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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axton Burgess (ranked 235 p4p, 305 weight class) and Bora Khan (ranked 29 p4p, 38 weight class). Burgess kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I Can Only Count to Four. Khan has chosen Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Axton Burgess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bora Khan!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgess throws a jab when Khan was well out of range.
Burgess gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Khan cracks Burgess with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Burgess uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Burgess has time to react.
Khan misses with a low kick.
Burgess looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
Khan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Burgess.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan lands a lovely overhand right.
We've been told by Burgess's head coaches at FIGHT FOUNDERS (CA) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Burgess looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
A clash of legs there as Burgess blocks the low kick.
Burgess is looking to counter punch.
Khan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burgess cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan with a nice cross.
Burgess bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burgess throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Khan thows a leg kick but Burgess checks it
and Burgess counters with a solid body kick.
Khan digs a good hook to Burgess's body.
Khan lands with a good body shot.
Khan throws a solid leg kick but Burgess takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Khan.
Burgess throws a quick counter head kick but Khan was just out of range.
Khan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Khan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khan misses with a looping right.
Khan misses with a straight left.
A low kick from Khan misses
and Burgess counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Burgess takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan lands a leg kick that knocks Burgess off balance momentarily.
Khan throws a leg kick
and Burgess counters with an outside leg kick.
Burgess throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Khan.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Burgess.
Khan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burgess takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Khan slips under a jab.
Khan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Burgess had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Khan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burgess lands a nice shot that snaps Khan's head back.
It looks like Bora Khan has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Burgess.
Burgess misses with a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Burgess.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Burgess misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Khan scores with the left hand. Burgess knows he should have avoided that one.
Khan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Khan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Burgess is able to avoid easily.
Burgess misses with an uppercut. Khan saw that one coming.
Burgess ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Burgess has time to react.
A cross from Burgess lands.
Khan jabs at Burgess's body.
Khan with a jab.
Khan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burgess throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burgess checks the leg kick nicely there.
A good leg kick by Khan.
Burgess throws a hook but Khan blocks it.
Khan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khan throws a hook but Burgess blocks it.
Khan connects with a nice looking jab.
Burgess on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Burgess counters with a nice uppercut.
Burgess looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Burgess takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burgess fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khan manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Burgess 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Burgess moved out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bora Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bora Khan'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.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch lands to the side of Burgess 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Burgess moves out of range as Khan strikes.
Burgess has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Khan finds it's way round the side to connect with Burgess's head.
Khan scores with a body shot.
Jab, jab by Khan - just one landing.
Khan connects with a looping right hand.
Khan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Burgess looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Burgess throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan takes a swing at Burgess's ribcage but misses.
Burgess looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan misses with a shot to the body
enabling Burgess to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Burgess ducks down to avoid it.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Burgess saw that one coming.
Khan throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan scores with a jab to the head.
Khan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Burgess.
Khan lands a jab to the head.
Burgess is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
Bora Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burgess. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Burgess is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Burgess moves out of range of the strikes.
Burgess throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burgess pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan feints and then cracks Burgess's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burgess down.
Khan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Burgess blocks a jab.
Burgess looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Burgess looks to throw the jab but Khan is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgess on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Burgess misses with a lunging right hand
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burgess throws out the jab.
Khan digs a good body shot into Burgess's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan lands with an overhand left.
Burgess is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Burgess takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khan moves out of range of the leg kick from Burgess.
Khan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Khan defending well as Burgess loads up on a big left hand.
Khan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burgess.
Burgess throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
Khan dips to his left and cracks Burgess with an uppercut!
Khan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Burgess at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Khan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Khan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Khan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Burgess misses the body punch
and Khan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Burgess thinking.
Burgess takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burgess. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan digs a good body shot into Burgess's ribs.
Burgess throws a push kick but Khan slaps the foot to one side.
Khan scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Burgess has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Khan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Burgess is out of range and Khan settles back down.
Burgess moves out of range of the strikes.
A bone on bone clash there as Burgess blocks the leg kick.
Khan scores with a shot to the body.
Bora Khan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Khan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Burgess checks a leg kick.
Good shot there by Khan.
Burgess drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khan stuns Burgess with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bora Khan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bora Khan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Burgess avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Khan throws a leg kick but Burgess sees it coming and moves out of range.
Burgess takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Burgess staying out of range there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Burgess might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Burgess throws a lazy body kick
and Khan counters with a thumping low kick.
Burgess throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Khan misses with a hook.
As Khan backs away, Burgess returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Khan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Burgess darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan throws a body shot but no joy.
Burgess is looking to counter punch.
Burgess bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Khan's head.
That has opened up Bora Khan's cut even more.
Burgess bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Burgess scores with a spinning back kick!
Khan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Burgess has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgess throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burgess throws a shot from downtown. Khan moves away and avoids it.
Decent striking displayed by Khan there.
Nice shot by Khan.
A low kick from Khan is predictable there
and Burgess counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khan slips under a jab from Burgess.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Khan throws a body punch but Burgess moves out of range.
Khan throws a lazy right hand but Burgess sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Khan throws a body punch but Burgess moves out of range.
Burgess throws a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
Burgess swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burgess lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a right hand. Burgess shakes it off.
Khan misses with a hook to the body
and Burgess counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan throws a right hand that misses
and Burgess counters with a straight right hand.
The cut above Bora Khan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Burgess connects with a solid leg kick.
Khan thows a leg kick but Burgess checks it
and Burgess counters with a nice body kick.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick.
Khan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Burgess throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan lands a body shot.
Burgess drops Khan with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Khan looks back up at him and smiles so Burgess waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Khan is rocked!
A low kick from Khan misses
and Burgess counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Axton Burgess!
During a confident post fight interview, Axton Burgess thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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