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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 Zlatan Ibrahimovic was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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151 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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135 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny White!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zlatan Ibrahimovic!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ibrahimovic connects with a right hand. White shakes it off.
Ibrahimovic tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Ibrahimovic misses its intended target.
Ibrahimovic moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Ibrahimovic.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ibrahimovic throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
Ibrahimovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
White dives in and scores a takedown into Ibrahimovic's guard.
White content to stall in guard here.
White looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from White.
White might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
White trying to control but Ibrahimovic is working from the bottom.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ibrahimovic seems a little lost for a moment, as White dominates the positioning.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ibrahimovic can do anything to dispel that myth.
The strikes coming from White are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
White sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ibrahimovic is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
White is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ibrahimovic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
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!
White trying to control the position but Ibrahimovic is working away.
White working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ibrahimovic parries the strikes from White easily there. White is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ibrahimovic to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ibrahimovic avoids any damage from the ground and pound of White.
Ibrahimovic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
White tries for a kimura but Ibrahimovic is defending well.
White lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ibrahimovic managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by White.
White thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no White has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
White works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ibrahimovic is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny White dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Ibrahimovic counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Ibrahimovic to acknowledge the strikes.
White misses with a two punch combination.
White throws a big shot that misses.
White pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ibrahimovic is out of range and White settles back down.
We've been informed that Ibrahimovic has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Ibrahimovic. Those never looked like landing.
White is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ibrahimovic's half guard.
Ibrahimovic tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. White lands a nice short elbow.
Ibrahimovic is not content to let White control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White tries to pass to full mount but Ibrahimovic defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is working hard here to advance position.
White is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
White passes to side control.
White cracks Ibrahimovic with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White just content to control the position.
White advances to mount.
Danny White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White looking to finish Ibrahimovic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ibrahimovic!
White wants to control the pace but Ibrahimovic is squirming around nicely.
White scores with a couple of good head shots there.
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!
BOOM! White connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ibrahimovic is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ibrahimovic scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from White land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. White stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny White!
Danny White retains his lightweight title!
In his post fight interview, Danny White started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Zlatan Ibrahimovic stepped up to the mic, saying 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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