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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Baroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pearl Whites (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whites has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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175 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Phil Baroni! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pearl Whites! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Baroni fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Whites. Baroni will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baroni fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baroni scores with a one two! Whites had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Pearl Whites has been cut. Whites shoots for a takedown but Baroni saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Baroni will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baroni misses with a few strikes there.
Baroni could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. A punch combination from Baroni misses. Baroni looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Whites shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Baroni pinned against the cage. Baroni gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Phil Baroni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pearl Whites. Baroni swinging wilding here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice takedown defense from Baroni. No joy for Whites on that attempt. Baroni misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Baroni, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Whites drives through with a takedown into guard. Whites thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Whites slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Whites is working Baroni over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Whites throws and elbow that misses. Baroni uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Whites's guard. Nice move by Baroni! Whites is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Baroni defends well. Whites had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Baroni is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Whites Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Baroni's back instead. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Baroni is trying to defend against the choke here but Whites has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Whites Tightens the hold and Baroni taps out furiously! Whites displays superior BJJ to win the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Pearl Whites!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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