PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Oath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul White acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Oath
vs
White

210 cm
20
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
255 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

TITAN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Oath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul White!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White clinches up against the cage.
A short left from Oath.

Oath manages to break the clinch.
Oath lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A decent looking cross lands there for White.

It looks like Ken Oath has been cut.

Oath rushes White and presses him up against the cage.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Oath.
White fails to pull the fight into his guard.
White wants to break free but Oath has control.
Oath crunches a lovely knee into White's ribcage.
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!

Oath breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oath moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
White avoids the head kick by Oath.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oath.
Oath lands a leg kick that knocks White off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oath lands a nice looking kick to the body. White takes a step back to recover.
Oath with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling White to score with a decent uppercut.
Oath connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oath fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
White throws a combination that misses
and Oath counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oath throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oath connects with a solid leg kick.
Oath throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Oath.
A good leg kick by Oath.
White drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oath throws a leg kick that misses.
Oath throws a head kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Oath.
Oath catches White with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oath fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt White.
Oath tries a head kick but it misses.
Oath throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
White moves forwards but Oath connects with a nice, crisp jab.
White misses with an uppercut. Oath saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oath takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Oath turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oath connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
Oath throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oath throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
White moves out of range of the body kick.
Ken Oath is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oath chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oath cracks the inside of White's front leg.
Ken Oath seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oath tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oath dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oath lands a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oath looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oath connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oath paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oath is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Oath closes the distance and clinches.

Oath pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White throws the left hand but Oath avoids the punch easily.
Oath paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oath connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Oath dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ken Oath's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Oath throws a leg kick that misses.
White steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Oath. That one must have hurt.
Oath is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Oath lands a right hook to the body.
Oath throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oath lands a jab to the nose.
White throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oath thumps White with a low kick.
Oath lands a lovely overhand right.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oath thuds his shin into the meat of White's side.
White is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

White tries to keep at a distance but Oath has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oath looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Oath lands an elbow just above White 's eye.

It looks like Paul White has been cut.
Oath lands an elbow inside.
Oath scores with an uppercut up the middle.
White takes a shot to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oath.
Oath comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Oath on the inside.
Oath is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
White managing to block the knees to the body from Oath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Oath.
Oath misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White is trying to break the clinch but Oath is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
White is looking to break free of the clinch but Oath has double underhooks.
Oath lands a damaging elbow.
Oath lands an elbow just above White 's eye.
White is looking to break free of the clinch but Oath has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Oath just misses with a elbow thrown towards White's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Oath.
Oath putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has White in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oath is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
White wants to get back to striking at distance but Oath won't allow it.
Ken Oath has scored more points in the clinch so far.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oath scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White misses the jab.
Nice body punch from Oath.
Oath jabs at White's body.
Oath throws a shot to the body.
White avoids the head kick by Oath.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oath connects with a leg kick. White looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
White 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.
Oath throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oath lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Oath.
Oath is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
Oath lands a jab to White's midsection.
White takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Oath lands a head shot.
Oath lands a nice leg kick that just misses White's sensitive parts.
Oath lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
White tries to move into range but Oath moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Oath.
Oath throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Oath dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Oath lands a jab.
Oath tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
Oath uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
White throws a combination that misses
and Oath counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
White throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oath.
Oath lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oath throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Oath, right into the meat.
White takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oath throws a shot to the body.
White steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Oath. That one must have hurt.
Paul White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oath lands a head kick!

That has opened up Paul White's cut even more.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oath lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oath fakes the leg kick and cracks White in the body.
Oath lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oath paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oath swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by White.
Oath scores with a jab to the head.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Oath.
White takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Oath lands a beautiful left hook that drops White. White tries to recover but Oath is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and White lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Oath!
Ken Oath seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.