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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denis Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalja Turpa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalja Turpa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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185 cm
20
214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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181 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Denis Burns! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalja Turpa! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Turpa thuds his shin into the meat of Burns's side. A big left from Burns misses. Turpa throws a head kick that Burns semi-blocks.
Turpa misses with a takedown
and Burns decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Turpa's guard. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet. Burns lands a couple of elbows. Burns definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Burns with a nice head shot there. Burns scoring with some ground and pound. Burns stays in close to Turpa's body and controls the position. Burns has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Burns drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Turpa dives on top into guard.
Burns has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Turpa doesn't defend quickly enough and Burns has managed to lock this one up! Can Turpa escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Burns on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Denis Burns!
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C
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
58% |
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