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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Irwin Estevez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernie Whit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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167 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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159 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Irwin Estevez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ernie Whit!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whit scores with the left hand. Estevez knows he should have avoided that one.
Estevez throws a shot from downtown. Whit moves away and avoids it.
Whit drives through with a takedown into guard.
Whit scoring with punches to the head and body.
Whit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Whit postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Whit looking to sit in guard and control but Estevez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Whit is looking to sweep but instead, Estevez has passed into half guard.
Whit is trying to get back to full guard.
Estevez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Whit is pressing down on Estevez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estevez preventing the sweep.
Whit looking to control.
Estevez stands up over Whit, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Estevez thows a big elbow that misses.
Estevez wants to control from the top but Whit keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Estevez stopping the sweep attempt from Whit.
That's two 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Carlos Irwin Estevez.
Estevez misses with a straight left.
Whit ducks right into an uppercut from Estevez.
Whit lands with a nice body punch.
Whit scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Estevez lands a lovely overhand right.
Estevez tries to move into range but Whit moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Estevez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whit circles away quickly and effectively.
Whit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Estevez.
Estevez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Whit napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Whit tries to buck Estevez off but Estevez is having none of it.
Estevez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Whit is looking to regain half guard here but Estevez keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Whit's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Estevez trying to control the action but Whit is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whit tries to buck Estevez off but Estevez is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Whit's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Estevez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whit is looking to regain half guard here but Estevez keeps moving and retains side control.
Estevez working away.
Whit trying his best to control but Estevez has mounted him.
Estevez trying to control but Whit is having none of it.
Whit is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Whit is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Whit working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ernie Whit will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Estevez enables Whit to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Estevez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Whit won't allow Estevez to sweep him here.
Estevez being controlled here, momentarily.
Estevez looking for a sweep. Not yet Estevez, not yet.
Estevez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Estevez prevents Whit from getting the reversal.
Whit is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estevez landing strikes from the mount.
Estevez tries to control but Whit wriggling away.
Estevez content just to control the position here.
Estevez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Whit can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Whit wants to hold on but Estevez pushes him away.
Estevez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Whit can't escape the position.
Estevez is landing with some decent strikes but Whit is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Whit tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whit is breathing heavily.
Whit takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Whit is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whit wants to hold on but Estevez pushes him away.
Estevez prevents Whit from getting the reversal.
Estevez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Estevez trying to control but Whit is having none of it.
Whit tries to hold on but Estevez pushes him away.
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.
Estevez looking to control but Whit is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Whit is trying desperately to improve position.
Whit tries to hold on but Estevez postures up.
Whit can't escape the position.
Whit tries to lock up and control but Estevez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Carlos Irwin Estevez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Estevez landing strikes from the mount.
Whit is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Irwin Estevez dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Whit misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Estevez.
Nice sprawl there from Whit as Estevez shoots in.
Estevez dives in and grabs Whit's left leg, looking for a takedown. Whit pushes down on Estevez's head and hops out.
Whit misses with a looping left.
Whit clobbers Estevez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whit misses with a wild body shot.
Whit cracks Estevez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Whit moves in looking to clinch but Estevez pushes him off.
Estevez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Whit fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Estevez sprawls well initially but Whit persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Estevez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Whit preventing the sweep.
Whit throws and elbow that misses. Estevez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Whit's guard. Nice move by Estevez!
Whit is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Estevez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estevez preventing the sweep.
Estevez wants to control from the top but Whit keeps moving.
Estevez scoring with some ground and pound.
Whit looking for a sweep. Not yet Whit, not yet.
Estevez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Whit looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Whit is trying to control the position but Estevez postures up.
Whit is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
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.
Estevez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Whit throwing strikes but missing.
Whit working some strikes from top position.
Estevez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Whit throws and elbow that misses. Estevez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Whit's guard. Nice move by Estevez!
Estevez preventing the sweep.
Whit is trying to keep Estevez in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estevez trying to control but Whit is working from the bottom.
Whit looking to control.
Whit pulls Estevez in close to prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ernie Whit.
Whit misses with a body shot.
A big right from Whit misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Whit closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Estevez did well to prevent Whit getting side control.
Estevez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whit trying to control but Estevez is working from the bottom.
Whit throws a strike but Estevez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whit is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Whit seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Estevez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Estevez controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Estevez is not content to let Whit control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernie Whit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Whit 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Carlos Irwin Estevez!
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Carlos Irwin Estevez!
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight for Carlos Irwin Estevez!
Carlos Irwin Estevez wins by unanimous decision!
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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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