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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Micheal Burns acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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215 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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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 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Barry Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Micheal Burns!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burns paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Allen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Allen rushes Burns and presses him up against the cage.
Allen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Allen avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Burns tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Burns is trying to pull guard but Allen has him pressed against the cage.
Burns is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Allen can't fight it off and eventually Burns manages to take the fight to the floor. Allen looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Allen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen controls Burns momentarily but Burns frees himself.
Burns pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Allen is keeping the position for now.
Allen looking to control.
Allen is pulling down on Burns's head. It's preventing any offense from Burns, at least for the moment.
Burns controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Allen is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Russian Bears Training Center that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Allen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Allen tries to clinch but Burns moves away
and Burns counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Burns.
Burns has gone for a leg lock! Allen slips out almost immediately though and dives into Burns's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns working for submissions but it's allowed Allen to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Burns shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Allen pushes Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Burns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Allen.
Burns tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Burns throws an elbow but misses.
Allen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burns thows a leg kick but Allen checks it
and Allen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Allen.
Allen shoots in and gets a takedown into Burns's guard.
Allen trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Burns trying to control the position.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Burns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen gets to his feet. Burns looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Burns enables Allen to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Burns manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Burns trying to control the position.
Allen wants to stand but Burns is controlling his posture from full guard.
Allen decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Burns, up you get!
Burns swats away the attempt to clinch by Allen.
Burns shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Allen pinned against the cage. Allen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Allen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Allen.
Allen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burns.
Allen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burns can do to turn this around?
Burns manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Allen on his heels. He'll look to pass Allen's guard now, I'm sure.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barry Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns lands a couple of digs.
Burns content to stall in guard here.
Burns postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns being controlled here momentarily.
Burns seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Burns has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Allen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Burns manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Allen throws a big elbow that misses.
Allen trying to stand up but can't free himself from Burns's guard.
Burns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Allen wanted to stand there but Burns had control of the position.
Burns looking for a guillotine here but Allen defends easily.
Burns is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen looking to pass the guard.
Burns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Allen decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Burns, up you get!
Allen is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Burns dives in for a single leg takedown but Allen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Allen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns.
Allen fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Allen is trying to maintain a safe position but Burns gets an underhook and turns Allen into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burns prevents a body shot from Allen.
Burns is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Allen is defending well for now.
Burns is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Burns trying to land knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A nice left hand lands by Allen.
Allen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Burns uses from the top position.
Allen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Barry Allen will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Burns shoots in looking for a takedown. Allen tries to sprawl out of it but Burns keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Allen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Burns moves into the clinch.
Burns is trying to pull guard but Allen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Burns managing to block the knees to the body from Allen.
Allen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen has had enough of the clinch but Burns keeps him there for the moment.
Allen breaks from the clinch.
Barry Allen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burns dodges the punch combination from Allen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen wants to clinch.
Allen moves out of range of the leg kick from Burns.
Allen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Allen pushes Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns displaying some good clinch control by pressing Allen up against the cage.
Burns stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Allen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Allen decides to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen trying to control the position.
Burns with a flurry of punches that miss.
Burns wants to control from the top but Allen keeps moving.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Burns from controlling successfully.
Burns is in close to Allen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Burns sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Burns content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Allen has locked up a guillotine! Allen's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Burns is holding on here and Allen must be using up a lot of energy. Burns has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Allen gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Barry Allen!
Our winner, Barry Allen, 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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