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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dante Melendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernie Whit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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19
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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160 cm
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159 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very strong |
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dante Melendez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ernie Whit!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whit throws a jab when Melendez was well out of range.
Whit gets a takedown into half guard.
Whit scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whit winds up and cracks Melendez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Whit passes the guard and advances to mount!
Whit fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Melendez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whit unloading with bombs!
Whit content just to control the position here.
Whit lands a heavy elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whit landing punches.
Whit landing strikes from the mount and Melendez is in trouble!
Melendez is trying to escape the mount.
Whit dominating with strikes here.
Whit controlling his opponent.
Whit landing shots from mount.
Whit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whit has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Whit with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whit controlling from mount.
Melendez is desperately trying to improve his position but Whit has a good base and remains in mount.
Melendez is in a horrible position here. Whit smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Whit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whit working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whit lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Melendez hang on?
Whit lands a nice shot to the head.
Melendez taking shots to the head.
Melendez taking shots to the head.
Melendez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whit raining down shots from the mount!
Whit unloading with bombs!
Whit pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Whit landing punches.
Melendez is rocked!
Whit cracks Melendez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Melendez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whit dominating with strikes here.
Melendez is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whit sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Melendez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Whit on the ground.
Melendez is bucking up trying to escape but Whit cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Whit landing strikes, looking to finish!
Melendez seems to have got his legs back now.
Whit landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whit controlling his opponent.
It looks like Whit might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Whit's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Whit lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Melendez hang on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whit lands a heavy elbow.
Whit lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Whit with the ground and pound from mount.
Whit content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Whit dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Whit moves into range and clinches up with Melendez.
Whit gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Melendez regains guard.
Whit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Whit stays in close to Melendez's body and controls the position.
Melendez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Melendez tries to get out of the position.
Let's hope that Whit 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.
Ernie Whit has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Whit clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Whit.
Whit digs a right hand into Melendez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Melendez's gas tank.
Good body shot from Whit.
Whit lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whit gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Whit postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Whit landing some decent shots from guard.
Whit passes into half guard.
Melendez is looking to improve his position.
Ernie Whit has got the better of the ground game so far.
Whit winds up and cracks Melendez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whit looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Melendez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Melendez tries to get to full guard but Whit has control of the leg.
Whit sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Whit working Melendez over with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whit working over Melendez with some ground and pound. Melendez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Whit sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Whit lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whit perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Melendez taking some punishment here, with Whit in his half guard.
Well, if Whit is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ernie Whit was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Melendez throws a sloppy head kick and Whit moves out of range easily.
Whit throws an overhand right that lands on Melendez's shoulder, as Melendez tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whit looking to score a takedown here. Melendez is defending well but Whit drives through and ends up in Melendez's guard.
Whit engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Whit lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Whit postures up in Melendez's guard and throws a big left but Melendez blocks it.
Whit postures up and lands a big shot to Melendez's brow.
Whit landing some decent shots from guard.
Whit controlling from the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Whit showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Whit gets the takedown into side control.
Melendez tries to bench press Whit off him but Whit keeps the position.
Whit is working Melendez over with some ground and pound from side control.
Whit working the head with strikes.
Whit working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Melendez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Whit works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Whit lands a decent elbow from side control.
Whit cracks Melendez with a big elbow.
Whit takes a little break here. Melendez wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Melendez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melendez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Whit looks up at the clock and then as Melendez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Whit smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Whit cracks Melendez with a big right hand but Melendez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Whit cracks Melendez with a big right hand but Melendez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Whit cracks Melendez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Melendez is trying to escape the position but Whit is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whit cracks Melendez with a big right hand but Melendez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Whit cracks Melendez with a big right hand but Melendez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Whit scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Melendez to see if he's OK.
Whit takes a little break here. Melendez wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Whit lands a nice forearm strike.
Whit staying calm.
Melendez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whit in side control lands a decent elbow.
Whit working the ground and pound.
Whit working the ground and pound from side control.
Ernie Whit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whit slows the pace down.
Melendez regains half guard.
Whit performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whit passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Melendez!
Whit takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dante Melendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernie Whit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Whit has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 24:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 24:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernie Whit!
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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
100% |
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