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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cooke (ranked 6 p4p, 2 weight class) and Alex John Conor Burns (ranked 49 p4p, 7 weight class). Burns has chosen Body Head Bangerz feat. Lil' Boosie & Young Bleed - I Smoke, I Drank as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
38 - 12 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Cooke!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Alex John Conor Burns !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns throws a shot to the body.
Crunch! Cooke slams his shin into Burns 's torso.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A good leg kick by Cooke.
Burns tries to land a leg kick but Cooke saw it coming and moves away.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns .
Burns pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Cooke wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cooke misses with a straight left.
Burns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cooke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cooke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cooke lands a lovely overhand right.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke walks into a stiff left hand from Burns .
Burns connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns moves away from the strike by Cooke.
Burns is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cooke with a body shot.
Burns motions for Cooke to come forward. Burns throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cooke.
Burns lands with a right hand.
Cooke throws a big shot that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Burns . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burns .
Cooke throws a hook but Burns blocks it.
Burns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns connects with a looping right hand.
Cooke feints and then cracks Burns 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burns down.
Cooke throws a hook but Burns avoids it easily.
Cooke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cooke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cooke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns throws a hook to the side of Cooke's head but Cooke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cooke slips a jab from Burns .
Cooke misses the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cooke is able to avoid easily.
Cooke is looking to counter punch.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Cooke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matt Cooke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Burns tries to land a front kick but Cooke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns lands a nice looking body kick.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Cooke is looking to counter punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Cooke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burns wants to land a leg kick but Cooke is out of range.
Cooke tried to counter with a leg kick but Burns avoided it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke ducks right into an uppercut from Burns .
Burns moves out of range of the strikes.
Cooke cracks Burns with a good jab.
Burns fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns .
Burns with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cooke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burns 's sensitive parts.
Cooke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Burns throws an overhand right that lands on Cooke's shoulder, as Cooke tries to avoid the shot.
Burns looks to land a body kick but Cooke moved away.
Cooke scores with a three punch combo!
Burns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cooke throws out the jab.
Cooke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burns doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A punch lands to the side of Burns 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burns swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burns lands a jab to the nose.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Burns misses with a lunging right hand
and Burns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Burns throws a half hearted mid kick.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooke.
Cooke is looking to counter punch.
Cooke checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Burns moves away from the strike by Cooke.
Cooke misses with a leg kick
and Burns counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Burns throws a low kick, looking for Cooke's leg but Cooke calmly moves out of range.
Burns scores with a shot to the body.
Burns connects with a body shot that sends Cooke's belly button to the back.
Burns throws a head kick but Cooke moves out of range.
Burns scores with the left hand. Cooke knows he should have avoided that one.
Cooke lands a jab to Burns 's midsection.
Cooke misses with a wild body shot.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Donk. Cooke catches Burns right on the button with a cross.
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!
Cooke tries to clinch there but Burns circles away.
Burns lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cooke at a distance.
Burns slips under a jab from Cooke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws a push kick but Burns slaps the foot to one side.
Burns appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cooke tries to clinch up but Burns circles away and keeps his distance.
Burns swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cooke slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burns lands a jab to the nose.
Cooke misses with a low kick as Burns jumps back.
Burns looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cooke is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cooke throws a hook but Burns avoids it easily.
Burns fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cooke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Burns throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burns has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cooke.
Burns lands the left hand.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooke moves away.
Cooke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Some wild striking there from Cooke.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Burns throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Cooke on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex John Conor Burns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cooke thows a body kick. Burns tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Burns .
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cooke, as that shot connected.
Burns ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Burns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Cooke looks to land a left hand but Burns moved out of range nicely.
Cooke tries to clinch up.
Burns misses with a leg kick.
Cooke checks a low kick from Burns .
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Burns .
Cooke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Burns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cooke counters with a body kick that stops Burns in his tracks momentarily.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Cooke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns tries a low kick but Cooke avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooke.
Burns slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burns throws a hook to the side of Cooke's head but Cooke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cooke clobbers Burns with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke throws a jab but it's blocked by Burns .
Burns looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns wants to land a leg kick but Cooke is out of range.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Alex John Conor Burns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burns throws a leg kick that misses.
Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by Cooke.
Burns throws a leg kick but Cooke checks it.
Cooke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burns .
Burns is looking to chop away at Cooke's legs.
Cooke fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burns is out of range.
Cooke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Burns takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Burns misses with a straight right.
Cooke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns looks for the body kick but Cooke saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Cooke misses the target.
Burns throws a poor cross that misses
and Cooke counters with a low kick, right behind Burns 's knee.
