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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fredrik White (ranked 979 p4p, 691 weight class) and Simon Adebisi (ranked 120 p4p, 78 weight class). White kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fredrik White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Simon Adebisi!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adebisi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adebisi dodges the punch combination from White.
White throws a right hand that Adebisi ducks under and follows up with a left that Adebisi also avoids with ease.
A nice side step and Adebisi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Adebisi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adebisi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White is looking to counter punch.
Adebisi keeps the fight on the outside.
Adebisi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as White is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Adebisi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
Adebisi scores with a punch to the head.
White has closed the distance and engaged Adebisi in a clinch.
Adebisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Adebisi jumps guard.
Adebisi is trying to keep White in close.
Adebisi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
White has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Adebisi is proving hard to escape from.
Adebisi trying to keep a closed guard but White is proving a slippery customer.
White won't allow Adebisi to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White stands up from guard. Let's bang!
White misses with a few strikes there.
White scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
Adebisi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
White rushes Adebisi and presses him up against the cage.
Adebisi misses with the head strike.
Adebisi manages to break the clinch.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White is looking to clinch but Adebisi is avoiding it.
Adebisi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fredrik White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White misses with a combination
and Adebisi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White connects with a jab.
White wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping White at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White is looking to clinch.
Adebisi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White instigates a clinch.
Adebisi can't get the takedown.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Adebisi scores with a shot to the side of White's head.
Adebisi misses with a punch on the inside.
White landing some nice looking knees to the body.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Adebisi.
Adebisi lands with a left to the head.
White working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Adebisi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
White pushes Adebisi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Adebisi.
Adebisi lands with a light punch inside.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Adebisi.
White lands with a right to the head.
White blocking some punches.
White stalling.
Adebisi is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from White on the inside.
Adebisi misses with the head strike.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Adebisi uses good head movement to avoid it.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adebisi blocking some punches.
Our sources have told us that White has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Adebisi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Adebisi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White tries to bum rush Adebisi with a series of wild strikes but Adebisi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adebisi feints the counter takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adebisi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
White is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Adebisi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
White wants to stand up but Adebisi is controlling him.
Adebisi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Adebisi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
White is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Adebisi is controlling him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Fredrik White will probably get the nod.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Adebisi tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
Adebisi scores with a leg kick.
White lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A combination from White does no damage.
White tries to clinch up.
Adebisi gets tackled into the cage by White. White maintains the clinch.
Adebisi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Adebisi lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Adebisi fails to land.
Adebisi swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Adebisi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adebisi.
Adebisi throws a head punch that misses.
Adebisi tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adebisi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
Adebisi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
White lands an elbow just above Adebisi 's eye.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White blocks a body shot from Adebisi.
Adebisi misses with a short punch on the inside.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adebisi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Adebisi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and White has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from White and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
White is looking to clinch but Adebisi is avoiding it.
And Adebisi tries to counter it with a takedown but White pushes his down on his head and steps out.
White slips under a jab from Adebisi.
Adebisi misses with a body kick.
White scores with a jab. Adebisi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
White has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Adebisi finds it's way round the side to connect with White's head.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Adebisi swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White scores with a decent looking hook.
White scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adebisi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
Adebisi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
White rushes Adebisi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adebisi.
Adebisi pulls White into guard.
Adebisi looking for a guillotine here but White defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Adebisi is proving hard to escape from.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but White can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Adebisi pulls White in close to prevent any damage.
White stands up from Adebisi's guard - White perhaps looking for a knockout.
White ducks under a wild hook from Adebisi.
White defending well as Adebisi loads up on a big left hand.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Adebisi responds with a good body kick, but White manages to step out the way in time.
White misses with a few strikes there.
Adebisi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fredrik White is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Adebisi misses the target.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
Fredrik White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body punch from White.
Adebisi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White misses the body punch
and Adebisi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adebisi loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
Adebisi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White looks to land a combination but Adebisi avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White tries to clinch up.
Adebisi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming White to the mat! White manages to get full guard.
White wants to get back to his feet but Adebisi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Adebisi throwing strikes from guard but White blocks nicely.
Adebisi is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Simon Adebisi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Adebisi throws out a leg kick but White moves out of range and Adebisi only half commits.
Adebisi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Adebisi throws a chopping leg kick but White manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Adebisi circles away from the clinch attempt.
White wants to clinch.
Adebisi misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
As Adebisi looks to move away, White throws a big counter combo but Adebisi just gets out of the way.
White wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adebisi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Adebisi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adebisi looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Adebisi tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi lands a slapping body shot.
Adebisi shoots in and gets a takedown into White's guard.
Adebisi postures up in White's guard and throws a big left but White blocks it.
Adebisi advances to half guard.
Adebisi trying to mount his opponent but White defends it.
Adebisi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Adebisi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Adebisi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Adebisi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi is nestled in close to White, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
White knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Adebisi on the ground.
Adebisi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Adebisi throwing shots but White is blocking nicely.
Adebisi wants to free his trapped foot but White is holding on for dear life with his legs.
White keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Adebisi slips a nice elbow through White's hands, connecting with White's forehead.
White pushes Adebisi off looking to stand but Adebisi dives back in and keeps control.
Ground and pound from Adebisi.
Adebisi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. White defending well though.
White on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if White tries to get out of the position.
White is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Adebisi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
White wants to get back to his feet.
White keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Adebisi working White over with strikes.
Adebisi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Adebisi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. White defending well though.
White avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Adebisi.
Adebisi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
White wants to stand back up but Adebisi manages to pass into side control.
Adebisi fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi working the head with strikes.
White defending against the ground and pound.
Adebisi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Adebisi throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and White works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Adebisi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Adebisi seems to be working for a kimura but White defends the submission attempt.
Adebisi wants to free his trapped foot but White is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Adebisi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Adebisi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Adebisi!
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