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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce White Jr (ranked 864 p4p, 375 weight class) and Anthony Epolito (ranked 130 p4p, 57 weight class). Epolito is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rowdy/ Bandits. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bruce White Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Epolito!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Epolito 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.
Epolito throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Epolito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White Jr.
Epolito lands a jab to White Jr's midsection.
Epolito throws an overhand right that lands on White Jr's shoulder, as White Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Epolito throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - White Jr scores with a four punch combination!
Epolito ducks under a wild hook from White Jr.
Epolito scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Epolito lands a right hook to the body.
White Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
White Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
White Jr misses with a looping left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Epolito misses the target.
White Jr wants to clinch up but Epolito keeps it at a distance.
Epolito takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Epolito throws a looping overhand right but White Jr ducks down to avoid it.
Epolito takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Epolito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Epolito.
Epolito throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Epolito throws a right hand that misses
and White Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Epolito 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.
White Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as White Jr blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epolito misses with a body shot.
White Jr is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Epolito.
White Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White Jr keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
White Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Epolito is looking to land body kicks.
Epolito scores with a kick to the midsection.
Epolito ducks under a wild hook from White Jr.
White Jr takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
White Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Epolito was well out of range. Poor timing from White Jr.
White Jr scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
White Jr throws a shot from downtown. Epolito moves away and avoids it.
White Jr takes one to the side of the head.
Epolito attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Epolito looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Epolito tests White Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
White Jr throws out a loose jab but Epolito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epolito tries to counter by closing the distance.
White Jr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Epolito tries to bum rush White Jr with a series of wild strikes but White Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White Jr cracks Epolito with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epolito turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Epolito. Beautiful body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Epolito. That snapped White Jr's head back.
Epolito throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
White Jr moves away from the strike by Epolito.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Epolito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Epolito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Epolito.
White Jr slips a straight right by Epolito.
Epolito throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from White Jr misses its intended target.
Epolito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White Jr checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice shot by Epolito.
Epolito lands a nice hook to White Jr's body. White Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White Jr takes one on the button.
White Jr takes a swing at Epolito's ribcage but misses.
White Jr lands with a straight right. Epolito didn't see that one coming.
White Jr misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epolito throws an overhand right that lands on White Jr's shoulder, as White Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Epolito's corner calls for a 1-2. Epolito obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Epolito attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Epolito looking to land some kicks to the body here.
White Jr slips under a jab from Epolito.
White Jr swings for the body but Epolito moves out of range.
White Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White Jr misses with a looping left.
Epolito misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Epolito.
Epolito fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and White Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White Jr swings widly with a right hand
and Epolito counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Epolito is looking to chop away at White Jr's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Epolito. White Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
White Jr takes a swing at Epolito's ribcage but misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Epolito dips to his left and cracks White Jr with an uppercut!
White Jr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Epolito tries to land a leg kick but White Jr saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White Jr loads up on a big right hand but Epolito slips the punch.
Epolito throws a hook but White Jr blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Epolito.
Epolito on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Epolito lands a jab to the nose.
Epolito scores with a jab to the body.
White Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Epolito moves away.
Epolito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White Jr. That did some damage!
White Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Epolito was well out of range. Poor timing from White Jr.
Epolito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White Jr.
Epolito feints a counter leg kick.
Epolito will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Epolito scores with a hook to the body. White Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Epolito takes a shot right to the bread basket.
White Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Epolito was well out of range. Poor timing from White Jr.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White Jr jabs Epolito right on the nose. Epolito blinks but takes it well.
Epolito ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White Jr is breathing heavily.
Epolito misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Epolito dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Epolito lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
White Jr blocks a jab.
White Jr is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Epolito in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Epolito.
White Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Good work by White Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Epolito misses with a hook. White Jr ducked under it nicely.
White Jr misses with a left hand
enabling Epolito to counter with a crisp jab.
Epolito misses the shot to the body.
White Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Epolito.
White Jr is looking to counter punch.
Epolito scores with a body shot.
Epolito throws a leg kick but White Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Epolito connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether White Jr might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
White Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Epolito.
A decent looking cross lands there for White Jr.
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!
White Jr lands a lovely overhand right.
A big right from Epolito misses.
White Jr dodges the punch combination from Epolito.
An attempted straight right counter from White Jr misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epolito throws a low kick, looking for White Jr's leg but White Jr calmly moves out of range.
Epolito misses with a hook. White Jr ducked under it nicely.
Epolito throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Epolito fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt White Jr.
A nice inside leg kick there by Epolito. That's going to slow White Jr down.
White Jr catches Epolito with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
White Jr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Epolito. Epolito obviously looking to wear him down.
Good exchange - Epolito coming out on top.
White Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Epolito is just out of range.
Epolito fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and White Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Epolito throws an off balance right hand
enabling White Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Epolito jabs White Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Epolito defending well as White Jr loads up on a big left hand.
White Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Epolito manages to avoid it.
Epolito misses with a wild body shot.
