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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Kicker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kicker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kiss Kicker 99. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Kicker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darren Burns!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kicker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
James Kicker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kicker throws a jab but it's blocked by Burns.
Kicker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Burns looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kicker lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Burns backs up against the cage.
Kicker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burns circles away quickly and effectively.
Burns scores with a nice right hand.
Burns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kicker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns clinches up against the cage.
Kicker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short left from Burns.
Burns told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Kicker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kicker lands a hook that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Kicker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kicker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kicker blocks an uppercut.
Burns drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kicker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burns working aggressively here.
Kicker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
Kicker scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kicker tries to work over Burns's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burns comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burns digs a right hand into Kicker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kicker's gas tank.
Kicker gets through Burns's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kicker stalling.
Burns is trying to stall.
Burns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Burns is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kicker is keeping busy.
Burns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kicker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Burns with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kicker scores with a shoulder strike.
Burns throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Kicker.
Burns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
Kicker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kicker lands a body shot.
Burns tries a knee to the head but Kicker blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kicker taking a breather.
Kicker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Kicker for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Burns lands a damaging elbow.
Burns misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Kicker.
Burns looks winded!
Burns swings wildly with an uppercut but Kicker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kicker controlling the action here for a moment.
Kicker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kicker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kicker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burns's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Kicker.
Kicker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kicker manages to break the clinch.
Kicker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burns looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kicker misses with an uppercut. Burns saw that one coming.
A big right from Kicker misses.
Kicker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kicker with a jab.
Kicker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burns wants to clinch up but Kicker keeps it at a distance.
Kicker misses with a two punch combination.
Burns ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burns closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kicker blocking some punches.
Burns tries to work over Kicker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kicker stops a takedown attempt from Burns.
Burns throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short body shot lands from Kicker as the two fighters clinch.
Kicker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Kicker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kicker stalling against the cage.
Kicker lands a shoulder strike.
Kicker lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kicker.
Kicker blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Kicker on the inside.
A short right from Kicker on the inside.
Burns is rocked!
Burns creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kicker blocks an uppercut.
Kicker lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burns.
Kicker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Burns lands a nice uppercut.
Kicker tries a body shot but Burns blocks it.
Good body shot from Kicker.
A hook to the body from Kicker.
Kicker drops Burns onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Burns is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Burns is still on wobbly legs! Can Kicker finish him?
Kicker lands with a light punch inside.
Kicker unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Burns! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Kicker is unloading with more strikes now! Burns drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Kicker!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, James Kicker made sure he mentioned Aspire Clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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