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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex John Conor Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Shephard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Body Head Bangerz feat. Lil' Boosie & Young Bleed - I Smoke, I Drank. Shephard comes into a darkened arena with his song building. You All Everybody kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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215 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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245 lbs
27 - 17 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex John Conor Burns !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Shephard!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shephard throws a combination that misses
letting Burns counter with a right hand.
It looks like Jack Shephard has been cut.
Burns 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shephard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Burns scrambles back to his feet.
Shephard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burns lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shephard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Burns shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've been told by Burns 's head coaches at UHK, Inc. that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burns .
Shephard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That has opened up Jack Shephard's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns feints and then cracks Shephard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shephard down.
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shephard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shephard blocks a jab.
Shephard appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Burns keeps Shephard at a distance using the push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shephard 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.
Burns moves away from the strike by Shephard.
Burns ducks under a wild hook from Shephard.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Shephard is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Shephard.
Burns throws a head kick but Shephard moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shephard! But no joy.
Burns drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Burns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shephard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burns sizes up Shephard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shephard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Burns catches Shephard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shephard swats away the attempt to clinch by Burns .
A countering left hand to the body from Shephard misses.
Burns gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from Shephard.
Burns can't find room to land a body shot as Shephard controls the action.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Shephard uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burns .
Shephard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burns lands a shot to the body.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
Shephard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Shephard uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burns .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jab from Burns .
The cut above Jack Shephard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Burns throws a poor cross that misses
and Shephard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Burns has closed the distance and engaged Shephard in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shephard.
Burns struggles to land a body shot inside as Shephard controls his hands.
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Shephard.
Burns tries to work over Shephard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shephard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shephard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shephard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shephard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burns lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shephard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shephard has a couple of punches blocked by Burns .
Burns wants to stall.
A hook to the body from Burns .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burns creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Burns .
Jack Shephard's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Burns scores with a shot to the side of Shephard's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shephard.
Burns breaks the clinch.
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shephard throws out the jab.
Burns takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burns moves out of range as Shephard strikes.
Shephard scores with a jab to the head.
Burns scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex John Conor Burns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Shephard's cut.
That's time! Burns 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shephard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burns .
Burns lands with a straight right. Shephard didn't see that one coming.
Burns takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Shephard bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Burns ! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Burns is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shephard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Oh Burns is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Burns working a defensive guard here.
Burns seems to have got his legs back now.
Shephard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shephard is fighting to break Burns 's control of his arms but Burns is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Burns trying to keep a closed guard but Shephard is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shephard connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns controlling the position.
Burns knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shephard on the ground.
Shephard wants to control from the top but Burns keeps moving.
Shephard throwing strikes but missing.
Burns not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Burns goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Shephard's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alex John Conor Burns !
Alex John Conor Burns decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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