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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iranian Hulk (ranked 1356 p4p, 1525 weight class) and Barron White (ranked 62 p4p, 71 weight class). Barron White is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Iranian Hulk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barron White!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hulk dives in and grabs White's left leg, looking for a takedown. White pushes down on Hulk's head and hops out.
A nice side step and White releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
White throws a hook but Hulk avoids it easily.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hulk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hulk throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hulk misses with a looping left.
Hulk shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hulk showed some decent athleticism there.
Hulk is looking for a kimura here.
White controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White is looking to control Hulk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can White avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
White avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hulk.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hulk. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hulk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
White has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hulk is working away from the top position though.
White blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hulk.
Hulk wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
Hulk throwing shots but White is blocking nicely.
White 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
White tries to roll over but Hulk keeps him under control.
Hulk is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, White has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hulk working the head and body with strikes.
White makes his way to full guard. A much better position for White.
Hulk trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hulk lands a couple of elbows.
White keeping moving, preventing Hulk from controlling successfully.
Hulk will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hulk looking to sit in guard and control but White gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hulk thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hulk seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Hulk wants to sweep here but White controlling him for the moment.
White got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hulk has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, White has managed to get both his arms back between Hulk's legs - danger averted.
Hulk throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hulk isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. White stacks Hulk on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by White!
White working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hulk is looking for a sweep.
Hulk looks to move to half guard but instead White has passed into mount! Damn!
Hulk can't escape the position.
Hulk throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hulk has given up his back here.
White gets his hands free as Hulk looks to control.
Hulk turns into White and is now in his guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Iranian Hulk dominated that round.
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.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barron White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White with a nice cross.
It looks like Iranian Hulk has been cut.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Hulk.
Hulk changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Barron White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hulk closes the distance and pushes White back into the cage.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
White is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hulk is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by White.
White tries to work over Hulk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hulk is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but White is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White misses with the head strike.
White gets underhooks to prevent Hulk's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iranian Hulk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White stops a takedown attempt from Hulk.
A short right hand to the side of the head by White.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hulk goes for a takedown attempt but White pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Oooooh!!! White has knocked Hulk down with a huge combo! White steps away and waves a wobbly Hulk back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Hulk is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White throws a pinpoint strike between Hulk's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Hulk crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and White scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Barron White!
A very excited looking Barron White 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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