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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jim Bo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen Time 4 Sum Aksion as his entrance music. Frank White will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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135 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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176 cm
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133 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jim Bo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank White!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bo misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Bo misses the shot to the body.
White slips under a jab from Bo.
Bo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jim Bo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by White.
Bo with a poor takedown
and White holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bo is trying to break free.
White goes for a takedown attempt but Bo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A right-left combo lands from Bo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bo counters with a leg kick.
Jim Bo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank White.
White checks the leg kick.
Bo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White staying out of range there.
Bo lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than White was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bo is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands with some strikes.
Bo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bo throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bo holds on to White as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
White has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
White is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bo is surviving well by controlling White's body position as best he can.
White moves to back control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White doesn't have the hooks in and Bo manages to turn into his guard.
White looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Bo.
Bo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
White makes his way to full guard. A much better position for White.
White looks gassed!
Bo chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
White avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
White controls Bo momentarily but Bo frees himself.
Bo pushing down on White's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Bo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bo is controlling the pace.
Bo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bo prevents White from improving his position.
Bo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bo prevents White from improving his position.
Bo is tying to control. White wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. White doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Bo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bo looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
White with a poor takedown
and Bo counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White staying out of range there.
Bo misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White closes the distance and clinches.
White jumps guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White keeping moving, preventing Bo from controlling successfully.
Bo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
White is trying to control the position but Bo postures up.
White utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as White works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
White slips under a jab from Bo.
A big left from Bo misses.
Bo misses with a hook.
That's two 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.
A combination from Bo does no damage.
Bo is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
White has his takedown stuffed
and Bo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bo.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sloppy strikes there by Bo.
Bo throws a strike aimed at the side of White's head but White avoids it well.
Bo landing a few strikes.
Bo trying to control the action but White is working from the bottom.
White has one of Bo's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Bo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
White trying to hold on to Bo's head to control him but Bo postures up.
Bo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
Bo is keen to just control but White is a slippery customer.
White looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
White is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
White trying to control here.
Bo is keen to just control but White is a slippery customer.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bo throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Bo cracks White with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bo tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Frank White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bo throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bo closes the distance and clinches up with White, looking for a takedown. Bo pushes White against the cage but White circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Bo dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
White with a poor takedown
and Bo counters by clinching up.
Bo working aggressively here.
White jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bo walks away with a smile on his face. White gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bo misses the shot to the body.
White slips under a jab from Bo.
White blocks a jab.
Bo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and White counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bo tries to roll over but White keeps him under control.
Bo wants to get back to full guard but White has mounted him!
Bo throwing hammer fists to the chest of White. What's that going to do exactly?
That's one minute gone in the round.
White fails to move to back control.
White with shots to the head and body - Bo looks very uncomfortable down there.
White trying to control but he's not successful this time.
White is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bo working to try and regain half guard.
Bo flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bo throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
White throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bo because White loaded up on that one.
White avoids the attempt from Bo to control.
Bo is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
White mounts Bo! Really nice guard pass there!
White looking to control but Bo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White avoids the attempt from Bo to control.
Bo is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bo is looking to improve his position but White isn't that keen on the idea.
Bo tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
White controlling from the full mount.
White prevents Bo from getting the reversal.
Jim Bo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Bo is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
White can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bo is looking to escape.
White swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bo is now in White's guard. A big mistake from White there, giving up the dominant position!
Bo wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bo has passed into half guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank White really dominated that round.
That's time! Bo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bo scores a takedown into full mount!
White really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
White is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
White wants to control but Bo is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White can't escape the position.
Bo looking to finish White with some ground and pound. This is bad for White!
Bo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. White can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. White looks a forlorn figure.
White tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can White hang on?
White is rocked!
Bo working White over with strikes here.
White is still in real trouble! Can Bo finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bo landing strikes from the mount and White is in trouble!
Bo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
White is in a horrible position here. Bo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bo drops a big elbow. That's hurt White! More shots from Bo and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Bo!
Jim Bo retains his bantamweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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