PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kara Hiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pure White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kara Hiri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hiri
vs
White

190 cm
24
214 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

193 cm
21
190 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kara Hiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pure White!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws an off balance right hand
and Hiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hiri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White digs a good body shot into Hiri's ribs.
White takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A cross from White lands.
Hiri throws a lazy uppercut
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White tries to clinch but Hiri is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hiri. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Hiri.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Hiri counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a left hand
and Hiri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White misses with a right hand
letting Hiri counter with a right hand.
Hiri throws a jab when White was well out of range.
White closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hiri throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White misses with a hook
and Hiri counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Hiri to acknowledge the strikes.
White tries to clinch up but Hiri circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hiri counters with a lovely shot to the body.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Hiri counters with a leg kick.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Hiri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hiri misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White clobbers Hiri with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Hiri counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hiri throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hiri counters with a nice leg kick.
Hiri swings for the body but White moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by White.
Hiri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
Hiri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A bone on bone clash there as White blocks the leg kick.
White slips under a jab from Hiri.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hiri counters with a straight right hand.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Hiri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

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.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Hiri counters with a nice body shot.
White throws a right hand that misses
letting Hiri counter with a right hand.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Hiri counters with a series of strikes. White will be more careful next time no doubt.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hiri misses with a looping right.
Pure White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hiri.
A jab from Hiri does it's job there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hiri throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
White misses with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kara Hiri dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hiri loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Hiri counters with a left and a right that stings White.
Hiri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Hiri there.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Hiri counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hiri attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
White misses with a hook
and Hiri counters with an inside leg kick.
Hiri keeps the fight on the outside.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hiri counters with a good low kick that White was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
White looks to clinch
and Hiri counters with a two punch combo.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hiri.
Hiri takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big left from Hiri misses.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a slapping leg kick.
White misses with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a stiff right hand.
Hiri scores with a nice right hand.
White misses with an uppercut
and Hiri makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
White is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
White has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hiri connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White misses with a left hand
letting Hiri counter with a right hand.
Hiri scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hiri scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hiri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
Hiri throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
Hiri lands a nice looking body shot.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hiri.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to clinch but Hiri is avoiding it.
White misses with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a low kick, right behind White 's knee.
Hiri lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
Hiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt White.
Hiri bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps White's head backwards.
Hiri paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

White is rocked!
Hiri throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hiri lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Hiri finds it's target.
White misses with a lunging right hand

and Hiri counters with a nice right hand that sends White toppling to the canvas! White scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hiri finish him?!
White is still on wobbly legs! Can Hiri finish him?
Nice cross by Hiri.
Hiri lands with a good body shot.
Hiri swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by White.
Hiri fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. White looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hiri throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hiri, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kara Hiri dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

White takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kara Hiri is winning the standup battle so far.
Hiri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hiri throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Hiri there.
White misses with a hook
and Hiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hiri misses with an uppercut.
Hiri with a jab.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a good low kick that White was not able to check.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hiri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Hiri counters with an inside leg kick.
White throws a series of punches but Hiri moves out of range.
White on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hiri. Hiri obviously looking to wear him down.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hiri scores with a jab. White acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hiri scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White throws a lazy uppercut
and Hiri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hiri.
White misses with a left hand
and Hiri cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hiri counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pure White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White misses with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White needs to keep his hands up - Hiri had a free shot at his head there.
White has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hiri.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Hiri counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Hiri to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
White misses with a right hand
and Hiri counters with an outside leg kick.
White slips a jab and a cross from Hiri.
Hiri lands a lovely overhand right.
Hiri stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hiri works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
Hiri throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hiri connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hiri counters with a thumping low kick.
Hiri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hiri misses with a looping right.
Hiri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hiri fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hiri darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kara Hiri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hiri looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Hiri counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kara Hiri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hiri 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kara Hiri!