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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Bird (ranked 128 p4p, 192 weight class) and Thor White (ranked 19 p4p, 31 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor White!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a hook but Bird avoids it easily.
Bird changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bird misses with a jab to the body
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bird gets a clinch.
White's coach down at CHECMATE PRIME MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on White's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bird lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
White pulls Bird into guard.
Bird advances position into side control!
Bird wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by White, who protects the arm well.
Bird looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bird working away.
Bird is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bird looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
White tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bird is trying to get an arm triangle but White is defending well.
White sneaks back into half guard.
White is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
White looking for submissions off his back.
White looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bird passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for White!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is squirming around, avoiding Bird's attempts to control the action.
White gets back to half guard.
Bird is trying to control the action in half guard but White is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White tries to get to full guard but Bird has control of the leg.
Bird looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
White wants to improve his position but Bird is controlling well.
White is defending against the submission attempts here by Bird.
White moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bird is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
White is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bird wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bird can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bird got a little sloppy there for a moment and White has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bird has managed to get both his arms back between White's legs - danger averted.
Bird slips nicely into half guard.
Bird is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control here.
Bird is looking for a kimura but White is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bird to get the leverage.
White gets full guard.
White is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
White is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bird defends well.
White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bird drops back looking for a leg! White is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and White manages to kick Bird off! Bird jumps back into White's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bird is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jake Bird will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bird tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Bird.
Bird has his takedown stuffed
and White counters with a nice body shot.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Bird is just out of range.
White scores with a jab. Bird acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bird misses with a hook
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White throws out a loose jab but Bird uses good head movement to avoid it.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bird throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
White is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bird misses with a wild body shot.
White is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bird with a body shot.
White swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bird counters with a stiff right hand.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bird.
Bird is looking to wear down White with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bird. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thor White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bird misses the target.
Bird swings for the body but White moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White throws a jab when Bird was well out of range.
Bird jabs at White's body.
White staying out of range there.
Bird throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
Bird moves away from the strike by White.
White misses with a straight right.
Bird shoots in for a takedown but White shows good takedown defense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bird throws out the jab.
Bird throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Thor White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bird just misses with a punch to the body.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Bird appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bird looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
Jake Bird seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As White tries to get set, Bird tries to push him back and clinch up but White manages to avoid the attempt.
White takes a swing at Bird's ribcage but misses.
Bird lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
Bird just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like White was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bird.
Bird throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
White throws out a counter right but Bird avoids it with no problem.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bird.
White is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bird avoids the body shot from White.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Thor White will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
White looks to throw the jab but Bird is out of range.
White avoids the body shot from Bird.
White throws out a counter right but Bird avoids it with no problem.
Bird fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Bird.
Bird has White up against the cage in a clinch.
White tries to pull guard but Bird forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. White no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bird wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
Jake Bird overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bird is working hard here to advance position.
White is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bird trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bird pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. White is keeping the position for now.
White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bird drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bird jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
White working a defensive guard here.
Bird wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
White has his foot on Bird's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bird works his way back into a safe position though.
White working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bird has passed into half guard!
Bird is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries to get to full guard but Bird has control of the leg.
White looking for submissions off his back.
Bird has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Bird is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, White has managed to free his arm - good work.
White is looking to control Bird's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can White avoid being mounted?
White wants to sweep but Bird has passed to side control!
Bird wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
Bird is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by White, who protects the arm well.
Bird tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
White struggling a bit here.
White sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
White looking for submissions off his back.
White is looking for a sweep. Bird is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
White slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bird avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bird doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bird manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bird is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bird thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
White has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bird might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bird sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bird being controlled here momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Bird showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bird has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Bird!
A victorious Jake Bird thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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