PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Blue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Blue has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Blue
vs
White

175 cm
20
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Clothes for Gentlemen
Clothes for Gentlemen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Blue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jorge White!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a two punch combination.
Blue looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A combination from White does no damage.
Blue looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? White is fending him off so far but Blue persists. Nope, White circles away and we're back to standing.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Blue moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blue swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Blue showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Blue pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White tries to clinch but Blue moves away
and Blue counters with a left and a right that stings White.
White misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blue looks for a takedown but White sprawls well.
White throws a series of strikes that have Blue backpedaling.
White lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jorge White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White tries to bum rush Blue with a series of wild strikes but Blue uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Blue counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from White.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
White tries to clinch up but Blue circles away and keeps his distance.
White thuds his right hand into Blue's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blue fails to land with a series of punches.

White clinches.
Blue prevents White from breaking the clinch.
Blue fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Blue. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blue fails to pull the fight into his guard.
White is trying to stall.
Blue keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blue fails to pull the fight into his guard.
White has had enough of the clinch but Blue keeps him there for the moment.
Blue can't get the takedown.
Blue stalls.
Blue is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but White is keeping busy.
White is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
White is trying to break free.
White wants to break free but Blue has control.
White can't break the clinch.
White wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blue has him pressed against the cage.
White is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to break free.
White looking to slow down the pace here.
Blue has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. White is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
White has had enough of the clinch but Blue keeps him there for the moment.
Blue looking for a takedown.

Blue gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
White is looking to escape.
Blue is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blue is pressing down on White's thigh, looking to free his foot. White is holding on for now.
White keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
White keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blue is looking for a kimura but White is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Blue to get the leverage.
Blue not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Blue slips a nice elbow through White's hands, connecting with White's forehead.
Blue frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Blue raining down shots from the mount!

White is rocked!
White wants to try and get back to his feet.
White is still in real trouble! Can Blue finish him?
Blue sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
White really wants to buck Blue off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jorge White will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

White wants to clinch up but Blue keeps it at a distance.
Blue takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blue has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
John Blue is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White tries to clinch up.
Blue is on the wrong end of a nice combination from White.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White lands a two punch combo.
White fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blue on the side of the head.
White throws a combination that misses

and Blue counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for White!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Blue in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
White is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blue in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Blue sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Blue lands a big elbow.
White is trying to stand up.
Blue looking to control but White is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Blue has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
White tries to buck Blue off but he can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blue looking to control but White is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
White is trying to stand.
Blue scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish White?
White wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Blue lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
White is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Blue pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
White is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blue lands a heavy elbow.
Blue lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

White somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
White closes the distance but Blue moves to the side

and Blue counters by moving into the clinch.
White's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Blue wants to break free but White has control.
White can't break the clinch.
White tries to break the clinch but Blue is controlling the position.
White is trying to break free.
White has had enough of the clinch but Blue keeps him there for the moment.
White tries to stall but Blue uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blue breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White avoids a kick to the body.
Horrible takedown by Blue or perhaps it was just good defense by White which made him look bad.
Blue avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Blue moves into the clinch.
White is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Blue is keeping busy.

Blue turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Blue cracks White with a big right hand but White just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Blue tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blue throws a strike aimed at the side of White's head but White avoids it well.

White explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Blue dominated that second round.
That's time! Blue's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Blue darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Blue controlling the pace.
White is not content to let Blue control the position.
Blue performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Blue tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
White avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blue.
Blue is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White has hold of Blue's hands but Blue slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blue passes to side control.
White is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Blue thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
White is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
White is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blue prevents White from escaping the position.
White takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Blue prevents White from escaping the position.
Blue taking a breather here.
Blue cracks White with a big right hand but White just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
White is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Blue has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Blue working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
White is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
White is not content to let Blue control the position.
White is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Blue is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blue postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
White is pushing Blue's head away, looking to escape. Blue manages to hold on to the position though.
Blue is putting a hurting on White here, landing some big shots from side control.
White wants to get back to his feet.

Blue decides to stand back up.
Blue shoots in and drives through. White sprawls well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Blue checks a leg kick.
Blue throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White tries to clinch up

and Blue counters with a single leg into guard. White didn't expect that.
White is looking to stand up but Blue isn't so interested in that idea.
Blue trying to control but White is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blue won't allow White to get back to his feet.
Blue cracks White with a solid left hand.
Blue in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
White keeping moving, preventing Blue from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
White lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blue throws a quick head kick that skims the top of White's head.
White stuffs the takedown attempt from Blue. Blue gets slowly back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Blue showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blue 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Blue!