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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giorgi Kvaratskhelia (ranked 2232 p4p, 3645 weight class) and Jonah White (ranked 261 p4p, 391 weight class). Jonah White will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Giorgi Kvaratskhelia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonah White!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kvaratskhelia shoots in for a takedown but White shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kvaratskhelia darts in looking for a takedown but White gets double underhooks and turns Kvaratskhelia into the cage.
Kvaratskhelia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. White gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giorgi Kvaratskhelia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kvaratskhelia or perhaps it was just good defense by White, which made it look bad.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
White scores with a hook.
Kvaratskhelia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
White lands a nice shot that snaps Kvaratskhelia's head back.
Kvaratskhelia scores with a takedown into White's guard.
Kvaratskhelia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
White wants to stand up but Kvaratskhelia is controlling him.
Kvaratskhelia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kvaratskhelia wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kvaratskhelia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kvaratskhelia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kvaratskhelia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kvaratskhelia 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.
Kvaratskhelia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kvaratskhelia postures up and lands a big shot to White's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kvaratskhelia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kvaratskhelia scoring with some ground and pound.
White is striking but Kvaratskhelia is not phased and passes to half guard.
Kvaratskhelia lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kvaratskhelia lands a nice short elbow.
Kvaratskhelia is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kvaratskhelia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kvaratskhelia prevents White from standing back up.
White tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Kvaratskhelia has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kvaratskhelia raining down shots from the mount!
White wants to get back to his feet but in bucking up he's left an arm hanging out! Kvaratskhelia has locked onto it and has pulled off a slick armbar! White taps furiously! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Giorgi Kvaratskhelia!
Giorgi Kvaratskhelia retains his heavyweight title!
After the fight, Giorgi Kvaratskhelia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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pop
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