PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Norman Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wil Harrdison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norman Whitaker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Whitaker
vs
Harrdison

183 cm
24
154 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
160 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Excellent MT
Good chin

Good kicks
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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Norman Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wil Harrdison!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrdison is looking to clinch.
Harrdison moves out of range of the body kick.
Whitaker lands with a slapping head kick.
Whitaker misses with a double jab
and Harrdison counters with a three punch combo that has Whitaker backing up. Whitaker nods at Harrdison to acknowledge the strikes.
Harrdison wants to clinch.
A jab from Whitaker does it's job there.

Harrdison has taken the fight to the clinch.
Whitaker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harrdison is trying to break the clinch but Whitaker is controlling him.
Whitaker wants to break free but Harrdison has control.
Whitaker is trying to force a seperation but Harrdison has the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harrdison is looking to break free of the clinch but Whitaker has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker has Harrdison pressed against the ropes, preventing Harrdison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harrdison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Harrdison is looking to break free of the clinch but Whitaker has double underhooks.
Harrdison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Harrdison manages to break the clinch.
Norman Whitaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrdison tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitaker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whitaker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harrdison counters with a body kick.
Whitaker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harrdison takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Whitaker looks to land a combination but Harrdison avoids it well.
Whitaker slips under a jab.
Whitaker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whitaker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitaker throws a right hand that Harrdison ducks under and follows up with a left that Harrdison also avoids with ease.
Whitaker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harrdison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whitaker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Harrdison moves into the clinch.
Harrdison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Whitaker's efforts to push away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whitaker has had enough of the clinch but Harrdison keeps him there for the moment.

Harrdison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitaker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Whitaker tries a head kick but it misses.
Whitaker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Whitaker lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harrdison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Harrdison slips a jab and a cross from Whitaker.
Harrdison fails with an attempt to clinch.

Harrdison moves into range and clinches up with Whitaker.

Harrdison breaks the clinch.
Whitaker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whitaker misses with a double jab.
Whitaker tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Whitaker misses the target.
Whitaker throws a right hand that misses
and Harrdison counters with a left and a right that stings Whitaker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker lands with an uppercut that bounces Harrdison off the ropes and back into range.
Harrdison defending well as Whitaker loads up on a big left hand.
Harrdison connects with a right hand. Whitaker shakes it off.
Whitaker throws a nice looking combination but Harrdison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Whitaker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whitaker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harrdison moves in looking to clinch but Whitaker pushes him off.
Norman Whitaker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Whitaker.
Harrdison fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wil Harrdison will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harrdison misses with a body kick.
Norman Whitaker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab from Harrdison.

It looks like Norman Whitaker has been cut.
Harrdison throws a head kick that misses.
Whitaker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whitaker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Harrdison has managed to clinch.
Whitaker tries to break free but Harrdison pushes him back against the ropes.
Whitaker is looking to break free of the clinch but Harrdison has double underhooks.

Harrdison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harrdison steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Whitaker. That one must have hurt.
Whitaker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harrdison doesn't manage to clinch there - Whitaker circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Whitaker lands but Harrdison takes it in his stride.
Some wild striking there from Whitaker.
Harrdison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whitaker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Whitaker swinging wildly here.
Whitaker connects with an inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Whitaker misses.
Whitaker closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrdison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whitaker misses with a wild combination.
Whitaker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Whitaker lands a high kick!
Whitaker misses with a two punch combination.
Harrdison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Whitaker falls off balance throwing a combination

and Harrdison counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harrdison.

Harrdison breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker swings widly with a right hand

and Harrdison counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Harrdison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Harrdison.
Whitaker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whitaker working hard to break the clinch.

Harrdison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whitaker tries to bum rush Harrdison with a series of wild strikes but Harrdison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harrdison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harrdison lands a front kick.
Whitaker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Whitaker scores with a spinning back kick!
Whitaker misses with a combination
and Harrdison counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker just misses with a punch to the body.
Wil Harrdison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Harrdison blocks a head kick by Whitaker.
Whitaker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Whitaker moves out of range as Harrdison strikes.
Harrdison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whitaker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Harrdison.
Whitaker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Whitaker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitaker tries to bum rush Harrdison with a series of wild strikes but Harrdison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harrdison throws a leg kick but Whitaker moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrdison misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wil Harrdison will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Norman Whitaker's cut.
That's time! Whitaker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A slapping body kick lands there for Harrdison.
Whitaker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harrdison lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Whitaker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Harrdison is looking to clinch but Whitaker is avoiding it.
Whitaker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harrdison tries to clinch but Whitaker moves out of range.
Whitaker misses with a double jab.
A head kick from Whitaker lands but Harrdison takes it in his stride.
Whitaker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Harrdison manages to break the clinch.
Whitaker throws a head kick that misses.
Whitaker throws a right and a left that Harrdison avoids nicely.
Harrdison tries a low kick but Whitaker avoids it.
Whitaker misses with a series of wild punches.
A clash of legs there as Whitaker blocks the low kick.

Whitaker gets tackled into the ropes by Harrdison. Harrdison maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Harrdison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harrdison tries to clinch up.
Whitaker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harrdison counters with a left to the body.
Harrdison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harrdison cracks Whitaker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Whitaker throws a sloppy head kick and Harrdison moves out of range easily.
Harrdison is looking to land body kicks.
Whitaker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrdison circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker throws a series of punches but Harrdison avoids them all with ease.
Whitaker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Harrdison. Harrdison obviously looking to wear him down.
Whitaker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrdison circles away quickly and effectively.
Harrdison swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Whitaker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harrdison circles away quickly and effectively.
Harrdison throws a head kick but Whitaker moves out of range.
Whitaker checks the leg kick.
Harrdison is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Whitaker lands the left hand.
Whitaker scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrdison slips a jab and a cross from Whitaker.

Harrdison moves into range and clinches up with Whitaker.
Harrdison tries to work over Whitaker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harrdison keeps control of Whitaker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whitaker wants to get back to striking at distance but Harrdison won't allow it.

Harrdison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Norman Whitaker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harrdison misses with a leg kick.

Harrdison closes the distance and clinches.
Harrdison tries to break the clinch but Whitaker is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitaker has Harrdison pressed against the ropes, preventing Harrdison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harrdison keeps control of Whitaker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitaker is trying to force a seperation but Harrdison has the dominant position.
Wil Harrdison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Whitaker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wil Harrdison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Harrdison 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wil Harrdison!