The nasty cut by the left eye of Burns in the third round.
The fight was a bloody war.
The Fight[]
The first round began and they touched gloves. They circled with some probing strikes. Lytle seemed to be looking to counter for a moment. Burns slipped but stood. Burns wanted an uppercut. He landed it too. Four twenty with Burns landing a leg kick. Burns landed an inside leg kick. Lytle landed a counter right hook. Burns blocked a high kick. Lytle blocked one with four minutes. Lytle blocked a front kick. Burns blocked a right hand. Burns landed an inside leg kick. Lytle shoved Burns down but let him up quickly. Three twenty. Lytle landed a left hook but ate a short right hand. Three minutes. Burns really wanted that uppercut. Lytle landed a nice left hook. Lytle missed some wild swings. Burns slipped that left hook. Lytle landed a hard body shot. Two twenty-five remaining. Burns landed a body kick. Burns landed an inside leg kick. Lytle landed another left hook with two minutes. Lytle landed another left hook as Burns backed off. Lytle seemed better on the pucnhing defense. Burns landed a nice knee to the body. Burns landed an inside leg kick to the groin and you could hear the cup go thwock. Yep for sure. Lytle continued after a moment and they touched gloves. Burns landed a counter straight right as Lytle came in a little sloppy. One fifteen. Lytle landed a body kick partially blocked. Burns landed a counter right uppercut and hurt Lytle and another right hand that dropped Lytle with one minute. Lytle was turtled up. He was trying to stand. Burns landed some body shots. Lytle stood to the clinch. Thirty. Burns broke with a nice elbow with thirty. Burns landed a few big right hands and a left hook and another big right hand. Lytle was still wobbly. Burns landed a pair of big knees to the body and they clinched. The first round ended. 'Set your feints up,' they told Lytle. Lytle said 'no problem, bro' when they asked him if he felt lightheaded. The second round began and they touched gloves. Burns landed an inside leg kick, another, he ate a body kick. Lytle landed a big right hand. They clinched and Burns broke with a knee but ate another right hand. Lytle dodged another uppercut. Burns landed another knee. Lytle blocked a hard body kick nicely. Four fifteen. Lytle landed a left hook and a body shot. Four minutes. Burns shot in and got a double-leg to half-guard, Lytle nearly had a guillotine. They stood and broke. Three thirty. Lytle landed a big body shot and a right hand over the top. Three fifteen. Lytle landed another big right hook to the body. Another. Three minutes. Burns was breathing heavy. Burns was blocking those body shots now, he wasn't liking them at all. Two thirty-five. Lytle landed another body shot and ate a knee to the body and he landed another body shot. Two twenty. Lytle landed another big right hook to the body. Lytle landed another right hand slightly. Lytle landed a left hook and a right hand and a body shot. Two minutes. Lytle landed a body shot and ate a knee to the body. Lytle was outworking Burns. Burns landed another inside leg kick to the sack once more. The referee gave Burns his final warning and they continued after a slightly longer pause. Lytle landed a right hand and missed a body kick. One twenty-five. Lytle landed another nice body kick. Burns responded in kind. One fifteen. Lytle landed a good left hook. Lytle landed another big body shot. Burns was fading. One minute. His mouth was wide open. He was wincing whenever Lytle swung. Burns landed a leg kick. Thirty-five. Lytle landed another body shot hard. They clinched and Burns broke with another knee to the groin. Lytle had to take a moment and the crowd booed. It was accidental, though. Herb Dean didn't take a point. They touched gloves and continued. Lytle landed an inside leg kick to the cup. Ten remained. Burns landed a teep. The second round ended and they slapped gloves. The third round began and they touched gloves. Lytle caught the leg kick and landed a hard straight right hand. Burns was bloodied up from that, dripping down his chest. Burns landed a knee and a body kick and another, Lytle caught it and missed a left hook. Lytle landed a body kick. The cut was by the left eye. Burns landed another body kick. Lytle landed another right hand to that same spot. Lytle landed a hard body shot. Four minutes. Burns landed his own body shot. Burns missed a good Superman punch. Lytle landed a counter right hand. Three thirty-five. Lytle landed a hard right hook and ate a hard knee. That was a lot of blood. Lytle landed a hard body shot, working the left side of the ribcage. Lytle missed a wild combination and ate a body kick on the run. Three minutes. Lytle landed a straight right to the body. Burns blocked another body shot. Two thirty-five. Lytle landed a massive right and Burns was rocked. He ate another one, too. Two twenty. Burns's chin was getting tested. Burns landed a counter right. That was a lot of blood. Two minutes. Lytle landed another right hand not as hard though. Lytle was chasing Burns down. Lytle landed a straight left. Lytle landed a left hook. One thirty-five. Lytle landed another hard right hand and a body shot and a right hook. Burns was exhausted and hurting. One minute. Lytle missed a wild combination and blocked a high kick. Lytle missed a few right hooks. Lytle landed a hard body shot. Lytle landed a rare jab. Twenty-five. Lytle landed a nice right hand. Lytle blocked a headkick. Ten. They exchanged in close. They swung wildly with Lytle landing a right hand and a left. Burns swung wildly missing and then grinned and hugged Lytle while bloody as fuck. Lytle got the unanimous decision.