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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Whitehope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sato's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Call to prayer of islam. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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184 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Rumina Sato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Whitehope!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitehope misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitehope moves out of range of the body kick from Sato.
Sato tries to work over Whitehope's front leg with a kick but Whitehope checks it.
Whitehope avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Whitehope as he connects with a hook.
Sato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Whitehope doesn't seem bothered though.
Whitehope clinches up with Sato and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Whitehope fails to land.
Sato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Sato throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Whitehope tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sato defends well and Whitehope ends up having to push Sato into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Whitehope misses with a hook. Sato ducked under it nicely.
As Whitehope backs away, Sato returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sato fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Whitehope checks it well.
Sato smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whitehope's calf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Whitehope counters with a stiff right hand.
Whitehope throws a lazy uppercut
and Sato counters with a straight right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Whitehope. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Whitehope.
Whitehope throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sato counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato looks to throw the jab but Whitehope is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Sato.
Whitehope goes for a double leg but Sato avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sato continues to drive forward.
Whitehope gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitehope misses with a right hand
and Sato counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sato slaps away a takedown attempt from Whitehope, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sato was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rumina Sato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Whitehope.
Whitehope slips under a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Whitehope shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sato manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sato controlling the position.
Sato wants to stand up but Whitehope is controlling him.
Sato wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Whitehope tries to free his leg and advance position but Sato is retaining full guard.
Whitehope is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Whitehope off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sato lands with an overhand left.
Whitehope shoots for a takedown but Sato saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Sato on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Whitehope shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sato scoring well with a low kick there.
Sato takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Whitehope swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sato gets caught flat footed, as Whitehope shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Whitehope prevents Sato from getting back to his feet.
Whitehope wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.
Sato avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Whitehope stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sato swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sato avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope throws a big elbow that misses.
Sato wants to stand up but Whitehope is controlling him.
Sato avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sato uses the cage to get back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Sato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whitehope has Sato up against the cage in a clinch.
Sato blocks an uppercut.
Sato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitehope shoots for a double leg takedown but Sato sprawls well. He's pushed Whitehope's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sato.
Whitehope scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sato bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Whitehope bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Whitehope lands an elbow.
Sato manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to get back to his feet.
Whitehope is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Whitehope is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sato wants to get back to full guard.
Whitehope is trying to control the action in half guard but Sato is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sato is trying to stand back up but Whitehope is controlling him
Whitehope thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sato wants to get back to his feet.
Whitehope not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Whitehope thows a huge punch but Sato dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Whitehope there.
Whitehope thows a huge punch but Sato dodges it nicely.
Sato manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Whitehope keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato breaks from the clinch.
Sato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Whitehope. Whitehope circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rumina Sato dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Donk. Sato catches Whitehope right on the button with a cross.
Sato lands an overhand right.
Whitehope looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sato is fending him off so far but Whitehope persists. Nope, Sato circles away and we're back to standing.
Whitehope lands with a right hand.
Whitehope misses with a takedown attempt
and Sato counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Whitehope thinking.
Whitehope moves forwards but Sato connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Whitehope walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sato checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sato just misses with a punch to the body.
Whitehope lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Whitehope takes the fight into the clinch.
Sato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sato creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whitehope misses with a lunging right hand
and Sato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whitehope takes the fight into the clinch.
Whitehope is working for takedown but Sato is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rumina Sato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Whitehope.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Whitehope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Whitehope gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A shot in the inside from Whitehope.
Whitehope swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sato checks a leg kick nicely.
Whitehope moves out of range of the leg kick from Sato.
Whitehope uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sato has time to react.
Whitehope pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick by Whitehope misses
and Sato counters with a nice low kick that buckles Whitehope's knee momentarily.
Sato throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Whitehope misses the shot to the body.
Whitehope rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sato misses with an uppercut. Whitehope saw that one coming.
Sato lands a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Whitehope.
Mark Whitehope is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sato throws a body shot but no joy.
Whitehope with the counter takedown but Sato avoids it easily.
Rumina Sato is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sato throws a jab when Whitehope was well out of range.
Sato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sato connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Whitehope momentarily.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitehope moves away.
