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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Whitmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Nutter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephan Whitmore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brandon Nutter!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nutter lands a two punch combo.
Nutter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nutter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nutter breaks the clinch.
Nutter tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitmore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brandon Nutter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nutter digs a good hook to Whitmore's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nutter tries to clinch up but Whitmore circles away and keeps his distance.
Nutter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nutter is pushing Whitmore up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Whitmore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nutter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Whitmore looking to stall.
Nutter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nutter cracks Whitmore with a nice body shot.
Nutter is trying to push Whitmore away but Whitmore has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nutter can't break the clinch.
Nutter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nutter pushes Whitmore back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Nutter as the two fighters clinch.
Whitmore is breathing heavily.
Nutter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitmore gets tackled into the cage by Nutter. Nutter maintains the clinch.
Nutter avoiding damage as Whitmore throws knees to the body.
Nutter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nutter misses with a straight right.
Nutter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whitmore circles away quickly and effectively.
Nutter drives through and clinches with Whitmore against the cage.
Nutter stalling.
Nutter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nutter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Whitmore misses with a punch on the inside.
Nutter avoiding damage as Whitmore throws knees to the body.
Nutter lands a nice uppercut.
Nutter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whitmores head.
Nutter blocks a body shot from Whitmore.
Nutter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Whitmore.
Nutter lands a right hand.
A body shot lands from Nutter.
Nutter lands a nice shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Nutter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutter can't break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nutter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nutter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nutter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Nutter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nutter swinging wildly here.
Nutter clinches up against the cage.
Whitmore tries a body shot but Nutter blocks it.
Whitmore trying to stall but Nutter improves his position.
A short uppercut from Nutter.
Whitmore tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nutter avoids it.
Nice body punch from Nutter.
Nutter avoiding damage as Whitmore throws knees to the body.
Nutter avoiding damage as Whitmore throws knees to the body.
Nutter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Whitmore or not.
Nutter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Whitmore up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nutter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Nutter - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nutter lands an uppercut.
Nutter effectively controlling the action here.
Nutter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nutter tries to land knees in the clinch but Whitmore avoids the damage to the body.
Whitmore tries to work over Nutter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whitmore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nutter.
A right hook to the body lands for Nutter.
Nutter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nutter tries to break free but Whitmore pushes him back against the cage.
Nutter manages to break the clinch.
Whitmore misses with a head kick.
Nutter has managed to clinch.
Whitmore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Whitmore scores with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Nutter.
Nutter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nutter wants to get back to striking at distance but Whitmore won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutter works on Whitmore's body with a couple of short punches.
Whitmore pushes off an throws an elbow but Nutter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nutter scores with a shot to the side of Whitmore's head.
Nutter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nutter tries to circle away but Whitmore has him pinned against the cage.
Nutter digs a right hand into Whitmore's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Whitmore's gas tank.
Nutter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nutter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nutter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Nutter.
A shot in the inside from Nutter.
Nutter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Whitmore up against the cage.
Nutter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whitmore missing with knees to the body.
Nutter lands a shoulder strike.
Nutter lands with a short shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitmore tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Whitmore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nutter.
Nutter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nutter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whitmore lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Nutter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
No joy there for Nutter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nutter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whitmore.
Nutter tries to clinch but Whitmore is having none of it.
Brandon Nutter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whitmore throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whitmore throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nutter's head.
Whitmore cracks the inside of Nutter's front leg.
Whitmore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nutter's sensitive parts.
Whitmore avoids a punch combination nicely.
Whitmore throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nutter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nutter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nutter is breathing heavily.
Nutter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whitmore. Whitmore obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whitmore, right into the meat.
Nutter misses with a hook to the body
and Whitmore counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Whitmore.
Nutter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Whitmore throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Whitmore lands a front kick.
That kick from Whitmore tenderised Nutter's leg. Nutter is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nutter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Whitmore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nutter's calf.
Whitmore is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nutter walks forward, straight into a front kick from Whitmore.
Whitmore lands a leg kick that knocks Nutter off balance momentarily.
Stephan Whitmore is winning the standup battle so far.
