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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marion Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Rome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rome has chosen Ultimate as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marion Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Rome!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ground and pound from Whitaker.
Whitaker 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.
Whitaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rome trying to control here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Whitaker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Whitaker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Rome has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Whitaker controlling the action here.
Whitaker lands strikes from half guard.
Whitaker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rome looks winded!
Nice strikes from Whitaker there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Whitaker connects with a nice short shot to Rome's temple.
Whitaker working over Rome with some ground and pound. Rome looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Whitaker is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rome has managed to free his arm - good work.
Whitaker is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Whitaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Whitaker there.
Whitaker looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rome wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whitaker working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Whitaker escapes and gets back to his feet.
Rome has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Whitaker is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rome swings away with a body shot that misses
and Whitaker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Whitaker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whitaker gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Whitaker is working Rome over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Whitaker working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rome's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker drops back looking for a leg! Rome is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rome manages to kick Whitaker off! Whitaker jumps back into Rome's guard.
Whitaker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Whitaker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Whitaker working some strikes from top position.
Whitaker stands up over Rome, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Whitaker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Whitaker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Whitaker lands a couple of elbows.
Whitaker connects with a couple of short punches.
Rome is rocked!
Whitaker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rome is still in real trouble! Can Whitaker finish him?
Whitaker chips away with some ground and pound.
Whitaker stands up over Rome, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Whitaker landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker landing some decent shots from guard.
Whitaker scoring with some ground and pound.
Whitaker with a nice head shot there.
Whitaker drops back looking for a leg! Rome is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rome manages to kick Whitaker off! Whitaker jumps back into Rome's guard.
Whitaker works over Rome with some ground and pound from guard.
Whitaker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Whitaker landing with the ground and pound.
Whitaker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Whitaker distracts Rome with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Whitaker controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Whitaker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rome on the ground.
Whitaker stands up over Rome, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Whitaker scoring with some ground and pound.
Whitaker connects with a couple of short punches.
Whitaker scoring with some ground and pound.
Rome has momentary wrist control but Whitaker slips an elbow through the middle.
Whitaker is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marion Whitaker dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Whitaker drives through with a takedown into Rome's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Whitaker chips away with some ground and pound.
Whitaker decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rome, up you get!
Rome throws a lazy uppercut
and Whitaker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rome thinking.
Jay Rome seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rome looks to throw a body kick
and Whitaker counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rome won't be happy with that.
Whitaker lands a few punches from side control.
Rome is trying to get back to half guard.
Whitaker in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitaker lands a decent elbow from side control.
Marion Whitaker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Whitaker has an Americana. Rome didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Whitaker is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Whitaker hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Marion Whitaker!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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