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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West - Stronger. Grey comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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260 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby White!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Grey!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey misses with a low kick.
Grey cracks White with a good jab.
Grey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grey moves into the clinch.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
White blocks a body shot from Grey.
Grey prevents a body shot from White.
White prevents Grey from breaking the clinch.
A short right from White on the inside.
White avoiding damage as Grey throws knees to the body.
White pushes Grey back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Grey.
White stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White lands a shoulder strike.
Grey stalling the fight.
Grey looks gassed!
White blocks an elbow strike from Grey.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
White lands a takedown into guard.
White trying to control but Grey is working from the bottom.
White is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grey swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Grey controls White momentarily but White frees himself.
White is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
White might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grey looking for a sweep. Not yet Grey, not yet.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
White looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
White is trying to get an arm triangle but Grey is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control the position but Grey is working away.
Grey prevents White from improving position.
Grey really doesn't want to stay on the ground with White. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
White tries for a kimura but Grey is defending well.
Grey manages to get back to half guard.
White wants to free his trapped foot but Grey is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Grey looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey is looking for a sweep. White is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
White thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grey is looking to improve his position.
White is trying to control the action in half guard but Grey is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
White wants to pass the guard but Grey is defending well.
White seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
White is thwarting Grey's attempts to control the position.
Grey manages to get to full guard.
White postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Grey is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of White, into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
White manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Grey manages to get himself to full guard.
Grey keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
Grey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
White throwing strikes from guard but Grey blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Grey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby White dominated that round.
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.
Grey throws a leg kick that misses.
Paul Grey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White has managed to clinch.
White misses with a punch to the body.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Grey.
White turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
White passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Grey!
Grey sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Grey wants to control but White passes into side.
White working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
White prevents Grey from escaping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Grey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
White is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grey knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Grey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Grey manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
White has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Grey is holding on tight.
Grey tries to hold on but White postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to work his way around to Grey's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
White working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Grey turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips White off and cradles Grey's limp body as White celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Bobby White!
Bobby White retains his heavyweight title!
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hype
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pop
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