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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dezmond Drake (ranked 1204 p4p, 1581 weight class) and Jacob White (ranked 110 p4p, 142 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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World class boxer
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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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dezmond Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob White!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Drake throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
White lands a jab to Drake's midsection.
White cracks Drake with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Drake throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Jab from White.
White looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.
Drake throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Drake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White misses with a lunging right hand
letting Drake counter with a right hand.
White misses the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White misses the shot to the body.
Drake slips a straight right by White.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a head kick but Drake moves out of range.
Drake takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Drake looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Drake.
Drake bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps White's head backwards.
The fighters circling - Drake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White throws a push kick but Drake slaps the foot to one side.
As White looks to move away, Drake throws a big counter combo but White just gets out of the way.
Drake takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Drake throws a lazy uppercut
and White counters with a body kick that stops Drake in his tracks momentarily.
White scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
White connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Drake looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a looping right.
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!
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White shapes to counter with a head kick.
Drake slips a jab from White.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White looks to land a body kick but Drake moved away.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jacob White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
White throws a hook but Drake avoids it easily.
White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Drake blocks a head kick by White.
White thuds his shin into the meat of Drake's side.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drake misses with a hook.
Drake is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
White swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
White throws a nice looking combination but Drake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by White.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drake looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Drake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White ducks under a wild hook from Drake.
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Drake had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake misses with the combination.
White misses with the body kick
and Drake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drake slips a straight right by White.
It looked like Drake was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Drake scores with a jab to the head.
Drake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Drake connects with the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob White dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jab from White.
Drake moves out of range as White strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Drake misses its target.
Drake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
A combination from White does no damage.
White misses with a wild combination.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Drake scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Drake throws an off balance right hand
letting White counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Drake throws a body shot but no joy.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
Jacob White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drake has taken the fight to the clinch.
White lands an elbow that stopped Drake in his tracks for a moment.
White lands a body punch.
Drake takes an elbow to the forehead.
Drake misses with the head strike.
White blocking some punches.
Drake avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
White lands an elbow inside.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
White content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Drake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drake blocks a body shot from White.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drake can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Drake lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Drake lands a body shot.
Drake digs a right hand underneath White's ribcage. White let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake lands a body punch in the clinch.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Drake struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
White goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White prevents a body shot from Drake.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.
Drake blocks an elbow strike from White.
White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Drake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drake lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looks to throw the jab but Drake is out of range.
White throws a shot to the body.
White moves forwards but Drake connects with a nice, crisp jab.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Drake counters with a nice uppercut.
Drake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Drake misses with a body punch
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Drake circles away.
White misses with a left hand
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White moves forwards but Drake connects with a nice, crisp jab.
White is rocked!
Drake moves out of range as White throws a body kick.
Drake appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
White is still on wobbly legs! Can Drake finish him?
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
A swing and a miss from Drake.
White throws a lazy body kick
and Drake counters with a straight right hand.
Drake missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White falls off balance throwing a combination
and Drake counters with a nice right hand that sends White toppling to the canvas! White scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Drake finish him?!
Drake scores with a body shot.
Drake takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
White misses with an uppercut
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dezmond Drake dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Drake lands a big right hand that sends White crashing to the mat! Drake stays standing though and waves White back to his feet!
Drake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drake ducks right into an uppercut from White.
White plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
White misses with a hook
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake lands with a good body shot.
White misses with a head kick.
Drake misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Drake fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
White lands with a hook. Drake tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Drake scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White scores with a punch to the head.
Drake moves out of range as White strikes.
Drake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White with a jab.
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White blocks a jab.
Drake is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White throws out a counter right but Drake avoids it with no problem.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Drake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
White missing with a left hand there. Drake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drake there as he acknowledges the shot.
White thuds a left hand into Drake's body.
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!
Drake with a nice cross.
Drake looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Drake throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Drake.
It seemed like White was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
White misses with a hook.
Drake is looking to counter punch.
White defending well as Drake loads up on a big left hand.
White tries to land a leg kick but Drake saw it coming and moves away.
White is looking to clinch but Drake is avoiding it.
Drake lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Drake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White sizes up Drake with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Drake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White walks into a straight right hand from Drake.
Drake throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Drake misses.
White jabs at Drake's body.
White connects with a nice looking jab.
White throws a low kick but Drake avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Drake misses the target.
Drake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters circling a little - White finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
White misses with a left hand
and Drake counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice uppercut there from White.
Nice shot lands for Drake.
White swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White misses with a hook. Drake ducked under it nicely.
Drake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Drake seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Drake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dezmond Drake.
Well Drake 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Dezmond Drake!
Dezmond Drake seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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