PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Stackhouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simeon White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stackhouse comes to the cage accompanied by J. Cole- Return of Simba. Jason Stackhouse could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Simeon White's chin.

Stackhouse
vs
White

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
26
144 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

NFC War Gear
Lightning Fight Gear-Cage Wars version

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Stackhouse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simeon White!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White tries to clinch up but Stackhouse circles away and keeps his distance.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stackhouse.
Stackhouse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stackhouse throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Stackhouse. Those never looked like landing.

White gets a clinch.
White landing knees to the body.
Stackhouse takes an elbow to the temple.

White breaks the clinch.
Stackhouse throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stackhouse misses with a body kick.
White ducks under a wild hook from Stackhouse.

White gets a clinch.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Stackhouse.

White closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stackhouse wants to break the clinch but can't.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stackhouse lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stackhouse is breathing heavily.
Stackhouse is trying to break free.

White breaks the clinch.
White moves in looking to clinch but Stackhouse pushes him off.

White closes the distance and pushes Stackhouse back into the cage.
White is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
White prevents Stackhouse from breaking the clinch.

White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stackhouse misses with a series of wild punches.

White has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knees to the body from White.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White lands a nice knee to the body.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
White lands an elbow that stopped Stackhouse in his tracks for a moment.
White lands an elbow inside that Stackhouse shrugs off.
White with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
White lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
White scores with a knee to the head.
Stackhouse takes an elbow to the temple.
White connects with a knee to the head.
White gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
White lands a nice elbow.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Stackhouse is rocked!
White scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Stackhouse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

White moves into the clinch.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stackhouse seems to have got his legs back now.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
White lands an elbow inside that Stackhouse shrugs off.
White is pressed up against the cage. Stackhouse has hold of a leg and is looking to drag White down to the mat. White avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

White has managed to clinch.
White lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

White rushes Stackhouse and presses him up against the cage.
Nice elbow from White.
White lands an elbow inside.

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stackhouse lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stackhouse circles away from the clinch attempt.

White closes the distance and clinches.

White manages to break the clinch.
Stackhouse swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Stackhouse misses with a double jab.
Stackhouse throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Stackhouse throws a lazy head kick

and White counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by White.
Stackhouse tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. White smiles and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stackhouse paws at him with a jab and circles away.

White instigates a clinch.
Stackhouse is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
White lands an elbow just above Stackhouse 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

White breaks from the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stackhouse.

White moves into the clinch.
White landing knees to the head.
Stackhouse can't break the clinch.
Stackhouse is trying to push White away but White has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
White lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stackhouse's face.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for White.
Stackhouse takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simeon White dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

White clinches up with Stackhouse and pushes him back against the cage.
White putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stackhouse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Simeon White seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White slips a jab from Stackhouse.
White tries to clinch up but Stackhouse circles away and keeps his distance.
Stackhouse scores with the left hand. White knows he should have avoided that one.
Stackhouse circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stackhouse throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.

White drives through and clinches with Stackhouse against the cage.

White breaks the clinch.
Stackhouse scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stackhouse misses with a wild combination.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stackhouse.
Stackhouse circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stackhouse throws a right and a left that both miss.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stackhouse tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

White gets a clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stackhouse changes levels and goes for a takedown here. White fights it off and pushes away nicely.

White drives through and clinches with Stackhouse against the cage.
Stackhouse wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
White lands an elbow just above Stackhouse 's eye.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jason Stackhouse has been cut.

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stackhouse swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
White tries to clinch there but Stackhouse circles away.

White gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
White landing knees to the head.
White landing knees to the head.

White breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

White clinches up with Stackhouse and pushes him back against the cage.
Stackhouse takes a knee right on the jaw!
White lands an elbow just above Stackhouse 's eye.
White lands a knee to the head.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stackhouse throws a lazy body kick

and White moves into the clinch.
White lands a good knee to the midsection. Stackhouse won't want to take too many of those.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White with a knee to the head.
Stackhouse tries to score a body lock takedown but White shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
Stackhouse jumps guard but White stands there with Stackhouse around his waist. Stackhouse gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Stackhouse. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands an elbow just above Stackhouse 's eye.
White putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stackhouse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

White breaks from the clinch.
Jason Stackhouse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White is looking to clinch but Stackhouse is avoiding it.
Stackhouse tries to land a front kick but White steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simeon White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White moves in looking to clinch but Stackhouse pushes him off.
Stackhouse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

White gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White tries to clinch up but Stackhouse circles away and keeps his distance.
Stackhouse throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White is looking to clinch but Stackhouse is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

White takes the fight into the clinch.
Stackhouse has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. White obliges.
White landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

White breaks from the clinch.

Stackhouse tries to keep at a distance but White has taken the fight into the clinch.
White landing some nice looking knees to the body.
White lands a knee to the body.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stackhouse misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simeon White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jason Stackhouse's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Stackhouse throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Stackhouse misses with a body kick.

White instigates a clinch.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
White lands an elbow inside that Stackhouse shrugs off.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
White creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stackhouse's defenses.
Stackhouse has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. White is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
White lands an elbow that stopped Stackhouse in his tracks for a moment.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stackhouse lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
White landing knees to the head.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stackhouse misses with the combination.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stackhouse.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

White moves into range and clinches up with Stackhouse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands an elbow inside that Stackhouse shrugs off.
Stackhouse takes a knee to the side of the body.
White lands an elbow that stopped Stackhouse in his tracks for a moment.
White lands an elbow inside that Stackhouse shrugs off.
White lands a knee to the head.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

White darts in and clinches Stackhouse up against the cage.
White putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stackhouse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
White lands an elbow just above Stackhouse 's eye.
White lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. White obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White lands an elbow inside.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

White has closed the distance and engaged Stackhouse in a clinch.
Simeon White is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stackhouse jumps guard but White turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Stackhouse.
Stackhouse looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stackhouse circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stackhouse misses with a wild combination.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stackhouse swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Stackhouse gets tackled into the cage by White. White maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stackhouse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

White rushes Stackhouse and presses him up against the cage.
White crunches a lovely knee into Stackhouse's ribcage.
Stackhouse tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Stackhouse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stackhouse takes an elbow to the temple.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stackhouse tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stackhouse tries to pull guard but White holds him up against the cage and eventually Stackhouse drops back down to his feet.
Stackhouse tries to pull guard but White holds him up against the cage and eventually Stackhouse drops back down to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White wants to clinch up but Stackhouse keeps it at a distance.
White moves in looking to clinch but Stackhouse pushes him off.
White tries to clinch up.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
White tries to clinch up.
Stackhouse rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White tries to clinch but Stackhouse moves out of range.
Jason Stackhouse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stackhouse throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jason Stackhouse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Stackhouse circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simeon White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well White has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simeon White!