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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Boulami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Whitehope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boulami comes to the cage accompanied by The Rock - Mustapha Ibrahim. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mark Whitehope was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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184 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Boulami!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Whitehope!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitehope rushes Boulami and presses him up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whitehope.
Whitehope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Boulami shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Whitehope's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Whitehope can do anything to dispel that myth.
Boulami won't allow Whitehope to get back to his feet.
Boulami stopping the sweep attempt from Whitehope.
Boulami scoring with some ground and pound.
Whitehope wants to stand and escape but Boulami is having none of it.
Boulami throwing strikes but missing.
Boulami stops Whitehope from standing up.
Boulami forces his way into half guard.
Whitehope is trying to escape back to his feet but Boulami uses the scramble to pass into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope is looking for a sweep.
Boulami taking a breather here.
Whitehope tries to escape but Boulami is in control.
Boulami lands an elbow.
Check out the look on Boulami's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Whitehope taking punishment in the form of punches.
Boulami scores with punches from side control.
Whitehope is not content to let Boulami control the position.
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!
Boulami works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Boulami lands some shots froms side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boulami cracks Whitehope with a big elbow.
Whitehope tries to bench press Boulami off him but Boulami keeps the position.
Boulami trying to control the position but Whitehope is working away.
Whitehope is looking to reverse the position.
Boulami is putting a hurting on Whitehope here, landing some big shots from side control.
Boulami working the body and head with strikes.
Whitehope takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Whitehope is pushing Boulami's head away, looking to escape. Boulami manages to hold on to the position though.
Boulami scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Whitehope to see if he's OK.
Whitehope is working to avoid the ground and pound but Boulami connects with a decent elbow.
Boulami looks up at the clock and then as Whitehope takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Boulami smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Whitehope takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Whitehope is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boulami scores with punches from side control.
Whitehope is still in real trouble! Can Boulami finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boulami in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Whitehope looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Boulami turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omar Boulami!
Omar Boulami retains his welterweight title!
A victorious Omar Boulami thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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pop
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