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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Whales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Busta Rhymes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whales kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill. Rhymes has chosen Winter Warz as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Whales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Busta Rhymes!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whales throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rhymes was covering up waiting for the punch and Whales finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Whales wants to control from the top but Rhymes keeps moving.
Rhymes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rhymes has control of Whales's left arm, preventing Whales from doing any damage.
Whales tries to free his leg and advance position but Rhymes is retaining full guard.
Whales won't allow Rhymes to sweep him here.
Rhymes keeps trying to improve his position.
Whales controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whales stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rhymes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rhymes is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales wants to pass the guard but Rhymes is keeping the position.
Whales is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Patrick Whales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rhymes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Whales throws a combination that misses
and Rhymes counters with a left to the body.
Whales connects with a solid leg kick.
Rhymes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rhymes duly obliges.
Rhymes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Whales.
Whales doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rhymes counters with a nice kick to the body.
Rhymes moves out of range of the body kick from Whales.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes lands a nice hook to Whales's body. Whales takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Whales changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rhymes tries to avoid it but Whales manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rhymes to the ground. Rhymes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Whales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whales is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Rhymes's half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhymes has hold of Whales's hands but Whales slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rhymes is controlling Whales's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Rhymes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rhymes is holding on to half guard well.
Rhymes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Whales throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rhymes moves into full guard.
Whales tries to free his leg and advance position but Rhymes is retaining full guard.
Rhymes is adopting a defensive guard.
Whales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Whales trying to control the position from guard on top but Rhymes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rhymes is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Whales is looking to work some ground and pound but Rhymes has wrist control.
Rhymes is trying to control the position but Whales postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Whales stuns Rhymes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes tests Whales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rhymes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whales throws out the jab.
Rhymes misses the jab.
Whales throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rhymes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Whales fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Whales throws a body punch but Rhymes moves out of range.
Rhymes avoids the body shot from Whales.
Whales is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rhymes blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Whales dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rhymes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whales.
Decent striking displayed by Whales there.
Whales listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Whales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rhymes.
Whales clobbers Rhymes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whales closes the distance and clinches up with Rhymes, looking for a takedown. Whales pushes Rhymes against the cage but Rhymes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rhymes takes one to the side of the head.
Whales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rhymes can do to turn this around?
Rhymes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhymes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rhymes misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhymes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Whales.
Rhymes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rhymes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rhymes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Whales checks a leg kick.
Whales throws a body shot but no joy.
Rhymes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whales was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhymes.
Whales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rhymes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rhymes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Whales fails with a takedown attempt.
Rhymes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Busta Rhymes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whales tries to score with a low kick but Rhymes moves his leg out of the way.
Whales connects with a right hand. Rhymes shakes it off.
Whales is looking to land body kicks.
Whales shoots in for a takedown but Rhymes shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Whales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rhymes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whales shoots and misses
and Rhymes counters with an inside leg kick.
Whales throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rhymes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whales throws a shot from downtown. Rhymes moves away and avoids it.
Whales getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rhymes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Whales.
Whales misses with a takedown attempt
and Rhymes counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales misses with a wild body shot.
Rhymes misses with a low kick.
Whales misses with a hook.
Rhymes blocks the body kick.
Whales scores with the left hand. Rhymes knows he should have avoided that one.
Whales throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Whales lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rhymes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rhymes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Whales scores with a nice head shot.
Rhymes tries a head kick but it misses.
Whales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Whales lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whales throws a low kick, looking for Rhymes's leg but Rhymes calmly moves out of range.
Rhymes misses with a low kick as Whales jumps back.
Whales scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whales is working Rhymes over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rhymes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Rhymes is pressing down on Whales's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rhymes has his hands on Whales's head, controlling the position.
Rhymes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rhymes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Whales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rhymes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Whales dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Whales throws a right hand that misses
and Rhymes counters with a nice double leg into side control. Whales won't be happy with that.
Rhymes throwing strikes but Whales manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Rhymes tries to buck Whales off but Whales is having none of it.
Whales in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Whales throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Rhymes holding on.
Whales working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Rhymes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Rhymes trying to control here.
Whales wants to free his trapped foot but Rhymes is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Patrick Whales overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rhymes is trying to maintain the position but Whales is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whales throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rhymes wants to control but Whales is keeping busy.
Whales is trying to control. Rhymes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Whales takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rhymes wants to improve his position but Whales is controlling well.
