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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Whitby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Legend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitby comes to the cage accompanied by You Suffer. Legend has chosen Edit Mix as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Whitby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Johnny Legend!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legend closes the distance and clinches up with Whitby, looking for a takedown. Legend pushes Whitby against the cage but Whitby circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Whitby throws the kick towards the body but Legend avoids it.
Legend keeps the fight on the outside.
Legend fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Whitby doesn't manage to clinch there - Legend circles away.
Whitby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Legend throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whitby.
Whitby takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Whitby walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Whitby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Whitby closes the distance and pushes Legend back into the cage.
Whitby scores a nice knee to the body.
Whitby connects with a nasty looking knee right to Legend's face.
Whitby tries to throw a body punch but Legend avoids it by throwing Whitby back against the cage.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Whitby displaying some good clinch control by pressing Legend up against the cage.
Legend can't get the takedown.
Whitby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legend.
Whitby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Whitby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Whitby gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paul Whitby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Legend.
Whitby can't find room to land a body shot as Legend controls the action.
Whitby using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Legend has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whitby has Legend pressed against the cage.
Whitby connects with a nasty looking knee right to Legend's face.
It looks like Johnny Legend has been cut.
Whitby putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legend in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Whitby stops a takedown attempt from Legend.
Whitby crunches a lovely knee into Legend's ribcage.
Legend looks gassed!
Legend looking for a takedown.
Legend takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whitby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Legend backwards.
Whitby putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legend in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Whitby just misses with a elbow thrown towards Legend's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whitby.
Whitby lands a hook that snaps the head of Legend backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitby misses with a knee to the head.
Whitby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Whitby gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Legend.
Whitby putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Legend in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Whitby connects with a knee to the head.
Legend drops down looking for an ankle pick but Whitby pulls his leg out and moves away.
Legend moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Whitby throws a right hand that Legend ducks under and follows up with a left that Legend also avoids with ease.
Whitby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Legend digs a good body shot into Whitby's ribs.
Legend throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Legend lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Legend.
Whitby ducks right into an uppercut from Legend.
Whitby tries to clinch but Legend moves out of range.
A left and a right from Legend both land. Nice combination.
Legend circles away from the clinch attempt.
Legend moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Legend scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Horrible takedown by Legend or perhaps it was just good defense by Whitby which made him look bad.
Legend looks to land a combination. Whitby sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Legend throws a combination that misses
and Legend takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Legend lands a nice shot to the body.
Legend has his takedown stuffed
and Whitby counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Legend is trying to drag Whitby to the mat but Whitby just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whitby lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Legend can't get the takedown.
With the fighters up against the cage, Whitby throws an elbow but misses.
Whitby has Legend pushed against the cage.
Whitby gets underhooks to prevent Legend's takedown attempt.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legend blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whitby tries to throw a body punch but Legend avoids it by throwing Whitby back against the cage.
Legend tries to score a body lock takedown but Whitby shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitby tries a knee to the head but Legend blocks it.
Whitby pushes off an throws an elbow but Legend leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Legend goes for a takedown attempt but Whitby pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Legend lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Whitby backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Johnny Legend will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Legend's cut.
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.
Legend throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Legend circles away from the clinch attempt.
Legend throws a nice looking combination but Whitby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Whitby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whitby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Legend lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whitby circles away quickly and effectively.
Legend lands a right hook to the body.
Legend connects with a right hand. Whitby shakes it off.
Legend looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Legend shoots in for a takedown but Whitby shows good takedown defense.
Whitby doesn't manage to clinch there - Legend circles away.
Legend tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Whitby swivels and escapes.
Legend misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Legend throws a series of punches but Whitby moves out of range.
Whitby rushes Legend and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Whitby trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitby lands a body shot in the clinch.
Whitby tries a knee to the head but Legend blocks it.
Legend blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whitby tries to land a knee to the head but Legend blocks with his arms.
Legend drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Whitby gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paul Whitby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Legend.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Whitby obliges.
Legend has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Whitby avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Legend tries for a takedown but Whitby manages to get underhooks.
Whitby throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Whitby gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Legend.
Whitby trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Whitby obliges.
Whitby landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whitby.
Whitby gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Legend.
Legend blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Legend is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Whitby misses with a knee to the head.
Legend drops down looking for an ankle pick but Whitby pulls his leg out and moves away.
Legend throws a shot to the body.
Legend's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Legend duly obliges.
Legend with a nice cross.
Legend connects with a good right hand that stumbles Whitby. Whitby circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Whitby doesn't manage to clinch there - Legend circles away.
Whitby takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Legend.
Whitby takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Legend misses with a two punch combination.
Johnny Legend seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Legend swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Whitby.
Whitby keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Legend shoots in looking for a takedown. Whitby tries to sprawl out of it but Legend keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Whitby manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Whitby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Whitby throws a right hand that Legend ducks under and follows up with a left that Legend also avoids with ease.
Whitby throws a nice looking combination but Legend bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Paul Whitby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheers as Legend lands an impressive looking overhand right. Whitby doesn't seem phased though.
Legend shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Whitby as he avoids it easily.
Whitby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitby takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Legend lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Legend scores with a nice strike.
Whitby with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Legend to score with a decent uppercut.
Legend fails with a takedown attempt.
Whitby clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Whitby.
Legend looking for a takedown.
Whitby lands a body punch in the clinch.
Whitby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legend avoids it.
Legend trying to control the position but instead, Whitby has worked for underhooks and has pushed Legend into the cage.
Whitby stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Legend showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Legend's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
No joy there for Legend, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Whitby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Legend fails to land with a series of punches.
Whitby looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Whitby is looking to clinch but Legend is avoiding it.
Whitby walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Whitby is looking to clinch.
Legend fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Whitby tries to clinch up.
Whitby fails in his attempt to clinch.
No luck for Legend with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitby is looking to clinch but Legend is avoiding it.
Legend looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Legend fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Whitby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Legend swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Legend lands.
Whitby displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Legend.
Paul Whitby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Legend.
The fighters circle momentarily. Legend darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab lands there for Legend.
Whitby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Legend swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Whitby lands with a good body shot.
Legend throws a series of punches but Whitby moves out of range.
Whitby tries to clinch up but Legend circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whitby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Whitby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Legend throws a right hand that Whitby ducks under and follows up with a left that Whitby also avoids with ease.
Whitby gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legend has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Whitby avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Legend takes a knee to the side of the body.
Whitby lands a shot to the body.
Whitby scores with a knee to the head.
Whitby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whitby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legend.
Legend goes for a takedown in the clinch but Whitby prevents it.
Whitby unloads a knee to the mid-section. Legend lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Whitby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Legend can't get the takedown.
Whitby lands a good knee to the midsection. Legend won't want to take too many of those.
Whitby lands a nice knee to the body.
Legend drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Whitby tries a knee to the head but Legend blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitby trying to land knees to the body.
Legend looking for a takedown.
Whitby lands a shoulder strike.
Legend drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paul Whitby has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Whitby unloads a knee to the mid-section. Legend lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnny Legend is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whitby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whitby throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Whitby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legend.
Whitby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legend avoids it.
Whitby prevents a takedown attempt there.
Whitby gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Legend.
Legend on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Legend takes a knee to the side of the body.
Whitby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whitby.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Whitby throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paul Whitby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whitby gets underhooks to prevent Legend's takedown attempt.
Whitby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Legend is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Whitby gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Legend avoiding damage as Whitby throws knees to the body.
Whitby misses with an elbow strike.
Legend goes for a takedown attempt but Whitby pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Legend scores with a nice right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Whitby showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Legend has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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