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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Thomas Babcock (ranked 658 p4p, 1046 weight class) and Fredrik White (ranked 83 p4p, 136 weight class). Babcock comes to the cage accompanied by 70. White has chosen Seven nation army as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesse Thomas Babcock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fredrik White!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Babcock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White tries to clinch up but Babcock circles away and keeps his distance.
White scores with a punch to the head.
Babcock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Babcock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Babcock swings for the body but White moves out of range.
White moves into the clinch.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Babcock.
Babcock blocking some punches.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babcock.
White goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White is pushing Babcock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
White lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Babcock avoiding damage.
Babcock misses with a punch on the inside.
White lands a body punch in the clinch.
White throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Babcocks head.
Babcock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Babcock misses with a hook to the ribs.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Babcock.
Babcock stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
White stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
Babcock blocks an uppercut.
Babcock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
White tries to clinch but Babcock moves out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Babcock has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fredrik White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babcock takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White moves to clinch but Babcock breaks away
and Babcock counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
White wants to stand up but Babcock is controlling him.
Babcock stands up over White, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White scrambles and gets back to his feet.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babcock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babcock scores with a body shot.
White moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock has White pushed against the cage.
Babcock prevents a body shot from White.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Babcock blocking some punches.
Babcock lands a nice uppercut.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
White misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Babcock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Babcock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
Babcock tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Babcock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that White has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from White.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White breaks from the clinch.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Babcock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Babcock tries to counter with a takedown but White is quick to defend against it.
Babcock throws a left and a right that both miss
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babcock swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by White.
Babcock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Babcock moves away from the strike by White.
Babcock half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
White is looking to clinch.
White wants to clinch but Babcock slips to the side
and Babcock counters with a shoot takedown. White fights it but they end up in guard.
White keeping full guard, as Babcock tries to pass.
Babcock stops White from standing up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fredrik White dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Babcock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Babcock scores with a jab to the body.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Babcock circles away.
Babcock is looking to wear down White with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice jab there from Babcock.
Babcock throws a lazy uppercut
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Babcock misses.
It seemed like White was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
White wants to clinch up but Babcock keeps it at a distance.
Babcock tries to counter with a takedown but White is quick to defend against it.
White moves in looking to clinch but Babcock pushes him off.
Babcock looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White moves into range and clinches up with Babcock.
White is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Babcock works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
White wants to stand up but Babcock is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babcock is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
Babcock throws an elbow that misses. White uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Babcock's guard. Nice move by White!
Babcock is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Babcock pulls White in to control the position.
White working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jesse Thomas Babcock overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Babcock is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Babcock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
White throwing strikes from guard but Babcock blocks nicely.
Babcock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from White.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babcock seems keen to control White's posture.
White is looking to work some ground and pound but Babcock has wrist control.
White must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Babcock manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. White manages to get himself to full guard.
Babcock chips away with some ground and pound.
White wants to get back to his feet but Babcock is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Babcock sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed White's guard.
White tries to kick Babcock off but Babcock keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock is trying to control the action in half guard but White is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Babcock.
Babcock wants to pass to mount but White is defending the position.
Babcock missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
White is looking to get back to is feet but Babcock passes into side control.
Babcock content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Babcock in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
White is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Babcock works to advance to full mount. White defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to stand up.
Babcock landing strikes from the mount and White is in trouble!
You get the feeling that White really doesn't like being in this position too much.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if White can do anything to dispel that myth.
Babcock landing strikes from the mount.
White really wants to buck Babcock off and get back to his feet.
Babcock looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
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!
Babcock raining down shots from the mount!
White really wants to buck Babcock off and get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Thomas Babcock dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big right from Babcock misses.
Babcock cracks White with a good jab.
Babcock throws a body shot but no joy.
White defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Babcock.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
White tries to clinch but Babcock moves away
and Babcock counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Babcock scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Babcock tries to pass the half guard into mount. White knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
White keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
White wants to get back to his feet.
Babcock working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is trying to stand.
Babcock not landing any meaningful shots this time.
White pushes Babcock off looking to stand but Babcock dives back in and keeps control.
Ground and pound from Babcock.
Nice strikes from Babcock there.
White is looking to get back to is feet but Babcock passes into side control.
White stops Babcock from passing to mount.
Babcock working the ground and pound.
White takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
White avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Babcock.
White is working to avoid the ground and pound but Babcock connects with a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Babcock lands a nice forearm strike.
White is trying to get back to his feet.
Babcock trying to control the position but White is working away.
White wants to get back to his feet but Babcock drags him back down.
White is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
White is not content to let Babcock control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babcock grinds an elbow into White's temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock trying to control the position but White is working away.
Babcock working the ground and pound.
White tries to escape but Babcock is in control.
Babcock cracks White with a big right hand but White just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
White stops Babcock from passing to mount.
White is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Babcock scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh White is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Babcock can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Thomas Babcock!
A very excited looking Jesse Thomas Babcock made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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