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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gom Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mihail Safin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gom Burza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mihail Safin!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Safin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Safin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burza forces Safin back against the cage and clinches.
Burza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Mihail Safin has been cut.
A knee to the head by Burza.
Safin is working for takedown but Burza is calmly controlling the position for now.
Safin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burza lands a nice knee to the body.
Safin looks gassed!
Burza digs a right hand underneath Safin's ribcage. Safin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Safin's defenses.
Burza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Mihail Safin's cut even more.
Burza landing knees to the body.
Burza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Safin's face.
Burza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burza lands an elbow inside that Safin shrugs off.
Safin tries to score a body lock takedown but Burza shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gom Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mihail Safin.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The cut above Mihail Safin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Safin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burza digs a right hand into Safin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Safin's gas tank.
Burza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Safin is looking to break free of the clinch but Burza has double underhooks.
Burza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burza crunches a lovely knee into Safin's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza with a knee to the head.
Burza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Burza as the two fighters clinch.
Safin takes an elbow to the temple.
Burza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Burza lands a good knee to the midsection. Safin won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Burza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Burza with a knee to the head.
Safin takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Burza.
A knee to the head by Burza.
Mihail Safin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Burza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Safin's face.
Burza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Safin looking for a takedown.
Burza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Burza lands a knee to the head.
Safin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burza smiles and moves away.
Burza clinches up with Safin and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burza obliges.
Burza lands an elbow inside that Safin shrugs off.
Burza lands an elbow inside.
Safin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Burza pulls his leg out and moves away.
Burza closes the distance and clinches.
Safin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burza walks away with a smile on his face. Safin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Burza drives through and clinches with Safin against the cage.
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!
Burza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Safin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burza obliges.
Burza lands with a short shot to the head.
Burza lands a knee to the head.
Burza lands an elbow inside that Safin shrugs off.
Burza lands a damaging elbow.
Safin is trying to break free.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Safin takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short left from Burza.
Knees in the clinch landing for Burza.
Safin takes an elbow to the temple.
Burza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Safin's face.
Burza lands an elbow that stopped Safin in his tracks for a moment.
Burza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Burza.
Burza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burza has Safin pressed against the cage, preventing Safin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burza lands an elbow just above Safin 's eye.
Burza tries to land a knee to the head but Safin blocks with his arms.
Safin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burza obliges.
Burza lands an elbow just above Safin 's eye.
Safin tries to break the clinch but Burza is controlling the position.
Burza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Burza working Safin over with knees to the body.
Burza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Safin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Safin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burza lands an elbow inside that Safin shrugs off.
Burza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Burza makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Burza obliges.
Safin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burza lands a nice knee to the body.
Safin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Burza pulls his leg out and moves away.
Safin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Burza.
Safin tries to pull guard but Burza won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Safin can't get the takedown.
Safin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burza lands an elbow that stopped Safin in his tracks for a moment.
Safin throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gom Burza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mihail Safin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Burza is looking to clinch.
Burza moves into range and clinches up with Safin.
Burza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Safin tries to pull guard but Burza won't allow it.
Burza lands a nice elbow.
Burza lands a damaging elbow.
Burza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Burza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Burza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Safin's defenses.
Burza landing knees to the head.
Burza lands an elbow that stopped Safin in his tracks for a moment.
Safin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Safin tries to pull guard but Burza won't allow it.
Safin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Safin has a couple of punches blocked by Burza.
Burza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Safin can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Safin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Safin takes an elbow to the temple.
Safin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gom Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mihail Safin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza connects with a knee to the head.
Burza prevents a takedown attempt there.
A body shot lands from Burza.
Safin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burza smiles and moves away.
Burza closes the distance and pushes Safin back into the cage.
Burza is pressed up against the cage. Safin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burza down to the mat. Burza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Burza closes the distance and clinches.
Burza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Safin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Burza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Burza.
Burza lands a knee to the head.
Burza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Safin jumps guard but Burza stands there with Safin around his waist. Safin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Burza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Safin's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Safin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burza lands with a left to the head.
Burza lands a damaging elbow.
Burza lands an elbow inside.
