PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pure White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes to the cage accompanied by Go Hard or Go Home. Ice Man could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pure White's chin.

Man
vs
White

190 cm
29
223 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

193 cm
25
204 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ace C

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ice Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pure White!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Man waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
White scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Crunch! White slams his shin into Man's torso.
White lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
White lands a right hook to the body.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
White moves away from the strike by Man.
A kick lands to the mid section there for White.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Man scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Man has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by White.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pure White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Man's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
White connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
White cracks a nice hook into Man's ribs.
Man misses with a straight right.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
White digs a good body shot into Man's ribs.
White shoots in looking for a takedown. Man tries to sprawl out of it but White keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Man manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Man misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from White.
White delivers a nice body kick.
Man misses the jab.
A head kick by White misses
and Man counters with a nice uppercut.
White misses with a combination
and Man makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
White takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
White scores with a push kick.
White is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Man rather than just go for the knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
White throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
A slapping body kick lands there for White.
Man works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
Man lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
Man throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Man takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Man throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab from Man.
White connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

White closes the distance and clinches.
White using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man prevents a body shot from White.
Man is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
White tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
White lands with a light punch inside.
Man avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White lands a body shot.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man misses with some punches.
White lands a shot to the body.
Man blocks a body shot from White.
Man wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands a right hand.
White stalling the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from White.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
White lands a hook to the side of the head.
White stalls.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
White lands with a light punch inside.
White lands a shoulder strike.
Man tries to score a body lock takedown but White shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Man avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on White - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Good body shot from White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Man goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Man will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Man takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Man swings for the body but White moves out of range.
White misses with a body kick.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Man fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Man takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
White scores with a hook to the body. Man takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Man throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Man leaves White with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man thows a left - swing and a miss!
Man throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White scores with a hook to the body. Man takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
White throws a front kick that sends Man stumbling back into the cage.
Man on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
White misses with a body shot.
Man gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Man as he connects with a hook.
Man throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for White.

White takes the fight into the clinch.
Man can't break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for White.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
White digs a right hand into Man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Man's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man prevents a body shot from White.
White lands an uppercut.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of Man backwards.
Knees to the body from White.
White tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
White lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Man or not.
White tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from White.
Pure White seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
White is working Man over against the cage.
White misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White digs a right hand into Man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Man's gas tank.
White leaning his opponent against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from White.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from White.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for White.
White lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Man.
White digs a right hand into Man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Man's gas tank.
Man prevents a body shot from White.
White misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from White.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White lands a damaging elbow.
A body shot lands from White.
White lands a nice uppercut.
White stalling.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is working Man over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from White.
White stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
White lands a right hand.
White lands a shot to the body.
White stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
White lands an elbow inside that Man shrugs off.
Man swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White stalling.
White tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White digs a right hand underneath Man's ribcage. Man let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from White.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man blocks a body shot from White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pure White 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.

White lands a nice shot to the body.
White uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Man has time to react.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White slips under a jab.
White takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
Nice shot lands for White.
Man tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White shoots in for a double leg but Man sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
White lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
White walks into a jab.
A right-left combo lands from White.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pure White seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Man looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
White staying out of range there.
Man tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
White misses the shot to the body.
White misses with a body shot.
White takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Man avoids the body shot from White.
The fighters circle momentarily. White darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Man swinging wildly here.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Man throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.

White moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hook to the body lands for White.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White just leaning against Man, taking a breather.
Man tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
White gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
White goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White slowing the pace effectively.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
White works on Man's body with a couple of short punches.
White cracks Man with a nice body shot.
White is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for White.
White trying to land knees to the body.
White tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
White taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
White continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Nice body punch from White - that landed with a thud.
White tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
Man avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White lands a body shot in the clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
White lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Man backwards.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Come on White - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
White misses with a body punch.
Man has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
White stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White lands a body punch.
A short right from White.
White works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Man avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from White.
White controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pure White really dominated that round.
That's time! Man's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Man doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Man missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
Man takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Man throws a low kick but White avoids it.
White jabs Man to the body, keeping him at a distance.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Man takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Man scores with a body shot.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White ducks under a wild hook from Man.
White scores with a hook to the body. Man takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
White getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Man takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
Man waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Man walks into a stiff left hand from White.
A jab from Man misses.
Man moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White slips under a jab.
White misses with a body shot.
Man connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Man tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but White swivels and escapes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
White lands with a good body shot.
White lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White misses with a jab to the body
and Man counters with a left and a right that stings White.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
White jabs at Man's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

White clinches up against the cage.
Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
White stalling.
Man has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A left hand lands to the body for White.
Man tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
A short right from White on the inside.
White lands an elbow that stopped Man in his tracks for a moment.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Ice Man has been cut.
White scores with a nice hook to the head.
White lands with a left to the head.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
White misses with a body punch.
White tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Man breaks the clinch.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Man takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Man throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White scores with a nice body kick.
White drops his hands momentarily and Man takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
White takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White moves away from the strike by Man.

White has taken the fight to the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from White.
White prevents Man from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man prevents a body shot from White.
A short right hand to the side of the head by White.
Man is trying to push White away but White has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
White keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Man prevents a body shot from White.
A right hook to the body lands for White.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Man backwards.
White tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Man is trying to break free.
White pressing his opponent against the cage.
White prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pure White dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ice Man'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. This is the final round!

White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Man.
Man misses with a leg kick.
White lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice body punch from White.
Man displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from White.
Man looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Man misses the target.

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Man can't break the clinch.
White keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Man's efforts to push away.
White stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Man wants to stall.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
Man can't break the clinch.
White tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Man blocks a body shot from White.
Man tries to pull guard but White holds him up against the cage and eventually Man drops back down to his feet.
Man avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man.
White lands a nice uppercut.
Ice Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from White.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from White.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White lands with a left to the head.
Man is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White slowing the pace effectively.
White creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Man's defenses.
White tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
Man is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from White.
Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
White prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short body shot lands from White as the two fighters clinch.
White tries to work over Man's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.
Man blocks a body shot from White.
Pure White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
White misses with a punch to the body.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
White lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Man is trying to break free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
White prevents Man from breaking the clinch.
White keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White lands a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Man's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Man misses with a body punch.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pure 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Pure White!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Pure White!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Pure White!

Pure White wins by unanimous decision!