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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tree Fortay (ranked 1679 p4p, 1324 weight class) and Snappy Whiplash (ranked 186 p4p, 150 weight class). Fortay's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Choice Is Yours. Tree Fortay has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Tree Fortay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Snappy Whiplash!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whiplash getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fortay misses with a right hand
and Whiplash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Whiplash has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fortay rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fortay takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whiplash missing with a left hand there. Fortay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Whiplash dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fortay. That did some damage!
Fortay moves away from the strike by Whiplash.
Fortay throwing a counter right hand but Whiplash manages to avoid it.
Fortay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whiplash was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortay.
Whiplash misses with a straight right.
Fortay feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Fortay sizes up Whiplash with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fortay throws a shot from downtown. Whiplash moves away and avoids it.
Whiplash misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fortay.
Fortay moves into the clinch.
Whiplash misses with a body punch.
Whiplash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fortay blocks a body shot from Whiplash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whiplash taking a breather.
Fortay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fortay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fortay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whiplash backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Fortay.
Whiplash fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fortay misses with a body punch.
Fortay lands a right hand.
Fortay being controlled against the cage.
Fortay cracks Whiplash with a nice body shot.
Whiplash tries to work over Fortay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whiplash takes a shot to the head.
Fortay lands with a left to the head.
Fortay stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Whiplash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Whiplash backwards.
Whiplash lands a nice uppercut.
Fortay is looking to control Whiplash's arms but Whiplash gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fortay has his back to the cage.
Fortay stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fortay swings wildly with an uppercut but Whiplash uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay struggles to land a body shot inside as Whiplash controls his hands.
Fortay lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whiplash.
A bit of stalling here from Fortay.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fortay is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whiplash.
Whiplash working aggressively here.
Whiplash has a couple of punches blocked by Fortay.
A nice left hand lands by Whiplash.
Whiplash stalling in the clinch.
Fortay breaks the clinch.
Whiplash misses the shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Fortay. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fortay.
Fortay closes the distance and pushes Whiplash back into the cage.
Fortay prevents a body shot from Whiplash.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiplash trying to control the position but instead, Fortay has worked for underhooks and has pushed Whiplash into the cage.
Whiplash prevents a body shot from Fortay.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whiplash.
Fortay scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Whiplash pushes Fortay back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fortay tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fortay stalling the fight.
Whiplash misses with some punches.
Fortay taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Whiplash works on Fortay's body with a couple of short punches.
Whiplash prevents a body shot from Fortay.
Fortay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whiplash backwards.
Fortay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Whiplash content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Whiplash stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fortay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fortay stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with a punch to the body.
Whiplash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fortay as Whiplash tries to tie him up.
Whiplash misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fortay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whiplashs head.
Whiplash lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whiplash tries to throw a body punch but Fortay avoids it by throwing Whiplash back against the cage.
Whiplash lands a body shot.
Fortay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Whiplash lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fortay backwards.
Fortay tries to work over Whiplash's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whiplash can't find room to land a body shot as Fortay controls the action.
Fortay content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Whiplash has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Fortay clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Whiplash doesn't have the hooks in and Fortay manages to turn into his guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tree Fortay will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fortay displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whiplash throws out the jab.
Whiplash shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Fortay eats them both and turns towards Whiplash to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Tree Fortay has been cut.
Whiplash needs to keep his hands up - Fortay had a free shot at his head there.
Whiplash avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whiplash defending well as Fortay loads up on a big left hand.
Fortay misses the shot to the body.
Whiplash throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It looked like Fortay wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Whiplash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Whiplash throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fortay throws a lazy right hand but Whiplash sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Whiplash with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Whiplash.
Good leg kick by Whiplash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whiplash scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fortay doesn't seem bothered though.
Whiplash wants to land a leg kick but Fortay is out of range.
Fortay tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Whiplash manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Whiplash misses with a hook. Fortay ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiplash throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fortay sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whiplash swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whiplash misses with a low kick as Fortay jumps back.
Fortay changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the body from Whiplash misses
and Fortay counters with a stiff right hand.
Whiplash fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whiplash. Fortay does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Whiplash misses.
