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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray White (ranked 431 p4p, 1134 weight class) and Paul Stahl (ranked 29 p4p, 78 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Change. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Stahl!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White scores with a nice strike.
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Stahl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Stahl works White's body with a nice hook.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
Paul Stahl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stahl scores with a nice head shot.
Stahl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Stahl looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Stahl swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stahl takes one to the side of the head.
Stahl looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
White fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stahl avoids it really well and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stahl.
White half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stahl avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Stahl misses the target.
Stahl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Stahl misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a single leg into guard. Stahl didn't expect that.
White controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White being controlled here momentarily.
Stahl 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.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Stahl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White stands and throws Stahl's legs to the side, diving into side control.
White creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Stahl sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
White is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stahl is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Stahl wants to control but White postures up.
Stahl is trying to get back to half guard.
White is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
White trying to control the action but Stahl is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stahl is trying to improve his position.
Stahl is not content to let White control the position.
White controlling from side mount.
White landing a few strikes.
White misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Stahl is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
White is trying to get an arm triangle but Stahl is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stahl tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stahl felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
White looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Stahl is trying to control White's posture but White avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White advances nicely into full mount.
Stahl is in a horrible position here. White smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stahl is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, White cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
White tries to control but Stahl wriggling away.
Stahl is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
White lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
White looking to control but Stahl is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
White with the ground and pound from mount.
Stahl holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as White tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Stahl tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
White looking to finish Stahl with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stahl!
Stahl is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
White trying to control but Stahl is having none of it.
White lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stahl is looking to escape.
Stahl avoids a series of strikes thrown by White.
Stahl is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stahl is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
White postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Stahl looks a forlorn figure.
White punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stahl tries to lock up and control but White gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
White lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
White working away from the top, dropping strikes.
White with the ground and pound from mount.
White is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Stahl has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Stahl wants to hold on but White pushes him away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
White is working for a guillotine from mount but Stahl frees his head quite easily.
White controlling the pace for now.
Stahl is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
White lands a big shot there that rocks Stahl but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White prevents Stahl from getting the reversal.
Stahl doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Stahl tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stahl keeps trying to improve his position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
White scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stahl?
White with shots to the head and body - Stahl looks very uncomfortable down there.
White in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Stahl is rocked!
Stahl can't escape the position.
Stahl is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
White wants to control but instead Stahl manages to regain half guard.
White content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Stahl trying to control but White postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ray White dominated that round.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
White slips under a jab.
White changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Stahl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stahl.
Stahl moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stahl gets caught flat footed, as White shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Stahl 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.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Stahl is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stahl trying to control the position.
White not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Stahl is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stahl keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
White is working hard here to advance position.
Stahl wants to stand up but White is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Stahl misses the shot to the body.
White tries to counter with a takedown but Stahl is quick to defend against it.
Stahl throws a big shot that misses.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Paul Stahl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from White misses.
Stahl misses with a hook.
White half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Paul Stahl is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stahl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stahl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Stahl.
White closes the distance and clinches up with Stahl, looking for a takedown. White pushes Stahl against the cage but Stahl circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Stahl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White clobbers Stahl with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stahl misses with a hook.
A jab lands there for White.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stahl can do to turn this around?
Stahl dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White slips under a jab.
Stahl dips to his left and cracks White with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stahl throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stahl tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with White in particular looking to stall.
White is trying to control the action in half guard but Stahl is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stahl tries to kick White off but White keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
White is working for a submission of some sort.
Stahl tries to roll over but White keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
White looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Stahl trying to control from the bottom.
Stahl moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Stahl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Stahl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White stopping the sweep attempt from Stahl.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
White works over Stahl with some ground and pound from guard.
White postures up in Stahl's guard and throws a big left but Stahl blocks it.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Stahl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Stahl looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
White feinted with a counter takedown.
Stahl throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stahl catches White with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stahl lands a slapping body shot.
Stahl throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stahl fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches White on the side of the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stahl throws a body shot but no joy.
White looks to throw the jab but Stahl is out of range.
White misses with a looping left.
Stahl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stahl throws a body shot but no joy.
White takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
White moves away from the strike by Stahl.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stahl throws a jab when White was well out of range.
White throws the left hand but Stahl avoids the punch easily.
White throws out a loose jab but Stahl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stahl tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Stahl.
Stahl thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stahl looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stahl misses with an uppercut
and White decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Stahl's guard.
Stahl wants to sweep but no luck.
Stahl preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stahl trying to control the position.
White drops back looking for a leg! Stahl is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stahl manages to kick White off! White jumps back into Stahl's guard.
Stahl seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
White preventing the sweep.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
White is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
White wants to control from the top but Stahl keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
White misses with a looping right.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Stahl looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A telegraphed right hand from Stahl misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stahl. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stahl moves away.
Stahl misses with a hook
and White counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Stahl looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
White postures up in Stahl's guard and throws a big left but Stahl blocks it.
White throwing strikes but missing.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
White grinds an elbow into Stahl's temple.
Stahl defending against the ground and pound.
White advances to full mount.
White raining down hammerfists from mount.
White lands a big elbow.
Stahl tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ray 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! This is the final round!
Stahl lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
White misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Stahl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stahl lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Stahl 's head but he takes it in his stride.
White throws a body punch but Stahl moves out of range.
Stahl goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Stahl steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
Nice defenses there by Stahl.
A nice side step and Stahl releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
White takes a swing at Stahl's ribcage but misses.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stahl doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
Stahl loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stahl swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Stahl misses with a hook
letting White counter with a right hand.
Stahl misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
Stahl lands a really nice looking cross but White seems unphased.
White avoids the body shot from Stahl.
Stahl throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Stahl throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White attempts a counter takedown but Stahl avoids it well and moves away.
Stahl throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
Stahl connects with a right hand. White shakes it off.
Stahl thuds a left hand into White's body.
White misses with a straight right.
Stahl let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stahl lands a slapping body shot.
White slips a jab from Stahl.
Nice uppercut there from Stahl.
Stahl misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
White needs to keep his hands up - Stahl had a free shot at his head there.
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stahl displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from White.
Stahl looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A swing and a miss from White.
Stahl thuds a left hand into White's body.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White staying out of range there.
Stahl throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stahl keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stahl stuffs the takedown attempt from White. White gets slowly back to his feet.
Stahl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stahl's corner calls for a 1-2. Stahl obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stahl throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
White scores with a hook to the body. Stahl takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
White slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands a jab to Stahl's midsection.
Stahl throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
White slips a straight right by Stahl.
White tries to counter with a takedown but Stahl is quick to defend against it.
Stahl connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stahl defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
Stahl looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters circling - Stahl throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stahl.
Stahl fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a straight right.
Stahl lands with a nice body punch.
White fails to land the takedown.
Stahl scores with a jab to the jaw.
White looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
White shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stahl as he avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stahl. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stahl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stahl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
Stahl scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stahl throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stahl. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
Stahl looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stahl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stahl moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
White misses with an uppercut. Stahl saw that one coming.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
Stahl lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stahl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like White wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stahl works White's body with a nice hook.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paul Stahl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stahl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
White slips under a jab.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Stahl.
White shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Stahl looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Stahl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stahl is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stahl prevents White from improving his position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stahl not doing much here.
White wants to control but Stahl is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stahl looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Stahl thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
White tries to get to full guard but Stahl has control of the leg.
Stahl sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. White defending well though.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stahl trying to control from half guard but White is working away.
White is trying to get back to full guard.
White controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stahl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Stahl comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think White 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ray White!
After winning the bout, Ray White thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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