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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Repe Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by Under Pressure. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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282 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Repe Sorsa!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White moves in looking to clinch but Sorsa pushes him off.
White gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sorsa trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Sorsa's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sorsa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
White is looking for a triangle but Sorsa pushes his legs off easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sorsa trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Sorsa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
White avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
White striking off his back but it's not causing Sorsa any problems.
White looking for a sweep. Not yet White, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sorsa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sorsa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
White is looking for a triangle but Sorsa pushes his legs off easily.
Sorsa lands a couple of digs.
White might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
White looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
White looking to control.
White keeping moving, preventing Sorsa from controlling successfully.
White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sorsa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. White is keeping the position for now.
White is pulling down on Sorsa's head. It's preventing any offense from Sorsa, at least for the moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
White keeping moving, preventing Sorsa from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sorsa is aware though and is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorsa distracts White with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
White is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sorsa defends well.
White trying to control the position.
Sorsa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White is adopting a defensive guard.
Sorsa is working White over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sorsa is working White over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sorsa showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
White is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa looking to pass the guard.
Sorsa won't allow White to sweep him here.
Sorsa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. White is keeping the position for now.
White not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sorsa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sorsa stands and throws White's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sorsa wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
White is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sorsa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sorsa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sorsa tries to pass to full mount but White defends it.
White moves into full guard.
Sorsa is stalling in the full guard.
Sorsa postures up in White's guard and throws a big left but White blocks it.
White is pulling down on Sorsa's head. It's preventing any offense from Sorsa, at least for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sorsa postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White working for a triangle but Sorsa defends it easily.
White throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Repe Sorsa will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
White keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
White shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sorsa manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sorsa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sorsa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. White is aware though and is defending well.
White wants to control from the top but Sorsa keeps moving.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
White throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sorsa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White stands up over Sorsa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sorsa working a defensive guard here.
White is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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 drops back looking for a leg! Sorsa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sorsa manages to kick White off! White jumps back into Sorsa's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa has his foot on White's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. White works his way back into a safe position though.
White stopping the sweep attempt from Sorsa.
Sorsa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
White is desperately trying to improve his position but Sorsa has a good base and remains in mount.
White takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
White working to try and regain half guard.
Sorsa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
White is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sorsa trying to control but White is having none of it.
White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Repe Sorsa has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sorsa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
White is bucking up trying to escape but Sorsa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
White manages to regain half guard. Good work.
White is looking for a sweep. Sorsa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
White is not content to let Sorsa control the position.
White slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sorsa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. White is keeping the position for now.
White can't keep his opponent in guard - Sorsa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa is looking to advance position but White won't allow it.
White looking for submissions off his back.
Sorsa is keen to just control but White is a slippery customer.
Sorsa is looking for a kimura but White is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sorsa to get the leverage.
Sorsa wants to take a breather but White is having none of it.
Sorsa has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
White working to try and regain half guard.
Sorsa wants to control the pace but White is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White taking shots to the head.
Sorsa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sorsa lands with some strikes.
White is looking to improve his position but Sorsa isn't that keen on the idea.
Sorsa looking to control but White is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
White is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sorsa pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
White tries to lock up and control but Sorsa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Repe Sorsa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from White. No joy for Sorsa on that attempt.
White throws a lazy right hand but Sorsa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sorsa misses with a low kick.
White chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sorsa can pounce on him.
White closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
White tries to work over Sorsa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White has Sorsa pressed against the cage, preventing Sorsa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sorsa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sorsa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
White scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White avoiding damage as Sorsa throws knees to the body.
White lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Sorsa controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
Sorsa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sorsa backwards.
Sorsa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sorsa jumps guard but White turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bobby White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Repe Sorsa.
White lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sorsa jumps guard but White stands there with Sorsa around his waist. Sorsa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
White is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sorsa is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from Sorsa.
Sorsa tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Sorsa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as White walks away with a smile on his face. Sorsa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
White rushes Sorsa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sorsa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sorsa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bobby White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa is trying to break free.
A right hand to the body from White.
Sorsa takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from White - that landed with a thud.
White tightens his grip and picks Sorsa up, before dumping him to the ground. Sorsa manages to land in guard.
Sorsa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sorsa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
White trying to control but Sorsa is working from the bottom.
White lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sorsa looking for a guillotine here but White defends easily.
White pushing down on Sorsa's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
White is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sorsa sees it coming and defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White prevents Sorsa from improving his position.
Sorsa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from White.
Sorsa manages to get to full guard.
White lands a couple of elbows.
White connects with a couple of short punches.
White won't allow Sorsa to sweep him here.
White scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sorsa wants to sweep here but White controlling him for the moment.
Sorsa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. White is aware though and is defending well.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Sorsa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
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.
Repe Sorsa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sorsa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
White trying to control but Sorsa is working from the bottom.
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.
Sorsa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sorsa keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
Sorsa has his hands on White's head, controlling the position.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby White showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sorsa 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Repe Sorsa!
An out of breath Repe Sorsa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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