PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Act A Fool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger White struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

A Fool
vs
White

189 cm
19
275 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
23
291 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Act A Fool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger White!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White tries to move into range but A Fool moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A Fool throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A Fool digs a good body shot into White's ribs.
A Fool will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A Fool moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Roger White has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by A Fool. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of A Fool.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from A Fool.
A swing and a miss from A Fool.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
A Fool connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
A Fool ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A Fool throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
A Fool misses with a right hand

and White moves into the clinch.
White will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning A Fool up against the cage.
White lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on White - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Roger White.
A Fool throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Act A Fool seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White avoids the body shot from A Fool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A Fool lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
A Fool missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from A Fool misses.
White tries to clinch but A Fool is having none of it.
A Fool looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
White moves away from the strike by A Fool.
A Fool misses with a body shot.
White slips a jab from A Fool.
White dodges the punch combination from A Fool.
Nice shot lands for A Fool.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A Fool scores with a hook to the body. White takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A Fool misses with an uppercut
and White counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A Fool throws a jab when White was well out of range.
White is looking to clinch.
A Fool throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
A Fool just misses with a punch to the body.
A Fool lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A Fool tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White takes one to the side of the head.
A Fool throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
A Fool throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A Fool tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from A Fool.
Nice defenses there by White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A Fool circles away from the clinch attempt.
A Fool fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

White clinches up with A Fool and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
White is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting on White's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Act A Fool dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger White's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A Fool connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
A Fool throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A Fool sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

A Fool lands a big right hand that sends White crashing to the mat! A Fool stays standing though and waves White back to his feet!

White is rocked!
A Fool throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
White is still on wobbly legs! Can A Fool finish him?
A Fool misses with a series of wild punches.
A Fool is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches White flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! White is out cold! A Fool holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Act A Fool!