Cooke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns .
Burns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burns looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cooke.
Burns lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cooke looks to land a combination but Burns avoids it well.
Burns steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cooke misses the shot to the body.
Cooke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice side step and Burns releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cooke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burns flicks out a counter leg kick but Cooke steps away.
Burns takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns . That's going to slow Cooke down.
Burns checks a low kick from Cooke.
Burns blocks a head kick by Cooke.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Burns sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cooke moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns .
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Cooke's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Burns digs a right hand into Cooke's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cooke's gas tank.
Cooke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooke.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Burns .
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Burns 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cooke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Cooke.
Burns lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooke.
Cooke misses with some punches.
Cooke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Cooke has a couple of punches blocked by Burns .
Cooke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
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!
Cooke working aggressively here.
Cooke misses with some punches.
Burns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cooke backwards.
Cooke has a couple of punches blocked by Burns .
Cooke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Burns escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burns throws a looping overhand right but Cooke ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Burns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Burns looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burns scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Cooke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Burns doesn't seem phased though.
Cooke avoids the body shot from Burns .
Burns connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cooke's hands.
Burns misses with a body shot
and Burns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Burns misses the shot to the body.
Burns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooke.
A low kick from Cooke misses
and Burns counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Cooke misses.
Burns connects with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Burns .
Burns throws a lazy right hand but Cooke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burns lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Burns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burns slips under a jab from Cooke.
Burns throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alex John Conor Burns will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice defenses there by Cooke.
A leg kick checked by Cooke.
Cooke tries to move into range but Burns moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cooke checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cooke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burns checks it well.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cooke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burns .
Cooke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Burns at a distance.
Cooke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Burns finds it's way round the side to connect with Cooke's head.
Burns has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cooke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke throws a solid leg kick but Burns takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cooke.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooke throws a hook but Burns avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Burns on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jab by Burns .
Cooke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cooke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns avoids a kick to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Burns misses.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns scores with a kick to the midsection.
An inside leg kick from Cooke misses.
Cooke checks a low kick from Burns .
Burns gets tackled into the cage by Cooke. Cooke maintains the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cooke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Burns lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burns tries to work over Cooke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
Burns blocks an uppercut.
Burns lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cooke backwards.
Burns misses with the head strike.
Burns working aggressively here.
Cooke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooke has a couple of punches blocked by Burns .
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooke.
Burns is looking to control Cooke's arms but Cooke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Burns has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooke.
Cooke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burns uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cooke lands with a slapping head kick.
Burns checks the leg kick nicely there.
Burns cracks Cooke with a good jab.
Cooke looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cooke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns thumps Cooke with a low kick.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cooke's sensitive parts.
Burns looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cooke is looking for a counter combo.
Burns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cooke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cooke moves away from the strike by Burns .
Cooke swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burns blocks a jab.
Burns dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cooke. That did some damage!
Cooke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cooke connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooke was well out of range. Poor timing from Burns .
Cooke jabs at Burns 's body.
Cooke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burns .
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burns throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Burns scores with a jab to the body.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cooke can pounce on him.
Burns uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a kick to the body.
Burns fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cooke throws an overhand right that lands on Burns 's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
Cooke cracks a nice hook into Burns 's ribs.
Cooke scores with a decent looking hook.
Burns scores with a shot to the body.
Burns misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burns lands a really nice looking cross but Cooke seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
Burns scores with a decent looking hook.
Cooke misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Burns blocks the low kick.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. Burns looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
Burns on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Burns drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cooke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burns sizes up Cooke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Burns scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Burns throws an off balance right hand
and Cooke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Burns there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooke missing with a left hand there. Burns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick from Burns misses.
Burns moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Burns . Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex John Conor Burns really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Burns cracks Cooke with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burns .
Burns lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cooke circles away quickly and effectively.
Cooke was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooke misses the target.
A lazy left from Cooke finds it's target.
A big right from Burns misses.
Cooke misses the shot to the body.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns .
Cooke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Burns .
Cooke blocks a jab.
Burns misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Cooke avoids the body shot from Burns .
Cooke does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cooke misses with a low kick.
Burns uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Burns throws a front kick that sends Cooke stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burns manages to avoid it.
Burns now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cooke is looking to land body kicks.
That kick from Cooke tenderised Burns 's leg. Burns is trying to keep his angry face on.
Burns lands a lovely overhand right.
Burns moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A jab from Cooke does it's job there.
Cooke blocks a jab.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns .
It seemed like Burns was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cooke throws the left hand but Burns avoids the punch easily.
