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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Sassano Jnr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Whiteside (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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166 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Sassano Jnr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Whiteside!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sassano Jnr connects with an inside leg kick.
Sassano Jnr throws a lazy right hand but Whiteside sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Whiteside tries to clinch but Sassano Jnr moves out of range.
Whiteside bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sassano Jnr's head backwards.
Whiteside avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sassano Jnr slips a straight right by Whiteside.
Whiteside takes a swing at Sassano Jnr's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whiteside. Sassano Jnr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sassano Jnr looks to land a combination but Whiteside avoids it well.
Whiteside shoots and misses
and Sassano Jnr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whiteside ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sassano Jnr moves away.
Whiteside looks to land a combination but Sassano Jnr avoids it well.
Sassano Jnr misses with a low kick.
Sassano Jnr misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Whiteside.
Whiteside lands with a good body shot.
Sassano Jnr thuds his right hand into Whiteside's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sassano Jnr throws an overhand right that lands on Whiteside's shoulder, as Whiteside tries to avoid the shot.
Sassano Jnr slips a jab from Whiteside.
It looked like Sassano Jnr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sassano Jnr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whiteside's calf.
Whiteside darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sassano Jnr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whiteside missing with a left hand there. Sassano Jnr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been told by Sassano Jnr's head coaches at Team Meanor MMA™ that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sassano Jnr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sassano Jnr throws a jab but it's blocked by Whiteside.
Whiteside catches Sassano Jnr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr throws out a loose jab but Whiteside uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whiteside looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Whiteside lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sassano Jnr circles away quickly and effectively.
Sassano Jnr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sassano Jnr thows a body kick. Whiteside tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Whiteside staying out of range there.
Sassano Jnr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Whiteside on the side of the head.
Whiteside misses with a hook to the body
and Sassano Jnr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sassano Jnr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Whiteside is able to avoid easily.
Whiteside tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sassano Jnr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sassano Jnr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Whiteside gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sassano Jnr misses with a body punch.
Whiteside wants to get back to striking at distance but Sassano Jnr won't allow it.
Whiteside can't break the clinch.
Sassano Jnr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Johnny Whiteside has been cut.
Whiteside stalling in the clinch but Sassano Jnr improves position.
Sassano Jnr lands a nice knee to the body.
Whiteside stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Whiteside on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sassano Jnr obliges.
Sassano Jnr keeps control of Whiteside as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whiteside wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sassano Jnr has him pressed against the cage.
Whiteside can't get the takedown.
Sassano Jnr gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Whiteside.
Tony Sassano Jnr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Whiteside.
Whiteside looks winded!
Whiteside is trying to drag Sassano Jnr to the mat but Sassano Jnr just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Whiteside takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr presses Whiteside against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Whiteside blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sassano Jnr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whiteside.
Sassano Jnr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Whiteside looking for a takedown.
Sassano Jnr misses with a hook to the ribs.
A knee to the head by Sassano Jnr.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whiteside.
Whiteside has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Whiteside avoids a wild elbow strike from Sassano Jnr.
Sassano Jnr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sassano Jnr connects with a knee to the head.
Whiteside avoiding damage as Sassano Jnr throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Sassano Jnr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Whiteside's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sassano Jnr looks to land a right hand but Whiteside moved out of range.
Sassano Jnr displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sassano Jnr misses with a lunging right hand
and Whiteside counters with a left to the body.
Sassano Jnr thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Whiteside if he has to take too many more of those.
Whiteside shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sassano Jnr is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sassano Jnr lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Whiteside backs up against the cage.
Whiteside defending well as Sassano Jnr loads up on a big left hand.
Whiteside lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Whiteside on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Sassano Jnr.
Whiteside takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Whiteside moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr tries to bum rush Whiteside with a series of wild strikes but Whiteside uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sassano Jnr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whiteside misses with a hook.
Sassano Jnr throwing a counter right hand but Whiteside manages to avoid it.
Whiteside is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Whiteside goes for a double leg but Sassano Jnr avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sassano Jnr continues to drive forward.
Sassano Jnr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sassano Jnr throws an overhand right that lands on Whiteside's shoulder, as Whiteside tries to avoid the shot.
Tony Sassano Jnr is winning the standup battle so far.