Whitehope misses with a double jab
and Sato counters with a stiff right hand.
Sato slaps away a takedown attempt from Whitehope, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whitehope.
Sato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Whitehope. That did some damage!
Sato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whitehope with the counter takedown but Sato avoids it easily.
Sato misses with an uppercut.
Sato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Whitehope jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Whitehope misses with a hook
and Sato counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sato takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sato throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sato.
Whitehope drives through with a takedown into Sato's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sato wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Whitehope with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sato seems keen to control Whitehope's posture.
Whitehope prevents Sato from getting back to his feet.
Whitehope with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sato is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Whitehope trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sato is looking to stand up but Whitehope isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Whitehope throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Whitehope throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato gets tackled into the cage by Whitehope. Whitehope maintains the clinch.
Sato misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Whitehope fails to land.
Whitehope is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sato pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Whitehope scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sato blocks an elbow strike.
Sato misses with a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Sato.
Sato breaks the clinch.
Whitehope darts in looking for a takedown but Sato gets double underhooks and turns Whitehope into the cage.
A head kick misses from Sato.
Whitehope shoots in and gets a takedown into Sato's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitehope with a flurry of punches that miss.
Whitehope makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitehope is fighting to break Sato's control of his arms but Sato is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Whitehope showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Whitehope prevents Sato from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rumina Sato will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Whitehope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Whitehope shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sato as he jumps to the side.
Sato displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Whitehope.
Whitehope takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Whitehope shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Whitehope showed some decent athleticism there.
Sato has one foot on Whitehope's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Whitehope looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Whitehope shoots in looking for a takedown but Sato manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Whitehope's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rumina Sato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Whitehope.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitehope misses with a head kick.
Whitehope misses the jab.
Sato fires out a quick counter leg kick but Whitehope just manages to avoid it.
Whitehope's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whitehope takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whitehope misses with a body shot
and Sato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sato circles away quickly and effectively.
Whitehope throws a push kick but Sato slaps the foot to one side.
Whitehope on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sato swings for the body but Whitehope moves out of range.
Sato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That kick from Sato tenderised Whitehope's leg. Whitehope is trying to keep his angry face on.
Whitehope will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Whitehope moves into the clinch.
Sato lands with a short shot to the head.
Sato blocks an uppercut.
Whitehope scores with a shot to the side of Sato's head.
Whitehope misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitehope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mark Whitehope seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Whitehope is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sato gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sato prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with a punch to the body.
Sato manages to break the clinch.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitehope moves away.
Whitehope avoids the body shot from Sato.
Whitehope misses with a two punch combination.
Sato staying out of range there.
Sato looks to throw the jab but Whitehope is out of range.
Sato throws a shot from downtown. Whitehope moves away and avoids it.
Whitehope takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Whitehope takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Whitehope tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sato defends well and Whitehope ends up having to push Sato into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Whitehope throws a hook but Sato blocks it.
A counter left hand to the body from Sato misses its target.
Whitehope looks to land a body kick but Sato moved away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Whitehope.
Whitehope moves out of range of the strikes.
Whitehope follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Whitehope walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whitehope showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sato.
Whitehope takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sato dips to his left and cracks Whitehope with an uppercut!
Whitehope throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sato.
Sato misses with a body shot.
And Whitehope tries to counter it with a takedown but Sato pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whitehope slips a jab from Sato.
Whitehope ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whitehope fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sato is out of range.
Whitehope tries to move into range but Sato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Whitehope.
Whitehope drives through with a takedown into guard.
Whitehope landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato wants to control the position but Whitehope says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Sato wants to control but Whitehope is keeping busy.
Mark Whitehope has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whitehope not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sato tries to get to full guard but Whitehope has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Whitehope there.
Sato wants to get back to his feet.
Sato kicks off Whitehope and gets to his feet.
Whitehope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sato cracks Whitehope with a good jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
Whitehope misses with the combination.
Sato throwing a counter right hand but Whitehope manages to avoid it.
Sato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rumina Sato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sato, 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumina Sato!
Rumina Sato is the new welterweight champion!
Post fight, Rumina Sato took to the microphone: 'Remember, a vote for islam is a vote for retardation.'.
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