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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Power White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Power White will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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210 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Power White!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez misses with a takedown attempt - White sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Chavez moves forwards but White connects with a nice, crisp jab.
White tries to bum rush Chavez with a series of wild strikes but Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chavez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A decent looking body kick lands there for White.
White throws a looping overhand right but Chavez ducks down to avoid it.
Chavez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
White throws a leg kick but Chavez moved away.
White throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Chavez.
Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chavez misses with the combination.
Chavez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White scores with a jab to the jaw.
Chavez misses with a leg kick
and White counters with a good, hard body kick but Chavez shrugs it off.
Chavez thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as White lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chavez doesn't seem phased though.
White throws a body kick that misses.
White jabs at Chavez's body.
Chavez throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
White wants to land a leg kick but Chavez is out of range.
Chavez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Decent striking displayed by Chavez there.
Chavez tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chavez looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Chavez.
White throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Power White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chavez misses with a double jab.
White throws a sloppy head kick
and Chavez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
White gets back to full guard.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez looking to pass the guard.
Chavez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as White works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White keeping full guard, as Chavez tries to pass.
Chavez postures up.
Chavez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chavez tries to free his leg and advance position but White is retaining full guard.
White keeping moving, preventing Chavez from controlling successfully.
Chavez is in close to White's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chavez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chavez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of White's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
White controls Chavez momentarily but Chavez frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chavez is fighting to break White's control of his arms but White is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Chavez preventing the sweep.
White is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
White lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Chavez!
Chavez working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez wants to control but White is having none of it.
Chavez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Chavez is working to get back to half guard.
Chavez avoids a series of strikes thrown by White.
Chavez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chavez trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chavez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chavez looking for a kimura from the bottom but White passes into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Chavez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
White has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Chavez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Juan Chavez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White lands a jab to the head.
Chavez checks a leg kick.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Chavez.
Power White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chavez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chavez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
Chavez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White tries to land a leg kick but Chavez saw it coming and moves away.
Chavez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from White does it's job there.
White throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez checks a leg kick.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by White. That's going to slow Chavez down.
Chavez connects with a nice looking jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by White.
Chavez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but White swivels and escapes.
Chavez just misses with a punch to the body.
Power White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White throws a body kick that misses.
Chavez throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Chavez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
Chavez scores with a hook.
Chavez fails to land with a series of punches.
White misses with a low kick.
White throws a leg kick which misses Chavez's front leg but catches the back leg as Chavez tries to avoid it.
Chavez throws a right and a left that both miss.
White is looking to chop away at Chavez's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chavez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White feints and then cracks Chavez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chavez down.
Chavez checks the leg kick nicely there.
White tried to score with a low kick but Chavez checks it.
No joy there for Chavez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from White finds it's way through Chavez's defenses.
Chavez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
White cracks Chavez with a good jab.
Chavez throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
Chavez moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Chavez drives through with a takedown into guard.
White is trying to control the position but Chavez postures up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as White holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
White wants to sweep here but Chavez controlling him for the moment.
White utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
White is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
White is looking to stall here but Chavez recovers full guard.
Chavez has control of White's left arm, preventing White from doing any damage.
White stays in close to Chavez's body and controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
White is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Chavez 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.
Chavez trying to control the position.
Chavez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chavez has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. White doesn't defend quickly enough and Chavez has managed to lock this one up! Can White escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Chavez on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Juan Chavez!
Juan Chavez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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