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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nyquil Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salazar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Enter Sandman. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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195 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
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196 lbs
8 - 4 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nyquil Salazar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Burgess!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgess throws a leg kick
and Salazar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Burgess is lucky that one didn't land flush.
No joy there for Burgess, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burgess throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Burgess looks to land a right hand but Salazar moved out of range.
Burgess steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salazar.
Burgess jabs Salazar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Salazar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burgess.
Burgess throws a lazy right hand but Salazar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burgess lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgess misses with a leg kick
and Salazar finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Salazar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Burgess misses with an uppercut
and Salazar counters with a good low kick that Burgess was not able to check.
Salazar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Burgess misses with a hook. Salazar ducked under it nicely.
Salazar walks into a straight right hand from Burgess.
Salazar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Salazar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Burgess counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anthony Burgess is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar tries to clinch
and Burgess cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salazar closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burgess counters with a stiff right hand.
Salazar wants to clinch but Burgess slips to the side
enabling Burgess to counter with a crisp jab.
Salazar throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Burgess throws a predictable looking body shot
and Salazar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burgess dips to his left and cracks Salazar with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Salazar.
Salazar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Burgess counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Salazar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Burgess counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Burgess falls off balance throwing a combination
and Salazar counters with a big head kick but Burgess shrugs it off.
Burgess has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgess moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salazar walks into a jab.
Anthony Burgess seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salazar tries to clinch but Burgess moves away
and Burgess counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Salazar throws an off balance right hand
letting Burgess counter with a right hand.
A low kick from Burgess is predictable there
and Salazar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burgess circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burgess cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nyquil Salazar dominated that 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.
Burgess throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Salazar counters with a stiff right hand.
Salazar tries to clinch up
letting Burgess counter with a right hand.
Salazar looks to clinch
and Salazar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burgess fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Salazar checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salazar tries to clinch
and Burgess counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Salazar takes one to the side of the head.
Salazar dodges the punch combination from Burgess.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar moves to clinch but Burgess breaks away
and Burgess cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burgess throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Salazar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Burgess misses with a series of wild punches.
Burgess throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Salazar on the side of the head.
Salazar tries to clinch
and Burgess makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Burgess rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Salazar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burgess.
Salazar looks to clinch
and Burgess counters with a stiff right hand.
Salazar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burgess swings widly with a right hand
and Salazar moves into the clinch.
Burgess tries to circle away but Salazar has him pinned against the ropes.
Burgess wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burgess digs a right hand into Salazar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Salazar's gas tank.
Salazar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burgess walks away with a smile on his face. Salazar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Salazar closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burgess counters with a low kick, right behind Salazar 's knee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salazar moves to clinch but Burgess breaks away
and Burgess counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Salazar gets a clinch.
Burgess lands a body punch.
Salazar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burgess lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burgess lands an uppercut.
Salazar is trying to stall.
Salazar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burgess is working Salazar over against the ropes.
Burgess tries a body shot but Salazar blocks it.
Burgess gets through Salazar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Burgess lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burgess throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burgess lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salazar or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burgess lands a shot to the body.
Burgess lands with a left to the head.
Burgess digs a right hand underneath Salazar's ribcage. Salazar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The referee is keeping an eye on Burgess - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Burgess lands a shot to the body.
Burgess working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Burgess lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burgess looking to slow down the pace here.
Burgess blocks an elbow strike from Salazar.
Burgess escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burgess cracks a nice hook into Salazar's ribs.
Salazar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Burgess throws a jab but it's blocked by Salazar.
Burgess dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Burgess lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salazar wants to clinch but Burgess slips to the side
and Salazar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burgess lands with an uppercut that bounces Salazar off the ropes and back into rage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Burgess showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Salazar ducks under a wild hook from Burgess.
Salazar checks a leg kick nicely.
Burgess throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Salazar throws a head kick that half lands.
Burgess does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Salazar takes one to the chin there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgess with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Salazar tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Burgess counters with an outside leg kick.
Salazar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Salazar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burgess blocks it with crossed arms.
Burgess prevents the takedown attempt.
Burgess lands a body punch.
Burgess avoids a wild elbow strike from Salazar.
Salazar misses with a knee strike.
Burgess lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salazar or not.
Salazar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Burgess.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgess's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salazar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Burgess bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salazar's head.
Burgess lands a nice hook to Salazar's body. Salazar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Burgess.
Burgess bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salazar's head backwards.
Burgess circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burgess counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Burgess.
Burgess lands with a right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Burgess throws a poor cross that misses
and Salazar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess is trying to stand.
Salazar thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Salazar is trying to control the action in half guard but Burgess is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Burgess keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Salazar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Burgess defending well though.
Salazar is thwarting Burgess's attempts to control the position.
Burgess really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salazar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Burgess is looking to improve his position.
Burgess wants to get back to his feet.
Salazar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Burgess has managed to free his arm - good work.
Salazar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burgess keeps working.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burgess tries to kick Salazar off but Salazar keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Burgess wants to improve his position but Salazar is controlling well.
Salazar seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Burgess has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Salazar is working away from the top position though.
Salazar trying to mount his opponent but Burgess defends it.
Burgess is looking to control Salazar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Burgess avoid being mounted?
Burgess wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burgess is looking to control Salazar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Burgess avoid being mounted?
Salazar is trying to work for a kimura but Burgess is defending well.
Salazar wants to work for an arm triangle but Burgess is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Burgess comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Burgess 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Burgess!
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energy
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hype
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