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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douglass Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlo Van Greunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
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198 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Douglass Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlo Van Greunen!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Greunen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Whitaker pushes Van Greunen off and gets back to his feet.
Whitaker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Van Greunen finds it's way round the side to connect with Whitaker's head.
It looks like Douglass Whitaker has been cut.
Whitaker doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Greunen circles away.
Whitaker closes the distance and clinches.
Van Greunen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker is trying to control but can't.
Van Greunen prevents Whitaker from standing back up.
Whitaker is not content to let Van Greunen control the position.
Whitaker on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Whitaker tries to get to full guard but Van Greunen has control of the leg.
Van Greunen wants to get back to his feet.
Van Greunen is trying to control the action in half guard but Whitaker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker gets back to full guard.
Van Greunen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Van Greunen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Whitaker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Whitaker has Van Greunen pulled in close to control his posture.
Whitaker lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Van Greunen!
Whitaker lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Van Greunen hang on?
Van Greunen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Whitaker scoring with strikes but Van Greunen is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker moves to the back position.
Whitaker scores with punches from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Van Greunen.
Whitaker is throwing strikes by Van Greunen counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Van Greunen regains half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Whitaker working the head and body with strikes.
Whitaker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whitaker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Whitaker working Van Greunen over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whitaker working Van Greunen over with strikes.
Van Greunen is trying to control but can't.
Van Greunen wants to improve his position but Whitaker is controlling well.
Van Greunen looks winded!
Van Greunen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Van Greunen's head.
Van Greunen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Whitaker scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Whitaker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Whitaker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Whitaker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Whitaker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Van Greunen has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Whitaker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Van Greunen wants to control but Whitaker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Whitaker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Whitaker working Van Greunen over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Whitaker.
Van Greunen has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Van Greunen keeps control of the position for the meantime.
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!
Van Greunen looks like he's trying to stand up.
Van Greunen wants to improve his position but Whitaker is controlling well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Greunen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Van Greunen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Whitaker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Whitaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Whitaker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Douglass Whitaker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Douglass Whitaker's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Whitaker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whitaker jumps guard and drags Van Greunen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Whitaker lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Van Greunen!
Whitaker lands a big shot there that rocks Van Greunen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Van Greunen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Whitaker lands a big shot there that rocks Van Greunen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Whitaker landing strikes from the mount.
Whitaker has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Van Greunen's face.
Whitaker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitaker with the ground and pound from mount.
Whitaker lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Van Greunen hang on?
The referee warns Van Greunen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Van Greunen is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Van Greunen is trying desperately to improve position.
Whitaker has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Van Greunen's face.
Whitaker landing strikes from the mount and Van Greunen is in trouble!
Whitaker raining down shots from the mount!
Van Greunen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Whitaker lands a nice shot to the head.
Whitaker lands a big elbow.
Whitaker lands a nice shot to the head.
Whitaker jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Van Greunen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's two 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!
Whitaker lands a nice forearm strike.
Van Greunen tries to improve position but can't.
Whitaker looks up at the clock and then as Van Greunen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Whitaker smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Van Greunen looking for a sweep but Whitaker has passed into full mount! Oh no!
A nice elbow there by Whitaker.
Whitaker lands with some strikes.
Whitaker cracks Van Greunen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Van Greunen taking shots to the head.
Van Greunen tries to lock up and control but Whitaker gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Whitaker raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker breaks from Van Greunen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Whitaker postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Van Greunen looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Whitaker connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Whitaker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Van Greunen is working to get back to half guard.
Whitaker landing shots from mount.
Whitaker working for a guillotine from mount but Van Greunen is in no mood to give up.
Whitaker avoids the attempt from Van Greunen to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker landing strikes from the mount and Van Greunen is in trouble!
Van Greunen wants to control but Whitaker is having none of it.
Whitaker lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Van Greunen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitaker is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Van Greunen has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Whitaker pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitaker with the ground and pound from mount.
Van Greunen is trying to escape the mount.
Whitaker with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Douglass Whitaker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Douglass Whitaker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Van Greunen closes the distance but Whitaker moves to the side
and Whitaker counters by clinching up.
Whitaker is trying to break the clinch but Van Greunen is controlling him.
Whitaker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Van Greunen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Whitaker dodges the punch combination from Van Greunen.
Whitaker rushes Van Greunen and presses him up against the cage.
Whitaker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Greunen scores with a takedown into Whitaker's guard.
Whitaker trying to keep a closed guard but Van Greunen is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Greunen wants to control from the top but Whitaker keeps moving.
Van Greunen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whitaker looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Whitaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Greunen can do to turn this around?
Van Greunen throwing strikes but missing.
Whitaker is pulling down on Van Greunen's head. It's preventing any offense from Van Greunen, at least for the moment.
Douglass Whitaker has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Van Greunen swats away the attempt to clinch by Whitaker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Greunen swats away the attempt to clinch by Whitaker.
Van Greunen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Whitaker is looking to improve his position.
Van Greunen is trying to control the action in half guard but Whitaker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Whitaker is positioning himself well to prevent Van Greunen advancing to mount.
Van Greunen is trying to control. Whitaker wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Whitaker preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlo Van Greunen has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Van Greunen keeps the fight on the outside.
Whitaker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Greunen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Greunen dives in and scores a takedown into Whitaker's guard.
Whitaker pulls Van Greunen in close to prevent any damage.
Whitaker pushes Van Greunen off and gets back to his feet.
Van Greunen tries to clinch but Whitaker moves away
and Whitaker counters with a shoot takedown. Van Greunen fights it but they end up in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Greunen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Whitaker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Van Greunen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Whitaker taking shots to the head.
Whitaker is squirming around, avoiding Van Greunen's attempts to control the action.
Van Greunen goes for an armbar but Whitaker turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Whitaker.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Greunen working a defensive guard here.
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 Douglass Whitaker.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Whitaker, 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Douglass Whitaker!
The defeated Carlo Van Greunen had this to say: 'You win some you lose some! Just have to train harder for the next fight'.
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energy
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RATING
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