Whiteside showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sassano Jnr.
Whiteside tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sassano Jnr staying out of range there.
Whiteside misses with a right hand
and Sassano Jnr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sassano Jnr is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiteside throws out a powerful jab.
Sassano Jnr slips a straight right by Whiteside.
Tony Sassano Jnr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sassano Jnr scores with a jab to the body.
Sassano Jnr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sassano Jnr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sassano Jnr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sassano Jnr stuffs the takedown attempt from Whiteside. Whiteside gets slowly back to his feet.
Tony Sassano Jnr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Whiteside.
Whiteside moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sassano Jnr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Whiteside's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whiteside misses with a hook
and Sassano Jnr counters with an outside leg kick.
Sassano Jnr loads up on a big right hand but Whiteside slips the punch.
Sassano Jnr throws a sloppy head kick and Whiteside moves out of range easily.
Nice shot lands for Sassano Jnr.
A combination from Sassano Jnr does no damage.
Sassano Jnr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Whiteside under the eye.
Sassano Jnr needs to keep his hands up - Whiteside had a free shot at his head there.
Sassano Jnr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whiteside manages to avoid it.
Whiteside looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Whiteside doesn't manage to clinch there - Sassano Jnr circles away.
Whiteside swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sassano Jnr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whiteside manages to avoid it.
Whiteside misses with a right hand
and Sassano Jnr counters with a nice uppercut.
Whiteside tries to clinch but Sassano Jnr moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sassano Jnr throws out a loose jab but Whiteside uses good head movement to avoid it.
And Whiteside tries to counter it with a takedown but Sassano Jnr pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Whiteside with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sassano Jnr to score with a decent uppercut.
A big left from Whiteside misses.
Whiteside takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sassano Jnr lands with a right hand.
Sassano Jnr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Whiteside can do to turn this around?
Sassano Jnr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whiteside manages to avoid it.
Whiteside slips a jab from Sassano Jnr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Sassano Jnr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Whiteside's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Whiteside missing with a left hand there. Sassano Jnr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sassano Jnr swats away the attempt to clinch by Whiteside.
Whiteside tries to clinch there but Sassano Jnr circles away.
Whiteside misses with the combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sassano Jnr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whiteside shoots in and drives through. Sassano Jnr sprawls well.
Whiteside moves out of range as Sassano Jnr strikes.
Whiteside checks the leg kick nicely there.
Whiteside looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sassano Jnr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiteside connects with a jab.
Whiteside throws a body shot but no joy.
Sassano Jnr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Whiteside has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Whiteside.
Sassano Jnr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whiteside walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sassano Jnr.
Sassano Jnr misses with a wild body shot.
Whiteside swings for the body but Sassano Jnr moves out of range.
Whiteside swings widly with a right hand
and Sassano Jnr counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whiteside. Sassano Jnr does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Sassano Jnr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Johnny Whiteside has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiteside swinging wildly here.
Sassano Jnr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Whiteside has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sassano Jnr.
Sassano Jnr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Whiteside is looking to clinch but Sassano Jnr is avoiding it.
Whiteside wants to clinch but Sassano Jnr slips to the side
and Sassano Jnr counters with a three punch combo that has Whiteside backing up. Whiteside nods at Sassano Jnr to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sassano Jnr scores with a jab to the head.
Sassano Jnr lands with a right hand.
Whiteside is rocked!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Whiteside.
Sassano Jnr feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tony Sassano Jnr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Whiteside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiteside changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sassano Jnr tries to avoid it but Whiteside manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sassano Jnr to the ground. Sassano Jnr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Whiteside takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whiteside. Sassano Jnr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whiteside takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice uppercut lands for Sassano Jnr. That snapped Whiteside's head back.
Whiteside is still on wobbly legs! Can Sassano Jnr finish him?
Sassano Jnr scores with a jab.
Whiteside takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Whiteside drops his hands momentarily and Sassano Jnr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Whiteside misses with an uppercut
and Sassano Jnr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sassano Jnr cracks Whiteside on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Whiteside falls backwards against the cage. Sassano Jnr follows up with more strikes that drop Whiteside to his knees. Sassano Jnr keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Whiteside! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Sassano Jnr!
Tony Sassano Jnr spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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