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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Whitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Etienne Mauvaise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Whitman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Welcome To The Jungle. Mauvaise has chosen IAM / Petit Frère as his entrance music. Etienne Mauvaise acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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141 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Whitman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Etienne Mauvaise!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mauvaise changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mauvaise throws a lazy right hand but Whitman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Whitman throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Whitman.
Charles Whitman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mauvaise slips under a jab.
Whitman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mauvaise ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitman moves away.
Whitman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Whitman - that will leave a mark!
Mauvaise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mauvaise lands a jab-cross combination.
Whitman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whitman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mauvaise.
Mauvaise avoids the head kick by Whitman.
Mauvaise is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitman defending well as Mauvaise loads up on a big left hand.
Whitman lands a leg kick that knocks Mauvaise off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauvaise misses with a hook.
Mauvaise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whitman was well out of range. Poor timing from Mauvaise.
Mauvaise moves out of range of the strikes.
Whitman throws a series of punches but Mauvaise avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mauvaise. Whitman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whitman, right into the meat.
Mauvaise ducks under a wild hook from Whitman.
Whitman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Whitman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mauvaise.
Whitman tries a low kick but Mauvaise avoids it.
Whitman throws a head kick but Mauvaise moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Whitman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mauvaise misses with a wild body shot.
Whitman thumps Mauvaise with a low kick.
Whitman connects with a leg kick. Mauvaise looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mauvaise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Whitman misses.
Mauvaise lands a jab to Whitman's midsection.
Whitman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Whitman. Mauvaise shrugs it off though.
Mauvaise takes a swing at Whitman's ribcage but misses.
Mauvaise doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Whitman loads up on a big right hand but Mauvaise slips the punch.
Mauvaise ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mauvaise blocks a leg kick.
Mauvaise misses the shot to the body.
Mauvaise looks to score with a jab to the body but Whitman is just out of range.
Whitman slips a jab from Mauvaise.
Whitman throws a leg kick but Mauvaise sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mauvaise is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Whitman rather than just go for the knockout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mauvaise, as that shot connected.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whitman, right into the meat.
Mauvaise throws a series of punches but Whitman avoids them all with ease.
Mauvaise takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mauvaise misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitman throws a leg kick which misses Mauvaise's front leg but catches the back leg as Mauvaise tries to avoid it.
A left lands for Whitman.
Whitman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mauvaise displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whitman throws out the jab.
Whitman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mauvaise. That did some damage!
Mauvaise takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mauvaise throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whitman misses with an uppercut. Mauvaise saw that one coming.
Whitman lands a leg kick that knocks Mauvaise off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice inside leg kick there by Whitman. That's going to slow Mauvaise down.
Mauvaise looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mauvaise's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whitman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mauvaise. That did some damage!
Whitman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mauvaise moves away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mauvaise crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Whitman - the referee stops the clock and Mauvaise gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Whitman. Mauvaise manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Whitman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mauvaise throws a hook to the side of Whitman's head but Whitman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whitman lands an overhand right.
Whitman throws a nice head kick!
Mauvaise takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitman misses with a looping right.
Mauvaise lands with an overhand left.
Whitman cracks the inside of Mauvaise's front leg.
Mauvaise staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Whitman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Whitman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whitman throws a head kick that misses.
Whitman moves away from the strike by Mauvaise.
Whitman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mauvaise.
Mauvaise misses with a straight right.
Whitman thows a body kick. Mauvaise tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mauvaise takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Whitman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mauvaise is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whitman.
Mauvaise moves away from the strike by Whitman.
Whitman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mauvaise throws a shot from downtown. Whitman moves away and avoids it.
Mauvaise throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Whitman misses.
Mauvaise throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Whitman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Whitman throws a head kick that misses.
Whitman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Whitman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mauvaise's head.
Mauvaise dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Whitman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Whitman throws a body punch but Mauvaise moves out of range.
Mauvaise throws a one two combo.
Whitman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mauvaise.
Whitman has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mauvaise scores with a hook.
Mauvaise just misses with a punch to the body.
