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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Small Richard (ranked 586 p4p, 266 weight class) and Bruce White Jr (ranked 55 p4p, 28 weight class). Bruce White Jr is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Small Richard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 25 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruce White Jr!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Richard has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
White Jr throws a low kick but Richard moves out of range easily.
White Jr throws a leg kick that is checked
so Richard counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Richard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Richard connects with a couple of short punches.
White Jr looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Richard sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White Jr has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Richard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
White Jr keeping moving, preventing Richard from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
White Jr looking for a guillotine here but Richard defends easily.
Richard trying to control but White Jr is working from the bottom.
Richard lands a couple of digs.
Richard lands a couple of elbows.
White Jr controls Richard momentarily but Richard frees himself.
Richard lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of White Jr's head.
Richard postures up in White Jr's guard and throws a big left but White Jr blocks it.
White Jr keeping moving, preventing Richard from controlling successfully.
Richard stands up over White Jr, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Richard distracts White Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richard is working White Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Richard throwing strikes from guard but White Jr blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
White Jr is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Richard manages to get to full guard.
White Jr won't allow Richard to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard is looking for a triangle but White Jr pushes his legs off easily.
Richard 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.
Richard is striking off his back. White Jr thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
White Jr stalling away here and it's allowed Richard to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Richard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Richard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks White Jr with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
White Jr has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Richard is working away from the top position though.
Ground and pound from Richard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White Jr makes his way to full guard. A much better position for White Jr.
White Jr controls Richard momentarily but Richard frees himself.
White Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Richard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
White Jr escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Richard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
White Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Richard landing with the ground and pound.
Richard postures up and lands a big shot to White Jr's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Small Richard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
White Jr misses with a body shot.
Richard attempts a counter takedown but White Jr avoids it well and moves away.
White Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Richard drops down looking for a counter takedown but White Jr sprawls and moves away.
Richard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White Jr can do to turn this around?
White Jr scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from White Jr does it's job there.
White Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Richard counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Richard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
White Jr looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Richard has picked White Jr up and slammed him! White Jr can't keep hold of the triangle and Richard manages to pass to side control!
Richard working the ground and pound from side control.
Richard scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at White Jr to see if he's OK.
Richard scoring with punches from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White Jr struggling a bit here.
Richard lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White Jr is looking to regain half guard here but Richard keeps moving and retains side control.
Richard landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
White Jr takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
White Jr 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 Jr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Richard grinds an elbow into White Jr's temple.
Richard working the ground and pound from side control.
White Jr is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richard is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard wants to control but White Jr is keeping him busy.
White Jr can't do much from the bottom here.
Richard is chipping away with strikes.
White Jr is looking to regain half guard here but Richard keeps moving and retains side control.
Richard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White Jr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
White Jr can't do much from the bottom here.
Richard lands a few punches from side control.
Richard looks up at the clock and then as White Jr takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Richard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Richard in side control lands a decent elbow.
Richard is trying to get an arm triangle but White Jr is defending well.
White Jr is trying to get back to half guard.
Richard wants to lay and pray for a moment but White Jr keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Richard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
White Jr takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
White Jr is looking for a sweep.
Richard lands a nice forearm strike.
White Jr takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
White Jr takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Richard working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richard in side control lands a decent elbow.
Richard is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, White Jr has escaped the position, nice work there.
Richard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Small Richard dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
White Jr throws a leg kick but Richard sees it coming and moves out of range.
White Jr jabs at Richard's body.
Richard ducks under a wild hook from White Jr.
A right-left combo lands from White Jr.
White Jr scores with a jab to the body.
Richard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White Jr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - White Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richard.
Richard feinted with a counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from White Jr.
Richard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White Jr fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Richard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Richard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruce White Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Richard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White Jr.
Richard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Richard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Richard blocks a leg kick.
White Jr misses with a low kick.
It looked like Richard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
White Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richard tries to counter by clinching up but White Jr breaks away and moves out of range.
White Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Richard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bruce White Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White Jr misses with a two punch combination.
White Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Richard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Richard moves out of range as White Jr strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White Jr misses with a straight right.
Richard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
White Jr misses with the combination.
Richard is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from White Jr.
White Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Richard tries to counter with a takedown but White Jr is quick to defend against it.
White Jr lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
White Jr lands with a cross.
Richard avoids the body shot from White Jr.
Richard attempts a counter takedown but White Jr avoids it well and moves away.
White Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White Jr missing with a left hand there. Richard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White Jr.
White Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richard moves away.
Richard ducks under a wild hook from White Jr.
White Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Richard seems unphased.
White Jr misses with a hook.
Richard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
White Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Richard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Richard.
White Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
White Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Richard is working for takedown but White Jr is calmly controlling the position for now.
Richard goes for a takedown in the clinch but White Jr prevents it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce White Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Richard 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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