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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ivan chezwik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, ivan chezwik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Burns!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns connects with a high kick.
A big left from chezwik misses.
A head kick misses from Burns.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from chezwik.
chezwik shoots in and drives through. Burns sprawls well.
No luck for chezwik with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ivan chezwik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns feints and then cracks chezwik's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow chezwik down.
Burns shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says chezwik as he avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from chezwik.
Burns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burns pushes chezwik up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns trying to land knees to the body.
Burns trying to land knees to the body.
chezwik jumps into guard, dragging Burns to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns stands and steps away. chezwik gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
chezwik lands the left hand.
chezwik stuffs the takedown attempt from Burns. Burns gets slowly back to his feet.
chezwik blocks a head kick by Burns.
Burns throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burns lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burns throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burns will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
chezwik has Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
chezwik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns missing with knees to the body.
Burns creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through chezwik's defenses.
chezwik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
chezwik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from chezwik.
Burns landing knees to the head.
chezwik tries to break the clinch but Burns is controlling the position.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but chezwik avoids the damage to the body.
chezwik managing to block the knees to the body from Burns.
A knee to the head by Burns.
Burns looks gassed!
chezwik fails to pull the fight into his guard.
chezwik tries to break the clinch but Burns is controlling the position.
Burns keeps control of chezwik as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but chezwik avoids the damage to the body.
chezwik breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
chezwik throws a head kick that misses
and Burns counters with a slapping leg kick.
chezwik misses with a takedown attempt
and Burns counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. chezwik is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Burns lands with a kick to the temple. chezwik shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
chezwik tries to clinch but Burns moves away
and Burns counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a lazy head kick
and chezwik counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Burns is trying to stand.
chezwik is just content to waste time from the top position. Burns takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Burns throws his legs up looking for a submission but chezwik uses it to pass to side control.
chezwik controls the position from side control.
chezwik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Burns keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
chezwik working away.
Burns is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, chezwik asserts his dominance and retains side control.
chezwik has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
chezwik gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Burns counters with a head kick. That will keep chezwik thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A head kick by Burns misses
and chezwik decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Burns's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
chezwik trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
ivan chezwik dominated that round.
That's time! chezwik's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Burns tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
chezwik shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Burns but Burns pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burns.
chezwik wants to clinch.
chezwik misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns lands a head kick!
chezwik changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Burns tries to avoid it but chezwik manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Burns to the ground. Burns escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by chezwik misses
and Burns counters with a low kick, right behind chezwik 's knee.
chezwik takes a kick to the side of the head.
ivan chezwik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to chezwik's calf.
Burns lands with a slapping head kick.
Burns shoots in and bounces chezwik off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burns thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Burns is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
chezwik keeping moving, preventing Burns from controlling successfully.
Burns wants to stand but chezwik is controlling his posture from full guard.
Burns preventing the sweep.
Burns drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Burns jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Burns is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! chezwik is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! chezwik has escaped and now he's on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
chezwik advances to half guard.
Burns is trying to control but can't.
Burns is looking to escape.
Burns looking for submissions off his back.
Burns won't allow chezwik to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
chezwik seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Burns does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Burns looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
chezwik takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
chezwik misses with a takedown
and Burns counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ivan chezwik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burns prevents a body shot from chezwik.
chezwik avoiding damage.
Burns unloads a knee to the mid-section. chezwik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burns unloads a knee to the mid-section. chezwik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burns connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Burns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
chezwik looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A head kick misses from Burns.
Burns rushes chezwik and presses him up against the cage.
chezwik changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Burns fights it off and pushes away nicely.
chezwik with a lazy takedown attempt
and Burns counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ivan chezwik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
chezwik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
chezwik is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Burns landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Burns.
Burns tries to land knees in the clinch but chezwik avoids the damage to the body.
Burns with a knee to the head.
Burns landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burns throws a knee to the head but misses.
chezwik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Burns throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around chezwik's waist but chezwik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Burns off to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Burns.
Burns fails with an attempt to clinch.
chezwik shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Burns but Burns pushes him off and we're back to square one.
chezwik throws a combination that misses
and Burns counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. chezwik is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Burns lands a high kick!
chezwik clinches but Burns breaks the clinch
and Burns counters with a thumping low kick.
Burns throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by chezwik.
Burns tries a head kick but it misses.
chezwik loads up on a big right hand but Burns slips the punch.
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.
chezwik wants to clinch but Burns slips to the side
and Burns counters with a head kick. That will keep chezwik thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burns, right into the meat.
chezwik tries to clinch but Burns moves away
and Burns moves into the clinch.
chezwik managing to block the knees to the body from Burns.
Burns stops a takedown attempt from chezwik.
Burns lands a knee to the head.
chezwik blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
chezwik drags the fight down to the ground.
Burns stands up and waves to chezwik to follow him.
chezwik avoids the head kick by Burns.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
chezwik darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
ivan chezwik is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
chezwik wants to clinch
and Burns counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Burns using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
chezwik fails to pull the fight into his guard.
chezwik drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
chezwik avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Burns trying to land knees to the body.
Burns landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
chezwik successfully pulls guard.
Burns slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
chezwik preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burns tries to stand but chezwik is controlling from the bottom.
Burns drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and chezwik dives on top into guard.
Burns throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Burns is looking for a triangle but chezwik pushes his legs off easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Burns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Burns!
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energy
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