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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Heininger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen Red Nose as his entrance music. Craig White is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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160 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dennis Heininger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Craig White!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heininger throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Heininger.
Heininger throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Heininger throws a head kick that misses
and White counters with a head kick. That will keep Heininger thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Heininger throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Heininger misses with a few strikes there.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Heininger.
White wants to clinch.
White scores with a head kick.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White rushes Heininger and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
Heininger has a couple of punches blocked by White.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
White landing knees to the body.
Heininger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White blocking some punches.
Heininger misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by White.
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heininger's face.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heininger's face.
Heininger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heininger lands a left hand.
Heininger has a couple of punches blocked by White.
Heininger working aggressively here.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heininger working aggressively here.
White lands a nice knee to the body.
Heininger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White connects with a knee to the head.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Heininger fails to land.
Heininger throws a head punch that misses.
Heininger working aggressively here.
Heininger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heininger.
Heininger misses with some punches.
Heininger misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Heininger fails to land.
Heininger misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
White using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heininger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heininger misses with a short punch on the inside.
White stalls.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White blocks an uppercut.
Heininger has a couple of punches blocked by White.
Heininger misses with a short punch on the inside.
White lands a knee to the body.
Heininger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heininger misses with the head strike.
White with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heininger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heininger swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heininger misses with some punches.
White blocking some punches.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heininger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White crunches a lovely knee into Heininger's ribcage.
Heininger working aggressively here.
Heininger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heininger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch on the inside from Heininger fails to land.
Heininger throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Heininger fails to land.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dennis Heininger 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 fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dennis Heininger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White avoids the head kick by Heininger.
Dennis Heininger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heininger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heininger throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White closes the distance and clinches.
Heininger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heininger has a couple of punches blocked by White.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heininger misses with a short punch on the inside.
White blocking some punches.
Dennis Heininger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Heininger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heininger working aggressively here.
White lands a knee to the head.
Heininger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heininger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heininger working aggressively here.
White blocks an uppercut.
Heininger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heininger.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from White.
It looks like Dennis Heininger has been cut.
Heininger throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section.
White using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
White blocking some punches.
Heininger working aggressively here.
Heininger throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Heininger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White landing knees to the head.
Heininger swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
White is trying to maintain a safe position but Heininger gets an underhook and turns White into the cage.
Heininger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White scores a nice knee to the body.
Heininger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Heininger misses with the head strike.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Heininger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heininger misses with a hook from the clinch.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
White blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Heininger fails to land.
Heininger throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
White scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heininger throws a head punch that misses.
White blocks an uppercut.
White connects with a knee to the head.
Heininger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Heininger working aggressively here.
White stalling.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heininger misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heininger.
White landing knees to the head.
White with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
White taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heininger working aggressively here.
Heininger has a couple of punches blocked by White.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White landing knees to the head.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White blocking some punches.
White slowing the pace effectively.
White blocks an uppercut.
White working Heininger over with knees to the body.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Heininger working aggressively here.
Heininger takes a knee right on the jaw!
White scores with a knee to the head.
Heininger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heininger swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Heininger fails to land.
White content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dennis Heininger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dennis Heininger's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Heininger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heininger dives in and grabs White's left leg, looking for a takedown. White pushes down on Heininger's head and hops out.
No joy there for Heininger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heininger fails in his attempt to clinch.
White is looking to clinch but Heininger is avoiding it.
Heininger throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and White counters with a two punch combo.
White stuffs the takedown attempt from Heininger. Heininger gets slowly back to his feet.
White stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Heininger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heininger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Heininger falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a big head kick but Heininger shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heininger tries to clinch there but White circles away.
Heininger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Heininger shoots in but White avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Heininger misses with a body kick.
Heininger clinches with his opponent.
White lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heininger backwards.
White stalling.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heininger's face.
Heininger throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heininger misses with some punches.
Heininger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heininger throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White landing knees to the head.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Heininger blocks with his arms.
White blocks an uppercut.
Heininger misses with a short punch on the inside.
White connects with a knee to the head.
Heininger swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heininger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heininger.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heininger working aggressively here.
White connects with a knee to the head.
Heininger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Heininger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Heininger swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White connects with a knee to the head.
Heininger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
Heininger has a couple of punches blocked by White.
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heininger's face.
White with a knee to the head.
Heininger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White has Heininger pushed against the cage.
Knees to the body from White.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Heininger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Heininger misses with a punch on the inside.
Heininger has a couple of punches blocked by White.
Heininger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heininger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heininger misses with the head strike.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Heininger is blocking nicely.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White trying to stall but Heininger improves his position.
Craig White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dennis Heininger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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 Dennis Heininger.
Well Heininger 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dennis Heininger!
Dennis Heininger made sure to mention his sponsor, Nuclear Fight Gear in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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