Fortay misses with a looping right.
Fortay throws the left hand but Whiplash avoids the punch easily.
Fortay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fortay misses with a leg kick.
Fortay lands with a good body shot.
Whiplash misses with a low kick.
Whiplash throws a looping overhand right but Fortay ducks down to avoid it.
Snappy Whiplash seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whiplash scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay misses with a hook to the body
and Whiplash counters with a good low kick that Fortay was not able to check.
Fortay throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fortay tries to clinch up but Whiplash circles away and keeps his distance.
Whiplash looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fortay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whiplash.
Fortay fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Whiplash's corner calls for a 1-2. Whiplash obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Whiplash misses with a leg kick
and Fortay counters with a thumping low kick.
Fortay wants to clinch.
Whiplash thumps Fortay with a low kick.
Fortay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whiplash.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiplash moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fortay closes the distance looking to clinch
and Whiplash connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Fortay on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fortay scores with a hook to the body. Whiplash takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fortay scores with a decent looking hook.
Whiplash misses with a low kick.
Fortay looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Whiplash misses with a hook.
Fortay motions for Whiplash to come forward. Fortay throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Whiplash walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fortay with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Whiplash takes a swing at Fortay's ribcage but misses.
Whiplash gets caught flat footed, as Fortay shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
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!
Fortay wants to control from the top but Whiplash keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortay is stalling in the full guard.
Fortay is looking to advance position but Whiplash has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Fortay is looking to improve his position but Whiplash isn't that keen on the idea.
Whiplash lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whiplash avoids the attempt from Fortay to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Snappy Whiplash showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tree Fortay's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Fortay.
Whiplash keeps the fight on the outside.
Whiplash with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fortay dips to his left and cracks Whiplash with an uppercut!
Fortay lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fortay is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fortay tries a head kick but it misses.
Fortay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whiplash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Whiplash.
Whiplash scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Whiplash.
Whiplash throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fortay cracks Whiplash with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whiplash lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fortay punishes Whiplash's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortay misses with a wild body shot.
Fortay is looking to clinch.
Whiplash swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Some wild striking there from Whiplash.
Whiplash throws a hook but Fortay avoids it easily.
Fortay is looking to counter punch.
Whiplash misses with a leg kick.
Whiplash misses with a lunging right hand
letting Fortay counter with a right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Fortay blocks the leg kick.
Fortay misses with the combination.
Whiplash changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot by Fortay.
Whiplash swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whiplash on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Whiplash misses the jab.
Fortay swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fortay fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whiplash looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Whiplash misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whiplash scoring well with a low kick there.
It looks like Fortay has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Jab, jab by Fortay - just one landing.
Fortay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Fortay.
Fortay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Whiplash drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Fortay defends it well.
Fortay scores with a nice strike.
Whiplash lands a jab.
Fortay pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whiplash is out of range and Fortay settles back down.
Fortay changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Whiplash throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiplash throws a big shot that misses.
Fortay scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fortay throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Whiplash on the side of the head.
Fortay walks into a left hand.
Fortay throws a body punch but Whiplash moves out of range.
Whiplash moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fortay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Whiplash.
Whiplash throws an overhand right that lands on Fortay's shoulder, as Fortay tries to avoid the shot.
Fortay missing with a left hand there. Whiplash was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fortay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Whiplash.
Fortay scores with a jab to the jaw.
Whiplash keeps the fight on the outside.
Whiplash uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fortay.
Fortay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whiplash takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fortay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whiplash paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fortay getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fortay does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Whiplash swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fortay lands a body shot.
Fortay connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Whiplash's hands.
Whiplash looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Fortay on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fortay shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Whiplash blocks a jab.
Fortay is looking to clinch.
Fortay throws a shot to the body.
Fortay tries to clinch there but Whiplash circles away.
Whiplash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Whiplash fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fortay on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortay looks to score with a jab to the body but Whiplash is just out of range.
Fortay wants to clinch up but Whiplash keeps it at a distance.
Whiplash changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tree Fortay.
I think Fortay has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:30
The fight is ruled a draw!
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