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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brad Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toshiki Taniyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns's entrance music is Zenith. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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143 lbs
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134 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Toshiki Taniyama!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns misses with a straight right.
Taniyama tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Taniyama tries to clinch but Burns moves out of range.
Taniyama takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Burns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burns lands a head shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Burns!
Taniyama tries to close the distance and clinch but Burns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab by Burns.
Burns scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taniyama tries to clinch up.
Burns scores with a nice strike.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Burns really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Burns thuds his right hand into Taniyama's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Taniyama slips under a jab from Burns.
Taniyama instigates a clinch.
Taniyama manages to break the clinch.
Burns lands a nice shot that snaps Taniyama's head back.
Burns cracks Taniyama with a good jab.
Burns misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taniyama wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taniyama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taniyama needs to keep his hands up - Burns had a free shot at his head there.
Taniyama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns.
Burns misses the jab.
Taniyama moves in looking to clinch but Burns pushes him off.
Taniyama on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burns keeps the fight on the outside.
Burns throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taniyama tries to clinch up but Burns circles away and keeps his distance.
Taniyama moves into range and clinches up with Burns.
Burns tries to break the clinch but Taniyama is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Taniyama putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Burns in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Taniyama won't allow it.
Taniyama lands a damaging elbow.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Taniyama has him pressed against the ropes.
Burns wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Taniyama has him pressed against the ropes.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Taniyama has him pressed against the ropes.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Taniyama is controlling him.
Burns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taniyama breaks the clinch.
Burns tried to score with a low kick but Taniyama checks it.
Burns throws a hook but Taniyama avoids it easily.
Burns scores with a jab to the head.
Burns rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taniyama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taniyama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taniyama tries to clinch there but Burns circles away.
Burns is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Taniyama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Burns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taniyama fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns sizes up Taniyama with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Burns dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Burns tries to bum rush Taniyama with a series of wild strikes but Taniyama uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taniyama slips under a jab.
Burns lands with a good body shot.
Burns is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Taniyama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Burns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taniyama forces Burns back against the ropes and clinches.
Burns wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Taniyama has him pressed against the ropes.
Taniyama landing knees to the body.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns has had enough of the clinch but Taniyama keeps him there for the moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Burns wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taniyama has him pressed against the ropes.
Taniyama keeps control of Burns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taniyama blocks an uppercut.
Taniyama unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burns lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Taniyama won't allow it.
Taniyama holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Burns working hard to break the clinch.
Taniyama stalls.
Burns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Burns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Taniyama breaks the clinch.
Taniyama is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Taniyama staying out of range there.
Taniyama tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
Taniyama doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Taniyama moves into the clinch successfully.
Burns wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taniyama manages to break the clinch.
Toshiki Taniyama is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns digs a good hook to Taniyama's body.
Burns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taniyama tries to clinch up but Burns circles away and keeps his distance.
Taniyama tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
Taniyama slips a jab from Burns.
Taniyama wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taniyama throws a sloppy body shot
and Burns counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Taniyama wants to clinch.
Burns bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Burns lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burns.
Burns lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Taniyama tries to clinch up
and Burns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taniyama throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Burns's head.
Taniyama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taniyama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taniyama doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns circles away.
Taniyama walks into a left hand.
Taniyama moves in looking to clinch but Burns pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Burns dominated that second round.
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!
Burns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brad Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Taniyama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Burns to score with a decent uppercut.
Taniyama gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Taniyama on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Taniyama throws a head kick that misses
and Burns counters with a straight right hand.
Taniyama has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Taniyama moves into the clinch.
Taniyama dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Taniyama continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Taniyama working Burns over with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taniyama takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Taniyama won't allow it.
Burns tries to circle away but Taniyama has him pinned against the ropes.
Burns tries to break free but Taniyama pushes him back against the ropes.
Burns is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Taniyama prevents Burns from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Taniyama - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Burns wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taniyama has him pressed against the ropes.
Burns wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taniyama looking to throw knees to the head but Burns is blocking nicely.
Burns has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burns is trying to force a seperation but Taniyama has the dominant position.
Taniyama lands an elbow inside that Burns shrugs off.
Burns can't break the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Burns is looking to break free of the clinch but Taniyama has double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Taniyama lands a nice elbow.
Taniyama throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A frustrated look appears on Burns's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burns is trying to force a seperation but Taniyama has the dominant position.
Burns working hard to break the clinch.
Taniyama looking to slow down the pace here.
Taniyama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burns avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
Taniyama crunches a lovely knee into Burns's ribcage.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Taniyama is controlling him.
Burns wants to get back to striking at distance but Taniyama won't allow it.
Taniyama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Burns tries to break the clinch but Taniyama is controlling the position.
Burns is trying to break the clinch but Taniyama is controlling him.
Burns has had enough of the clinch but Taniyama keeps him there for the moment.
Taniyama keeps control of Burns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burns can't break the clinch.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Taniyama throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Burnss head.
Burns managing to block the knees to the body from Taniyama.
Taniyama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Taniyama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burns avoids it.
Burns managing to block the knees to the body from Taniyama.
Taniyama keeps control of Burns as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Burns wants to break free but Taniyama has control.
Toshiki Taniyama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Taniyama controlling the action here for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Burns, 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Burns!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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