Nutter takes a kick to the side of the head.
Whitmore is looking to slow Nutter down with leg kicks.
Whitmore lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Whitmore.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd cheers as Whitmore lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nutter doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nutter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whitmore.
Nutter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nutter takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Whitmore thows a body kick. Nutter tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nutter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Whitmore.
Whitmore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whitmore scores with a body shot.
Nutter takes a kick to the side of the head.
Whitmore scores with a kick to the midsection.
Whitmore scores with a nice body kick.
Whitmore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nutter moves away.
Whitmore throws a quick inside leg kick.
Whitmore cracks the inside of Nutter's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitmore throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nutter in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Whitmore.
Whitmore explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Whitmore connects with a body shot.
A solid body kick from Whitmore.
Whitmore lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nutter will feel that in the morning.
Whitmore scores with a spinning back kick!
Whitmore lands with a nice body kick.
Whitmore fakes the leg kick and cracks Nutter in the body.
Whitmore plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nutter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nutter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whitmore. Whitmore obviously looking to wear him down.
Nutter misses with a double jab
and Whitmore finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitmore delivers a nice body kick.
Whitmore misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Whitmore.
Whitmore is looking to wear down Nutter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Whitmore connects with an inside leg kick.
Whitmore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nutter's calf.
Nutter closes the distance but Whitmore moves to the side
and Whitmore counters with a nice kick to the body.
Whitmore fakes the leg kick and cracks Nutter in the body.
Whitmore lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nutter is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Whitmore there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Whitmore moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephan Whitmore dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Whitmore moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Whitmore blocks a jab.
Whitmore lands a high kick!
Nutter misses with a combination
and Whitmore counters with a nice leg kick.
Whitmore scores with a head kick. Nutter tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nutter scores with a jab. Whitmore acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Nutter. Those never looked like landing.
Whitmore throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nutter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whitmore.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nutter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nutter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whitmore. Whitmore obviously looking to wear him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whitmore, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whitmore. Whitmore obviously looking to wear him down.
Whitmore cracks a nice hook into Nutter's ribs.
Whitmore scores with a push kick.
Whitmore pushes Nutter away with a front kick.
Whitmore digs a good body shot into Nutter's ribs.
Whitmore throws a front kick that sends Nutter stumbling back into the cage.
Whitmore circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whitmore bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A solid body kick from Whitmore.
Nutter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nutter takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Whitmore with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nutter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Whitmore counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitmore cracks Nutter with a good jab.
Nutter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nutter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whitmore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nutter rushes Whitmore and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Whitmore stalling in the clinch but Nutter improves position.
Nutter cracks Whitmore with a nice body shot.
Nutter is leaning against Whitmore and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nutter tries to break the clinch but Whitmore is controlling the position.
Whitmore tries to land knees in the clinch but Nutter avoids the damage to the body.
Nutter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brandon Nutter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Nutter.
Whitmore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nutter gets through Whitmore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Whitmore pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nutter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Nutter on the inside.
Whitmore missing with knees to the body.
Nutter lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whitmore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nutter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nutter as Whitmore tries to tie him up.
Nutter lands a body punch.
Whitmore pushes off an throws an elbow but Nutter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nutter lands a nice shot to the body.
Nutter blocks the elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nutter as Whitmore tries to tie him up.
Nutter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nutter taking a breather.
Whitmore misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Nutter fails to land.
Nutter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitmore throws an elbow but it misses.
Whitmore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Whitmore lands an elbow inside.
Whitmore stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Whitmore looking to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Nutter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Whitmore stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The referee calls for Nutter to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nutter misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nutter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Whitmore misses with a knee to the head.
Whitmore trying to stall but Nutter improves his position.
Nutter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nutter pushes Whitmore back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Whitmore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nutter lands with a right to the head.
Nutter lands a body punch.
Nutter working hard to break the clinch.
Whitmore tries a body shot but Nutter blocks it.
Nutter tries to break the clinch but Whitmore is controlling the position.
Whitmore misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephan Whitmore showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Whitmore has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephan Whitmore!
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energy
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