PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tad Whippet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Todorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Whippet
vs
Todorov

180 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 Rio de Janeiro, Tad Whippet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Todorov!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Todorov throws a head kick that misses.
Todorov tries to clinch up.

Todorov has closed the distance and engaged Whippet in a clinch.
Todorov lands a nice elbow.
Whippet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Todorov avoids it.
Todorov throws an elbow that misses.
Todorov fails to pull guard.
Whippet landing knees to the head.
Todorov misses with a knee strike.
Whippet crunches a lovely knee into Todorov's ribcage.
Whippet stalls.
Todorov missing with knees to the body.
Whippet content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Todorov tries to stall but Whippet uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Todorov tries to land knees in the clinch but Whippet avoids the damage to the body.
Todorov managing to block the knees to the body from Whippet.
Todorov tries to land knees in the clinch but Whippet avoids the damage to the body.
Whippet misses with a knee strike.
Whippet scores with a knee to the head.
Whippet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Todorov looks gassed!
Whippet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Todorov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whippet missing with knees to the body.
Whippet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Whippet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Todorov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Whippet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Whippet landing knees to the body.
Whippet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Todorov's face.
Whippet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Whippet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Todorov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whippet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Whippet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Todorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Todorov tries to stall but Whippet uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Todorov misses with an elbow over the top.
Whippet is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Todorov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whippet.
Todorov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Whippet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Todorov avoids it.
Knees to the body from Todorov.
Todorov is trying to break free.
Whippet working Todorov over with knees to the body.
Todorov is trying to stall.
Whippet avoiding damage as Todorov throws knees to the body.
Todorov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Todorov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Whippet lands an elbow just above Todorov 's eye.
Todorov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Todorov is trying to stall.
Whippet takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whippet pushes off an throws an elbow but Todorov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Todorov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Todorov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Todorov misses with an elbow strike.
Todorov working Whippet over with knees to the body.
Whippet scores with a knee to the head.
Whippet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Todorov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whippet.
Whippet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Todorov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Todorov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whippet tries to land knees in the clinch but Todorov avoids the damage to the body.
Todorov crunches a lovely knee into Whippet's ribcage.
Whippet tries to land knees in the clinch but Todorov avoids the damage to the body.
Todorov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Todorov taking a breather.
Whippet lands a nice knee to the body.
Whippet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Todorov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whippet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Todorov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Whippet's brow.
Whippet tries to land a knee to the head but Todorov blocks with his arms.
Todorov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whippet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Whippet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Todorov tries to stall but Whippet uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Todorov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Todorov.
Whippet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Todorov taking a breather.
Whippet lands a good knee to the midsection. Todorov won't want to take too many of those.
Todorov tries to pull guard but Whippet won't allow it.
Tad Whippet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Todorov.
Todorov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whippet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Todorov is defending well for now.
Todorov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whippet is defending well for now.
Todorov tries to land knees in the clinch but Whippet avoids the damage to the body.
Whippet with a knee to the head.
Todorov tries to land knees in the clinch but Whippet avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Whippet.
Todorov trying to land knees to the body.
Whippet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Todorov taking a breather.
Whippet tries to stall but Todorov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Todorov lands an elbow that stopped Whippet in his tracks for a moment.
Whippet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Todorov's face.
Todorov trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Todorov as Whippet tries to tie him up.
Whippet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Todorov.
Whippet trying to land knees to the body.
Whippet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Todorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Todorov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Whippet stalling in the clinch but Todorov improves position.
Todorov misses with a knee to the head.
Todorov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Todorov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Whippet lands a good knee to the midsection. Todorov won't want to take too many of those.
Whippet misses with a knee to the head.
Todorov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Todorov tries to pull guard but Whippet holds him up against the cage and eventually Todorov drops back down to his feet.
Todorov managing to block the knees to the body from Whippet.
Whippet misses with a knee strike.

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

Todorov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Whippet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Whippet lands a nice knee to the body.
Todorov misses with a punch to the body.
Todorov misses with a punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whippet trying to control the position but instead, Todorov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Whippet into the cage.
Whippet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Whippet trying to control the position but instead, Todorov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Whippet into the cage.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tad Whippet dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Whippet darts in trying to clinch

