PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Meech Wilkes (ranked 4099 p4p, 24744 weight class) and Fredrik White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilkes comes to the cage accompanied by Dex Osama - “Truth”. The key to victory for Meech Wilkes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wilkes
vs
White

183 cm
18
180
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
29
180
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Meech Wilkes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fredrik White!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilkes throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Wilkes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wilkes throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
Wilkes catches White with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
White takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

White closes the distance and clinches.
White blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from White.
Wilkes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilkes trying to stall but White improves his position.
White lands an uppercut.

It looks like Meech Wilkes has been cut.
White scores with a hook to the body.
White lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from White.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wilkes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wilkes is trying to maintain a safe position but White gets an underhook and turns Wilkes into the cage.
Wilkes is trying to stall.
Maybe Wilkes would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Wilkes looking to slow down the pace here.
White working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wilkes is looking to control White's arms but White gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wilkes has his back to the cage.
Wilkes is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Meech Wilkes.
Wilkes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wilkes throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.

White gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
White scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wilkes misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from White.
White lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
Wilkes looking to stall.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.

Wilkes is rocked!
White lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Wilkes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilkes is trying to maintain a safe position but White gets an underhook and turns Wilkes into the cage.
Wilkes throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Wilkes seems to have got his legs back now.
White cracks Wilkes with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for White.
Wilkes is breathing heavily.
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from White.
White blocks a body shot from Wilkes.
White gets through Wilkes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilkes is looking to control White's arms but White gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wilkes has his back to the cage.
Wilkes is trying to push White away but White has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
White scores with a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from White as the two fighters clinch.

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

White drives through and clinches with Wilkes against the cage.

White drops Wilkes onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Wilkes is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White dips a shoulder and cracks Wilkes with a mighty uppercut! Wilkes falls back against the cage and White unloads with a barrage of strikes! Wilkes is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - White screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fredrik White!