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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wesley Whitaker (ranked 1908 p4p, 219 weight class) and Roy Jones Gracie (ranked 1313 p4p, 157 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wesley Whitaker !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Jones Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Francis DeMontford and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Whitaker circles away easily
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whitaker scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Whitaker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitaker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but Whitaker manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Wesley Whitaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Jones Gracie.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Whitaker counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Whitaker , looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Whitaker against the cage but Whitaker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Whitaker tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Gracie manages to circle out of the way.
Gracie sizes up Whitaker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Whitaker counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Whitaker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whitaker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Whitaker lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wesley Whitaker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Whitaker moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whitaker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Donk. Whitaker catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Whitaker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie misses with a takedown
letting Whitaker counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whitaker throws a right hand that misses
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Whitaker . Whitaker maintains the clinch.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Whitaker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Whitaker slips the punch.
Whitaker closes the distance and pushes Gracie back into the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Whitaker .
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Whitaker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Whitaker .
Gracie throws a jab when Whitaker was well out of range.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Whitaker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Whitaker displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Whitaker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whitaker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Whitaker coming out on top.
No luck for Gracie with that takedown attempt.
Gracie throws a jab when Whitaker was well out of range.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Whitaker throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie gets a takedown into half guard.
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!
Gracie is working for a kimura but Whitaker is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Whitaker is having none of it.
Well, if Gracie is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Whitaker controlling the position for now.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Whitaker defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wesley Whitaker dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A punch combination from Whitaker misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
Whitaker has managed to clinch.
Gracie trying to control the position but instead, Whitaker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gracie into the cage.
Gracie fails to pull guard.
Whitaker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Whitaker 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whitaker definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Whitaker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wesley Whitaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Jones Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
Whitaker breaks from the clinch.
Whitaker jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gracie might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Whitaker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Whitaker !
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Whitaker counters with a straight right hand.
Whitaker tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wesley Whitaker is winning the standup battle so far.
Whitaker cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Whitaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Whitaker forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
Whitaker manages to break the clinch.
Whitaker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Whitaker 's shoulder, as Whitaker tries to avoid the shot.
Whitaker lands a jab to the nose.
Gracie shoots and misses
letting Whitaker counter with a right hand.
Gracie slips under a jab from Whitaker .
Whitaker moves into the clinch.
Whitaker manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitaker lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Whitaker scores with a one two! Gracie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Whitaker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Whitaker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie dives in for a single leg takedown but Whitaker sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Whitaker counters with a nice uppercut.
Whitaker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie throws a poor cross that misses
and Whitaker counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Whitaker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gracie is rocked!
Wesley Whitaker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Whitaker .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Whitaker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whitaker misses with a series of wild punches.
Gracie ducks right into an uppercut from Whitaker .
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Whitaker avoids it well.
Whitaker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Whitaker misses with the combination.
Whitaker takes the fight into the clinch.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Whitaker has him pressed against the cage.
Whitaker breaks from the clinch.
Whitaker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker darts in and clinches Gracie up against the cage.
Whitaker manages to break the clinch.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Whitaker .
Whitaker closes the distance and pushes Gracie back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitaker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whitaker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitaker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gracie.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Whitaker .
Whitaker throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie with the counter takedown but Whitaker avoids it easily.
Whitaker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitaker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wesley Whitaker dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Whitaker tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Whitaker kicks off Gracie and gets to his feet.
Whitaker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Whitaker .
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Whitaker 's head but Whitaker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie throws a hook but Whitaker blocks it.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
As Gracie looks to move away, Whitaker throws a big counter combo but Gracie just gets out of the way.
Whitaker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitaker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whitaker digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
letting Whitaker counter with a right hand.
Whitaker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Wesley Whitaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Jones Gracie.
Whitaker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Whitaker clinches up with Gracie and pushes him back against the cage.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Whitaker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gracie is trying to drag Whitaker to the mat but Whitaker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Whitaker pressing his opponent against the cage.
Whitaker breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Whitaker .
Whitaker looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Whitaker closes the distance and clinches.
Whitaker breaks the clinch.
Whitaker misses with a lunging right hand
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker moves into the clinch successfully.
Whitaker manages to break the clinch.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Whitaker tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Whitaker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Whitaker lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitaker moves away.
Whitaker moves into the clinch successfully.
Whitaker blocks an uppercut.
Whitaker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Whitaker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Whitaker breaks from the clinch.
Roy Jones Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wesley Whitaker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Whitaker counters with a straight right hand.
Jab from Whitaker .
Gracie tries for a takedown but Whitaker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Whitaker throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Whitaker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie's head.
Whitaker has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitaker closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Whitaker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Whitaker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whitaker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Whitaker manages to get underhooks.
Whitaker manages to break the clinch.
Whitaker scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whitaker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gracie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Whitaker 's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Whitaker 's back!
Gracie is hanging on to Whitaker 's back as he tries to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wesley Whitaker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whitaker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wesley Whitaker !
Post fight, an emotional Wesley Whitaker said 'Thanks to all of my fans who believed in me, this is just the beginning..to my sponsors Urban Fighter to the end...and to my brothers BAD BOY MMA come get some.'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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