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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bang Du (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernie Whit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Du kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Unholy Confession. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bang Du!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ernie Whit!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Du moves in looking to clinch but Whit pushes him off.
Whit defending well as Du loads up on a big left hand.
Du feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whit's calf.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Whit.
Du wants to control but Whit postures up.
Du takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Whit wants to control but Du is keeping him busy.
Du tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Whit presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Whit landing shots from mount.
Whit blocks Du's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Whit with the ground and pound from mount.
Du has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A nice elbow there by Whit.
Du is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Du slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Du trying to control from the bottom.
Whit is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Du!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whit lands with some strikes.
Whit landing strikes, looking to finish!
Whit lands a nice shot to the head.
Du is bucking up trying to escape but Whit cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Du wants to control but Whit is having none of it.
Whit landing punches.
Du working to try and regain half guard.
Whit landing punches.
Whit tries to control but Du wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Whit.
Whit content just to control the position here.
Whit pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du is working to get back to half guard.
Whit landing strikes from the mount.
Whit lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whit lands with some strikes.
Whit prevents Du from getting the reversal.
Whit with a couple of short strikes.
Whit is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Du can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Whit lands a nice shot to the head.
Du is looking to improve his position but Whit isn't that keen on the idea.
Du wants to hold on but Whit pushes him away.
Whit lands a big elbow.
Du throwing hammer fists to the chest of Whit. What's that going to do exactly?
Whit scoring with strikes but Du is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Whit connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Whit trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Whit breaks from Du's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Whit controlling from the full mount.
Whit raining down shots from the mount!
Whit landing strikes from the mount and Du is in trouble!
Du sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Whit stalling.
Du tries to get to full guard but Whit has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Du is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Whit scores with a couple of nice shots.
Whit lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Whit working Du over with strikes.
Whit is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Du!
Whit with good strikes from the mount here!
Whit looking to finish Du with some ground and pound. This is bad for Du!
Whit lands with some strikes.
Du tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Du is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whit lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Du tries to reverse the position but Whit maintains control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
BOOM! Whit connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whit pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Whit dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Whit shoots in and bounces Du off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Du keeping full guard, as Whit tries to pass.
Du keeping moving, preventing Whit from controlling successfully.
Whit thows a big elbow that misses.
Whit trying to control the position from guard on top but Du is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whit with a flurry of punches that miss.
Whit trying to control but Du is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Whit checks a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Du. That's going to slow Whit down.
Du takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice uppercut there from Whit.
Whit closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Du missing with punches from the bottom.
Du makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Du.
Du is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Whit distracts Du with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Whit landing with the ground and pound.
Du is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Whit is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whit stopping the sweep attempt from Du.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du is trying to control the position but Whit postures up.
Du trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Whit keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Du's head.
Whit looking to pass the guard.
Whit really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Du. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Whit lands a couple of digs.
Whit tries to free his leg and advance position but Du is retaining full guard.
Whit is looking to work some ground and pound but Du has wrist control.
Ernie Whit has got the better of the ground game so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Du avoids a punch combination nicely.
Whit looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whit checks a leg kick.
Whit moves out of range of the body kick from Du.
Du throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whit scores with a nice strike.
Whit 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Du gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Whit content to stall in guard here.
Du is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Whit is controlling him.
Whit postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Du has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Whit off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Whit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Whit drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Du is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Whit is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whit working the head and body with strikes.
Whit is chipping away with strikes.
Du takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Du is looking to regain half guard here but Whit keeps moving and retains side control.
Whit cracks Du with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Whit looks up at the clock and then as Du takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Whit smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Whit lands some shots froms side control.
Du takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Du struggling a bit here.
Du is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Whit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Du walks into a straight right hand from Whit.
Du drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Du throws a quick inside leg kick.
Du connects with a single shot there.
Du scores with a jab.
An inside leg kick from Du misses.
Whit shoots in and bounces Du off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Whit controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Du has momentary wrist control but Whit slips an elbow through the middle.
Du looking for a sweep. Not yet Du, not yet.
Whit trying to control the position from guard on top but Du is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Du is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Whit tries to get to full guard but Du has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Du thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whit's head.
Du thows a huge punch but Whit dodges it nicely.
Whit tries to get to full guard but Du has control of the leg.
