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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harold Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcos Knight told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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171 lbs
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175 cm
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177 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Marcos Knight!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Knight's waist but Knight gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Burns off to one side.
A right-left combo lands from Knight.
Knight cracks Burns with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knight connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Burns shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Knight sprawls well. Knight wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Burns gets slowly back to his feet.
Knight defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Burns.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harold Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight misses the jab.
Knight fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burns looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A shot to the liver by Knight. Beautiful body shot.
Burns walks into a left hand.
Burns takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
No luck for Burns with that takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Knight as Burns shoots in.
Nice takedown defense from Knight. No joy for Burns on that attempt.
Burns avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marcos Knight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Burns moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.
Burns shoots in but Knight avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Burns shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Knight sprawls well. Knight wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Burns gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns drives through with a takedown into Knight's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Burns stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Danga de danga de dang - Knight scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns shoots for a takedown but Knight saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Knight tries to bum rush Burns with a series of wild strikes but Burns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knight throws a series of punches but Burns avoids them all with ease.
Knight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burns.
Burns tries to score a power double leg takedown but Knight sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Burns somewhat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns shoots in but Knight avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Burns misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Knight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice defenses there by Burns.
Burns tries for a takedown but Knight sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Burns.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knight finds it's way round the side to connect with Burns's head.
Burns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knight feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Burnss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good shot there by Knight.
Burns shoots in looking for a takedown. Knight tries to sprawl out of it but Burns keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Knight manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Knight uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice takedown defense from Knight. No joy for Burns on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcos Knight dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Knight lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Knight.
Knight lands a nice looking body shot.
Knight gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Burns to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Burns throws a big right hand that misses.
Burns passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Burns decides to stand back up.
Burns changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Knight looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns tries for a kimura but Knight is defending well.
Burns goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Knight rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Burns's guard! Nice work there by Knight!
Burns throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Knight really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Burns. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Burns looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Knight passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to control but Knight is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Burns gets back to full guard.
Burns pushes a forearm under Knight's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Knight is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Harold Burns!
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hype
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RATING
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