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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Man Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hapee Panda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Man Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hapee Panda!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Panda kicks Whitaker off and gets back to his feet.
Panda misses with a wild combination.
Panda scores with a one two! Whitaker had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Man Whitaker has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Panda tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Whitaker defends well and Panda ends up having to push Whitaker into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whitaker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Panda moves into range and clinches up with Whitaker.
Whitaker manages to break the clinch.
Whitaker drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Whitaker is controlling him.
Panda throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Whitaker could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Panda is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Whitaker trying to control the position from guard on top but Panda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whitaker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Panda keeping moving, preventing Whitaker from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Panda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Panda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Panda connects with a good right hand that stumbles Whitaker. Whitaker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Panda wants to clinch up but Whitaker keeps it at a distance.
Panda scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Panda wants to control but Whitaker is keeping him busy.
Panda sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whitaker defending well though.
Whitaker is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Panda's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Panda's back!
Panda manages to reverse the position and now he's in Whitaker's guard. Nice work there by Panda.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panda postures up in Whitaker's guard and throws a big left but Whitaker blocks it.
Whitaker thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Panda lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Panda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Whitaker trying to keep a closed guard but Panda is proving a slippery customer.
Panda loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Panda throwing strikes from guard but Whitaker blocks nicely.
Panda passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Panda is trying to control the action in half guard but Whitaker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Panda performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Panda stalling away here and it's allowed Whitaker to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Panda throwing strikes but missing.
Panda working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hapee Panda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Man Whitaker's cut.
That's time! Whitaker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Panda tries for a takedown but Whitaker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Panda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Whitaker tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Panda manages to circle out of the way.
Panda shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Whitaker manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Whitaker is trying to keep Panda in close.
Whitaker controlling Panda's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panda preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda wants to control from the top but Whitaker keeps moving.
Whitaker is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Whitaker striking off his back but it's not causing Panda any problems.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Panda throws a strike but Whitaker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Panda looking for a sweep. Not yet Panda, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Panda is still trying to improve position.
Whitaker trying to control but Panda is working from the bottom.
Panda has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Whitaker off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Whitaker shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Panda's guard.
Panda pushes Whitaker off and gets back to his feet.
Whitaker drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Panda has his feet on Whitaker's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Panda fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Whitaker changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Man Whitaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hapee Panda.
Panda fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Panda tries to clinch but Whitaker moves out of range.
Panda closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Whitaker to the mat! Whitaker manages to get full guard.
Panda postures up in Whitaker's guard and throws a big left but Whitaker blocks it.
Panda trying to control but Whitaker is working from the bottom.
Whitaker throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker has Panda pulled in close to control his posture.
Panda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Panda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Whitaker controls Panda momentarily but Panda frees himself.
Panda postures up and lands a big shot to Whitaker's brow.
Panda scoring with punches to the head and body.
Whitaker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Panda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hapee Panda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Man Whitaker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Whitaker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Panda looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Panda explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Panda shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Panda trying to control the position from guard on top but Whitaker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whitaker is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Panda slips nicely into half guard.
Panda working Whitaker over with strikes.
Whitaker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda is trying to control the action in half guard but Whitaker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Panda is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Panda lands strikes from half guard.
Panda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Whitaker is trying to maintain the position but Panda is very close to passing his half guard.
Panda is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Whitaker is rocked!
Panda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Oh Whitaker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hapee Panda has got the better of the ground game so far.
Panda lands a big elbow - Whitaker is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Panda!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hapee Panda!
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hype
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RATING
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