PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Loco Coco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanson White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coco
vs
White

181 cm
22
163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Loco Coco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hanson White!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White darts in and clinches Coco up against the cage.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

White has taken the fight to the clinch.
The referee calls for Coco to work.
White lands a damaging elbow.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

White has closed the distance and engaged Coco in a clinch.
Coco avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from White.
Coco jumps guard but White stands there with Coco around his waist. Coco gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

White manages to break the clinch.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Coco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coco shoots in but no luck this time.

White clinches up against the cage.

Coco has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but White regains guard immediately.
Coco wants to stand but White has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Coco throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
White wants to pass the guard but Coco is defending well.
Coco has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coco tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
Coco blocking the ground and pound attempt from White.
White looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
White is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No joy there for Coco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Coco moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Coco circles away.
White tries to clinch up.

Coco feints and as White raises his hands in defense, Coco changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
White is looking to stand up but Coco isn't so interested in that idea.
White wants to sweep here but Coco controlling him for the moment.
White looks gassed!
Coco postures up.
White wants to sweep here but Coco controlling him for the moment.

Coco decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on White, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White slips a jab and a cross from Coco.

White drives through with a takedown into guard.
Coco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
White trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Coco is retaining full guard.
Coco is trying to keep White in close.
Coco keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Coco swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Coco tries to clinch but fails miserably

and White counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by White.
Coco 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 Loco Coco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White stalling in the clinch but Coco improves position.
White'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.
White prevents a takedown attempt there.
White gets underhooks to prevent Coco's takedown attempt.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

White manages to break the clinch.
White takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Coco moves into the clinch successfully.
Coco stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanson White dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Coco keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Coco misses.
Coco looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
White tries to clinch but Coco moves out of range.
Loco Coco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White scores with a head kick.
White throws a head kick that misses.
Coco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Coco looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
White regains full guard. Nicely done.
Coco not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
White wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but White blocks nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Coco looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

White uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Coco misses with a few strikes there.
Coco looks for a takedown but White sprawls well.

White instigates a clinch.
Coco has White pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. White manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loco Coco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coco can't get the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
White lands an elbow inside that Coco shrugs off.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
White is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Coco is keeping busy.

Coco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

White forces Coco back against the cage and clinches.
Coco prevents the takedown attempt.

Coco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Coco decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Coco works his way into side control.
White throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
White regains half guard.
White slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Coco wants to stand but White has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
White keeping moving, preventing Coco from controlling successfully.
Coco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. White is keeping the position for now.
Coco wants to stand but White has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
White lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Coco!
White with shots to the head and body - Coco looks very uncomfortable down there.
Coco is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
White working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
White working the ground and pound effectively.
White content just to control the position here.
White tries to control but Coco wriggling away.
Coco keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White tries to control but Coco wriggling away.
Coco tries to hold on but White postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanson White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Coco swinging wilding here.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Coco.
White dodges the punch combination from Coco.
Coco closes the distance and clinches up with White, looking for a takedown. Coco pushes White against the cage but White circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

White clinches up with Coco and pushes him back against the cage.
Coco blocks an elbow strike from White.
Coco takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Loco Coco has been cut.

White breaks the clinch.

White gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White pushes Coco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

White jumps into guard, dragging Coco to the mat.
White tries to strike from the bottom.
Loco Coco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
White throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to sweep but no luck.
Coco slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
White is trying to control the position but Coco postures up.
White manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Coco is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
White in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
White lands a big elbow.
White controlling from mount.
Coco is looking to improve his position but White isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Coco tries to reverse the position but White maintains control.
White looking to finish Coco with some ground and pound. This is bad for Coco!
Coco is trying to escape the mount.
White looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Coco takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
White sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Coco tries to lock up and control but White gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Coco is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coco is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Coco keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White landing strikes, looking to finish!
White landing strikes, looking to finish!
White trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Coco tries to hold on but White postures up.

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.
Coco can't escape the position.
Coco tries to hold on but White postures up.
Coco is wriggling around trying to escape.
Loco Coco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Coco tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
White breaks from Coco's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Coco working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice elbow there by White.
Coco working to try and regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hanson 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

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