PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hilajoen Antti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanson White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antti comes to the cage accompanied by Tulin minä kaapista ulos. The crowd seem to be enjoying White's choice of entrance music: Cumshots - Dead man`s hand. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Antti
vs
White

168 cm
21
163 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
164 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Control Nutrition

Hell's Kitchen Clothing

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hilajoen Antti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hanson White!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Antti.
Antti throws a shot to the body.
Antti swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
White takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
Antti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Antti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Antti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
White misses with a body kick.
White slips under a jab.
White staying out of range there.

Antti drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
White has one of Antti's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White can't do much from the bottom here.
Antti throwing shots but missing, from side control.
White can't do much from the bottom here.
White prevents Antti from improving position.
Antti in side control, throwing shots but White defends.

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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Antti throws a jab but it's blocked by White.

White darts in and clinches Antti up against the cage.
Antti managing to block the knees to the body from White.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
White working aggressively here.
Antti misses with a hook to the ribs.
White scores with a shoulder strike.
White wants to break free but Antti has control.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Antti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Antti lands a hook to the side of the head.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Antti working hard to break the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Antti scores with a nice short uppercut.
White with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
White trying to land knees to the body.
Antti is really struggling to find his range with his punches. White's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Antti can't break the clinch.
Antti lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Antti avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
Antti tries to pull guard but White won't allow it.
Antti dodges an elbow strike from White.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Antti is defending well for now.
Antti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Antti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Antti.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Antti managing to block the knees to the body from White.
Antti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
White throws an elbow that misses.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
White misses with a knee strike.
White lands a nice elbow.
White crunches a lovely knee into Antti's ribcage.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Antti can't get the takedown.
Antti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Antti scores with a nice hook to the head.
Antti is working White over against the cage.
Antti is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antti managing to block the knees to the body from White.
Antti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Antti.
Antti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Antti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Antti misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White scores with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Antti.
Antti misses with an uppercut.
A clash of legs there as Antti blocks the low kick.
Antti lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Antti.
Antti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Antti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hilajoen Antti 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.

Antti missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White takes one to the chin there.
White slips under a jab from Antti.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
White wants to clinch up but Antti keeps it at a distance.
Antti misses with a wild body shot.
White misses with an attempted mid kick.
Antti misses with a hook.
Antti misses with a body shot
and White makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White throws a nice head kick!
Antti lands with a shot to the body.
A cross from Antti lands.
Antti misses with a takedown
and White counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antti looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Antti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White slips a straight right by Antti.
Antti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Antti throws a jab when White was well out of range.

White moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Antti.
White lands an elbow just above Antti 's eye.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Antti.
Knees to the body from White.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Antti blocks the elbow strike.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Antti tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Antti scores with a shot to the side of White's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Antti lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Antti blocks the elbow strike.

Antti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White is looking to clinch.
White throws a nice looking combination but Antti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White tries to clinch up.
Antti misses with a double jab
and White counters with a leg kick.
White throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Antti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Antti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White with a poor takedown
and Antti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hilajoen Antti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antti checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Antti shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has White pinned against the cage. White gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Antti throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
Antti throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Antti throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Antti swings and misses with a shot to the body
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Antti circles away.
Antti bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Antti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antti slips under a jab.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Antti if he has to take too many more of those.
Antti misses the jab.

Antti scores with a takedown into White's guard.
White is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanson White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Antti missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Antti misses with a looping left.
White slaps away a takedown attempt from Antti, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hanson White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White misses the shot to the body.
Antti moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Antti. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antti moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Antti throws out the jab.
A big left from Antti misses.
White scores with a leg kick.
A left lands for Antti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by White.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
Antti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
White lands a high kick!
White throws a low kick but it's checked well by Antti.
Nice defenses there by Antti.
Antti swings away with a body shot that misses
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Antti lands with an overhand left.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
White throws a push kick but Antti slaps the foot to one side.
Antti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick that misses.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Antti misses with an uppercut.
White misses with a kick to the body.

Antti shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
White is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Antti might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Antti works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Antti prevents White from improving his position.
White is looking to control Antti's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can White avoid being mounted?
White is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Antti is staying active.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antti wants to take a breather but White is having none of it.
Antti sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. White defending well though.
Antti passes into side control, despite White's attempt to control the position.
Antti is trying to ground and pound but White uses the momentary lack of control by Antti to regain half guard.
White trying to hold on to Antti's head to control him but Antti postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Antti misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Antti swings for the body but White moves out of range.
White moves into range and connects with a jab.
Antti misses with an uppercut.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Antti looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Antti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Antti throws a hook but White blocks it.
Antti lands with an overhand left.
Antti fails with the takedown.
White goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Antti throws a jab when White was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hanson White.
I think White has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Hanson White!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Hanson White!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Hanson White!

Hanson White wins by unanimous decision!