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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Loyd Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 Las Vegas, Loyd Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manuel Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trujillo tries to clinch up.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice combo by Burns! Oh, that's hurt him - Trujillo falls to the canvas and Burns follows him into side control.
It looks like Manuel Trujillo has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trujillo tries to improve position but can't.
Burns moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Burns wants to stand but Trujillo has his arm trapped.
Trujillo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo looks gassed!
Burns taking a breather here.
Burns tries to get to his feet but Trujillo is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Burns in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Trujillo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Trujillo keeping full guard, as Burns tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Loyd Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manuel Trujillo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Trujillo fails to land the takedown.
Burns clobbers Trujillo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A head kick from Burns lands but Trujillo takes it in his stride.
Burns tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Trujillo is just out of range.
Burns with a jab.
Trujillo takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trujillo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Trujillo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burns's waist but Burns gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Trujillo off to one side.
Loyd Burns is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab by Burns.
Trujillo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Burns is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Trujillo tries to keep at a distance but Burns has taken the fight into the clinch.
Trujillo is breathing heavily.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burns using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Trujillo's defenses.
Burns lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burns tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Burns with a knee to the head.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns scores with a knee to the head.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Burns connects with a knee to the head.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trujillo's face.
Trujillo tries to pull guard but Burns won't allow it.
Loyd Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manuel Trujillo.
Burns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Trujillo is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Burns gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Trujillo breaks from the clinch.
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.
Burns throws a head kick that Trujillo semi-blocks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Burns throws a nice head kick!
Trujillo avoids the body shot from Burns.
A head kick misses from Burns.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trujillo moves away.
Trujillo closes the distance and clinches up with Burns, looking for a takedown. Trujillo pushes Burns against the ropes but Burns circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Trujillo's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Burns.
Burns misses with a knee strike.
Burns throws an elbow but it misses.
Burns looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Burns letting Trujillo take a breather here.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Trujillo misses with a knee to the head.
Burns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Loyd Burns dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manuel Trujillo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Trujillo shoots in for a takedown but Burns shows good takedown defense.
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trujillo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Trujillo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns keeps working.
Trujillo working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Burns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Trujillo on the ground.
Burns is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo tries to move into full mount but can't pass Burns's legs.
Burns is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Trujillo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Burns is trying to control Trujillo's posture but Trujillo avoids it.
Trujillo trying to control the action but Burns is working from the bottom.
Burns stops Trujillo from passing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Trujillo really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manuel Trujillo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Burns throws a head kick that misses.
Trujillo moves in looking to clinch but Burns pushes him off.
Burns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Loyd Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Trujillo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Burns has Trujillo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Burns using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trujillo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Burns prevents it.
Trujillo avoids a wild elbow strike from Burns.
Burns with a knee to the head.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Trujillo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Burns has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trujillo tries to pull guard but Burns won't allow it.
Burns lands a damaging elbow.
Trujillo avoiding damage.
Trujillo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Burns scores with a knee to the head.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Burns lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trujillo's face.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trujillo pushes Burns back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Burns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trujillo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Loyd Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manuel Trujillo.
Burns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks with his arms.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trujillo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
Burns misses with an elbow over the top.
Burns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trujillo's face.
Burns using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trujillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trujillo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burns throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Trujillo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burns smiles and moves away.
Trujillo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice takedown defense from Burns. No joy for Trujillo on that attempt.
Manuel Trujillo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns works the jab nicely.
Burns lands a head kick!
Burns connects with a high kick.
A head kick misses from Burns.
Trujillo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trujillo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Burns has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Burns and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Horrible takedown by Trujillo or perhaps it was just good defense by Burns which made him look bad.
Burns throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A swing and a miss from Burns.
Burns lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Loyd Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Burns swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trujillo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Loyd Burns will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Manuel Trujillo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Trujillo shoots in looking for a takedown. Burns tries to sprawl out of it but Trujillo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Burns manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Trujillo lands a lovely overhand right.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burns clinches up against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Burns lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burns looking to throw knees to the head but Trujillo is blocking nicely.
Burns misses with a knee strike.
Trujillo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trujillo has Burns pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Burns manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Burns lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trujillo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burns looking to throw knees to the head but Trujillo is blocking nicely.
Burns tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trujillo has Burns pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Burns manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Loyd Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manuel Trujillo.
Trujillo takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns with a knee to the head.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trujillo tries to pull guard but Burns won't allow it.
Trujillo trying to stall but Burns improves his position.
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Trujillo's defenses.
Burns misses with an elbow over the top.
Burns with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Trujillo misses with a punch to the body.
Burns misses with a knee strike.
Trujillo jumps guard but Burns stands there with Trujillo around his waist. Trujillo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Burns misses with a knee to the head.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns lands an elbow just above Trujillo 's eye.
A knee to the head by Burns.
Burns connects with a knee to the head.
Burns looking to throw knees to the head but Trujillo is blocking nicely.
Burns misses with a knee to the head.
Burns throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burns lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trujillo wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Trujillo blocks it.
Burns connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trujillo's face.
Burns misses with a knee to the head.
Burns misses with a knee strike.
Burns throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trujillo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Burns scores with a knee to the head.
Burns throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trujillo blocks it with crossed arms.
Burns tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trujillo pulls guard.
Burns has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Burns wants to stand but Trujillo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trujillo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Loyd Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 49:44
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 49:45
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Loyd Burns!
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