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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Horacio Vanderbeet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Whitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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142 lbs
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141 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Horacio Vanderbeet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Whitman!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanderbeet throws a body punch but Whitman moves out of range.
Vanderbeet shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Whitman slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Vanderbeet wants to control but Whitman is keeping him busy.
Vanderbeet not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Whitman manages to get to full guard.
Whitman working a defensive guard here.
Whitman looking for a sweep. Not yet Whitman, not yet.
Vanderbeet throwing strikes but missing.
Whitman wants to sweep here but Vanderbeet controlling him for the moment.
Whitman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vanderbeet wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vanderbeet's head.
Whitman throwing shots but Vanderbeet is blocking nicely.
Whitman has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Vanderbeet works to full guard.
Vanderbeet on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vanderbeet tries to get out of the position.
Whitman trying to control the position from guard on top but Vanderbeet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vanderbeet trying to control the position here.
Vanderbeet has a closed guard, preventing Whitman from standing up.
Vanderbeet looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Whitman engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanderbeet keeping moving, preventing Whitman from controlling successfully.
Charles Whitman has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Whitman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vanderbeet is able to avoid easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Whitman. That's going to slow Vanderbeet down.
Vanderbeet gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Whitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whitman cracks Vanderbeet with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vanderbeet thows a body shot but no joy.
Whitman throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Vanderbeet or perhaps it was just good defense by Whitman which made him look bad.
Vanderbeet stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Whitman.
Whitman is looking to score with low kicks.
Vanderbeet tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Whitman swivels and escapes.
Whitman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Whitman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vanderbeet's head backwards.
A slow jab from Vanderbeet misses its intended target.
Whitman connects with a jab.
Vanderbeet misses with a double jab.
Charles Whitman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitman looks to land a left hand but Vanderbeet moved out of range nicely.
Whitman lands a nice hook to Vanderbeet's body. Vanderbeet takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vanderbeet shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Whitman is trying to defend but Vanderbeet finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Whitman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vanderbeet distracts Whitman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Whitman wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Vanderbeet working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whitman's head.
Whitman looking to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitman seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Charles Whitman hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Whitman 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Whitman dominated that round.
That's time! Vanderbeet's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vanderbeet shoots for a double leg takedown but Whitman sprawls well. He's pushed Vanderbeet's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vanderbeet has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Whitman.
Vanderbeet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Whitman misses with a low kick as Vanderbeet jumps back.
Whitman throws a hook but Vanderbeet avoids it easily.
Whitman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vanderbeet misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Whitman. That's going to slow Vanderbeet down.
Vanderbeet blocks the body kick.
Whitman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vanderbeet.
Vanderbeet is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Whitman thuds his right hand into Vanderbeet's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A telegraphed right hand from Whitman misses the target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Whitman. That's going to slow Vanderbeet down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Vanderbeet blocks the leg kick.
Whitman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Vanderbeet's head.
Whitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vanderbeet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vanderbeet takes one to the side of the head.
Whitman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vanderbeet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitman moves away.
Whitman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Whitman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vanderbeet's calf.
Whitman lands with a kick to the ribs.
Vanderbeet checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitman throws a head kick that misses.
Vanderbeet throws a hook to the side of Whitman's head but Whitman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whitman is looking to land body kicks.
Vanderbeet looks to land a combination but Whitman avoids it well.
Whitman jabs at Vanderbeet's body.
Whitman scoring well with a low kick there.
Charles Whitman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whitman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vanderbeet at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vanderbeet's calf.
Vanderbeet tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Whitman. That's going to slow Vanderbeet down.
Vanderbeet uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whitman.
Vanderbeet misses with a takedown attempt - Whitman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Vanderbeet.
Charles Whitman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vanderbeet working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ground and pound from Vanderbeet seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Whitman wants to get back to his feet.
Vanderbeet looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Whitman is trying to get back to half guard.
Vanderbeet lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Vanderbeet wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Vanderbeet is chipping away with strikes.
Vanderbeet is putting a hurting on Whitman here, landing some big shots from side control.
Whitman is trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanderbeet working the ground and pound but Whitman is defending the strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Whitman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Vanderbeet wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Whitman takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Whitman is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Whitman tries to roll over but Vanderbeet keeps him under control.
Vanderbeet is working for a kimura but Whitman is defending it quite comfortably.
Vanderbeet is thwarting Whitman's attempts to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vanderbeet missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Whitman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Vanderbeet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whitman misses the shot to the body.
Whitman lands a head kick!
Vanderbeet throws a big shot that misses.
Vanderbeet misses with a right hand
and Whitman counters with a nice leg kick.
Whitman gets caught flat footed, as Vanderbeet shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Vanderbeet with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Whitman looking for a sweep. Not yet Whitman, not yet.
Whitman has momentary wrist control but Vanderbeet slips an elbow through the middle.
Vanderbeet with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vanderbeet throwing strikes but missing.
Vanderbeet lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanderbeet throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Whitman keeping full guard, as Vanderbeet tries to pass.
Vanderbeet in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Whitman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vanderbeet trying to control the position from guard on top but Whitman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vanderbeet throwing strikes from guard but Whitman blocks nicely.
Whitman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vanderbeet's guard.
Whitman throwing strikes but missing.
Vanderbeet has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Whitman has passed into side control.
Whitman working the ground and pound but Vanderbeet is defending the strikes.
Horacio Vanderbeet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitman trying to control the action but Vanderbeet is working from the bottom.
Vanderbeet manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Vanderbeet keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Whitman wants to get back to his feet.
Vanderbeet gets full guard.
Vanderbeet trying to keep a closed guard but Whitman is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitman wants to stand and escape but instead Vanderbeet has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Vanderbeet trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Whitman wants to sweep but no luck.
Whitman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Whitman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vanderbeet can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vanderbeet working some strikes from top position.
Vanderbeet preventing the sweep.
Whitman looking to control.
Vanderbeet throws a big right hand that misses.
Whitman has momentary wrist control but Vanderbeet slips an elbow through the middle.
Vanderbeet works over Whitman with some ground and pound from guard.
Vanderbeet cracks Whitman with a solid left hand.
Whitman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanderbeet throws a big elbow that misses.
Vanderbeet with a flurry of punches that miss.
Whitman has momentary wrist control but Vanderbeet slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vanderbeet connects with a couple of short punches.
Whitman wants to sweep but no luck.
Vanderbeet trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vanderbeet working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whitman's head.
Vanderbeet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whitman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vanderbeet postures up and lands a big shot to Whitman's brow.
Whitman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vanderbeet manages to get himself to full guard.
Vanderbeet has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Whitman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitman throws an elbow that misses. Vanderbeet uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Whitman's guard. Nice move by Vanderbeet!
And that's the end of the fight!
Horacio Vanderbeet showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Whitman 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Whitman!
A victorious Charles Whitman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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