Burns throws out a leg kick but Cooke moves out of range and Burns only half commits.
Cooke throws a front kick aimed at Burns 's knee but Burns avoids it well.
Cooke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Burns .
Cooke was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Burns throws a series of punches but Cooke avoids them all with ease.
Burns ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Burns just misses with a punch to the body.
Burns takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burns manages to avoid it.
Cooke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke is looking to counter with head kicks.
Cooke blocks a head kick by Burns .
Cooke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Burns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burns looks to throw the jab but Cooke is out of range.
Matt Cooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burns takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Cooke scores with a hook.
Cooke misses with a body punch
and Burns counters with a straight right hand.
Burns scores with a nice strike.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cooke lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Burns has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Burns and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Burns buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Burns cracks the inside of Cooke's front leg.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses
and Burns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns .
Cooke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cooke displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cooke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Burns swings for the body but Cooke moves out of range.
Cooke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cooke staying out of range there.
Cooke lands a jab to the nose.
Burns checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cooke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Burns to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice jab there from Burns .
Cooke scores with a hook to the body. Burns takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns looks to land a right hand but Cooke moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Cooke on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Burns throws a jab but it's blocked by Cooke.
Cooke looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burns thuds a left hand into Cooke's body.
Cooke rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Burns to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Burns . Burns obviously looking to wear him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Cooke.
A lazy left from Burns finds it's target.
Burns scores with a hook.
Burns slips a jab and a cross from Cooke.
Cooke misses with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Burns as he connects with a hook.
Cooke walks into a stiff left hand from Burns .
Cooke drops his hands momentarily and Burns takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cooke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Burns tries to bum rush Cooke with a series of wild strikes but Cooke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cooke appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burns scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooke misses with a straight right.
Cooke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cooke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Burns stuns Cooke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex John Conor Burns dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Cooke throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooke misses the target.
An inside leg kick from Cooke misses.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke throws a leg kick
and Burns counters with a left to the body.
Burns connects with a looping right hand.
Burns defending well as Cooke loads up on a big left hand.
Burns looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cooke throws a lazy right hand but Burns sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Burns responds with a good body kick, but Cooke manages to step out the way in time.
Burns lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cooke throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Cooke throws a leg kick but Burns sees it coming and moves out of range.
Burns appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Burns lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Burns scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cooke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Burns throws a shot from downtown. Cooke moves away and avoids it.
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke wants to slow Burns down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice defenses there by Burns .
Cooke lands a lovely overhand right.
Cooke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Burns darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Burns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cooke takes one on the button.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Burns checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Burns tests Cooke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cooke slips under a jab from Burns .
Burns checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cooke throws a leg kick which misses Burns 's front leg but catches the back leg as Burns tries to avoid it.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Cooke walks into a stiff left hand from Burns .
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!
Cooke misses with an uppercut. Burns saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Cooke misses its intended target.
Alex John Conor Burns is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cooke swings for the body but Burns moves out of range.
Burns keeps Cooke at a distance using the push kick.
Nice defenses there by Burns .
Cooke throws a leg kick but Burns sees it coming and moves out of range.
Burns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cookes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That kick from Burns tenderised Cooke's leg. Cooke is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burns manages to avoid it.
Burns checks a low kick from Cooke.
Burns punishes Cooke's body with a nice straight punch.
Burns lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burns slips a jab from Cooke.
Crunch! Burns slams his shin into Cooke's torso.
Burns digs a good body shot into Cooke's ribs.
Cooke ducks under a wild hook from Burns .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke lands a leg kick that knocks Burns off balance momentarily.
Cooke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Burns is looking to slow Cooke down with leg kicks.
Cooke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cooke scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cooke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cooke tries to score with a low kick but Burns moves his leg out of the way.
A bone on bone clash there as Burns blocks the leg kick.
Cooke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Burns scores with a jab to the body.
Burns wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns blocks a jab.
Cooke throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Burns to counter with a crisp jab.
Burns jabs Cooke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Cooke finds it's target.
Cooke scores with a decent looking hook.
Cooke throws a low kick but Burns avoids it.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooke moves away.
Cooke throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Burns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cooke thows a leg kick but Burns checks it
and Burns counters with a good low kick that Cooke was not able to check.
Cooke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burns walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cooke checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Burns throws a hook but Cooke blocks it.
Cooke takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Burns checks the leg kick.
Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burns takes a swing at Cooke's ribcage but misses.
Cooke tries to land a body kick
and Burns counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burns uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cooke blocks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex John Conor Burns comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burns has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex John Conor Burns !
Alex John Conor Burns is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Alex John Conor Burns thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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