PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edson Blois (ranked 5402 p4p, 5760 weight class) and Terry White (ranked 548 p4p, 566 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Terry White enters the cage!

Blois
vs
White

190 cm
18
207
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
200
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

The Stuff
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edson Blois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Terry White!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws out a loose jab but Blois uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blois scores with a shot to the body.
Edson Blois seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Blois.
Blois cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Good shot there by Blois.
Blois ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
White takes one on the button.
Blois lands with a shot to the body.
Blois lands the left hand.
Blois takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White swinging wildly here.
Blois throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blois avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Blois, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blois.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blois misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blois throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blois misses with a looping left.
Blois throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blois throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blois lands an overhand right.
Nice defenses there by White.
Blois swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blois scores with a jab to the jaw.
White throws a series of punches but Blois avoids them all with ease.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blois misses with the combination.
Blois stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that White has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Blois misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Blois both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Terry White has been cut.
A left lands for Blois.
White swinging wildly here.
Blois misses with a wild body shot.
White is looking for the big counter here.
White cracks Blois with a good jab.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Blois misses its intended target.
Blois scores with a sloppy right hand. White should have avoided that one.
Blois throws a body shot but no joy.
Blois throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Despite the aggression on White's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White swings for the body but Blois moves out of range.
White misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Blois. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Blois misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blois fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Blois showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Blois with a jab.
Jab, jab by White - just one landing.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blois.
Blois swings widly with a right hand
letting White counter with a right hand.
A big left from Blois misses.
Blois throws an off balance right hand
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
White defending well as Blois loads up on a big left hand.
Blois misses with a body shot.
Blois avoids the body shot from White.
White tries to move into range but Blois moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
White is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Blois rather than just go for the knockout.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
Blois is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Blois misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blois.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blois.
Jab by Blois.
White misses with the combination.
Blois darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blois throws a hook but White blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Blois misses the target.
White tries to clinch but Blois moves out of range.
White slips a jab and a cross from Blois.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blois takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White drops his hands momentarily and Blois takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
White takes a swing at Blois's ribcage but misses.
Blois throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edson Blois dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terry White's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

White moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Edson Blois has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blois. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White loads up on a big right hand but Blois slips the punch.
White lands a jab to Blois's midsection.
Blois throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Blois counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Terry White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blois misses with a combination
and White counters with a two punch combo.
White with a nice cross.
Blois throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
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!
Blois tries to move into range but White moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

White cracks Blois with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Blois looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can White finish him?

Blois is rocked!
White swings for the body but Blois moves out of range.
Oh Blois is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blois is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Blois throws a big shot that misses.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blois seems to have got his legs back now.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blois.
Blois misses with a hook
and White counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a wild combination.

White cracks Blois with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. White has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Blois to stand back up!
White slips a jab from Blois.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blois.
Blois throws a body shot but no joy.
Edson Blois is winning the standup battle so far.
Blois misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blois looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blois ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blois throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck White on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by White.
Blois misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White slips under a jab.
Blois misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blois.
A nice side step and White releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Blois connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blois misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Edson Blois's cut is getting worse.
White feints a jab promting Blois to slip. White then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Blois slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Blois jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blois takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blois looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White with a nice cross.
Blois dodges the punch combination from White.
White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
White takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blois.
Blois throws a sloppy body shot
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blois bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps White's head backwards.
Blois connects with a nice looking jab.
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blois misses the shot to the body.
Blois throws a combination that misses
and White counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
White scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Edson Blois's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Blois misses with a body shot
and White counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blois.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.

White darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
White is looking to stall here but Blois recovers full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White wanted to stand there but Blois had control of the position.

White is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Blois has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. White is looking to defend but Blois has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for White! Blois pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, White taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Edson Blois!