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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Vanatta (ranked 7045 p4p, 394 weight class) and Bruce White Jr (ranked 2294 p4p, 204 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Bruce White Jr enters the cage!
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148 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm
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155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcin Vanatta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce White Jr!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanatta has taken the fight to the clinch.
White Jr scores with a hook to the body.
White Jr tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Vanatta is trying to stall.
White Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vanatta wants to stall.
Vanatta throws an elbow but it misses.
White Jr blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by White Jr.
Vanatta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
White Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White Jr lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from White Jr.
White Jr gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vanatta is trying to control the position but White Jr postures up.
White Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White Jr won't allow Vanatta to get back to his feet.
White Jr works over Vanatta with some ground and pound from guard.
White Jr passes easily into side control. Nice work.
White Jr is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Vanatta is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr working the head and body with strikes.
White Jr remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
White Jr lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
You can see the frustration on Vanatta's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Vanatta takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Vanatta trying to remain calm as White Jr controls from the top position.
White Jr lands a nice forearm strike.
White Jr lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Vanatta down.
Vanatta is rocked!
White Jr works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Oh Vanatta is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
White Jr in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Vanatta looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! White Jr turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce White Jr!
Bruce White Jr thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
43% |
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