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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Whitley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brady Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henderson has chosen Foggy Dew/Notorious as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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151 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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25
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Whitley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brady Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitley drives through with a takedown into Henderson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Henderson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Whitley throws a big elbow that misses.
Whitley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Whitley works over Henderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Whitley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Whitley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whitley throwing strikes from guard but Henderson blocks nicely.
Whitley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Henderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Whitley.
Henderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Whitley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitley scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Whitley with a nice head shot there.
Whitley drops back looking for a leg! Henderson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Henderson manages to kick Whitley off! Whitley jumps back into Henderson's guard.
Henderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Whitley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Whitley is working Henderson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Whitley connects with a couple of short punches.
Whitley working some strikes from top position.
Whitley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Whitley wants to stand but Henderson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Whitley with a flurry of punches that miss.
Whitley is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Whitley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Henderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitley postures up in Henderson's guard and throws a big left but Henderson blocks it.
Whitley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Whitley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Whitley drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Whitley jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Whitley is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Whitley gets to his feet - Henderson follows without any prompting.
Whitley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Henderson tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Henderson wants it to stay on the feet.
Whitley shoots in for a takedown but Henderson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Whitley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whitley scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Whitley working the ground and pound from side control.
Henderson tries to escape but Whitley is in control.
Whitley working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Whitley throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Whitley tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Whitley has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The strikes coming from Whitley are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitley working the head with strikes.
Whitley working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Whitley lands a decent elbow from side control.
Whitley in side control lands a decent elbow.
Whitley thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitley tries for a kimura but Henderson is defending well.
Whitley tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Whitley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Whitley closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Henderson quickly recovers to half guard.
Whitley throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henderson has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Whitley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henderson defending well though.
Henderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitley scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Whitley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Whitley 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.
Henderson is breathing heavily.
Whitley is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Whitley is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitley is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Whitley not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henderson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ron Whitley overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Henderson wants to control but Whitley is keeping busy.
Whitley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Whitley seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Henderson is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ron Whitley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
39% |
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