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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Greene (ranked 450 p4p, 1160 weight class) and Ray White (ranked 39 p4p, 97 weight class). Greene's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stepdad- Eminem. White has chosen HonestKey- Change as his entrance music. Ray White will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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27 - 22 - 1 |
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17 - 13 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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 27 - 22 - 1, fighting out of London, Ricky Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ray White!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greene misses with a straight left.
White looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Greene fails to land the takedown.
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Greene throws a body shot but no joy.
Greene drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Greene trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greene drops back looking for a leg! White is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and White manages to kick Greene off! Greene jumps back into White's guard.
Greene preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Greene got a little sloppy there for a moment and White has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Greene has managed to get both his arms back between White's legs - danger averted.
White keeping moving, preventing Greene from controlling successfully.
White has an active guard here but Greene has managed to pass into half guard.
Greene is keen to just control but White is a slippery customer.
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.
Greene is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so White is just riding it out for now. Greene eventually gives up the hold.
Greene is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and White defends it well.
White controlling the position well.
Greene prevents White from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control from the bottom.
White is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Greene pulls his head out easily.
White is staying active underneath Greene, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Greene looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Greene is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Greene is thwarting White's attempts to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
White displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Greene.
White drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Greene defends it well.
Greene misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Greene throws a big shot that misses.
White feints the counter takedown.
Excellent takedown into side control there by White.
White is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Greene wants to control but White postures up.
White is looking to take a break and control but Greene is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Greene's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Greene tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but White presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Greene is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Greene tries to hold on but White postures up.
White lands a big elbow.
BOOM! White connects with a massive shot to the dome!
White looking to control but Greene is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
White punishing his opponent with strikes.
White looking to control but Greene is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
White controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by White.
Greene might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Greene is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
BOOM! White connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Greene really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Greene that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
White fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
White cracks Greene with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
White working Greene over with strikes here.
White is landing with some decent strikes but Greene is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
White looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Greene is rocked!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White working the ground and pound effectively.
Oh Greene is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
White looking to control but Greene is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Greene seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice elbow there by White.
White has isolated one of Greene's arms. Greene looking to fight him off but White twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ray White!
Ray White seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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