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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Connor Mac Burns (ranked 1663 p4p, 245 weight class) and Richard Nixon (ranked 2171 p4p, 302 weight class). Burns's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
32 - 21 - 0 |
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194 cm
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192 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Connor Mac Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Nixon!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Nixon as he connects with a hook.
A jab from Nixon misses.
Nixon misses with a body shot.
Burns connects with a leg kick. Nixon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Burns scoring well with a low kick there.
Nixon with a hook.
Burns takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nixon missing with a left hand there. Burns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Burns 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 Nixon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nixon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nixon lands with a good body shot.
Nixon misses with a lunging right hand
and Burns counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nixon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nixon misses with a looping right.
Burns closes the distance and clinches.
Nixon avoiding damage as Burns throws knees to the body.
Burns lands a body shot.
A short right from Burns on the inside.
Burns blocks an uppercut.
Burns scores a nice knee to the body.
Burns using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nixon looks winded!
Nixon pushes Burns back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nixon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Burns.
Nixon working hard to break the clinch.
Burns lands a nice shot to the body.
Burns goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burns is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nixon is defending well for now.
Burns scores with a shoulder strike.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burns works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Burns controls from within his opponent's guard.
Burns has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
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.
Burns trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nixon can do anything to dispel that myth.
Burns slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Nixon's face as Burns controls the position.
Burns is looking to take a break and control but Nixon is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burns is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nixon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nixon is letting Burns control him for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nixon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Burns has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nixon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Burns looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns wants to control but Nixon is keeping him busy.
Burns has hold of Nixon's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Nixon seems comfortable defending it but Burns has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Nixon is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Nixon is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Burns couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Connor Mac Burns!
Connor Mac Burns decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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