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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Demaestri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 lbs
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180 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Claudio Demaestri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry White!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White looks to throw the jab but Demaestri is out of range.
Demaestri 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 digs a good body shot into Demaestri's ribs.
Demaestri gets tackled into the cage by White. White maintains the clinch.
White lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Demaestri is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables White to keep the fight standing.
Demaestri jumps guard but White stands there with Demaestri around his waist. Demaestri gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Demaestri is trying to pull guard but White turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claudio Demaestri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A hook to the body from White.
Demaestri jumps guard but White stands there with Demaestri around his waist. Demaestri gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Demaestri fails to pull the fight into his guard.
White pushes Demaestri back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Demaestri controls his hands.
Demaestri fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
White gets through Demaestri's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but White won't allow it.
Demaestri jumps guard but White stands there with Demaestri around his waist. Demaestri gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demaestri is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables White to keep the fight standing.
White lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
White lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
White scores with a hook to the body.
White cracks Demaestri with a nice body shot.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. White just stands there and leans against the cage.
Demaestri is breathing heavily.
White tries to work over Demaestri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White lands a left hand.
Demaestri jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as White walks away with a smile on his face. Demaestri gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Demaestri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Demaestri ducks under a wild hook from White.
Demaestri went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
White cracks Demaestri with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
White has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Demaestri is landing a low percentage of strikes.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Demaestri takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
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!
A punch lands to the side of Demaestri 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Demaestri tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Demaestri misses.
Demaestri slips under a jab from White.
White rushes Demaestri and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
White digs a right hand underneath Demaestri's ribcage. Demaestri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Demaestri backwards.
Demaestri fails to pull guard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demaestri.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. White just stands there and leans against the cage.
White lands a shoulder strike.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
White pushes Demaestri back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
White lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Demaestri fails to pull guard.
Demaestri tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from White - that landed with a thud.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
Demaestri jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as White walks away with a smile on his face. Demaestri gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
White misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Demaestri counters with a nice uppercut.
White lands with a nice body punch.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good shot there by White.
A combination from Demaestri does no damage.
Demaestri on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Demaestri scores with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Demaestri. Those never looked like landing.
Demaestri misses with a straight left.
Demaestri throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demaestri gets tackled into the cage by White. White maintains the clinch.
Demaestri has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics White uses from the top position.
White trying to move into half guard but instead Demaestri has managed to sweep!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Demaestri is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! White is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! White has escaped and now he's on top!
White advances position into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White stands up.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry White dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Demaestri.
Demaestri tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White moves into the clinch.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Demaestri controls his hands.
Demaestri is trying to pull guard but White has him pressed against the cage.
White lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Demaestri or not.
Demaestri tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. White smiles and moves away.
Demaestri has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from White finds it's way round the side to connect with Demaestri's head.
White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Demaestri, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White lands with a left to the head.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but White won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Claudio Demaestri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but White holds him up against the cage and eventually Demaestri drops back down to his feet.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Demaestri backwards.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for White.
White digs a right hand underneath Demaestri's ribcage. Demaestri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
White is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
White lands an uppercut.
White lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
White lands with a light punch inside.
Demaestri fails to pull guard.
A short body shot lands from White as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
Henry White seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Demaestri successfully pulls guard.
White stands up and waves to Demaestri to follow him.
Demaestri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White defending well as Demaestri loads up on a big left hand.
White cracks Demaestri with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Demaestri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Demaestri swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Demaestri throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White lands a jab.
Demaestri takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Demaestri misses with a lunging right hand
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Demaestri drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
White clinches.
Demaestri tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. White smiles and moves away.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Demaestri connects with a nice looking jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
White lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but White won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but White won't allow it.
Demaestri fails to pull guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White lands a right hand.
White lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Demaestri is trying to pull guard but White has him pressed against the cage.
White lands a body punch in the clinch.
White scores with a shot to the side of Demaestri's head.
Demaestri tries to pull guard but White forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Demaestri backwards.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
White digs a right hand underneath Demaestri's ribcage. Demaestri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from White.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Demaestri is rocked!
White lands a body punch in the clinch.
Oh Demaestri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Demaestri backwards.
White dips a shoulder and cracks Demaestri with a mighty uppercut! Demaestri falls back against the cage and White unloads with a barrage of strikes! Demaestri is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - White screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry White!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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