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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Burrows (ranked 981 p4p, 141 weight class) and Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 800 p4p, 115 weight class). Burrows comes to the cage accompanied by Calm - No problem. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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171 lbs
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175 cm
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172 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Burrows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes Tulikoura!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burrows misses with a hook to the body
and Tulikoura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burrows blocks a jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Burrows.
Tulikoura is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burrows with a body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burrows darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Burrows loads up on a big right hand but Tulikoura slips the punch.
Burrows comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tulikoura loads up on a big right hand but Burrows slips the punch.
Burrows tries to counter by clinching up but Tulikoura breaks away and moves out of range.
Tulikoura moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burrows fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tulikoura lands a right hook to the body.
Burrows loads up on a big right hand but Tulikoura slips the punch.
Burrows misses with a right hand
and Tulikoura counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tulikoura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burrows throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tulikoura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tulikoura looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Burrows throws a jab when Tulikoura was well out of range.
Tulikoura ducks under a wild hook from Burrows.
Burrows uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tulikoura.
An attempted straight right counter from Burrows misses the target.
Burrows throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tulikoura was covering up waiting for the punch and Burrows finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Tulikoura wants to get back to his feet but Burrows passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burrows working Tulikoura over with strikes.
Tulikoura told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Burrows thows a huge punch but Tulikoura dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burrows throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Burrows is looking to take a break and control but Tulikoura is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tulikoura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Burrows.
Burrows wants to take a breather but Tulikoura is having none of it.
Burrows missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tulikoura is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Burrows scores with a couple of nice shots.
Burrows has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tulikoura tries to roll over but Burrows keeps him under control.
Tulikoura is trying to control but Burrows manages to pass to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burrows looking to control but Tulikoura is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Burrows postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tulikoura looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tulikoura is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tulikoura taking shots to the head.
Tulikoura is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Burrows with good strikes from the mount here!
Burrows lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tulikoura hang on?
Burrows is landing with some decent strikes but Tulikoura is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burrows fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burrows trying to control but he's not successful this time.
We've been hearing that Burrows has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
A nice elbow there by Burrows.
Burrows landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tulikoura is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Burrows cracks Tulikoura with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Burrows is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tulikoura taking shots to the head.
Burrows working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Burrows in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trevor Burrows dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The crowd cheers as Tulikoura lands an impressive looking overhand right. Burrows doesn't seem phased though.
Burrows thuds a left hand into Tulikoura's body.
Burrows misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Burrows misses with an uppercut
and Tulikoura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tulikoura throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burrows counters with a single leg into guard. Tulikoura didn't expect that.
Trevor Burrows overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burrows throws a sloppy strike and Tulikoura has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Burrows is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Tulikoura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johannes Tulikoura!
Johannes Tulikoura spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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