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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Conlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Carcass - Keep on Rotting in the Free World. Conlin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Eminem The Way I Am. Kevin Conlin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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260 lbs
20 - 7 - 0 |
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175 cm
30
293 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Fred Burton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Conlin!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burton thows a body shot but no joy.
Conlin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Conlin drops his hands momentarily and Burton takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Conlin scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Fred Burton has been cut.
Kevin Conlin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conlin looks to land a left hand but Burton moved out of range nicely.
Conlin misses with a hook.
Burton lands a body shot.
Burton uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big left from Conlin misses.
Burton ducks under a wild hook from Conlin.
Conlin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Conlin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Conlin fails with a takedown attempt.
Conlin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burton.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conlin throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Burton to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conlin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burton manages to avoid it.
Burton takes a swing at Conlin's ribcage but misses.
Conlin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
No luck for Burton with that takedown attempt.
Conlin jabs Burton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Burton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conlin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burton slips under a jab.
Conlin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Conlin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Conlin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Conlin misses with a looping right.
Conlin missing with a left hand there. Burton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Conlin looks to score with a jab to the body but Burton is just out of range.
Conlin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Burton trying to mount his opponent but Conlin defends it.
Conlin is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Conlin is refusing to be controlled, as Burton sits in half guard.
Conlin wants to improve his position but Burton is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Fred Burton wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Burton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Conlin.
Conlin slips under a jab from Burton.
Burton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Burton scoring well with a low kick there.
Conlin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conlin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Conlin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Burton as he avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burton looks to score with a jab to the body but Conlin is just out of range.
Conlin misses with a straight left.
Burton is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Burton 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kevin Conlin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fred Burton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Conlin throws an overhand right that lands on Burton's shoulder, as Burton tries to avoid the shot.
Conlin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burton.
Conlin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conlin wants to clinch up but Burton keeps it at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Conlin.
Burton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conlin looks to throw the jab but Burton is out of range.
Burton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Conlin's head.
Burton on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conlin throws a jab when Burton was well out of range.
Burton tests Conlin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conlin throws a right and a left that Burton avoids nicely.
Burton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton lands with a nice body punch.
Burton lands a slapping body shot.
A slow jab from Conlin misses its intended target.
Burton thows a body shot but no joy.
Burton cracks Conlin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Conlin misses with a hook. Burton ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Conlin misses.
Conlin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Conlin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Conlin throws a shot to the body.
Burton lands with a straight right. Conlin didn't see that one coming.
Burton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conlin.
Burton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conlin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conlin scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Conlin finds it's way round the side to connect with Burton's head.
Burton dives in and scores a takedown into Conlin's guard.
Burton looking to sit in guard and control but Conlin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Conlin trying to control the position from guard on top but Burton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burton manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Conlin is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton working Conlin over with strikes here.
Conlin is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton working the ground and pound effectively.
Conlin is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conlin is desperately trying to improve his position but Burton has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Burton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fred Burton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Conlin throws the left hand but Burton avoids the punch easily.
Burton misses with an uppercut. Conlin saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Conlin. Those never looked like landing.
Burton moves forwards but Conlin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Burton misses with a wild combination.
Burton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jab, jab by Conlin - just one landing.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Conlin enables Burton to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Conlin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conlin is looking for a triangle but Burton pushes his legs off easily.
Burton trying to control the position from guard on top but Conlin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conlin looking for a triangle here. Burton is fighting it but it looks tight! Conlin pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Burton is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Kevin Conlin!
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hype
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