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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuuya Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Whyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ueda comes to the cage accompanied by UnderDog - Test Eagles. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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270 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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250 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuuya Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ueda wants to clinch.
Ueda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Ueda does it's job there.
Whyte just misses with a punch to the body.
Ueda tries to clinch
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Kuuya Ueda has been cut.
Whyte swats away the attempt to clinch by Ueda.
Whyte looks to land a right hand but Ueda moved out of range.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whyte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whyte scores with a nice strike.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ueda.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whyte scores with a one two! Ueda had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ueda moves in looking to clinch but Whyte pushes him off.
Whyte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ueda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ueda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ueda tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Whyte counters with a left and a right that stings Ueda.
Ueda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A good leg kick by Ueda.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Whyte circles away and keeps his distance.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whyte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ueda moves out of range of the leg kick from Whyte.
Ueda changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Whyte tries to avoid it but Ueda manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Whyte to the ground. Whyte escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ueda is looking to clinch but Whyte is avoiding it.
Ueda throws a head kick but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte connects with a nice looking jab.
Ueda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Whyte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ueda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
Whyte misses with a leg kick.
Whyte swinging wildly here.
Whyte looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whyte misses with a straight right.
Ueda moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ueda lands a nice elbow.
It looks like David Whyte has been cut.
Whyte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whyte avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda prevents Whyte from breaking the clinch.
Whyte wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda misses with an elbow over the top.
Whyte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Whyte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whyte can't break the clinch.
Ueda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Whyte is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Whyte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
David Whyte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ueda throws a leg kick but Whyte checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda tries to clinch but Whyte is having none of it.
Whyte misses with a wild combination.
Kuuya Ueda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ueda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ueda throws a front kick aimed at Whyte's knee but Whyte avoids it well.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ueda walks into a jab.
Whyte misses with a double jab
and Ueda counters by moving into the clinch.
Whyte wants to get back to striking at distance but Ueda won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Whyte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte breaks the clinch.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch but Whyte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whyte thuds his right hand into Ueda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda closes the distance but Whyte moves to the side
enabling Whyte to counter with a crisp jab.
Ueda throws a leg kick which misses Whyte's front leg but catches the back leg as Whyte tries to avoid it.
Ueda connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ueda tries a head kick but it misses.
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Ueda clinches up with Whyte and pushes him back against the cage.
Whyte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ueda has him pressed against the cage.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda misses with an elbow over the top.
Ueda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whyte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whyte has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ueda using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Whyte looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda lands an elbow that stopped Whyte in his tracks for a moment.
Whyte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ueda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whyte.
A frustrated look appears on Whyte's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kuuya Ueda will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ueda darts in and clinches Whyte up against the cage.
Whyte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Whyte blocks with his arms.
Whyte is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
Ueda lands a damaging elbow.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whyte tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the cage.
Ueda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Ueda scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whyte blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Ueda.
Ueda lands a knee to the body.
Whyte is breathing heavily.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ueda throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ueda.
Ueda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up David Whyte's cut even more.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Whyte blocks it.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Whyte managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Whyte wants to break free but Ueda has control.
A knee to the head by Ueda.
Whyte dodges an elbow strike from Ueda.
Kuuya Ueda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ueda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Whyte wants to break the clinch but can't.
Whyte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Whyte is blocking nicely.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ueda keeps control of Whyte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whyte is pushing Ueda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whyte.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Whyte tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the cage.
Whyte is looking to control Ueda's arms but Ueda gets an underhook and turns him. Now Whyte has his back to the cage.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Whyte blocks it.
Whyte wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ueda has him pressed against the cage.
Ueda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda keeps control of Whyte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whyte blocks the elbow strike.
Whyte avoids the elbow strike from Ueda, against the cage.
Ueda misses with an elbow strike.
Whyte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte can't break the clinch.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Whyte blocks with his arms.
Whyte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whyte misses with a hook. Ueda ducked under it nicely.
Whyte feints a jab promting Ueda to slip. Whyte then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ueda slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ueda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ueda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
David Whyte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ueda misses with a body kick.
Ueda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Whyte fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A lazy left from Whyte finds it's target.
Kuuya Ueda's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Whyte.
Whyte has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Whyte misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Whyte throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Whyte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ueda gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ueda fails with a takedown attempt.
Ueda staying out of range there.
Whyte moves away from the strike by Ueda.
Whyte throws a right hand that Ueda ducks under and follows up with a left that Ueda also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ueda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ueda has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Whyte connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kuuya Ueda dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ueda is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Whyte.
Ueda has closed the distance and engaged Whyte in a clinch.
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
Whyte blocks the elbow strike.
Ueda being controlled against the cage.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whyte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ueda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Whyte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
Ueda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Whyte's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whyte blocks the elbow strike.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Whyte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whyte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ueda landing knees to the body.
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!
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Whyte has had enough of the clinch but Ueda keeps him there for the moment.
Whyte avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Whyte breaks from the clinch.
Ueda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ueda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whyte swinging wildly here.
David Whyte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kuuya Ueda's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Whyte throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ueda wants to clinch.
Ueda shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Whyte as he avoids it easily.
Whyte keeps the fight on the outside.
Ueda closes the distance and clinches.
Ueda misses with an elbow strike.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Whyte tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ueda obliges.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Whyte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Ueda has Whyte pressed against the cage, preventing Whyte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Whyte can't break the clinch.
Whyte takes an elbow to the temple.
Whyte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whyte managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Whyte managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Whyte scores with a hook to the body.
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Whyte breaks from the clinch.
Whyte connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ueda throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
Whyte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
Ueda is looking to clinch but Whyte is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ueda tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte digs a good body shot into Ueda's ribs.
Good shot there by Whyte.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ueda takes one to the chin there.
Jeez, Kuuya Ueda's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Whyte circles away and keeps his distance.
Whyte lands with a hook. Ueda tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Whyte lands an overhand right.
David Whyte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ueda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda misses the jab.
Ueda tries to clinch there but Whyte circles away.
Kuuya Ueda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kuuya Ueda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ueda, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuuya Ueda!
Kuuya Ueda spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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