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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cassius Bellatoo (ranked 1368 p4p, 166 weight class) and Eric Whitaker (ranked 727 p4p, 96 weight class). Bellatoo comes to the cage accompanied by MAHAKAL THE TERROR Party Weed. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bellatoo
vs
Whitaker

190 cm
28
240 lbs
9 - 10 - 0

185 cm
28
220 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cassius Bellatoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eric Whitaker!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Whitaker tries to sprawl but Bellatoo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whitaker manages to get to full guard.

Bellatoo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Whitaker trying to control the position.
Whitaker keeping full guard, as Bellatoo tries to pass.

Bellatoo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bellatoo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bellatoo slips nicely into half guard.
Whitaker makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Whitaker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bellatoo drops back looking for a leg! Whitaker is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Whitaker manages to kick Bellatoo off! Bellatoo jumps back into Whitaker's guard.
Whitaker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker is still trying to improve position.

Bellatoo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bellatoo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Whitaker tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Whitaker slips nicely into half guard.
Bellatoo is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at CrossFit Sydney, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Whitaker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bellatoo defending well though.
Bellatoo tries to roll over but Whitaker keeps him under control.
Bellatoo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Whitaker.
Whitaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Whitaker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bellatoo defending well though.
Bellatoo wants to get back to full guard.
Whitaker is pressing down on Bellatoo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bellatoo is holding on for now.
Whitaker scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Whitaker is taking a breather. Bellatoo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bellatoo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Whitaker working his ground and pound in the gym.
Bellatoo won't allow Whitaker to pass to mount.
Bellatoo is looking to control Whitaker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bellatoo avoid being mounted?
Whitaker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bellatoo keeps working.
Bellatoo is looking for a sweep. Whitaker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bellatoo is not content to let Whitaker control the position.
Bellatoo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Whitaker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bellatoo won't allow Whitaker to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bellatoo is trying to control but can't.
Whitaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bellatoo wants to improve his position but Whitaker is controlling well.
Whitaker wants to take a breather but Bellatoo is having none of it.
Ground and pound from Whitaker.
Bellatoo has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bellatoo is trying to control but can't.
Bellatoo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bellatoo tries to roll over but Whitaker keeps him under control.
Whitaker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bellatoo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Whitaker lands a nice short elbow.
Whitaker wants to free his trapped foot but Bellatoo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bellatoo tries to roll over but Whitaker keeps him under control.
Whitaker throwing shots but Bellatoo is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bellatoo tries to roll over but Whitaker keeps him under control.
Whitaker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Whitaker prevents Bellatoo from improving his position.
Whitaker is thwarting Bellatoo's attempts to control the position.
Whitaker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Whitaker frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Whitaker dominating with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bellatoo regains half guard.
Whitaker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bellatoo keeps working.
Whitaker is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bellatoo has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Whitaker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bellatoo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Bellatoo goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Whitaker rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bellatoo's guard! Nice work there by Whitaker!
Whitaker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bellatoo's head.
Bellatoo is trying to control the position but Whitaker postures up.
Whitaker looking to pass the guard.
Bellatoo looking to control.
Whitaker stopping the sweep attempt from Bellatoo.
Whitaker engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bellatoo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Whitaker puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker is thwarting Bellatoo's attempts to control the position.
Whitaker is keen to just control but Bellatoo is a slippery customer.
Whitaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bellatoo is looking to control Whitaker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bellatoo avoid being mounted?
Bellatoo tries to get to full guard but Whitaker has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Whitaker working over Bellatoo with some ground and pound. Bellatoo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Whitaker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bellatoo's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bellatoo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Whitaker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bellatoo keeping full guard, as Whitaker tries to pass.
Whitaker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Eric Whitaker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bellatoo keeping moving, preventing Whitaker from controlling successfully.
Bellatoo trying to keep a closed guard but Whitaker is proving a slippery customer.
Whitaker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bellatoo controls Whitaker momentarily but Whitaker frees himself.
Whitaker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bellatoo is keeping the position for now.
Whitaker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellatoo working a defensive guard here.
Whitaker trying to control the position from guard on top but Bellatoo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bellatoo keeping full guard, as Whitaker tries to pass.
Bellatoo keeping moving, preventing Whitaker from controlling successfully.
Whitaker postures up.
Whitaker trying to control the position from guard on top but Bellatoo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bellatoo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whitaker.

Bellatoo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Bellatoo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bellatoo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whitaker is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Whitaker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bellatoo tries to free his leg and advance position but Whitaker is retaining full guard.

Bellatoo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bellatoo won't allow Whitaker to sweep him here.
Bellatoo forces his way into half guard.

Bellatoo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Whitaker sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Whitaker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Whitaker pulls Bellatoo in close to prevent any damage.

Bellatoo drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Whitaker manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bellatoo has Whitaker in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bellatoo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Whitaker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bellatoo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bellatoo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Whitaker is one step ahead there.
Bellatoo controls Whitaker momentarily but Whitaker frees himself.
Whitaker is pushing down on Bellatoo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bellatoo is fighting to maintain full guard but Whitaker has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bellatoo tries to get to full guard but Whitaker has control of the leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whitaker throwing shots but Bellatoo is blocking nicely.
Whitaker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Whitaker controlling the action here.
Bellatoo has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Whitaker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Whitaker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Bellatoo closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Whitaker quickly recovers to half guard.

Bellatoo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Whitaker is looking to improve his position.
Whitaker wants to control but Bellatoo is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Bellatoo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Whitaker is just riding it out for now. Bellatoo eventually gives up the hold.

Whitaker is defending against the submission attempts here by Bellatoo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bellatoo is working for a kimura but Whitaker is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Bellatoo seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bellatoo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Whitaker is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bellatoo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bellatoo's back!
Whitaker is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Bellatoo trying to control the hands but Whitaker won't let him.
Whitaker is landing with strikes. Bellatoo can't take much more of this.
Whitaker looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Whitaker trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Bellatoo grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Whitaker connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Bellatoo to escape the position.
Whitaker punishes Bellatoo with strikes from the back mount.
Cassius Bellatoo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bellatoo is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Bellatoo trying to control the hands but Whitaker breaks the grip.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitaker lands with a hammerfist to the side of Bellatoo's head.
Bellatoo rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Bellatoo wants to improve his position but Whitaker is controlling well.
Whitaker wants to pass the guard but Bellatoo is defending well.
Whitaker working the head and body with strikes.
Whitaker wants to free his trapped foot but Bellatoo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Whitaker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bellatoo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bellatoo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bellatoo.
Bellatoo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Whitaker manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bellatoo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Whitaker looking for a sweep. Not yet Whitaker, not yet.
Bellatoo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Whitaker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bellatoo.
Whitaker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Bellatoo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Whitaker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bellatoo manages to get himself to full guard.

Bellatoo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Whitaker wants to control from the top but Bellatoo keeps moving.
Whitaker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bellatoo is keeping the position for now.

Bellatoo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Whitaker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Eric Whitaker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker content to stall in guard here.
Whitaker preventing the sweep.
Whitaker controlling from the top position.
Whitaker won't allow Bellatoo to sweep him here.
Whitaker advances position into side control!
Bellatoo is looking for a sweep.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Whitaker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Whitaker has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Whitaker!
An out of breath Eric Whitaker thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
40%

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