Safin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Burza is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Safin is trying to force a seperation but Burza has the dominant position.
Safin jumps guard but Burza stands there with Safin around his waist. Safin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gom Burza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burza lands a knee to the body.
Burza prevents the takedown attempt.
Safin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Burza scores a nice knee to the body.
Safin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Burza lands an elbow just above Safin 's eye.
Safin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burza walks away with a smile on his face. Safin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Safin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Safin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Burza tries to avoid it but Safin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Burza to the ground. Burza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza darts in and clinches Safin up against the cage.
Burza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Burza blocks a body shot from Safin.
Burza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burza lands an elbow that stopped Safin in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Burza.
Safin tries to pull guard but Burza holds him up against the cage and eventually Safin drops back down to his feet.
Burza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Burza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burza keeps control of Safin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burza lands a nice knee to the body.
Burza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Safin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Burza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Safin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Burza lands a knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Burza as the two fighters clinch.
Burza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Safin's defenses.
Burza lands an elbow inside.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burza lands an elbow inside.
That's four 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.
Burza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Safin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Burza works on Safin's body with a couple of short punches.
Safin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Safin tries to pull guard but Burza holds him up against the cage and eventually Safin drops back down to his feet.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burza.
Burza scores with a knee to the head.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Safin's defenses.
Burza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Safin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Safin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Burza smiles and moves away.
Safin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Burza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Burza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Burza keeps control of Safin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burza lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gom Burza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mihail Safin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Burza instigates a clinch.
Burza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Safin is looking to break free of the clinch but Burza has double underhooks.
Safin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Safin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Burza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Burza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burza connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Burza.
Burza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Burza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Safin's defenses.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burza connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Burza.
Safin fails to pull guard.
Gom Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mihail Safin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Safin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Safin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burza walks away with a smile on his face. Safin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Safin wants to clinch but Burza slips to the side
and Burza counters by moving into the clinch.
Burza scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Safin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Burza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Burza lands a nice elbow.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burza is pressed up against the cage. Safin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burza down to the mat. Burza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Safin clinches but Burza breaks the clinch
and Burza moves into the clinch.
Safin jumps guard but Burza stands there with Safin around his waist. Safin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Safin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Safin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Safin wants a takedown.
Burza lands an elbow inside.
Burza lands an elbow just above Safin 's eye.
Safin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Safin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Burza gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Burza with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Safin trying to control the position but instead, Burza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Safin into the cage.
A short right from Burza.
Burza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Burza lands a damaging elbow.
Safin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Safin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burza lands a good knee to the midsection. Safin won't want to take too many of those.
Safin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Burza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burza lands a knee to the head.
Safin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burza walks away with a smile on his face. Safin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Burza has Safin up against the cage in a clinch.
Burza lands a nice elbow.
Burza lands a knee to the head.
Safin can't break the clinch.
Burza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Safin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Burza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Burza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Safin's defenses.
Burza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burza scores with a shot to the side of Safin's head.
Nice elbow from Burza.
Burza lands an elbow inside.
Safin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Burza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burza misses with a knee to the head.
Burza scores with a knee to the head.
Safin tries to score a body lock takedown but Burza shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Safin is trying to break the clinch but Burza has him pressed against the cage.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Burza.
Burza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Safin working hard to break the clinch.
Burza working Safin over with knees to the body.
Burza misses with a knee to the head.
Burza lands a nice knee to the body.
Burza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A frustrated look appears on Safin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burza crunches a lovely knee into Safin's ribcage.
Burza lands a nice elbow.
Burza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Safin's face.
Burza lands a nice knee to the body.
Safin is trying to break the clinch but Burza is controlling him.
Burza scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Safin is trying to drag Burza to the mat but Burza just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A knee to the head by Burza.
Burza lands a knee to the head.
Safin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Burza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Burza stops a takedown attempt from Safin.
Nice elbow from Burza.
Safin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Burza walks away with a smile on his face. Safin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Burza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Safin, pushing him back against the cage.
Gom Burza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Safin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mihail Safin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Safin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Burza prevents it.
Burza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gom Burza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burza has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gom Burza!
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