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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Micheal Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Watts will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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151 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Micheal Burton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Watts!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Burton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Watts with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Burton winds up and cracks Watts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burton content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Burton seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Watts for as long as he can get away with.
Watts looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Watts looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burton slips a nice elbow through Watts's hands, connecting with Watts's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burton slips a nice elbow through Watts's hands, connecting with Watts's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton working over Watts with some ground and pound. Watts looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Well, if Burton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Burton slips a nice elbow through Watts's hands, connecting with Watts's forehead.
Burton is taking a breather. Watts says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Watts is looking to control Burton's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Watts avoid being mounted?
Burton slips a nice elbow through Watts's hands, connecting with Watts's forehead.
Burton lands strikes from half guard.
Burton slows the pace down in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Watts looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Burton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Watts with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Watts has hold of Burton's hands but Burton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Burton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Burton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Burton lands with a punch from half guard.
Burton slips a nice elbow through Watts's hands, connecting with Watts's forehead.
Burton slips a nice elbow through Watts's hands, connecting with Watts's forehead.
Watts on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burton working the head and body with strikes.
Burton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Watts trying to control from the bottom.
Burton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Burton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Burton passes into side control, despite Watts's attempt to control the position.
Burton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Burton works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Burton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Burton just content to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Burton cracks Watts with a big elbow.
A lull in the action here as Burton stalls from top position.
Burton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burton stands up and beckons Watts to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micheal Burton dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Watts gets caught napping as Burton dives in and scores a takedown. Watts manages to retain guard.
Burton engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Burton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Burton working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Watts is breathing heavily.
Burton showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Burton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Burton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Watts can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Burton controls the pace.
Burton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Burton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Burton connects with a couple of short punches.
Watts controls Burton momentarily but Burton frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Watts has momentary wrist control but Burton slips an elbow through the middle.
Burton landing some decent shots from guard.
Burton is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Watts instigates a clinch.
Watts is trying to break free.
Watts wants a takedown.
Burton looking to throw knees to the head but Watts is blocking nicely.
Burton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Watts quickly recovers to half guard.
Burton drops an elbow to the side of Watts's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Burton connects with a nice short shot to Watts's temple.
Burton is nestled in close to Watts, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Burton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Burton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Burton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Watts with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Burton stands up out of the half guard.
Burton darts in looking for a takedown but Watts gets double underhooks and turns Burton into the cage.
Watts replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Burton blocks it well.
Burton moves into range and clinches up with Watts.
Burton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Burton breaks the clinch.
Burton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Watts.
Burton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Watts was covering up waiting for the punch and Burton finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Burton is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burton is working Watts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micheal Burton dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Burton closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Watts quickly recovers to half guard.
Burton slips a nice elbow through Watts's hands, connecting with Watts's forehead.
Burton content to control rather than advance.
Burton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Watts on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Watts wants to control but Burton is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Watts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Well, if Burton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Burton controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from Burton there.
Well, if Burton is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Burton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Burton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Burton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watts can do to turn this around?
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.
Watts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Burton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Watts has hold of Burton's hands but Burton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Burton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Burton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Burton winds up and cracks Watts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burton not doing much here.
Nice strikes from Burton there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Burton in particular looking to stall.
Watts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Watts wants to get back to full guard.
Burton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Joe Watts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burton stands up out of the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Burton shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Burton showed some decent athleticism there.
Burton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Burton winds up and cracks Watts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burton decides to return to a standing position.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Burton.
Burton controlling the position from side mount.
Micheal Burton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Micheal Burton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micheal Burton!
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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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