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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johe White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conner is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sick Puppies "you're going down". Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johe White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jackson Conner!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conner looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
Conner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Conner. Those never looked like landing.
Conner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Conner throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Conner avoids it really well and circles away.
Conner misses with a few strikes there.
Conner lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
White misses with a takedown
and Conner counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Conner to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conner looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
Conner tries to sprawl but White drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Conner looks like he's trying to stand up.
White blocks the strikes from Conner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White stops Conner from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Conner has one foot on White's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Conner looks gassed!
Conner throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Conner throws a right and a left that both miss.
White shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Conner sprawls well. Conner wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. White gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johe White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White tries to clinch up.
Conner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Conner slaps away a takedown attempt from White, before circling back to the center of the mat.
White bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White working away.
Conner is pushing White's head away, looking to escape. White manages to hold on to the position though.
Conner is letting White control him for a moment.
White avoids the strikes from the bottom by Conner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conner explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
White dives in and scores a takedown into Conner's guard.
Conner can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as White controls the pace.
Conner is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
White seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Johe White wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Conner misses with a series of wild punches.
Conner misses with the combination.
Conner moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
White drives through with a takedown into guard.
White stops Conner from standing up.
White stands up and waves to Conner to follow him.
White gets a takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conner tries to roll over but White keeps him under control.
Conner wants to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conner throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
White controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White works his way into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jackson Conner will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Conner misses with a double jab.
Conner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Conner scores with a leg kick.
Conner throws a low kick but White avoids it.
Conner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jackson Conner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Conner tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Conner lands a lovely overhand right.
Conner feints a jab promting White to slip. Conner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. White slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Conner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
White rushes Conner and presses him up against the cage.
Conner is breathing heavily.
White manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner misses with a double jab.
White scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
White staying calm.
Conner tries to escape but White is in control.
White slows the pace down.
Conner is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but White has just dragged him back down to the mat.
A lull in the action here.
White lands a nice forearm strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner pushes White away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, White gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
White taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conner pushes White away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, White gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White cracks Conner with an elbow. That is naaassty.
White controls the position.
Conner is pushing White's head away, looking to escape. White manages to hold on to the position though.
White lands some shots froms side control.
Conner is letting White control him for a moment.
White stands up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Conner!
Conner has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
White is hanging on to Conner's back as he tries to escape.
White working for a choke but Conner is defending well.
Conner holding both White 's hands and preventing any damage.
White throwing damaging strikes from the back! Conner could be in trouble here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White controls the action.
Conner looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
White controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conner breaks White's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
White trying to control the position here.
White pushes Conner off and scrambles back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conner tries to score with a low kick but White moves his leg out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johe White dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
White moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Conner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White slips a jab and a cross from Conner.
Excellent takedown into side control there by White.
Conner is looking for a sweep.
Conner manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
White slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
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 content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White working over Conner with some ground and pound. Conner looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White slows the pace down in half guard.
White blocks the strikes from Conner.
Conner is trying to stand.
White controlling the action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
White looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
White is working hard here to advance position.
White is taking a breather. Conner says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
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 Johe White.
Conner scores with a three punch combo!
Conner swinging wildly here.
White throws a head kick but Conner moves out of range.
White closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conner throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
White is putting a hurting on Conner here, landing some big shots from side control.
Conner pushes White away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, White gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Conner manages to get back to half guard.
Conner wants to get back to full guard but White has mounted him!
Conner working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looking to control and managing it successfully.
White won't let Conner get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Johe White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Conner is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
White controlling from mount.
Conner gets back to half guard.
Conner tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
White perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Conner actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Conner wants to control but White is keeping busy.
Conner kicks White off and gets back to his feet.
White closes the distance and pushes Conner back into the cage.
White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Conner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White throws a head kick that misses.
White looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Conner is fending him off so far but White persists. Nope, Conner circles away and we're back to standing.
A combination from Conner does no damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johe White.
I think White has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johe White!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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