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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugene Bradley Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Casablancas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Burns might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fedor Entrance Song . Casablancas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gers Pardoel - Bagagedrager ft. Sef . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
30 - 14 - 1 |
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219 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Eugene Bradley Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Julian Casablancas!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Casablancas.
Casablancas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Casablancas staying out of range there.
Casablancas moves to clinch but Burns breaks away
and Burns counters with a straight right hand.
Casablancas swings for the body but Burns moves out of range.
Burns avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Burns misses with an uppercut. Casablancas saw that one coming.
Casablancas misses with a looping right.
Burns shoots in but no luck this time.
Burns fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Casablancas sprawls well initially but Burns persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns trying to control the action but Casablancas is working from the bottom.
Casablancas tries to kick Burns off but Burns keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Casablancas gets full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Burns accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burns trying to control but Casablancas is working from the bottom.
Casablancas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burns is one step ahead there.
Casablancas wants to stand but Burns is controlling the position.
Casablancas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Casablancas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Casablancas keeping moving, preventing Burns from controlling successfully.
Burns passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Casablancas is looking to reverse the position.
Casablancas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Casablancas can't do much from the bottom here.
Burns tries to move to full mount but Casablancas actually manages to regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns trying to pass the guard but Casablancas defending well.
Burns takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas trying to control from the bottom.
Casablancas manages to get to full guard.
Casablancas keeping moving, preventing Burns from controlling successfully.
Burns tries to free his leg and advance position but Casablancas is retaining full guard.
Casablancas seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Casablancas lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Burns!
Burns working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burns is looking to escape.
Burns really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Casablancas looking to control but Burns is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Casablancas prevents Burns from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Casablancas tries to control but Burns wriggling away.
Casablancas controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Eugene Bradley Burns will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Burns moves forwards but Casablancas connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Burns lands a glancing blow to the side of Casablancas's head.
Casablancas looks to clinch
and Burns cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Casablancas walks into a stiff left hand from Burns.
Casablancas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A telegraphed right hand from Casablancas misses the target.
Nice takedown defense from Casablancas. No joy for Burns on that attempt.
Casablancas looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Casablancas throws a jab when Burns was well out of range.
Burns fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eugene Bradley Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Casablancas throws an overhand right that lands on Burns's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
Casablancas throws a shot from downtown. Burns moves away and avoids it.
Burns scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Casablancas throws a shot from downtown. Burns moves away and avoids it.
Casablancas looks to score with a jab to the body but Burns is just out of range.
Casablancas tries to clinch but Burns moves out of range.
Casablancas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Casablancas throws a lazy uppercut
so Burns counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns preventing the sweep.
Burns trying to control but Casablancas is working from the bottom.
Casablancas wriggles free and stands up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Casablancas tries to clinch but Burns is having none of it.
Casablancas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Casablancas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Julian Casablancas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Casablancas is fending him off so far but Burns persists. Nope, Casablancas circles away and we're back to standing.
Casablancas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Burns.
Julian Casablancas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas stuffs the takedown.
Casablancas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Burns swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casablancas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big right from Casablancas misses.
Casablancas tries to clinch up but Burns circles away and keeps his distance.
Burns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Casablancas moves away.
Horrible takedown by Burns or perhaps it was just good defense by Casablancas which made him look bad.
A telegraphed right hand from Burns misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Burns swings widly with a right hand
and Casablancas counters with a nice body shot.
Casablancas throws a body punch but Burns moves out of range.
Casablancas throws a hook but Burns blocks it.
Casablancas throws an overhand right that lands on Burns's shoulder, as Burns tries to avoid the shot.
Casablancas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burns counters with a single leg into guard. Casablancas didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
Casablancas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Eugene Bradley Burns will probably get the nod.
That's time! Burns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Casablancas catches Burns with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Burns is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Burns closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Casablancas to the mat! Casablancas manages to get full guard.
Burns preventing the sweep.
Casablancas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Burns's guard.
Burns trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Casablancas from controlling successfully.
Casablancas won't allow Burns to sweep him here.
Burns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burns manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Casablancas manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
Casablancas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Burns manages to get himself to full guard.
Casablancas is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Casablancas trying to control but Burns is working from the bottom.
Casablancas forces his way into half guard.
Casablancas tries to pass to full mount but Burns defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Casablancas is looking to take a break and control but Burns is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Julian Casablancas was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Burns looks for a takedown but Casablancas sprawls well.
Burns fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas misses with a body shot.
Burns throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Casablancas was covering up waiting for the punch and Burns finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Burns stopping the sweep attempt from Casablancas.
Burns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burns works over Casablancas with some ground and pound from guard.
Eugene Bradley Burns overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns looking to pass the guard.
Burns lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas wants to stand up but Burns is controlling him.
Burns wants to pass the guard but Casablancas is keeping the position.
Casablancas wants to stand and escape but Burns is having none of it.
Burnsis looking to pass into half guard but Casablancas pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Casablancas is in guard.
Casablancas wants to control from the top but Burns keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns is trying to keep Casablancas in close.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burns is looking for a triangle but Casablancas pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Eugene Bradley Burns did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Casablancas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Casablancas closes the distance but Burns moves to the side
and Burns connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Casablancas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Burns.
Casablancas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Burns.
Burns is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Casablancas's half guard.
Burns has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Burns working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns looking for a guillotine from mount but Casablancas is having none of it.
Casablancas is working to get back to half guard.
Casablancas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Burns.
Burns landing strikes, looking to finish!
Burns prevents Casablancas from getting the reversal.
Casablancas wants to hold on but Burns pushes him away.
Burns lands a heavy elbow.
Casablancas is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns scoring with strikes but Casablancas is staying in there.
Casablancas is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns lands a big shot to the head and Casablancas winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Eugene Bradley Burns!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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