PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray White (ranked 4249 p4p, 3780 weight class) and Insane Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Insane Warrior is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

White
vs
Warrior

164 cm
25
141
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
135
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Insane Warrior!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a takedown
and Warrior counters with a nice body shot.
Warrior thows a left - swing and a miss!
Warrior throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck White on the side of the head.
Warrior lands a slapping body shot.
White is looking to score with low kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Warrior! But no joy.
White throws a hook but Warrior blocks it.
Warrior appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Warrior lands a nice shot that snaps White's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warrior lands a slapping body shot.
Warrior scores with a punch to the head.
White attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Warrior wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Warrior checks the leg kick nicely there.
Warrior looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Warrior.
White misses the body punch
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Warrior blocks a low kick nicely.
A nice side step and Warrior releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Warrior dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Warrior uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warrior scores with the left hand. White knows he should have avoided that one.
Warrior cracks White with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White throws a leg kick but Warrior sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice side step and Warrior releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Warrior avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Warrior was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
White throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice straight punches there by Warrior. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Warrior.
A shot to the body from White misses
and Warrior counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Warrior looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Warrior counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Insane Warrior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from White does no damage.
White looking to land some kicks to the body here.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Warrior.
White swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Warrior counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Warrior scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
White swings away with a leg kick that misses.
White walks into a left hand.
White takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
White misses with a shot to the body
and Warrior counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warrior lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White thows a leg kick but Warrior checks it
and Warrior counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

White is rocked!
White throws a predictable looking body shot
and Warrior counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
White takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Warrior drops White with a straight right hand, right on the button! Warrior follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Insane Warrior!
During a confident post fight interview, Insane Warrior thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.