PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xain Zhao (ranked 555 p4p, 300 weight class) and Jacob White (ranked 86 p4p, 47 weight class). Zhao comes to the cage accompanied by I love Friday. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zhao
vs
White

180 cm
27
182
9 - 3 - 0

181 cm
27
173
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Xain Zhao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jacob White!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhao tries to clinch but fails miserably
and White counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Xain Zhao has been cut.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
White cracks Zhao with an open hand slap.
White circles away from the clinch attempt
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

White gets tackled into the cage by Zhao. Zhao maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zhao wants to clinch but White slips to the side
and Zhao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White misses with a hook. Zhao ducked under it nicely.
White connects with a looping right hand.
Zhao tries to clinch up
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Zhao moves to clinch but White breaks away
and White counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhao tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
White has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Zhao slips a jab from White.
Zhao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by White.
Zhao tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zhao takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Zhao is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a jab when Zhao was well out of range.
White lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oh Zhao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zhao tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
Zhao seems to have got his legs back now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zhao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White throws a hook to the side of Zhao's head but Zhao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zhao.
White throws a shot from downtown. Zhao moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Zhao on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
White throws a jab when Zhao was well out of range.
Zhao tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Zhao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
Zhao throwing a counter right hand but White manages to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zhao with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling White to score with a decent uppercut.

Zhao closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xain Zhao's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zhao tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zhao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
Zhao moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big left from White misses.
Zhao is looking to counter punch.
Zhao slips under a jab.
It looked like Zhao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhao is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
White swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
White cracks Zhao with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhao takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jacob White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zhao wants to clinch but White slips to the side
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zhao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White looks to land a right hand but Zhao moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Zhao misses the target.
White looks to throw the jab but Zhao is out of range.
It looked like Zhao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zhao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
White misses with an uppercut. Zhao saw that one coming.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Zhao misses the target.
White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zhao tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and White counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Zhao.
White missing with a left hand there. Zhao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zhao fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zhao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
Zhao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zhao takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

White sends Zhao crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! White is motioning to the referee to let Zhao up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhao tries to clinch but fails miserably
and White scores with a counter punch that sends Zhao to the canvas! White smells blood - he's punishing Zhao with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Zhao has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob White!
Jacob White seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.