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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Whittington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Cedric Whittington enters the cage!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Bundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedric Whittington!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundy thuds a left hand into Whittington's body.
Whittington closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bundy circles away.
Bundy throws a head kick that misses.
Whittington misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bundy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bundy.
Bundy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whittington looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bundy!
Whittington stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Whittington darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Whittington is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whittington takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Whittington frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bundy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Whittington on the ground.
Whittington with good strikes from the mount here!
Whittington controlling from the full mount.
Whittington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Let's hope that Whittington has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Bundy taking shots to the head.
Whittington controlling from mount.
Bundy is in a horrible position here. Whittington smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whittington tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Whittington connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whittington controlling from the full mount.
Whittington scoring with strikes but Bundy is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whittington landing strikes, looking to finish!
Whittington controlling from the full mount.
Whittington putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bundy is breathing heavily.
Whittington controlling the position easily from mount.
Whittington lands a big shot there that rocks Bundy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bundy wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Whittington punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Whittington dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Whittington wants to clinch up but Bundy keeps it at a distance.
Bundy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Whittington doesn't manage to clinch there - Bundy circles away.
Bundy tries to clinch
and Whittington counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Whittington.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Cedric Whittington.
Whittington swats away the attempt to clinch by Bundy.
Whittington shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Whittington was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Whittington looking to control and managing it successfully.
Whittington with a couple of short strikes.
Whittington controlling the pace for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy really wants to buck Whittington off and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whittington connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whittington sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Whittington with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy stops Whittington from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Whittington controlling from the full mount.
Whittington get's back to his feet.
Whittington missing with a left hand there. Bundy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bundy lands a head shot.
Bundy misses with a wild combination.
Bundy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Whittington shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whittington scoring with some ground and pound.
Whittington gets to his feet - Bundy follows without any prompting.
Bundy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bundy dodges the punch combination from Whittington.
Whittington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Whittington shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bundy manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Whittington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bundy's head.
Bundy wants to stand and escape but Whittington is having none of it.
Whittington content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whittington is stalling in the full guard.
Whittington content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bundy keeping full guard, as Whittington tries to pass.
Whittington is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whittington sitting in guard here, content to control.
Whittington lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Whittington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Whittington looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Whittington controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Whittington stands and steps away. Bundy gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Whittington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whittington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bundy wants to clinch but Whittington slips to the side
and Whittington counters with a takedown into side control.
Whittington connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bundy some visible discomfort.
Bundy is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Whittington lands some shots froms side control.
Whittington controls the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Cedric Whittington.
Whittington shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Whittington showed some decent athleticism there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whittington is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Whittington slips a nice elbow through Bundy's hands, connecting with Bundy's forehead.
Whittington sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Whittington passes to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy is pushing Whittington's head away, looking to escape. Whittington manages to hold on to the position though.
Whittington slows the pace down.
Whittington advances nicely into full mount.
Whittington cracks Bundy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Whittington tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Whittington is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bundy is surviving well by controlling Whittington's body position as best he can.
That's four 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.
Whittington tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bundy is in a horrible position here. Whittington smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Whittington content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cedric Whittington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Whittington winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 25:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cedric Whittington!
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