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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brad Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Speech Cobras. Jonathan Hawkins acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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143 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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142 lbs
17 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jonathan Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hawkins dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hawkins has hold of one of Burns's legs. Burns is fighting the takedown attempt but Hawkins gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Hawkins throws a big elbow that misses.
Burns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Burns tries to get out of the position.
Hawkins throwing strikes but missing.
Hawkins forces his way into half guard.
Hawkins missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hawkins is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hawkins landing punches.
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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawkins scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Burns is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Burns in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins trying to control but Burns is having none of it.
Burns wants to get back to his feet.
Hawkins scoring with strikes but Burns is staying in there.
Hawkins landing shots from mount.
Hawkins throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Burns tries to buck Hawkins off but he can't manage it.
Burns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hawkins on the ground.
Hawkins tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hawkins dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns is bucking up trying to escape but Hawkins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Burns is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Hawkins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hawkins lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Burns is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Hawkins lands a nice shot to the head.
Hawkins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hawkins dominating with strikes here.
Burns is rocked!
Hawkins dominating with strikes here.
Oh Burns is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hawkins tries to control but Burns wriggling away.
Burns seems to have got his legs back now.
Burns is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burns is looking to escape.
You get the feeling that Burns really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hawkins unloading with bombs!
Hawkins trying to control but Burns is having none of it.
Hawkins lands a big shot there that rocks Burns but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hawkins has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hawkins controlling the pace for now.
Hawkins raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hawkins looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkins scoring with strikes but Burns is staying in there.
Hawkins fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Burns is bucking up trying to escape but Hawkins cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Burns takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Hawkins's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Hawkins!
Our winner, Jonathan Hawkins, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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