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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Quarto (ranked 3624 p4p, 2521 weight class) and Andreas Burns (ranked 390 p4p, 305 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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193 cm 28 209 4 - 4 - 0 |
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185 cm 20 205 4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Excellent boxer Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Pedro Quarto! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andreas Burns! The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Damien Edna and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Quarto takes a body punch but keeps moving. Burns walks into a left hand. Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Quarto is just out of range. Quarto looks to land a right hand but Burns moved out of range. Quarto 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.
Quarto moves out of range as Burns strikes. A swing and a miss from Quarto. Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quarto moves away. Quarto has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tea Time Takedowns in the buildup to the fight. Burns gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quarto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Quarto misses with a right hand and Burns counters with a left to the body. Burns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Quarto lands a big head kick that sends Burns tumbling to the mat! Quarto takes a step backwards and waves Burns back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Burns is rocked!
It looks like Andreas Burns has been cut. Burns throws a lazy right hand but Quarto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Burns lands a jab to Quarto's midsection. Quarto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Quarto is looking to land body kicks. Quarto misses with an uppercut
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Quarto connects with a body shot. Quarto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burns. Quarto throws a big shot that misses. Burns on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Quarto. Quarto obviously looking to wear him down.
Quarto slips a jab from Burns. Quarto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burns. Quarto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Burns scores with a one two! Quarto had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Quarto slips under a jab. Burns scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quarto doesn't seem bothered though. Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by Quarto. Burns throws a series of punches but Quarto moves out of range. Burns throws a lazy right hand but Quarto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. A big right from Quarto misses. Burns appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Quarto throws a jab when Burns was well out of range. Quarto misses the shot to the body. Burns moves out of range of the strikes. Quarto throws a poor cross that misses
and Burns counters with a left to the body. Quarto's corner calls for a 1-2. Quarto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Quarto pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Burns lands a body shot.
Burns lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Quarto at a distance.
Quarto jabbing away but nothing is landing. Quarto slips a jab from Burns. Quarto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. A little jabbing left from Burns on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quarto was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns. Quarto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Burns pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Quarto back to the cage. Burns follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver. Burns lands an overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Quarto throws a head kick but Burns moves out of range.
Pedro Quarto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Quarto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns. Burns cracks Quarto with a right hand to the side of the head. Burns lands with a shot to the body. Burns scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Burns misses with a two punch combination.
Quarto looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range. Quarto will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Quarto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Burns throws an overhand right that lands on Quarto's shoulder, as Quarto tries to avoid the shot. Quarto misses with an uppercut. Burns throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Quarto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Quarto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Quarto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Burns stuns Quarto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Quarto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burns circles away quickly and effectively. Burns looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Burns shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Quarto eats them both and turns towards Burns to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Quarto slips under a jab from Burns. Burns misses with an uppercut. Quarto saw that one coming. Quarto throws a right hand that misses
and Quarto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Sloppy strikes from Quarto. Those never looked like landing. Quarto misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Burns lands a head shot.
Quarto is rocked! Burns dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Quarto is breathing heavily. Burns throws a lazy right hand but Quarto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Quarto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. A jab from Burns does it's job there. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andreas Burns dominated that round. The cut man is working on Andreas Burns's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Burns drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Quarto right on the button. Quarto goes down! Burns follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Burns gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andreas Burns! Andreas Burns decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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