PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mangas Coloradas (ranked 537 p4p, 377 weight class) and Bruce White Jr (ranked 74 p4p, 56 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coloradas
vs
White Jr

181 cm
27
160
15 - 8 - 0

170 cm
36
155
25 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA 🏝️
© Trap House

Sakura Style
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mangas Coloradas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruce White Jr!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White Jr tries to keep at a distance but Coloradas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Coloradas connects with a knee to the head.
Coloradas has White Jr pushed against the cage.

Coloradas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

White Jr clinches up with Coloradas and pushes him back against the cage.

Coloradas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
White Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coloradas.
White Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coloradas with a nice calf kick.
Coloradas circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Coloradas does a little dance to reset his feet.

White Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
White Jr cracks Coloradas with a nice body shot.
Coloradas lands a left hand.
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 Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
White Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
White Jr misses with some punches.
White Jr tries to work over Coloradas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White Jr blocks a body shot from Coloradas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coloradas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

White Jr closes the distance and pushes Coloradas back into the cage.
White Jr lands a nice uppercut.
White Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coloradas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Coloradas.
Coloradas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White Jr.
White Jr pushes Coloradas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coloradas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
White Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coloradas misses with some punches.
Good body shot from White Jr.
Coloradas lands a left hand that snaps the head of White Jr backwards.
Coloradas blocking some punches.

Coloradas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White Jr tries to clinch up but Coloradas circles away and keeps his distance.
Coloradas thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on White Jr if he has to take too many more of those.
Coloradas checks a low kick from White Jr.
White Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coloradas keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr closes the distance looking to clinch
and Coloradas counters with a nice body kick.
White Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
White Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White Jr walks into a stiff left hand from Coloradas.
Good exchange - White Jr coming out on top.

It looks like Mangas Coloradas has been cut.
Coloradas has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Infamous Duranto Gym in the buildup to the fight.
White Jr misses with a wild body shot.
White Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
White Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Coloradas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
White Jr throws a jab when Coloradas was well out of range.

Coloradas closes the distance and clinches.
White Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coloradas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White Jr's elbow.
Coloradas blocking some punches.
White Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Coloradas uses good head movement to avoid it.
White Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Coloradas swings wildly with an uppercut but White Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.

Coloradas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Coloradas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Coloradas connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White Jr momentarily.
White Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Coloradas.
White Jr throws a counter combo.
A low kick from White Jr is predictable there
and Coloradas counters with an inside leg kick.
White Jr misses with a hook.
Coloradas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Coloradas blocks a leg kick.
Coloradas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White Jr.
Coloradas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Coloradas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Coloradas stuns White Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Coloradas's corner calls for a 1-2. Coloradas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

White Jr clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Coloradas avoids it.
White Jr tries to stall but Coloradas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Coloradas breaks the clinch.
White Jr is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Coloradas rather than just go for the knockout.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Coloradas does a little dance to reset his feet.

Coloradas closes the distance and pushes White Jr back into the cage.
Coloradas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coloradas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White Jr.
White Jr misses with a body punch.
White Jr tries a body shot but Coloradas blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Coloradas as the two fighters clinch.
White Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Coloradas controls the action.
White Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.

Coloradas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Coloradas moves into the clinch.
White Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coloradas managing to block the knees to the body from White Jr.
White Jr missing with knees to the body.
Coloradas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coloradas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
White Jr misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mangas Coloradas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mangas Coloradas's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

White Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
White Jr throws a sloppy body shot
and Coloradas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Coloradas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White Jr moves in looking to clinch but Coloradas pushes him off.
Coloradas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of White Jr's head.
Coloradas connects with a leg kick.
Coloradas lands with an uppercut that bounces White Jr off the cage and back into range.
White Jr closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

White Jr instigates a clinch.
Coloradas pushes White Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coloradas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White Jr tries to throw a body punch but Coloradas avoids it by throwing White Jr back against the cage.
Coloradas misses with some punches.