and Todorov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Todorov.
Whippet takes a knee right on the jaw!
Todorov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Whippet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Todorov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tad Whippet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Todorov throws an elbow that misses.
Whippet taking a breather.
Whippet landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whippet.
Whippet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Todorov's defenses.
Todorov is looking to control Whippet's arms but Whippet gets an underhook and turns him. Now Todorov has his back to the cage.
Whippet connects with a knee to the head.
Whippet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Todorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Todorov missing with knees to the body.
Todorov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Todorov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whippet.
Todorov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Todorov lands an elbow that stopped Whippet in his tracks for a moment.
Whippet dodges an elbow strike from Todorov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Todorov is trying to maintain a safe position but Whippet gets an underhook and turns Todorov into the cage.
Todorov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whippet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whippet lands a good knee to the midsection. Todorov won't want to take too many of those.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
Whippet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Todorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Todorov missing with knees to the body.
Whippet misses with a knee to the head.
Whippet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Todorov.
Todorov misses with a knee strike.
Whippet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Whippet working Todorov over with knees to the body.
Whippet landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Todorov tries a knee to the head but Whippet blocks it.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
Todorov managing to block the knees to the body from Whippet.
Todorov looking to stall.
Whippet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Todorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Todorov with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Whippet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Todorov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Whippet landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Whippet scores a nice knee to the body.
Todorov tries to break the clinch but Whippet is controlling the position.
Todorov managing to block the knees to the body from Whippet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Todorov throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Todorov fails to land.
Todorov throws an elbow that misses.
Todorov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Todorov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Whippet avoids it.
Whippet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whippet tries to land a knee to the head but Todorov blocks with his arms.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
Whippet is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Todorov is keeping busy.
Todorov working aggressively here.
Todorov scores with a knee to the head.
Todorov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Todorov looking to throw knees to the head but Whippet is blocking nicely.
Whippet working Todorov over with knees to the body.
Whippet controlling the action here for a moment.
Whippet scores with a knee to the head.
Todorov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Todorov tries a knee to the head but Whippet blocks it.
Todorov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Todorov tries to land a knee to the head but Whippet blocks with his arms.
Todorov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whippet effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Todorov is looking to control Whippet's arms but Whippet gets an underhook and turns him. Now Todorov has his back to the cage.
Whippet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Todorov takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Todorov.
Todorov is trying to maintain a safe position but Whippet gets an underhook and turns Todorov into the cage.
Todorov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whippet.
Todorov taking a breather.
Todorov trying to land knees to the body.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
Todorov swings wildly with an uppercut but Whippet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todorov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Whippet avoids it.
Todorov avoiding damage as Whippet throws knees to the body.
Todorov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Todorov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Whippet has him pressed against the cage.
Todorov tries to land knees in the clinch but Whippet avoids the damage to the body.
Todorov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whippet.

Todorov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whippet tries to clinch but Todorov moves out of range.
Todorov tries to clinch but Whippet moves away
and Whippet counters with a nice kick to the body.
Todorov is looking to clinch but Whippet is avoiding it.
Todorov shoots in for a takedown but Whippet shows good takedown defense.
Whippet tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Todorov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Todorov tries to land knees in the clinch but Whippet avoids the damage to the body.
Todorov throws an elbow that misses.
Todorov looking to stall.
Whippet effectively controlling the action here.
Whippet connects with a knee to the head.
Whippet throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Todorov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice elbow from Todorov.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Whippet as Todorov tries to tie him up.
Whippet scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whippet is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Whippet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Todorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Whippet pushes off an throws an elbow but Todorov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Todorov stalling in the clinch.
Todorov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whippet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tad Whippet dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Todorov moves into the clinch.
Todorov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Whippet avoids it.
Todorov looking to throw knees to the head but Whippet is blocking nicely.
Whippet will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Todorov up against the cage.
Whippet pushes off an throws an elbow but Todorov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Todorov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Whippet smiles and moves away.
Todorov clinches but Whippet breaks the clinch

and Whippet counters by clinching up.
Todorov missing with knees to the body.
Whippet missing with knees to the body.
Whippet blocks an elbow strike.
Whippet missing with knees to the body.
Whippet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Todorov is defending well for now.
Todorov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whippet is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Todorov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Whippet misses with a knee strike.
Whippet prevents a takedown attempt there.
Todorov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Todorov struggles to land a body shot inside as Whippet controls his hands.
Todorov looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todorov letting Whippet take a breather here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Todorov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whippet.
Whippet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Todorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
Whippet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Todorov is defending well for now.
Todorov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Whippet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Todorov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whippet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Todorov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Whippet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Todorov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Whippet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Todorov is defending well for now.
Whippet landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Todorov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Todorov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Todorov lands an elbow inside that Whippet shrugs off.
Whippet scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Todorov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whippet blocks it with crossed arms.
Whippet avoiding damage as Todorov throws knees to the body.
Whippet missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Todorov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Whippet.
Whippet blocks an elbow strike from Todorov.
Whippet is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Todorov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whippet misses with a knee strike.
Todorov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Todorov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Todorov as Whippet tries to tie him up.
Maybe Whippet would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Todorov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Todorov trying to control the position but instead, Whippet has worked for underhooks and has pushed Todorov into the cage.
Whippet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Todorov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
Whippet will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Todorov up against the cage.
Todorov can't get the takedown.
Tad Whippet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Todorov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Todorov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Todorov clinches but Whippet breaks the clinch
and Whippet counters with a solid body kick.
Todorov darts in trying to clinch

and Whippet counters by moving into the clinch.
Whippet misses with a knee strike.
Todorov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Todorov missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Todorov.
Todorov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whippet's elbow.
Whippet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Whippet.
Todorov managing to block the knees to the body from Whippet.
Todorov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Todorov tries to break the clinch but Whippet is controlling the position.
Whippet managing to block the knees to the body from Todorov.
Whippet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Whippet.
Todorov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Whippet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Whippet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Todorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whippet blocks an elbow strike from Todorov.
Whippet avoiding damage as Todorov throws knees to the body.
Whippet lands a nice knee to the body.
Whippet avoids the elbow strike from Todorov, against the cage.
Todorov missing with knees to the body.
Whippet tries a knee to the head but Todorov blocks it.
Todorov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whippet's face.
Todorov tries to pull guard but Whippet won't allow it.
Todorov scores with a knee to the head.
Whippet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Todorov avoids it.
Whippet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Todorov working hard to break the clinch.
Todorov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whippet dodges an elbow strike from Todorov.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Todorov tries to land knees in the clinch but Whippet avoids the damage to the body.
Whippet dodges an elbow strike from Todorov.
Todorov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Whippet prevents Todorov from breaking the clinch.
Whippet missing with knees to the body.
Whippet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Anderson Todorov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whippet blocks an elbow strike from Todorov.
Todorov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tad Whippet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whippet has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tad Whippet!