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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arto Jarvinen (ranked 694 p4p, 2065 weight class) and Khalil Burnett (ranked 99 p4p, 273 weight class). Arto Jarvinen had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Jarvinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khalil Burnett!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarvinen slips under a jab.
Burnett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jarvinen.
Jarvinen tries to counter by clinching up but Burnett breaks away and moves out of range.
Jarvinen looks to land a right hand but Burnett moved out of range.
Jarvinen blocks a jab.
Burnett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jarvinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jarvinen blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Burnett.
Burnett pushes Jarvinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jarvinen lands a nice uppercut.
Jarvinen digs a right hand underneath Burnett's ribcage. Burnett let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jarvinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Burnett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarvinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burnett's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarvinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Burnett.
Jarvinen tries to work over Burnett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jarvinen throws a head punch that misses.
Burnett tries a body shot but Jarvinen blocks it.
Jarvinen lands a shot to the body.
Jarvinen prevents a body shot from Burnett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen is working Burnett over against the cage.
Burnett misses with a punch on the inside.
Burnett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burnett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jarvinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burnett misses with the head strike.
Burnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jarvinen tries a body shot but Burnett blocks it.
Burnett looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jarvinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jarvinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burnett can't find room to land a body shot as Jarvinen controls the action.
Burnett lands a shoulder strike.
Burnett lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jarvinen.
A body shot lands from Jarvinen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burnett.
Burnett misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burnett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jarvinen.
Jarvinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burnett lands with a left to the head.
Burnett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burnett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jarvinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jarvinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Burnett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burnett tries to throw a body punch but Jarvinen avoids it by throwing Burnett back against the cage.
Jarvinen misses with a punch to the body.
Jarvinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Burnett.
Burnett blocks a body shot from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burnett lands a hook that snaps the head of Jarvinen backwards.
Burnett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jarvinens head.
Burnett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Burnett misses with some punches.
Burnett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett scores with a shot to the side of Jarvinen's head.
Burnett misses with a punch on the inside.
Burnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Jarvinen controls his hands.
Burnett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burnett has a couple of punches blocked by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jarvinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jarvinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jarvinen takes a shot to the head.
Jarvinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jarvinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Burnett can't find room to land a body shot as Jarvinen controls the action.
Burnett lands with a right to the head.
Burnett tries to work over Jarvinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jarvinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burnett tries to throw a body punch but Jarvinen avoids it by throwing Burnett back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burnett.
Burnett throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Burnett fails to land.
Burnett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jarvinen tries a body shot but Burnett blocks it.
Burnett presses Jarvinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Burnett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burnett misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Burnett - that landed with a thud.
Burnett misses with the head strike.
Jarvinen blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Burnett fails to land.
Burnett has a couple of punches blocked by Jarvinen.
Burnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jarvinen takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Burnett.
A right hand to the body from Burnett.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Burnett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarvinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Khalil Burnett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Burnett.
Jarvinen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Burnett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Burnett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Burnett misses with a body punch.
Burnett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jarvinen tries to work over Burnett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burnett lands a right hand.
Jarvinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jarvinen blocking some punches.
Jarvinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burnett misses with a punch to the body.
Jarvinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarvinen misses with a punch to the body.
Burnett lands with a light punch inside.
Burnett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burnett tries a body shot but Jarvinen blocks it.
Burnett misses with the head strike.
Burnett misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jarvinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burnett blocks a body shot from Jarvinen.
Burnett lands a left hand.
Jarvinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jarvinen misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Burnett fails to land.
Jarvinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jarvinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jarvinen.
Burnett has a couple of punches blocked by Jarvinen.
Burnett misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jarvinen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jarvinen.
Burnett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jarvinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burnett lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Jarvinen.
Burnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Jarvinen controls his hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jarvinen blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Burnett fails to land.
Jarvinen digs a right hand underneath Burnett's ribcage. Burnett let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jarvinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burnett throws a head punch that misses.
Khalil Burnett seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice left hand lands by Burnett.
Burnett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burnett struggles to land a body shot inside as Jarvinen controls his hands.
Burnett lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Burnett.
Burnett misses with the head strike.
Burnett has a couple of punches blocked by Jarvinen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burnett.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burnett.
Jarvinen blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burnett blocks an uppercut.
Jarvinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Burnett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Burnett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burnett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jarvinen throws a head punch that misses.
Jarvinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jarvinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Burnett gets through Jarvinen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burnett.
Jarvinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burnett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jarvinens head.
Jarvinen tries a body shot but Burnett blocks it.
Burnett blocking some punches.
Burnett blocks a body shot from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Burnett.
Burnett lands with a left to the head.
Jarvinen is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burnett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Jarvinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Burnett fails to land.
Jarvinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Burnett scores with a shoulder strike.
Jarvinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jarvinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Burnett misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Burnett fails to land.
Jarvinen blocking some punches.
Burnett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burnett misses with a punch on the inside.
Burnett misses with a punch to the body.
Burnett misses with a punch on the inside.
Jarvinen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jarvinen blocks a body shot from Burnett.
Burnett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Burnett lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burnett misses with some punches.
Burnett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jarvinen backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burnett.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Khalil Burnett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Burnett throws an overhand right that lands on Jarvinen's shoulder, as Jarvinen tries to avoid the shot.
Burnett missing with a left hand there. Jarvinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jarvinen throws a shot to the body.
Burnett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jarvinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burnett just misses with a punch to the body.
Jarvinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Burnett.
Khalil Burnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jarvinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burnett.
Burnett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jarvinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Burnett is just out of range.
Jarvinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jarvinen moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarvinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burnett.
Burnett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Burnett lands a glancing blow to the side of Jarvinen's head.
Jarvinen works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jarvinen. Burnett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burnett just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Burnett throws a hook but Jarvinen avoids it easily.
Burnett misses with a straight left.
Burnett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Burnett takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Burnett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jarvinen blocks a jab.
A jab from Jarvinen misses.
Jarvinen takes a swing at Burnett's ribcage but misses.
Jarvinen slips a jab from Burnett.
Burnett defending well as Jarvinen loads up on a big left hand.
Burnett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jarvinen has time to react.
A telegraphed right hand from Jarvinen misses the target.
Jarvinen loads up on a big right hand but Burnett slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burnett lands a nice hook to Jarvinen's body. Jarvinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burnett scores with a jab to the body.
Jarvinen moves away from the strike by Burnett.
Burnett drops Jarvinen with a straight right hand, right on the button! Burnett follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khalil Burnett!
Khalil Burnett is the new light heavyweight champion!
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