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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between roger whitmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley Beaudin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley Beaudin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 cm
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195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
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190 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, roger whitmore! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Riley Beaudin! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! whitmore moves into the clinch. Beaudin is stalling here.
Beaudin scores with a shot to the side of whitmore's head. whitmore has hold of one of Beaudin's legs. Beaudin is fighting the takedown attempt but whitmore gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. Beaudin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with whitmore. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Beaudin looking for a sweep. Not yet Beaudin, not yet. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Beaudin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Beaudin keeping full guard, as whitmore tries to pass. whitmore won't allow Beaudin to get back to his feet. Beaudin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. whitmore scores with a decent looking elbow strike. whitmore stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Beaudin swivels though and keeps the full guard. Beaudin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst whitmore is controlling him. whitmore controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. whitmore missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. whitmore trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Beaudin manages to land a sweep and now he's on top! whitmore is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Beaudin trying to control the position from guard on top but whitmore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Beaudin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. There's a bit of a scramble here and now whitmore is on top in guard.
Beaudin wants to stand up but whitmore is controlling him. whitmore working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. whitmore trying to control the position from guard on top but Beaudin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. whitmore prevents Beaudin from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. whitmore pushing down on Beaudin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. Beaudin tries to get to full guard but whitmore has control of the leg. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Beaudin pushes whitmore off but whitmore dives into side control.
whitmore working the ground and pound. whitmore trying to control the action but Beaudin is working from the bottom. Beaudin tries to get back to half guard but can't. Beaudin looks gassed! whitmore is trying to get an arm triangle but Beaudin is defending well. Beaudin wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Beaudin is trying to improve his position. whitmore has an Americana. Beaudin didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! whitmore is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if whitmore hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). roger whitmore!
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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
45% |
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