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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baron Burch (ranked 5176 p4p, 5473 weight class) and Perkunas Dievas (ranked 274 p4p, 220 weight class). The key to victory for Baron Burch has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Baron Burch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Perkunas Dievas!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dievas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burch misses with a body shot.
Burch definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dievas looks to score with a jab to the body but Burch is just out of range.
Dievas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dievas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dievas throws a jab but it's blocked by Burch.
Dievas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burch tries to clinch but Dievas moves out of range.
Burch throws a hook but Dievas blocks it.
Dievas with a nice cross.
Dievas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burch.
Dievas looks to score with a jab to the body but Burch is just out of range.
Dievas tries to bum rush Burch with a series of wild strikes but Burch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dievas manages to avoid it.
Dievas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burch.
Burch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dievas. Burch does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burch slips a jab from Dievas.
Burch takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from Burch.
Dievas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Burch rather than just go for the knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dievas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dievas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burch ducks under a wild hook from Dievas.
Dievas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burch.
Dievas slips a straight right by Burch.
Burch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dievas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burch throws out the jab.
Burch gets a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dievas.
Dievas lands an uppercut.
Burch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dievas avoids a wild elbow strike from Burch.
Burch throws an elbow but it misses.
Burch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dievas blocks the elbow strike.
Dievas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dievas misses with some punches.
Dievas tries to work over Burch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dievas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burch throws an elbow but misses.
Dievas dodges an elbow strike from Burch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dievas.
Burch lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burch throws an elbow but it misses.
Dievas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Burch throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dievas.
Dievas gets through Burch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dievas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burch lands an elbow that stopped Dievas in his tracks for a moment.
Dievas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burch throws a lazy right hand but Dievas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burch misses the shot to the body.
Burch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dievas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dievas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dievas ducks under a wild hook from Burch.
Burch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dievas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burch.
Burch is looking to counter the offense by Dievas and move into the clinch.
Dievas keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice side step and Dievas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Burch tries to clinch up.
Dievas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burch throws out the jab.
Dievas clinches up with Burch and pushes him back against the cage.
Burch lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Perkunas Dievas has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burch blocks a body shot from Dievas.
Burch misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dievas's brow.
Dievas blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burch throws an elbow but misses.
Dievas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dievas misses with the head strike.
Burch throws an elbow but it misses.
Dievas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dievas misses with the head strike.
Dievas avoids the elbow strike from Burch, against the cage.
A short right from Dievas.
Dievas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dievas working aggressively here.
Burch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burch pushes off an throws an elbow but Dievas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dievas blocks an elbow strike.
Dievas dodges an elbow strike from Burch.
Burch misses with an elbow over the top.
Dievas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dievas misses with a punch to the body.
Dievas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burch blocks a body shot from Dievas.
Dievas dodges an elbow strike from Burch.
Dievas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burch pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dievas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dievas blocks an elbow strike.
Burch misses with an elbow strike.
Dievas stalling in the clinch.
Dievas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dievas lands a left hand.
Dievas misses with some punches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dievas avoids the elbow strike from Burch, against the cage.
Dievas tries a body shot but Burch blocks it.
Dievas avoids the elbow strike from Burch, against the cage.
Burch misses with an elbow strike.
Dievas misses with some punches.
Burch lands an elbow just above Dievas 's eye.
Burch looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dievas misses with some punches.
Dievas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Dievas.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dievas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Dievas.
Burch is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dievas.
Burch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters up against the cage, Burch throws an elbow but misses.
Dievas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dievas throws a punch but it's blocked by Burch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dievas.
Burch misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Dievas on the inside.
Burch is rocked!
Burch looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dievas lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Burch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dievas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dievas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Dievas.
Dievas pushes Burch back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dievas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burch backwards.
Dievas dips a shoulder and cracks Burch with a mighty uppercut! Burch falls back against the cage and Dievas unloads with a barrage of strikes! Burch is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Dievas screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Perkunas Dievas!
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hype
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