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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Gavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John White has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
3 - 7 - 0 |
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hunter Gavin !
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gavin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from White does no damage.
Gavin doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
Gavin works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like John White has been cut.
White shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gavin is trying to defend but White finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
White is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gavin is looking to escape.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gavin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John White.
Gavin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gavin moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
White digs a good body shot into Gavin 's ribs.
Gavin throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
White tries to bum rush Gavin with a series of wild strikes but Gavin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gavin tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
White moves into the clinch.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gavin 's efforts to push away.
White is trying to break the clinch but Gavin is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Gavin fails to land.
White has picked Gavin up - he's going for a ride! White dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Still in half guard, White seems content to control.
Gavin wants to get back to his feet.
Gavin looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
John White has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gavin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hunter Gavin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White tries to clinch but Gavin is having none of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
White has Gavin up against the cage in a clinch.
White jumps into guard, dragging Gavin to the mat.
White has his hands on Gavin 's head, controlling the position.
White has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up because John White just wasn't active enough.
Gavin throws a head kick that misses.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White closes the distance and clinches.
Gavin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White has Gavin pushed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for White.
Gavin throws a head punch that misses.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gavin is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
Gavin prevents a body shot from White.
White is pushing Gavin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gavin misses with the head strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gavin tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John White's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
White is looking to clinch.
White throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gavin misses with a low kick.
Gavin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White circles away from the clinch attempt
and White counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gavin won't be happy with that.
Gavin seems a little lost for a moment, as White dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
White seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gavin for as long as he can get away with.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
John White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John White has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gavin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gavin doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
Gavin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gavin tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
White decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gavin is breathing heavily.
White controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John White.
White jabs at Gavin 's body.
Gavin throws a head kick that misses.
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White lands a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White moves into the clinch.
White wants to break free but Gavin has control.
Gavin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
Gavin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
White cracks Gavin with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gavin blocks it with crossed arms.
White goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gavin prevents it.
White jumps guard but Gavin stands there with White around his waist. White gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gavin prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gavin is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
White wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gavin has him pressed against the cage.
Gavin prevents the takedown attempt.
Gavin has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gavin misses with a wild combination.
White misses with a double jab.
Gavin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
White closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
White controlling the action here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John White's cut.
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. This is the final round!
White tries to bum rush Gavin with a series of wild strikes but Gavin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Gavin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gavin is looking to clinch.
Gavin misses with a two punch combination.
Gavin moves out of range of the body kick.
John White is winning the standup battle so far.
Gavin tries to clinch there but White circles away.
Gavin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gavin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gavin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gavin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
White is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gavin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White stands and steps away. Gavin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Gavin circles away.
Gavin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gavin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White gets the takedown into side control.
White is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gavin will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
John White has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
White looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
White with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We're going to have a standup here because John White wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
White fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gavin sprawls well initially but White persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
White decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
White gets in close and instigates a clinch.
White can't get the takedown.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
White successfully pulls guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White pulls Gavin in to control the position.
Gavin wants to get up but he can't break White's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
White controlling Gavin 's posture.
White has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gavin off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
White drives through and clinches with Gavin against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gavin 's elbow.
Hunter Gavin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gavin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that's the end of the fight!
John White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well White has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John White!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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