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Posted by administrator on July 16, 2008, 4:15 pm
It was the feel-good story of UFC 85.

Welterweight Kevin Burns (6-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a relatively unheralded Iowa native, took a fight with Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Roan Carneiro on a mere nine days' notice. Flown to England for his first UFC appearance as an apparent sacrificial lamb, Burns did the unthinkable: he won.

A second-round triangle choke secured the win for Burns over an opponent who was supposed to display a level of jiu-jitsu that, as a mere blue belt, Burns would be unable to handle. Icing on the cake? A $50,000 "Submission of the Night" bonus.<
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