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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bentley Downer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glin Burman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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181 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bentley Downer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Glin Burman!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Burman. That's going to slow Downer down.
Downer throws a head kick but Burman moves out of range.
Downer drives through and clinches with Burman against the ropes.
Downer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Downer keeps control of Burman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Downer lands an elbow that stopped Burman in his tracks for a moment.
Burman dodges an elbow strike from Downer.
Downer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Burman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Downer has him pressed against the ropes.
Burman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Downer tries to clinch but Burman moves out of range.
Downer has closed the distance and engaged Burman in a clinch.
Burman managing to block the knees to the body from Downer.
Burman is trying to break free.
Downer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Downer lands an elbow that stopped Burman in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer misses with an elbow strike.
Downer misses with an elbow over the top.
Downer tries to land knees in the clinch but Burman avoids the damage to the body.
Downer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Burman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burman has had enough of the clinch but Downer keeps him there for the moment.
Downer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burman managing to block the knees to the body from Downer.
Downer scores a nice knee to the body.
Downer misses with an elbow strike.
Downer has Burman pressed against the ropes, preventing Burman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Downer misses with an elbow strike.
Burman takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burman.
Downer scores with a knee to the head.
Downer lands an elbow inside.
Burman avoids the elbow strike from Downer, against the ropes.
Burman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Downer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Burman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Downer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burman avoids it.
Downer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burman blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Downer throws an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Downer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burman's efforts to push away.
Burman avoiding damage as Downer throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bentley Downer dominated that round.
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.
Burman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Downer tries to clinch there but Burman circles away.
Burman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Burman throws a solid leg kick but Downer takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Burman.
Bentley Downer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Downer avoids the head kick by Burman.
Burman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Bentley Downer has been cut.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Burman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burman tries a head kick but it misses.
Downer moves in looking to clinch but Burman pushes him off.
Burman throws a right hand that Downer ducks under and follows up with a left that Downer also avoids with ease.
Burman misses with a right hand
and Downer counters by moving into the clinch.
Downer tries to land a knee to the head but Burman blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Downer lands a knee to the body.
Burman avoiding damage as Downer throws knees to the body.
Downer working Burman over with knees to the body.
Burman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Burman is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Downer tries to clinch there but Burman circles away.
Burman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Downer moves in looking to clinch but Burman pushes him off.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Burman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burman throws a right and a left that Downer avoids nicely.
Downer has managed to clinch.
Downer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burman is defending well for now.
Burman blocks an elbow strike.
Burman is looking to break free of the clinch but Downer has double underhooks.
Downer trying to land knees to the body.
Downer lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Burman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer lands an elbow inside that Burman shrugs off.
Burman wants to break free but Downer has control.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Downer throws an elbow but misses.
Downer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Burman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Downer obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Downer scores with a knee to the head.
Downer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Downer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burman avoids a wild elbow strike from Downer.
Burman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Downer missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bentley Downer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bentley Downer's cut.
That's time! Downer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A good leg kick by Burman.
Downer tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Burman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burman throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Burman.
Burman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glin Burman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Burman throws a head kick that misses.
Downer wants to clinch.
Burman throws a sloppy head kick and Downer moves out of range easily.
Burman swats away the attempt to clinch by Downer.
Burman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight stays on the outside here - Downer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burman keeps the fight on the outside.
Downer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Burman scores with a body shot.
Downer doesn't manage to clinch there - Burman circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer checks a leg kick.
Downer throws a head kick that misses.
Downer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Downer missing with a left hand there. Burman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Burman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice shot by Burman.
Burman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Downer moves out of range as Burman throws a body kick.
Burman lands a front kick.
Downer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Burman managing to block the knees to the body from Downer.
Burman managing to block the knees to the body from Downer.
Burman blocks the elbow strike.
Burman can't break the clinch.
Burman avoiding damage as Downer throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer misses with an elbow over the top.
Downer prevents Burman from breaking the clinch.
Downer lands a damaging elbow.
Burman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Burman blocks the elbow strike.
Downer misses with an elbow over the top.
Downer lands a good knee to the midsection. Burman won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Downer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burman avoids it.
Burman takes an elbow to the temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Downer throws an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Downer.
Downer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bentley Downer clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Bentley Downer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Downer moves out of range of the body kick.
Burman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burman keeps the fight on the outside.
Burman tries a head kick but it misses.
Burman keeps the fight on the outside.
Burman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch but Burman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Downer tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Burman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Downer slips a jab and a cross from Burman.
Downer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Downer moves in looking to clinch but Burman pushes him off.
Downer rushes Burman and presses him up against the ropes.
Downer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Downer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burman avoids it.
Burman tries to break the clinch but Downer is controlling the position.
Burman is trying to break the clinch but Downer has him pressed against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Burman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Burman is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Downer misses with a knee to the head.
Burman takes an elbow to the temple.
Downer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burman.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Downer throws an elbow but misses.
Downer missing with knees to the body.
Downer lands a damaging elbow.
Downer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burman's defenses.
Burman takes an elbow to the temple.
Downer lands an elbow inside.
Downer lands a good knee to the midsection. Burman won't want to take too many of those.
Downer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burman blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Downer throws an elbow that misses.
Downer tries a knee to the head but Burman blocks it.
Downer lands an elbow inside.
Burman is trying to break the clinch but Downer is controlling him.
Downer missing with knees to the body.
Downer throws an elbow but it misses.
Downer trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Downer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burman avoids it.
Downer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Downer looking to throw knees to the head but Burman is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bentley Downer had his way with Glin Burman in that round.
The cut man is working on Bentley Downer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Burman throws a series of strikes that have Downer backpedaling.
Burman is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Burman throws a head kick that misses.
Burman misses with a head kick.
Burman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glin Burman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Downer is looking to clinch.
Downer moves into the clinch.
Downer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Burman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Downer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Burman takes an elbow to the temple.
Burman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Downer tries to land knees in the clinch but Burman avoids the damage to the body.
Burman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Downer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burman can do to turn this around?
Downer lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bentley Downer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burman is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Burman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Downer throws an elbow but it misses.
Downer lands a nice elbow.
Downer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burman's defenses.
Burman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Downer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Downer misses with an elbow strike.
Burman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Downer tries to clinch up.
Glin Burman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Downer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Downer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burman throws a right and a left that Downer avoids nicely.
Jab by Downer.
Burman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Downer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Burman throws a sloppy head kick and Downer moves out of range easily.
Downer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burman.
Burman ducks right into an uppercut from Downer.
Downer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Downer is looking to clinch but Burman is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Downer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burman.
Downer tries to clinch but Burman moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Downer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burman tries a head kick but it misses.
Burman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bentley Downer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Downer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Bentley Downer!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Bentley Downer!
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Bentley Downer!
Bentley Downer wins by unanimous decision!
Bentley Downer very nearly forgot to thank Pirates Powder amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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