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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adam White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Warden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warden is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by bodies. 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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180 lbs
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Warden!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warden chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White shoots in but Warden avoids the takedown attempt easily.
White shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Warden tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
Warden gets back to half guard.
White throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Warden keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Warden flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Warden is trying to get back to full guard.
White throwing shots but Warden is blocking nicely.
White is thwarting Warden's attempts to control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with White in particular looking to stall.
White scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from White.
White closes this distance looking for a takedown but Warden circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for White with that takedown attempt.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White fails with a takedown attempt.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
White looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Warden is fending him off so far but White persists. Nope, Warden circles away and we're back to standing.
White is breathing heavily.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Warden darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Warden thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warden seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warden is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Warden missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Warden sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. White defending well though.
Warden thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Warden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
White kicks off Warden and gets to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warden tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Warden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Warden can't do much from the bottom here.
White scoring with punches and elbows.
Warden on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Warden is looking to reverse the position.
Warden taking punishment in the form of punches.
White trying to control the action but Warden is working from the bottom.
White is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Warden will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Warden taking a bit of punishment here - White scoring with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warden is working to avoid the ground and pound but White connects with a decent elbow.
Warden struggling a bit here.
Warden takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
White trying to control the action but Warden is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warden is working to avoid the ground and pound but White connects with a decent elbow.
White in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Warden misses with an elbow from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam White 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.
White doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Warden moves into the clinch.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warden.
Warden misses with a punch on the inside.
Warden tries to score a body lock takedown but White shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nice body punch from Warden - that landed with a thud.
Warden jumps into guard, dragging White to the mat.
White works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Warden flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Warden is trying to get back to full guard.
Warden flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Warden trying to control from the bottom.
White landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
White looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Warden with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
White is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warden is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Warden is breathing heavily.
White is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
White looking to finish Warden with some ground and pound. This is bad for Warden!
Warden keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White with a couple of short strikes.
White landing strikes from the mount.
White landing strikes from the mount and Warden is in trouble!
White lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
White putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Adam White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White trying to control but Warden is having none of it.
Warden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White lands with some strikes.
Warden really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
White looking to control but Warden is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee warns Warden that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
White sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
White wants to control the pace but Warden is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warden is trying to stand up.
Warden is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
Warden is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Warden is trying desperately to improve position.
White working away from the top, dropping strikes.
White blocks Warden's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
White avoids the attempt from Warden to control.
White content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
White landing punches.
White fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
White raining down shots from the mount!
White is landing with some decent strikes but Warden is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
White fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Warden is looking to improve his position but White isn't that keen on the idea.
White lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warden flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
White lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
White looking to finish Warden with some ground and pound. This is bad for Warden!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam White dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
White throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Warden's waist but Warden gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing White off to one side.
White lands a two punch combo.
Warden tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
Warden stuffs the takedown attempt from White. White gets slowly back to his feet.
Warden clinches up against the cage.
Warden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Warden wants to control but White is having none of it.
Warden working to try and regain half guard.
White fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
White in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Warden is in a horrible position here. White smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White dominating with strikes here.
Warden is in a horrible position here. White smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
White landing shots from mount.
Warden wants to control but White is having none of it.
White lands a big shot there that rocks Warden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
White sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
White lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Warden is trying desperately to improve position.
White pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White raining down shots from the mount!
Warden is bucking up trying to escape but White cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee warns Warden that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Warden is rocked!
White landing punches.
Warden is still in real trouble! Can White finish him?
White lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
White is landing with some decent strikes but Warden is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
White controlling the pace for now.
Warden seems to have recovered his senses.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Warden can do to turn this around?
Warden wants to control but White is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warden is bucking up trying to escape but White cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by White.
Warden taking shots to the head.
Warden wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
BOOM! White connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jason Warden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
White landing strikes from the mount and Warden is in trouble!
White controlling from mount.
White trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
White looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Warden throwing hammer fists to the chest of White. What's that going to do exactly?
Warden is wriggling around trying to escape.
Warden swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Warden is bucking up trying to escape but White cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, White cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Adam White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Warden's face.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adam White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for White, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam White!
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