Du missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Du not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Whit is trying to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Du attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Whit throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Du was covering up waiting for the punch and Whit finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Whit lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du keeping moving, preventing Whit from controlling successfully.
Whit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Du is keeping the position for now.
Whit postures up.
Whit distracts Du with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Whit must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Whit advances position into side control!
Whit scores with punches from side control.
Whit working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Du is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Whit tries to move to mount but Du blocks the move with his legs.
Du tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du is working hard here to advance position.
Whit landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Du is looking to regain half guard here but Whit keeps moving and retains side control.
Whit wants to control but Du is keeping him busy.
Whit working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Du tries to bench press Whit off him but Whit keeps the position.
Whit is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Du will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Whit landing a few strikes.
Du is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Du is trying to control Whit's posture but Whit avoids it.
Whit working the ground and pound from side control.
Whit lands an elbow.
Whit working the ground and pound.
Whit wants to control but Du is keeping him busy.
Whit is putting a hurting on Du here, landing some big shots from side control.
Du is looking to reverse the position.
Du takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Whit cracks Du with a big right hand but Du just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Whit really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Whit moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whit.
Whit leaning his opponent against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Whit stalling in the clinch but Du improves position.
Whit taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Whit has picked Du up - he's going for a ride! Whit dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Du is trying to control but can't.
Du looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Whit is trying to control. Du wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Whit scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Du is not content to let Whit control the position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Du is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Du is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whit working the head and body with strikes.
Whit trying to control the pace.
Du is looking to improve his position.
Whit is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Du tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nice strikes from Whit there.
Whit seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Du trying to control from the bottom.
Du wants to improve his position but Whit is controlling well.
Whit looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whit sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Whit tries to pass to full mount but Du defends it.
Du taking some punishment here, with Whit in his half guard.
Du wants to control but Whit is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Whit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Whit misses with the combination.
Du tries to keep at a distance but Whit has taken the fight into the clinch.
Du tries to land knees in the clinch but Whit avoids the damage to the body.
Whit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Du backwards.
Du is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whit is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Whit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whit goes for a takedown attempt but Du pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Du 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.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Whit connects with a nice looking jab.
Du darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Whit throws a shot to the body.
Whit closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Du did well to prevent Whit getting side control.
Whit lands strikes from half guard.
Whit passes to side control.
Whit lands a few punches from side control.
Whit works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Du tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Du struggling a bit here.
Du tries to improve position but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Du is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Du is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Whit lands a nice forearm strike.
Du tries to bench press Whit off him but Whit keeps the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Whit with a hook.
Whit shoots in and bounces Du off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Whit is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Du keeping moving, preventing Whit from controlling successfully.
Du has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Whit dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Whit moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bang Du is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whit moves out of range as Du throws a body kick.
Whit closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Whit lands in his opponent's guard.
Whit looking to pass the guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Du has momentary wrist control but Whit slips an elbow through the middle.
Du bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Whit's guard.
Du with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Du throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Whit works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Du thows a big elbow that misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Whit can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Du's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Whit not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Du trying to control but Whit is working from the bottom.
Whit lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Whit preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Whit sizes up Du with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Whit lands with an overhand left.
Du is looking to slow Whit down with leg kicks.
Bang Du is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whit scores with the left hand. Du knows he should have avoided that one.
Whit looks to land a combination. Du sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Du has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Whit has managed to clinch.
Whit lands a shoulder strike.
Whit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Whit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whit displaying some good clinch control by pressing Du up against the cage.
Whit lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Whit on the inside.
Du misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whit.
A nice left hand lands by Whit.
A nice right hand lands inside from Whit.
Whit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whit is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Du gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Whit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whit drops down looking for an ankle pick but Du pulls his leg out and moves away.
Whit might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Whit shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Whit was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Du tries to lock up and control but Whit gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Whit lands with some strikes.
Whit lands a nice shot to the head.
Du keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Whit breaks from Du's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du working to try and regain half guard.
Whit is landing with some decent strikes but Du is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Whit scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Whit working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ernie Whit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whit sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Du working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Whit cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Whit controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whit's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bang Du has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Du slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Du with the active half guard here but Whit passes nicely into side control.
Du tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernie Whit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Whit has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernie Whit!
Ernie Whit is the new lightweight champion!
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