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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Waldo Mcmillan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Waldo Mcmillan has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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193 lbs
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194 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Waldo Mcmillan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger White!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcmillan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and White counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
White not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
White stops Mcmillan from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mcmillan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells White's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
White stays in close to Mcmillan's body and controls the position.
It looks like White might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Roger White wasn't active enough on the ground.
White throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mcmillan was covering up waiting for the punch and White finishes the takedown easily into guard.
White not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
White with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcmillan looking to control.
White postures up and lands a big shot to Mcmillan's brow.
White controlling from the top position.
White postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Waldo Mcmillan just wasn't active enough.
Mcmillan moves out of range as White throws a body kick.
White shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mcmillan is trying to defend but White finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is working for a submission of some sort.
White working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mcmillan is looking to improve his position.
White working the head and body with strikes.
Mcmillan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
White sitting and controlling from the half guard.
White lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mcmillan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Mcmillan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
White stalling.
Mcmillan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. White is working away from the top position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mcmillan missing with punches from the bottom.
White working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger White dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
White tries a head kick but it misses.
White gets a double leg takedown into Mcmillan's guard.
Mcmillan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
White is stalling in the full guard.
White must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
White lands a couple of digs.
White sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Roger White has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcmillan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Waldo Mcmillan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
White throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mcmillan was covering up waiting for the punch and White finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Mcmillan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mcmillan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
White scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
White working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White sitting in guard, not really doing much.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
White controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mcmillan being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Roger White was stalling too much, according to the referee.
White closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is looking for a kimura here.
Mcmillan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
White controlling the action here.
White prevents Mcmillan from improving his position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. White connects with a nice short shot to Mcmillan's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
White seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mcmillan is looking to improve his position.
White looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mcmillan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mcmillan is rocked!
White looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mcmillan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh Mcmillan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
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 lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Mcmillan quite badly. Mcmillan pulls White in close trying to recover. White postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Mcmillan on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Mcmillan doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger White!
In his post fight interview, Roger White started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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