PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Fuentes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Whelan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fuentes's entrance music is Transplants - Killafornia. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Whelan's choice of entrance music: Bonny Portmore. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fuentes
vs
Whelan

182 cm
23
165 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Fuentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cormac Whelan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Fuentes.
Fuentes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Whelan takes a swing at Fuentes's ribcage but misses.
Whelan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuentes moves away.
Whelan misses with a body shot.
A solid body kick from Fuentes.
Whelan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Fuentes clinches up against the cage.
Fuentes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fuentes tries to throw a body punch but Whelan avoids it by throwing Fuentes back against the cage.
Whelan misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes keeps control of Whelan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Whelan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fuentes slips a straight right by Whelan.
Fuentes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Whelan.
Fuentes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whelan just misses with a punch to the body.
Fuentes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Fuentes gets a clinch.
Good body shot from Fuentes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Whelan manages to break the clinch.
Whelan misses with a body shot.
Fuentes defending well as Whelan loads up on a big left hand.
Whelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Fuentes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whelan misses with a hook.
Fuentes throws a leg kick but Whelan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Whelan avoids the head kick by Fuentes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whelan misses the shot to the body.
Whelan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fuentes on the side of the head.
Whelan swings for the body but Fuentes moves out of range.
Whelan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fuentes rather than just go for the knockout.
Fuentes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fuentes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Whelan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuentes.
Whelan just misses with a punch to the body.
Fuentes throws a chopping leg kick but Whelan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Fuentes rushes Whelan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes lands with a short shot to the head.
Whelan wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Whelan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fuentes.
Whelan wants to break free but Fuentes has control.

Whelan manages to break the clinch.
Whelan misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Fuentes does it's job there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fuentes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whelan looks to land a left hand but Fuentes moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Fuentes dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fuentes cracks Whelan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Whelan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuentes.
Whelan avoids the head kick by Fuentes.
Fuentes tries to clinch there but Whelan circles away.
Fuentes throws a hook but Whelan blocks it.
Whelan swings for the body but Fuentes moves out of range.
Fuentes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Whelan is able to avoid easily.
Fuentes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Whelan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fuentes looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Whelan counters with a nice uppercut.
Whelan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fuentes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Whelan. That did some damage!
Fuentes tries to clinch but Whelan is having none of it.
The fighters circling - Fuentes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A solid body kick from Fuentes.
Whelan looks to land a combination but Fuentes avoids it well.
Whelan throws a chopping leg kick but Fuentes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes thows a body shot but no joy.
Fuentes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whelan.

Fuentes has Whelan up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Fuentes.
Fuentes misses with the head strike.

Whelan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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!
Fuentes walks into a straight right hand from Whelan.
Fuentes throws a wild body kick that Whelan sees coming a mile off.
Whelan throws a series of punches but Fuentes moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Whelan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fuentes. Fuentes circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pedro Fuentes is winning the standup battle so far.
Fuentes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whelan manages to avoid it.
Whelan works Fuentes's body with a nice hook.
Whelan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fuentes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Whelan misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Whelan on the side of the head.
Whelan throws a good cross that connects.
Whelan misses with a straight right.
Fuentes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Whelan checks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fuentes.
Whelan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Fuentes instigates a clinch.
Fuentes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuentes lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Fuentes dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Whelan moves out of range of the body kick.
Fuentes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Whelan checks a leg kick.
Whelan blocks a head kick by Fuentes.
Fuentes tries a head kick but it misses.
Fuentes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whelan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fuentes can pounce on him.
Fuentes misses with a body kick.
Whelan misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fuentes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Whelan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Whelan misses with a shot to the body
and Fuentes counters with a body kick that stops Whelan in his tracks momentarily.
Whelan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fuentes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Fuentes.
Whelan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fuentes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whelan misses with a few strikes there.
Whelan throws a hook but Fuentes blocks it.
Fuentes connects with a solid leg kick.
Fuentes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whelan's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuentes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Whelan misses with a jab to the body
and Fuentes counters with an outside leg kick.
Whelan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fuentes.
Cormac Whelan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whelan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes lands a leg kick that knocks Whelan off balance momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fuentes. Whelan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whelan looks to score with a jab to the body but Fuentes is just out of range.
Fuentes is looking to slow Whelan down with leg kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fuentes. That's going to slow Whelan down.
Fuentes keeps Whelan at a distance using the push kick.
Fuentes scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Fuentes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Fuentes rushes Whelan and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Fuentes - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Fuentes.
Pedro Fuentes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Whelan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fuentes.
Fuentes'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.
Fuentes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuentes tries a body shot but Whelan blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Whelan fails to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Fuentes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fuentes 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Fuentes!