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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Branson White (ranked 6210 p4p, 6454 weight class) and Adin Hrustic (ranked 608 p4p, 616 weight class). Adin Hrustic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Branson White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adin Hrustic!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White clinches.
Hrustic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hrustic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hrustic's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hrustic is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
Hrustic wants to break free but White has control.
A bit of stalling here from Hrustic.
White using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hrustic is defending well for now.
Hrustic tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hrustic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hrustic instigates a clinch.
Hrustic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hrustic tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
White letting Hrustic take a breather here.
Hrustic lands a hook that snaps the head of White backwards.
Still in the clinch, Hrustic scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Hrustic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hrustic takes a knee to the side of the body.
A bit of stalling here from Hrustic.
Hrustic manages to break the clinch.
White clinches up with Hrustic and pushes him back against the cage.
White fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hrustic lands with a short shot to the head.
Hrustic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hrustic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
White tries to pull guard but Hrustic holds him up against the cage and eventually White drops back down to his feet.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hrustic as White tries to tie him up.
Hrustic is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Hrustic blocks with his arms.
Hrustic has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hrustic's efforts to push away.
White tries a knee to the head but Hrustic blocks it.
Hrustic avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Hrustic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Hrustic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hrustic is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
Hrustic stalling.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
White fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Branson White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hrustic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
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 Hrustic walks away with a smile on his face. White gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hrustic has managed to clinch.
Hrustic can't break the clinch.
Hrustic breaks from the clinch.
Hrustic gets tackled into the cage by White. White maintains the clinch.
A short left from Hrustic.
Hrustic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hrustic pushes White back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Hrustic blocks with his arms.
White is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hrustic to keep the fight standing.
Hrustic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
White wants to stall.
Hrustic is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hrustic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
I was talking to White's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hrustic avoiding damage.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
White fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hrustic lands with a short shot to the head.
White jumps guard but Hrustic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hrustic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Hrustic. Those never looked like landing.
Hrustic forces White back against the cage and clinches.
Hrustic breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hrustic closes the distance and clinches.
White tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hrustic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Hrustic avoids the damage to the body.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hrustic tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Hrustic has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Hrustic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White jumps guard but Hrustic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hrustic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Hrustic.
Hrustic throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hrustic.
White misses with a hook.
White gets tackled into the cage by Hrustic. Hrustic maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adin Hrustic dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hrustic, pushing him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hrustic as White tries to tie him up.
Hrustic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
White is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hrustic to keep the fight standing.
White decides to pull guard.
White is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hrustic defends well.
White has a closed guard, preventing Hrustic from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hrustic avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hrustic wants to stand and escape but instead White has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Hrustic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hrustic is looking to stand back up but White counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hrustic.
White passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hrustic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
White working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Hrustic turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips White off and cradles Hrustic's limp body as White celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Branson White!
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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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