Epolito throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White Jr.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Epolito scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epolito throws a hook but White Jr avoids it easily.
That kick from Epolito tenderised White Jr's leg. White Jr is trying to keep his angry face on.
White Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Epolito moves away.
Epolito throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Epolito takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
White Jr is looking to clinch.
White Jr defending well as Epolito loads up on a big left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Epolito. That's going to slow White Jr down.
White Jr cracks Epolito with a right hand to the side of the head.
Epolito misses with a body shot.
Epolito swings for the body but White Jr moves out of range.
White Jr lands the left hand.
White Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Anthony Epolito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A chopping leg kick lands by Epolito.
Epolito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White Jr.
White Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
White Jr misses with a hook.
Epolito throws a leg kick but White Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Epolito has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by White Jr.
Epolito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Epolito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White Jr.
Epolito throws a front kick aimed at White Jr's knee but White Jr avoids it well.
Epolito moves into range and connects with a jab.
Epolito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White Jr.
Epolito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White Jr. That did some damage!
White Jr misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
White Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Epolito lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Epolito lands a glancing blow to the side of White Jr's head.
Epolito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White Jr wants to clinch up but Epolito keeps it at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Epolito cracks White Jr with a right hand to the side of the head.
Epolito scores with a nice strike.
Epolito misses with an uppercut.
An attempted straight right counter from White Jr misses the target.
White Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Epolito is just out of range.
A left lands for White Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epolito is looking to chop away at White Jr's legs.
White Jr seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Epolito loads up on a big right hand but White Jr slips the punch.
Epolito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White Jr moves away from the strike by Epolito.
White Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Epolito off the cage and back into range.
White Jr slips a jab from Epolito.
Epolito dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White Jr throws a looping overhand right but Epolito ducks down to avoid it.
Epolito misses with a straight left.
Epolito takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Epolito does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Epolito! But no joy.
White Jr defending well as Epolito loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Epolito misses with a low kick.
White Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Epolito's head.
Epolito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Epolito changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Epolito showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
White Jr throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Epolito.
Epolito tests White Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White Jr misses with a hook. Epolito ducked under it nicely.
Epolito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White Jr.
Epolito's hands are dropping dangerously low here and White Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Epolito scrambles back to his feet.
Epolito misses with a jab, cross combination.
Epolito goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Epolito misses with a low kick.
White Jr blocks a jab.
White Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Epolito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White Jr.
Epolito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White Jr throws a hook to the side of Epolito's head but Epolito sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by White Jr.
Epolito throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Epolito with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Epolito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Epolito.
Epolito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epolito connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Epolito's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Epolito duly obliges.
Epolito swinging wildly here.
Epolito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White Jr.
Epolito ducks under a wild hook from White Jr.
White Jr ducks under a wild hook from Epolito.
Epolito throws a jab when White Jr was well out of range.
Epolito throws a right hand that White Jr ducks under and follows up with a left that White Jr also avoids with ease.
Epolito thows a left - swing and a miss!
Epolito throws a hook but White Jr avoids it easily.
Epolito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White Jr.
Epolito slips under a jab from White Jr.
Epolito missing with a left hand there. White Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White Jr misses the shot to the body.
Epolito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Epolito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Epolito takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White Jr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White Jr there as he acknowledges the shot.
Epolito listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Epolito throws the kick towards the body but White Jr avoids it.
White Jr connects with a looping right hand.
White Jr takes a swing at Epolito's ribcage but misses.
Despite the aggression on Epolito's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
White Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Epolito.
Epolito ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Epolito tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
White Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White Jr defending well as Epolito loads up on a big left hand.
Epolito lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Epolito connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
White Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Epolito circles away.
Bruce White Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epolito lands a jab to the nose.
Epolito misses with a looping right.
Epolito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Epolito lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Epolito throws the left hand but White Jr avoids the punch easily.
White Jr swings for the body but Epolito moves out of range.
Epolito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White Jr.
A looping hook to the body misses from Epolito. White Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Epolito misses with a double jab.
Epolito walks into a stiff left hand from White Jr.
Epolito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White Jr manages to avoid it.
Epolito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White Jr tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Epolito manages to circle out of the way.
Epolito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Epolito.
White Jr misses the jab.
Epolito misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Epolito.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White Jr checks a low kick from Epolito.
A swing and a miss from Epolito.
White Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Epolito.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White Jr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Epolito. Epolito circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Epolito has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Epolito throws a jab when White Jr was well out of range.
Jab by Epolito.
White Jr closes the distance but Epolito moves to the side
and Epolito counters with a nice uppercut.
White Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Epolito.
Epolito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White Jr.
Anthony Epolito is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Epolito misses with an uppercut.
White Jr throws out a loose jab but Epolito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epolito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Epolito - just one landing.
Epolito scores with a decent looking hook.
White Jr looks to land a right hand but Epolito moved out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Epolito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Epolito has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Epolito!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Anthony Epolito made sure he mentioned Bondi MMA 🏝️, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
The defeated Bruce White Jr had this to say: 'I'll be back, hell of a fight '.
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