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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Burrows (ranked 1800 p4p, 214 weight class) and Wesley Whitaker (ranked 3966 p4p, 398 weight class). Burrows comes to the cage accompanied by Calm - No problem. Trevor Burrows has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Excellent MT
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Burrows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wesley Whitaker !
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Steve Montenegro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burrows throws a shot to the body.
Whitaker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whitaker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A left lands for Burrows.
Burrows throws a lazy uppercut
and Whitaker counters with a nice uppercut.
Whitaker misses the shot to the body.
Whitaker blocks a jab.
Whitaker scores with a jab to the head.
Burrows wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whitaker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Whitaker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Burrows manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Whitaker can't break the clinch.
Burrows working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrows drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Burrows lands a right hand.
Burrows pulls guard successfully.
Whitaker got a little sloppy there for a moment and Burrows has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Whitaker has managed to get both his arms back between Burrows's legs - danger averted.
Burrows seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Burrows is on top in guard.
Burrows postures up in Whitaker 's guard and throws a big left but Whitaker blocks it.
Whitaker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Burrows. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burrows passes Whitaker 's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Whitaker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Burrows.
Burrows wants to pass the guard but Whitaker is defending well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Whitaker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Burrows throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Whitaker felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Burrows throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Burrows content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker is refusing to be controlled, as Burrows sits in half guard.
Whitaker looks like he's trying to stand up.
Burrows thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whitaker 's head.
Whitaker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burrows thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whitaker 's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burrows uses his free foot to push down on Whitaker 's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Whitaker .
Burrows dominating with strikes here.
Burrows landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burrows is landing with some decent strikes but Whitaker is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Whitaker is rocked!
Burrows postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Whitaker bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Burrows and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trevor Burrows!
During a confident post fight interview, Trevor Burrows thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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RATING
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