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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mica Makaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dana White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
27 - 15 - 0 |
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178 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mica Makaaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dana White!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makaaja shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in White's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
White isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Makaaja stacks White on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Makaaja!
The referee asks Makaaja politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Makaaja prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Makaaja passes to full mount! That's big trouble for White!
White working to try and regain half guard.
Makaaja takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've been hearing good reports from Makaaja's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
White can't escape the position.
Makaaja takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
White is trying to escape the mount but Makaaja keeps good control and instead manages to take White's back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Makaaja controlling the positon.
White tries to escape but Makaaja has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makaaja sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! White taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mica Makaaja!
Our winner, Mica Makaaja, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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