Whitman dodges the punch combination from Mauvaise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitman loads up on a big right hand but Mauvaise slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whitman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whitman moves forwards but Mauvaise connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Whitman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Whitman there as he acknowledges the shot.
Whitman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charles Whitman is winning the standup battle so far.
Mauvaise moves away from the strike by Whitman.
Whitman throws a right and a left that Mauvaise avoids nicely.
Whitman misses with a looping left.
Mauvaise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mauvaise misses with a wild body shot.
Mauvaise comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mauvaise lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitman misses with a hook. Mauvaise ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheers as Mauvaise lands an impressive looking overhand right. Whitman doesn't seem phased though.
Whitman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mauvaise.
Whitman is looking to slow Mauvaise down with leg kicks.
Whitman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whitman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mauvaise's calf.
Nice shot lands for Mauvaise.
A good leg kick by Whitman.
Mauvaise throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Whitman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mauvaise avoids the head kick by Whitman.
Whitman drops his hands momentarily and Mauvaise takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mauvaise lands a nice hook to Whitman's body. Whitman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Mauvaise. Whitman does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mauvaise lands with a shot to the body.
Whitman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mauvaise ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Whitman slips under a jab from Mauvaise.
Whitman throws a sloppy head kick and Mauvaise moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Mauvaise misses its intended target.
Mauvaise works over Whitman's head and body with a nice combination.
A slow jab from Whitman misses its intended target.
Whitman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mauvaise stuns Whitman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Whitman loads up on a big right hand but Mauvaise slips the punch.
Whitman lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Etienne Mauvaise will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Whitman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Whitman looks to throw the jab but Mauvaise is out of range.
Whitman blocks a jab.
Whitman throws a jab but it's blocked by Mauvaise.
Mauvaise throws a big shot that misses.
Mauvaise connects with a body shot that sends Whitman's belly button to the back.
Whitman throws a hook but Mauvaise blocks it.
Whitman lands with a nice body kick.
Mauvaise pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whitman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mauvaise. That did some damage!
Whitman misses with a wild body shot.
Whitman slips under a jab.
Whitman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mauvaise.
Mauvaise on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whitman. Whitman obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauvaise avoids the body shot from Whitman.
Mauvaise takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Whitman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mauvaise misses with a hook.
Whitman misses with a looping left.
Whitman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Whitman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mauvaise ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whitman throws a jab when Mauvaise was well out of range.
Mauvaise bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Whitman's head backwards.
A big right from Whitman misses.
Whitman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Whitman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mauvaise scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mauvaise misses with a body shot.
Mauvaise misses with a wild body shot.
Mauvaise jabs Whitman right on the nose. Whitman blinks but takes it well.
Whitman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mauvaise looks to land a combination. Whitman sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mauvaise throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mauvaise takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whitman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Whitman drops his hands momentarily and Mauvaise takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Whitman connects with a solid leg kick.
Whitman lands with a slapping head kick.
Mauvaise lands a nice shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Whitman.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Whitman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mauvaise fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mauvaise uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whitman.
A slapping leg kick lands for Whitman.
Mauvaise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whitman throws a hook but Mauvaise avoids it easily.
Whitman throws a body kick that misses.
Mauvaise has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Whitman.
Mauvaise slips a jab from Whitman.
Whitman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Mauvaise.
Mauvaise jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mauvaise throws a series of punches but Whitman avoids them all with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for Whitman.
Whitman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mauvaise if he has to take too many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mauvaise misses with a hook.
Whitman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mauvaise.
Whitman misses with a few strikes there.
Whitman misses with a hook.
Whitman wants to land a leg kick but Mauvaise is out of range.
Mauvaise throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whitman.
Whitman scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitman throws the left hand but Mauvaise avoids the punch easily.
Mauvaise on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Whitman misses with an uppercut. Mauvaise saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mauvaise looks to land a combination but Whitman avoids it well.
Mauvaise loads up on a big right hand but Whitman slips the punch.
Whitman looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mauvaise works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
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 Charles Whitman.
Well Whitman 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Whitman!
Charles Whitman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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