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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Pentele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Whitehope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pentele's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sick Puppies - You're Going Down . We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gabriel Pentele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Whitehope!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pentele moves into the clinch.
Whitehope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whitehope gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whitehope manages to break the clinch.
Whitehope drives through and clinches with Pentele against the cage.
Whitehope breaks the clinch.
Pentele misses the shot to the body.
Whitehope throws a big shot that misses.
Whitehope misses with a straight right.
Pentele sizes up Whitehope with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pentele clinches.
Whitehope breaks the clinch.
Pentele fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whitehope looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Whitehope closes the distance and clinches.
Whitehope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pentele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whitehope.
Donk. Whitehope catches Pentele right on the button with a cross.
Whitehope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pentele moves away.
Pentele lands a slapping body shot.
Pentele moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope trying to control the position but instead, Pentele has worked for underhooks and has pushed Whitehope into the cage.
Pentele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pentele lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pentele can't find room to land a body shot as Whitehope controls the action.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whitehope throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pentele stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Whitehope looks to land a left hand but Pentele moved out of range nicely.
Pentele gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whitehope manages to break the clinch.
Pentele has managed to clinch.
Pentele is trying to break the clinch but Whitehope has him pressed against the cage.
Whitehope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whitehope lands a jab to Pentele's midsection.
Whitehope tries to close the distance and clinch but Pentele swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whitehope is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentele closes the distance and clinches.
Whitehope stalling in the clinch but Pentele improves position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitehope manages to break the clinch.
Pentele gets a clinch.
Pentele stalling in the clinch.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Whitehope misses the target.
Pentele ducks under a wild hook from Whitehope.
Whitehope throws the left hand but Pentele avoids the punch easily.
Pentele moves away from the strike by Whitehope.
Pentele closes the distance and clinches.
Whitehope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whitehope manages to break the clinch.
Whitehope takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Whitehope tries to clinch up.
Whitehope lands a nice hook to Pentele's body. Pentele takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pentele darts in and clinches Whitehope up against the cage.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope doesn't manage to clinch there - Pentele circles away.
Mark Whitehope seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pentele gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short left from Whitehope.
Whitehope can't break the clinch.
Pentele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whitehope.
Whitehope breaks from the clinch.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Pentele is having none of it.
Pentele takes a swing at Whitehope's ribcage but misses.
Pentele throws a looping overhand right but Whitehope ducks down to avoid it.
Whitehope throws a right and a left that Pentele avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Whitehope scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Whitehope throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pentele misses with a hook. Whitehope ducked under it nicely.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Pentele is having none of it.
Whitehope avoids a punch combination nicely.
Whitehope missing with a left hand there. Pentele was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope has closed the distance and engaged Pentele in a clinch.
Whitehope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pentele uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whitehope.
Pentele looks to land a right hand but Whitehope moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Pentele misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pentele closes the distance and clinches.
Whitehope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whitehope gets a clinch.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Pentele is having none of it.
Pentele throws an overhand right that lands on Whitehope's shoulder, as Whitehope tries to avoid the shot.
Whitehope rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pentele moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whitehope closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitehope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pentele closes the distance and clinches.
Pentele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whitehope is defending well for now.
Pentele works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Whitehope dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pentele fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Whitehope, pushing him back against the cage.
Pentele struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitehope controls his hands.
Whitehope can't break the clinch.
Whitehope can't break the clinch.
Whitehope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Whitehope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whitehope on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pentele gets a clinch.
Pentele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whitehope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pentele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pentele throws a hook but Whitehope avoids it easily.
Mark Whitehope seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whitehope moves into the clinch.
Whitehope lands a nice uppercut.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitehope lunges at Pentele with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pentele's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pentele has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pentele there as he acknowledges the shot.
A shot to the liver by Whitehope. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope takes the fight into the clinch.
Pentele can't break the clinch.
Whitehope breaks from the clinch.
Pentele dodges the punch combination from Whitehope.
Pentele keeps the fight on the outside.
Whitehope tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pentele clinches up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Whitehope stalling.
Whitehope presses Pentele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whitehope pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Whitehope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitehope breaks the clinch.
Pentele gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentele closes the distance and clinches.
Pentele wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Whitehope tries a body shot but Pentele blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whitehope.
Whitehope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitehope moves out of range of the strikes.
Pentele slips a jab from Whitehope.
Whitehope thows a body shot but no joy.
Pentele keeps the fight on the outside.
Pentele misses with a looping left.
Whitehope tries to clinch there but Pentele circles away.
Whitehope lands a lovely overhand right.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Pentele moves out of range.
Whitehope catches Pentele with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pentele forces Whitehope back against the cage and clinches.
Whitehope tries to work over Pentele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pentele misses with a left hand
and Whitehope counters with a stiff right hand.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Pentele moves out of range.
Pentele throws out a loose jab but Whitehope uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pentele avoids the body shot from Whitehope.
Pentele ducks under a wild hook from Whitehope.
A big right from Whitehope misses.
Pentele moves into range and clinches up with Whitehope.
Whitehope keeps control of Pentele as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whitehope lands a shot to the body.
Pentele is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Whitehope misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whitehope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pentele is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Whitehope's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pentele keeps the fight on the outside.
Pentele misses the jab.
Pentele has closed the distance and engaged Whitehope in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pentele misses with a punch on the inside.
Pentele misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whitehope breaks from the clinch.
Whitehope scores with a hook.
Whitehope throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pentele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whitehope with a hook.
Whitehope tries to clinch there but Pentele circles away.
Pentele has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pentele there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pentele is rocked!
Pentele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oh Pentele is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pentele thows a body shot but no joy.
Whitehope thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whitehope moves away from the strike by Pentele.
Pentele seems to have got his legs back now.
Pentele clinches.
Whitehope manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Whitehope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitehope lands with a right that hurts Pentele. Pentele looks to clinch but Whitehope throws a short knee that drops Pentele. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Mark Whitehope!
A less than humble Mark Whitehope misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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