PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Whitlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Keen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Whitlow looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Whitlow
vs
Keen

172 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Whitlow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Keen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitlow misses with a series of wild punches.
Whitlow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Keen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whitlow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whitlow throws a head kick but Keen moves out of range.

Whitlow drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Whitlow knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Keen on the ground.
Keen controls Whitlow momentarily but Whitlow frees himself.
Keen striking off his back but it's not causing Whitlow any problems.

Keen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Whitlow wants to control from the top but Keen keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitlow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Keen is keeping the position for now.

Keen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Whitlow doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Whitlow manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Keen 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.

Whitlow gets to his feet - Keen follows without any prompting.
Whitlow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Whitlow is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitlow fails to land with a series of punches.
Whitlow moves in looking to clinch but Keen pushes him off.
Whitlow pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Whitlow throws a series of punches but Keen avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whitlow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Whitlow fails with the takedown.
Keen throws a right hand that Whitlow ducks under and follows up with a left that Whitlow also avoids with ease.
Whitlow wants to clinch up but Keen keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitlow tries to close the distance and clinch but Keen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whitlow fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Keen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Keen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Whitlow counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Keen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Whitlow shoots in looking for a takedown. Keen tries to sprawl out of it but Whitlow keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Keen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Whitlow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whitlow tries to close the distance and clinch but Keen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Whitlow. Keen shrugs it off though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keen throws a leg kick but Whitlow sees it coming and moves out of range.
Whitlow throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Keen's waist but Keen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Whitlow off to one side.
Whitlow shoots in for a takedown but Keen shows good takedown defense.
Ryan Whitlow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitlow throws a series of punches but Keen avoids them all with ease.
Whitlow misses with a combination

so Keen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Keen trying to control but Whitlow is working from the bottom.
Whitlow wants to control but Keen passes easily into half guard.
Keen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Whitlow misses with a double jab

and Keen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Whitlow!
Keen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Whitlow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Keen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Whitlow can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Keen dominating with strikes here.

Whitlow is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keen unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Whitlow wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Keen celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Keen!