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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Austin Stevens (ranked 2356 p4p, 1508 weight class) and Frank Whitaker (ranked 263 p4p, 184 weight class). Frank Whitaker struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Frank Whitaker will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Austin Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Whitaker!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker takes a swing at Stevens's ribcage but misses.
Whitaker slips under a jab.
Stevens throws a shot from downtown. Whitaker moves away and avoids it.
Whitaker walks into a left hand.
Austin Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Stevens.
Whitaker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Stevens momentarily.
Whitaker sizes up Stevens with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Stevens lands a left and a right that send Whitaker crashing to the mat, dazed. Stevens thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitaker dodges the punch combination from Stevens.
Stevens drops Whitaker with a beautiful combination! Whitaker stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Stevens is looking for the KO!
Whitaker is rocked!
Whitaker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stevens connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Whitaker! He's out on his feet! Stevens rushes in and drops Whitaker with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Austin Stevens!
Austin Stevens very nearly forgot to thank Silverguard Outfitters 🛡 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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