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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael De Souza (ranked 5067 p4p, 0 weight class) and Senan Whelan (ranked 4590 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Whelan's choice of entrance music: The Stranglers - Golden Brown. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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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 London, Rafael De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Senan Whelan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza shoots in and bounces Whelan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
De Souza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Whelan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Souza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Souza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
De Souza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Souza looking to improve position, pressing down on Whelan's thigh with his hand. Whelan seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is De Souza paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! De Souza's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Whelan picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Senan Whelan!
After the fight, Senan Whelan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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