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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Whitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitman's entrance music is Welcome To The Jungle. A fine choice. Charles Whitman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Charles Whitman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Val Pacheco Da Silva rushes Whitman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Whitman blocks it.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands an elbow that stopped Whitman in his tracks for a moment.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Whitman can't find room to land a body shot as Val Pacheco Da Silva controls the action.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries a body shot but Whitman blocks it.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Val Pacheco Da Silva.
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!
Whitman tries a body shot but Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks it.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with some punches.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've been informed that Val Pacheco Da Silva has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Whitman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Whitman.
A short right from Val Pacheco Da Silva on the inside.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Charles Whitman has been cut.
Whitman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Whitman misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Val Pacheco Da Silva fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Val Pacheco Da Silva on the inside.
Whitman dodges an elbow strike from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Whitman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a right to the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids the elbow strike from Whitman, against the cage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks an elbow strike from Whitman.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Val Pacheco Da Silva presses Whitman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Whitman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Val Pacheco Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Val Pacheco Da Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whitman tries to work over Val Pacheco Da Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Val Pacheco Da Silva digs a right hand underneath Whitman's ribcage. Whitman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands an uppercut.
Whitman tries a body shot but Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks it.
Val Pacheco Da Silva pushes Whitman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Val Pacheco Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice elbow from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva gets through Whitman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whitman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Whitman.
Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks a body shot from Whitman.
Whitman breaks from the clinch.
Whitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Val Pacheco Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitman moves away.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a straight right.
Val Pacheco Da Silva feints and then cracks Whitman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Whitman down.
Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Whitman. Those never looked like landing.
Whitman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Whitman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Whitman misses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Whitman.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Val Pacheco Da Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whitman's calf.
Val Pacheco Da Silva feints and then cracks Whitman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Whitman down.
Some wild striking there from Whitman.
Whitman throws a right hand that Val Pacheco Da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Val Pacheco Da Silva also avoids with ease.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Whitman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Val Pacheco Da Silva looks for the body kick but Whitman saw that one coming.
Val Pacheco Da Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Whitman throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Val Pacheco Da Silva's head.
It looks like Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva has been cut.
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!
Val Pacheco Da Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whitman throws out the jab.
Whitman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Val Pacheco Da Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Whitman backwards.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Whitman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva prevents Whitman from breaking the clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Whitman working hard to break the clinch.
Whitman breaks the clinch.
Whitman throws a body punch but Val Pacheco Da Silva moves out of range.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whitman throws the left hand but Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids the punch easily.
Whitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whitman lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Val Pacheco Da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whitman throws a sloppy head kick
and Val Pacheco Da Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Whitman throws a head kick but Val Pacheco Da Silva moves out of range.
Whitman throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva dominated that 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.
Val Pacheco Da Silva feints and then cracks Whitman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Whitman down.
Whitman throws a head kick that misses
letting Val Pacheco Da Silva counter with a right hand.
Whitman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Whitman misses with a head kick.
Whitman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Val Pacheco Da Silva is looking to clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Whitman.
Whitman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whitman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Val Pacheco Da Silva wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitman looks to land a combination but Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids it well.
Val Pacheco Da Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to clinch there but Whitman circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Val Pacheco Da Silva darts in and clinches Whitman up against the cage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Whitman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Val Pacheco Da Silva's brow.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands an elbow just above Whitman 's eye.
Whitman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Val Pacheco Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Whitman.
Whitman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Val Pacheco Da Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks a jab.
Whitman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Val Pacheco Da Silva wants to clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks a head kick by Whitman.
Whitman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Val Pacheco Da Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Val Pacheco Da Silva obliges.
Whitman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Whitman blocks it.
Val Pacheco Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whitman is defending well for now.
Val Pacheco Da Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands an uppercut.
Val Pacheco Da Silva is trying to stall.
Whitman is trying to force a seperation but Val Pacheco Da Silva has the dominant position.
Whitman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Whitman breaks from the clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to clinch but Whitman moves out of range.
Whitman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Charles Whitman is winning the standup battle so far.
Whitman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Whitman misses the shot to the body.
Val Pacheco Da Silva digs a good body shot into Whitman's ribs.
Val Pacheco Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Whitman.
Whitman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whitman misses with a double jab
and Val Pacheco Da Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Val Pacheco Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Whitman circles away.
Val Pacheco Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whitman wants to get back to striking at distance but Val Pacheco Da Silva won't allow it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Val Pacheco Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to throw a body punch but Whitman avoids it by throwing Val Pacheco Da Silva back against the cage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Whitman backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Val Pacheco Da Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Whitman's head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Whitman gets tackled into the cage by Val Pacheco Da Silva. Val Pacheco Da Silva maintains the clinch.
Whitman prevents a body shot from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Whitman's defenses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Val Pacheco Da Silva trying to stall but Whitman improves his position.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a right to the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Val Pacheco Da Silva fails to land.
Whitman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Val Pacheco Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Whitman improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a head kick. Whitman tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Whitman throws a hook but Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids it easily.
Whitman throws a right hand that Val Pacheco Da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Val Pacheco Da Silva also avoids with ease.
Whitman misses the shot to the body.
Whitman throws a head kick that misses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Whitman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Whitman throws the left hand but Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids the punch easily.
Whitman misses with a head kick.
Whitman throws a head kick but Val Pacheco Da Silva moves out of range.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whitman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Whitman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Charles Whitman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Val Pacheco Da Silva is looking to slow Whitman down with leg kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitman tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whitman. Val Pacheco Da Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whitman throws a sloppy head kick
and Val Pacheco Da Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitman misses with a head kick.
Whitman avoids the head kick by Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Whitman misses with a combination
enabling Val Pacheco Da Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Val Pacheco Da Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva cracks Whitman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids the head kick by Whitman.
Whitman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Val Pacheco Da Silva manages to avoid it.
Whitman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Charles Whitman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whitman lands a high kick!
Val Pacheco Da Silva dodges the punch combination from Whitman.
Whitman takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Val Pacheco Da Silva wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Val Pacheco Da Silva moves into range and clinches up with Whitman.
Whitman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with the head strike.
Val Pacheco Da Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Whitman tries to circle away but Val Pacheco Da Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands an uppercut.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to stall but Whitman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Whitman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Whitman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Val Pacheco Da Silva's brow.
Val Pacheco Da Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whitman can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva working Whitman over with knees to the body.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whitman is trying to break free.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands an elbow inside.
Val Pacheco Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Val Pacheco Da Silva is looking to slow Whitman down with leg kicks.
Whitman misses with a straight left.
Val Pacheco Da Silva blocks a jab.
Val Pacheco Da Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Whitman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Whitman throws a head kick that misses
and Val Pacheco Da Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whitman. Val Pacheco Da Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Val Pacheco Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitman moves away.
Whitman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Whitman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitman misses with an uppercut. Val Pacheco Da Silva saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Val Pacheco Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Charles Whitman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whitman throws a sloppy head kick and Val Pacheco Da Silva moves out of range easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Val Pacheco Da Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva!
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