Coloradas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Coloradas moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Coloradas backwards.
Coloradas scores with a shoulder strike.
Coloradas is working White Jr over against the cage.
Coloradas tries to throw a body punch but White Jr avoids it by throwing Coloradas back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coloradas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Coloradas moves into range and clinches up with White Jr.
White Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
White Jr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Coloradas's defenses.
Coloradas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Coloradas tries to throw a body punch but White Jr avoids it by throwing Coloradas back against the cage.
White Jr lands with a right to the head.
White Jr tries a knee to the head but Coloradas blocks it.
Coloradas lands a knee to the head.
Coloradas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Coloradas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
White Jr tries to stall but Coloradas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Coloradas throws a head punch that misses.
White Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Coloradas is defending well for now.
Coloradas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Coloradas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Coloradas blocks with his arms.
White Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
White Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Coloradas lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Coloradas avoids the damage to the body.
Coloradas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coloradas pushes White Jr back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Coloradas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has White Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Coloradas lands a hook that snaps the head of White Jr backwards.
Coloradas misses with some punches.
Coloradas blocks an uppercut.
Coloradas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Coloradas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White Jr is looking to clinch.
White Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coloradas.
White Jr misses with a shot to the body
and Coloradas counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Coloradas has managed to clinch.
Coloradas tries to land a knee to the head but White Jr blocks with his arms.
Coloradas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White Jr.
Coloradas wants to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
White Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.

Coloradas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Coloradas's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coloradas throws a big shot that misses.
White Jr connects with a body shot.
Coloradas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
White Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coloradas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
White Jr wants to clinch up but Coloradas keeps it at a distance.
White Jr takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

White Jr moves into the clinch successfully.
Coloradas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White Jr missing with knees to the body.
Coloradas misses with a body punch.
White Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coloradas backwards.
White Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Coloradas is defending well for now.
White Jr trying to land knees to the body.
White Jr blocks a body shot from Coloradas.
Coloradas has White Jr pushed against the cage.
Coloradas tries to throw a body punch but White Jr avoids it by throwing Coloradas back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Coloradas breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Coloradas moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Coloradas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Coloradas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Coloradas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Coloradas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Coloradas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Coloradas connects with a right hand. White Jr shakes it off.
Coloradas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Coloradas closes the distance and pushes White Jr back into the cage.
Coloradas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
White Jr misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Coloradas on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mangas Coloradas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mangas Coloradas'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Coloradas clinches up against the cage.
Coloradas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White Jr working aggressively here.
White Jr misses with a knee strike.
Coloradas takes a knee to the side of the body.
White Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Coloradas misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for White Jr.
Coloradas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White Jr can do to turn this around?
White Jr trying to land knees to the body.
Coloradas lands a right hand that snaps the head of White Jr backwards.
Coloradas takes a shot to the head.
Coloradas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coloradas tries to break free but White Jr pushes him back against the cage.
Coloradas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short body shot lands from White Jr as the two fighters clinch.
White Jr works on Coloradas's body with a couple of short punches.
White Jr pushes Coloradas back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
White Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Coloradas won't want to take too many of those.
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!
A short right from White Jr on the inside.
Mangas Coloradas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White Jr tries to work over Coloradas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White Jr throws a head punch that misses.
White Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coloradas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Coloradas avoids the elbow strike from White Jr, against the cage.
White Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coloradas's elbow.
White Jr tries a body shot but Coloradas blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White Jr.
White Jr missing with knees to the body.
White Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White Jr tries a body shot but Coloradas blocks it.
White Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
White Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coloradas prevents a body shot from White Jr.
White Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Coloradas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Coloradas managing to block the knees to the body from White Jr.
Bruce White Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from White Jr.
White Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coloradas's elbow.
White Jr tries to work over Coloradas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coloradas managing to block the knees to the body from White Jr.
Nice body punch from White Jr - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
White Jr tries a body shot but Coloradas blocks it.
A hook to the body from Coloradas.
Coloradas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White Jr works on Coloradas's body with a couple of short punches.
White Jr tries a body shot but Coloradas blocks it.
White Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Coloradas controls the action.
Coloradas blocks a body shot from White Jr.
White Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Coloradas blocks a body shot from White Jr.
A head punch on the inside from White Jr fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White Jr tries to throw a body punch but Coloradas avoids it by throwing White Jr back against the cage.
White Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
White Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
White Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Coloradas uses good head movement to avoid it.
White Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Coloradas controls his hands.
White Jr trying to land knees to the body.
White Jr misses with the head strike.
Coloradas prevents a body shot from White Jr.
White Jr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Coloradas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White Jr trying to control the position but instead, Coloradas has worked for underhooks and has pushed White Jr into the cage.
White Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Coloradas avoids the damage to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce White Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Coloradas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mangas Coloradas!
A very excited looking Mangas Coloradas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Bruce White Jr stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm sorry. I should have done better.'.