage.
Lee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burrows is defending well for now.
Lee scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lee lands a shoulder strike.
Lee tries to land knees in the clinch but Burrows avoids the damage to the body.
Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee dips to his left and cracks Burrows with an uppercut!
Lee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Burrows takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lee scores with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Burrows's calf.
Burrows shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Lee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lee is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrows avoids the attempt from Lee to control.
Lee defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Burrows.
Lee is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Burrows avoids the attempt from Lee to control.
Saffron Burrows has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee is looking to get to half guard.
Lee bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
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.
Lee throws a big right hand that misses.
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lee stands and throws Burrows's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lee cracks Burrows with a big right hand but Burrows just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lee cracks Burrows with a big elbow.
Burrows dodges the ground and pound from Lee.
Lee advances nicely into full mount.
Lee lands a nice shot to the head.
Burrows is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lee, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Lee!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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