PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pure White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Leno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leno has chosen My Monologue as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

White
vs
Leno

193 cm
20
190 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
26
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pure White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Leno!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leno misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from White misses.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
Leno throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White connects with a looping right hand.
Leno misses with a hook
letting White counter with a right hand.
White takes a swing at Leno's ribcage but misses.
Leno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leno was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Leno throws a lazy uppercut
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from White misses.
Jay Leno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leno misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White lands an overhand right.
Leno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a nice body shot.
White throws a shot to the body.
White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leno.
Leno connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White throws a body punch but Leno moves out of range.
White misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a body punch but Leno moves out of range.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leno was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
White lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Leno closes this distance looking for a takedown but White circles away.
Leno misses with a hook.
Leno is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Leno lands with a right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Leno 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Leno fails to land the takedown.
White swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Leno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Leno with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Leno shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. White manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Leno wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leno wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White keeping moving, preventing Leno from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White controls Leno momentarily but Leno frees himself.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Leno works over White with some ground and pound from guard.
White pulls Leno in close to prevent any damage.
White is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leno is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

We're going to have a standup here because Pure White wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Leno swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leno thinking.
Leno comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
White is looking to wear down Leno with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
White slaps away a takedown attempt from Leno, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pure White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Leno.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Leno is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leno scores with a hook to the body. White takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
White throws a body punch but Leno moves out of range.
Pure White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White misses with a shot to the body
and Leno counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Leno misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Leno misses with a takedown attempt - White sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Leno swings widly with a right hand
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
White ducks under a wild hook from Leno.
White connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
White throws a series of punches but Leno avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Leno is defended easily by White.
Leno swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a two punch combo.
White punishes Leno's body with a nice straight punch.
Leno fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White jabs at Leno's body.
White is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Leno gets a takedown into half guard.
Leno thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control from the bottom.
White on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if White tries to get out of the position.
Leno is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Leno throws some wild stikes that White manages to avoid easily.
Leno cracks White with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White tries to hold on but Leno postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leno controlling his opponent.
White wants to hold on but Leno pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Leno dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Leno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White stuns Leno with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leno. White does a little dance to reset his feet.

Leno gets a takedown into half guard.
Leno thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Leno is pressing down on White's thigh, looking to free his foot. White is holding on for now.
White trying to control but Leno postures up.
Leno thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
Leno sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. White defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. White manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Leno throws a strike but White rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
White is looking to work some ground and pound but Leno has wrist control.
White trying to control but Leno is working from the bottom.
White has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
White postures up in Leno's guard and throws a big left but Leno blocks it.
White postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leno is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
White is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leno tries to pass the half guard into mount. White knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Leno moves nicely into side control.
Leno working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
White tries to buck Leno off but Leno is having none of it.
White is working hard here to advance position.
Leno working the ground and pound from side control.
Leno lands a few punches from side control.
An elbow from Leno crashes against the mat.
Leno trying to control the position but White is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leno is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt White will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Leno throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Leno throws an elbow but White slips to the side and avoids it well.
Leno working away.
Leno throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and White works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Leno trying to control the action but White is working from the bottom.
Leno thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.

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.
Leno throwing shots but White is blocking nicely.
White slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Leno thows a big elbow that misses.
Leno wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Leno throwing strikes from guard but White blocks nicely.
Leno postures up.
Leno preventing the sweep.
Leno postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leno looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Leno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A shot to the body from White misses
and Leno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Leno tries to move into range but White moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
White is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
White looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Leno misses with a hook
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White's corner calls for a 1-2. White obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
White throws a big shot that misses.
White misses with an uppercut
and Leno counters with a left and a right that stings White.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leno.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Leno looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Leno throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
White displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Leno.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Leno counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice cross by Leno.
Leno throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Leno does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White tries to bum rush Leno with a series of wild strikes but Leno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White takes a swing at Leno's ribcage but misses.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Leno stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
White gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Leno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Leno takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Leno takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Leno throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a three punch combo that has Leno backing up. Leno nods at White to acknowledge the strikes.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leno manages to avoid it.
White thuds a left hand into Leno's body.
Leno scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leno.

Leno shoots in and bounces White off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Leno is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
Jay Leno has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White wants to sweep here but Leno controlling him for the moment.
Pure White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leno throwing strikes but missing.
White lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Leno!
White avoids the attempt from Leno to control.
White postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Leno looks a forlorn figure.
White looking to control but Leno is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leno tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
White with good strikes from the mount here!
White working the ground and pound effectively.
White wants to control the pace but Leno is squirming around nicely.
Leno manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Leno wants to control but White is keeping busy and won't allow it.
White takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Leno keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Leno moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Leno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leno looking for a sweep. Not yet Leno, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
White throwing strikes but missing.
White wants to control from the top but Leno keeps moving.
White postures up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Leno looking for a sweep. Not yet Leno, not yet.
White working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Leno throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
White cracks Leno with a solid left hand.
Leno looking to control.
White throws a big right hand that misses.
Leno lands some strikes from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pure White.
I think Leno 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Leno!