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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barack Obaminator (ranked 264 p4p, 169 weight class) and Thor White (ranked 37 p4p, 23 weight class). Obaminator comes to the cage accompanied by Gil Scott-Herron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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186 cm 34 185 38 - 19 - 0 |
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189 cm 33 195 25 - 15 - 1 |
BJJ Red Belt World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Heavy handed |
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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 38 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barack Obaminator! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor White! The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice defenses there by White. White takes a swing at Obaminator's ribcage but misses. White lands a jab to Obaminator's midsection. Barack Obaminator seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. White just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Obaminator lands. Obaminator throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Obaminator slips a jab from White. Good leg kick by Obaminator. White cracks a nice hook into Obaminator's ribs. White just misses with a punch to the body.
Obaminator takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. White swings widly with a right hand
and Obaminator counters with a stiff right hand. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. White misses with a body shot.
Obaminator throws a jab but it's blocked by White. Obaminator misses with a body shot.
Obaminator displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab. Obaminator is on the wrong end of a nice combination from White. White has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White there as he acknowledges the shot. Obaminator lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. A nice leg kick from Obaminator, right into the meat of the thigh.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. White slips a jab from Obaminator. White misses with a looping right. Barack Obaminator is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Obaminator slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. White jabbing away but nothing is landing. Obaminator lands with an overhand left. White missing with a left hand there. Obaminator was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. White throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Obaminator. White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obaminator.
White throws a hook to the side of Obaminator's head but Obaminator sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Jab by Obaminator. A looping hook to the body misses from Obaminator. White does a little dance to reset his feet. Obaminator displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab. Obaminator paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. It looks like Obaminator has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Obaminator sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Obaminator takes a body punch but keeps moving.
White is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Obaminator's half guard.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Obaminator is looking for a sweep. White is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
White is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Obaminator is staying active underneath White, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Obaminator is trying to maintain the position but White is very close to passing his half guard.
Obaminator looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Obaminator holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
White is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Obaminator doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time White.
Obaminator is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but White pulls his head out easily.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with White in particular looking to stall. White is looking to take a break and control but Obaminator is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. White performing his best blanket impression for a moment. White wants to lay and pray for a moment but Obaminator keeps working.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/refstandup3.gif) The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
White bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Obaminator gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. White trying to mount his opponent but Obaminator defends it. Obaminator is looking for a sweep. White is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. White is pressing down on Obaminator's thigh, looking to free his foot. Obaminator is holding on for now.
White wants to work for an arm triangle but Obaminator is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Obaminator manages to get to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Thor White will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Obaminator misses with a straight left. It seemed like White was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
White scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. White is trying to control. Obaminator wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. White prevents Obaminator from improving his position.
Obaminator looking for submissions off his back. White seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Obaminator does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Obaminator wants to control but White is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obaminator is defending against the submission attempts here by White.
White is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Obaminator defends it well.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round.
Obaminator looking for submissions off his back. Thor White has got the better of the ground game so far.
White is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Obaminator to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
White got a little sloppy there for a moment and Obaminator has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, White has managed to get both his arms back between Obaminator's legs - danger averted. White trying to control the position from guard on top but Obaminator is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Obaminator throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Obaminator is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Obaminator looking for submissions from the bottom but instead White passes into half guard.
White is figuring out what he wants to do next.
White is working for a submission of some sort.
White is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Obaminator is not content to let White control the position.
Obaminator looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Obaminator is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but White pulls his head out easily. White trying to control from half guard but Obaminator is working away. White might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Obaminator haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
White is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
White trying to pass the guard but Obaminator defending well. Obaminator is trying to get back to full guard.
White is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Obaminator defends it well.
White is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Obaminator gets full guard. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Thor White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
White changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Obaminator tries to avoid it but White manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Obaminator to the ground. Obaminator escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Obaminator throws a push kick but White slaps the foot to one side. White takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. White fails to land the takedown. Obaminator catches White with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Obaminator cracks a nice hook into White's ribs. A looping hook to the body misses from Obaminator. White does a little dance to reset his feet. White swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obaminator moves away. A punch combination from White misses. Obaminator swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. White swings for the body but Obaminator moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obaminator. White misses with a wild body shot. Obaminator lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. A shot to the liver by Obaminator. Beautiful body shot. White shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Obaminator pinned against the cage. Obaminator gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Barack Obaminator has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thor White.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Obaminator misses with a jab to the body
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Obaminator keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Obaminator was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. White scores with a nice head shot. Obaminator scores with a nice right hand.
White needs to keep his hands up - Obaminator had a free shot at his head there. White misses with an uppercut. Obaminator saw that one coming. White misses the jab. Obaminator jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Obaminator takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Obaminator with a nice calf kick.
White closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Obaminator regains half guard.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obaminator looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
White is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Obaminator is looking to control White's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Obaminator avoid being mounted?
Obaminator actively working from the bottom here.
White is looking for a kimura here.
White passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Obaminator!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Obaminator can't escape the position.
Obaminator is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Obaminator is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
White is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Obaminator has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Obaminator!
White working for a triangle but Obaminator defends it easily.
Obaminator got a little sloppy there for a moment and White has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Obaminator has managed to get both his arms back between White's legs - danger averted. Barack Obaminator has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. Obaminator looking to pass the guard. White wants to control but Obaminator passes easily into half guard.
White trying to control from the bottom.
Obaminator trying to control from half guard but White is working away. White wants to control but Obaminator passes into side.
White is trying to work for a sweep but Obaminator has mounted him! Obaminator looking to finish with strikes here!
Obaminator thowing shots but they're missing.
And that's the end of the fight! Barack Obaminator showed his dominance in that final round. I think White has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29 Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29 Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor White! A victorious Thor White thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. In defeat, Barack Obaminator stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll be black'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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