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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bradford Whitley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arkady Rossovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rossovich has chosen By Your Side as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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137 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bradford Whitley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arkady Rossovich!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitley looks to clinch
and Rossovich counters with a left and a right that stings Whitley.
Rossovich closes the distance and clinches.
Rossovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rossovich.
Whitley swings wildly with an uppercut but Rossovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Whitley fails to land.
Rossovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitley controls his hands.
Rossovich misses with a body punch.
Whitley misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whitley.
Whitley is looking to control Rossovich's arms but Rossovich gets an underhook and turns him. Now Whitley has his back to the cage.
Whitley avoids the elbow strike from Rossovich, against the cage.
Whitley lands a good knee to the midsection. Rossovich won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rossovich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rossovich throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rossovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Whitley avoids a wild elbow strike from Rossovich.
Rossovich tries to work over Whitley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whitley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitley rushes Rossovich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossovich misses with an elbow strike.
Rossovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Whitley.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Whitley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rossovich's elbow.
Whitley swings wildly with an uppercut but Rossovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rossovich misses with the head strike.
Whitley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rossovich.
Whitley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rossovichs head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitley.
Whitley misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rossovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Whitley's brow.
Rossovich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whitley's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Rossovich.
Rossovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Rossovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rossovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rossovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've been hearing reports that Whitley has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Whitley takes a shot to the head.
Rossovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Whitley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rossovich lands a shoulder strike.
Rossovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Whitley.
Rossovich blocking some punches.
A short right from Rossovich.
Whitley working hard to break the clinch.
Whitley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whitley misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Rossovich.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Whitley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rossovich's brow.
Rossovich has Whitley pressed against the cage, preventing Whitley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rossovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Rossovich.
Rossovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rossovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whitleys head.
A shot in the inside from Rossovich.
Whitley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rossovich lands an elbow just above Whitley 's eye.
Rossovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Whitley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whitley throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rossovich lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whitley backwards.
Whitley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Whitley misses with some punches.
Rossovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rossovich throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whitleys head.
Rossovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rossovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Whitley's brow.
Rossovich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Whitley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitley misses with a hook. Rossovich ducked under it nicely.
Rossovich has closed the distance and engaged Whitley in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rossovich fails to land.
Whitley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rossovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Rossovich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitley struggles to land a body shot inside as Rossovich controls his hands.
Whitley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice takedown defense from Rossovich. No joy for Whitley on that attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitley tries to clinch but Rossovich moves out of range.
Whitley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rossovich. Rossovich obviously looking to wear him down.
Rossovich clinches.
Whitley taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rossovich.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Whitley.
Whitley is trying to break the clinch but Rossovich is controlling him.
A short left from Rossovich.
Whitley lands a right hand.
Whitley misses with a body punch.
Whitley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Rossovich scores with a nice short uppercut.
Whitley swings wildly with an uppercut but Rossovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rossovich misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitley misses with an elbow over the top.
Whitley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rossovich has a couple of punches blocked by Whitley.
Whitley wants to break free but Rossovich has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arkady Rossovich dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rossovich cracks Whitley with an open hand slap.
Whitley tries to close the distance and clinch but Rossovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whitley doesn't manage to clinch there - Rossovich circles away.
Whitley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rossovich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Whitley fails to land the takedown.
Rossovich lands a two punch combo.
Whitley tries to clinch up but Rossovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Whitley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rossovich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whitley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Whitley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rossovich scores with a body shot.
Rossovich tries to clinch but Whitley moves out of range.
Whitley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rossovich moves into the clinch.
Whitley looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossovich has a couple of punches blocked by Whitley.
A short left from Rossovich.
Whitley tries to work over Rossovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whitley can't break the clinch.
Whitley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rossovich lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rossovich.
Whitley takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Bradford Whitley has been cut.
Rossovich misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Rossovich.
Rossovich misses with the head strike.
Rossovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whitley manages to break the clinch.
Rossovich connects with a single shot there.
Whitley blocks a head kick by Rossovich.
Whitley looks to clinch
and Rossovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Whitley is rocked!
Rossovich scores with a hook to the body. Whitley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oh Whitley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rossovich lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Whitley crumples to the floor! Rossovich milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Arkady Rossovich!
Arkady Rossovich 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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RATING
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