Whales keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Whales wants to take a breather but Rhymes is having none of it.
Rhymes is looking for a sweep. Whales is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Whales wants to pass to mount but Rhymes is defending the position.
Whales lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rhymes desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Whales is looking to take a break and control but Rhymes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rhymes trying to hold on to Whales's head to control him but Whales postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Whales throws a hook to the side of Rhymes's head but Rhymes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rhymes's head.
Rhymes avoids a kick to the body.
Whales tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rhymes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Whales somewhat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rhymes.
Rhymes throws a leg kick
and Whales counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Rhymes!
Rhymes is looking to reverse the position.
Rhymes trying to control but Whales flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Whales lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Rhymes.
Whales is trying to stick to Rhymes's back but Rhymes is turning into Whales. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Whales's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Rhymes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whales has Rhymes pulled in close to control his posture.
Rhymes won't allow Whales to sweep him here.
Whales has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whales manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rhymes manages to get himself to full guard.
Rhymes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Whales advances position into side control!
Whales is chipping away with strikes.
Rhymes tries to bench press Whales off him but Whales keeps the position.
Rhymes sneaks back into half guard.
Rhymes is staying active underneath Whales, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Whales clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A big left from Whales misses.
Rhymes swings widly with a right hand
so Whales counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Whales is working Rhymes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rhymes is trying to keep Whales in close.
Whales trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rhymes is trying to keep Whales in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whales working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whales won't allow Rhymes to sweep him here.
Whales trying to control but Rhymes is working from the bottom.
Whales chips away with some ground and pound.
Whales looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales preventing the sweep.
Rhymes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Whales lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rhymes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Whales showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Whales trying to control but Rhymes is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Whales looks to land a left hand but Rhymes moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters circling - Whales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rhymes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Whales has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Whales and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rhymes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Whales looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rhymes fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Whales is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Mugler Jiu Jitsu, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Rhymes lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Whales down.
Whales is not content to let Rhymes control the position.
Whales gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rhymes uses his free foot to push down on Whales's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Whales.
Whales slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Whales with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Whales gets full guard.
Whales trying to control the position.
Whales looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rhymes is one step ahead there.
Rhymes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rhymes is in close to Whales's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Whales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rhymes throwing strikes from guard but Whales blocks nicely.
Rhymes landing some decent shots from guard.
Rhymes trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Whales has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rhymes finds it's way round the side to connect with Whales's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whales throws a body punch but Rhymes moves out of range.
Whales throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Whales misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Patrick Whales will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Whales throws a leg kick but Rhymes checks it.
That kick from Whales tenderised Rhymes's leg. Rhymes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rhymes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whales.
Rhymes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whales.
Whales wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rhymes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Whales.
Rhymes swings for the body but Whales moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whales moves away from the strike by Rhymes.
Whales throws a leg kick that misses.
Whales throws a body punch but Rhymes moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales checks the leg kick nicely there.
Whales dives in for a single leg takedown but Rhymes sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whales.
Rhymes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rhymes misses with a punch to the body.
Rhymes misses with a body punch.
Whales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whales has a couple of punches blocked by Rhymes.
Whales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rhymes backwards.
A short right from Whales on the inside.
Rhymes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Whales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whales closes the distance and clinches up with Rhymes, looking for a takedown. Whales pushes Rhymes against the cage but Rhymes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Whales tries to land a body kick
and Rhymes counters with a right hand to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Rhymes.
Rhymes moves out of range of the body kick.
Rhymes throws an overhand right that lands on Whales's shoulder, as Whales tries to avoid the shot.
Rhymes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Whales did well to prevent Rhymes getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whales wants to control but Rhymes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Whales tries to get to full guard but Rhymes has control of the leg.
Whales blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rhymes.
Rhymes slows the pace down in half guard.
Rhymes wants to free his trapped foot but Whales is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Busta Rhymes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patrick Whales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Whales trying to control here.
Whales slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rhymes preventing the sweep.
Rhymes drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Whales dives on top into guard.
Rhymes had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Whales defends it easily.
Whales wants to control from the top but Rhymes keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whales makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Whales working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Whales trying to control but Rhymes is working from the bottom.
Whales postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whales pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rhymes is keeping the position for now.
Rhymes looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Whales passes into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Patrick Whales.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Whales, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 50:46
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 50:45
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Whales!
An out of breath Patrick Whales thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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