PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alex Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradford Whitley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragon comes to the cage accompanied by Taio Cruz-Dynamite. Alex Dragon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bradford Whitley's chin.

Dragon
vs
Whitley

180 cm
22
140 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

173 cm
21
145 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power

Fight Night Nutrition

Red Hand Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Dragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bradford Whitley!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Whitley checks it well.
Dragon misses with a low kick as Whitley jumps back.
Whitley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dragon throws out the jab.
Dragon scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dragon dips to his left and cracks Whitley with an uppercut!
Whitley slips a jab and a cross from Dragon.
Dragon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Whitley.
Dragon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whitley.
Whitley misses with a straight left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dragon checks a leg kick.
A lazy left from Dragon finds it's target.
Dragon slips a jab from Whitley.
Dragon takes a swing at Whitley's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Dragon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dragon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dragon scores with a hook.
Whitley tries a low kick but Dragon avoids it.
Whitley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dragon throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon throws a low kick but Whitley moves out of range easily.
Dragon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Whitley momentarily.
Whitley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dragon.
Dragon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Whitley. Whitley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dragon jabs Whitley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dragon scores with a jab to the body.
Whitley misses with an uppercut.
Whitley throws a leg kick but Dragon moved away.
Whitley ducks under a wild hook from Dragon.
Dragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whitley.
Whitley slips under a jab from Dragon.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Whitley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dragon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dragon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dragon walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Whitley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Alex Dragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dragon misses with a low kick.
Whitley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dragon sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon thows a leg kick but Whitley checks it
and Whitley counters with a stiff right hand.
Dragon misses with an uppercut. Whitley saw that one coming.
Whitley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Whitley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Whitley cracks Dragon with an open hand slap.
Dragon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Whitley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Dragon.
Dragon just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Dragon.
A big right from Dragon misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dragon. Whitley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dragon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dragon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dragon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whitley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon misses with a double jab.
Dragon jabs Whitley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Whitley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dragon.
Dragon misses with an uppercut. Whitley saw that one coming.
Dragon scores with the left hand. Whitley knows he should have avoided that one.
Whitley slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Dragon misses its intended target.
Whitley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dragon was well out of range. Poor timing from Whitley.
Whitley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dragon.
Dragon scores with a jab. Whitley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Whitley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whitley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dragon.
Dragon misses with a few strikes there.
Whitley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragon swings for the body but Whitley moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitley just misses with a punch to the body.
Dragon misses the shot to the body.
Whitley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Whitley misses.
Dragon throws a low kick but Whitley moves out of range easily.
Whitley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whitley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Whitley counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dragon is able to avoid easily.
Dragon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dragon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Whitley throws a hook to the side of Dragon's head but Dragon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whitley just misses with a punch to the body.
Whitley ducks under a wild hook from Dragon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Dragon dominated that round.
That's time! Dragon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Whitley slips a jab from Dragon.
Dragon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Whitley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Whitley at a distance.
Dragon throws an overhand right that lands on Whitley's shoulder, as Whitley tries to avoid the shot.
Dragon throws a leg kick
and Whitley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dragon tries to score with a low kick but Whitley moves his leg out of the way.
Dragon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dragon moves out of range as Whitley strikes.
Whitley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Whitley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dragon on the side of the head.
Dragon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Whitley scores with the left hand. Dragon knows he should have avoided that one.
Dragon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A big left from Dragon misses.
Dragon scores with a sloppy right hand. Whitley should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitley throws a head kick that misses.
Dragon dips to his left and cracks Whitley with an uppercut!
Dragon throws a hook but Whitley blocks it.
Dragon misses with a leg kick
and Whitley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dragon throws a low kick but Whitley moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Whitley misses its intended target.
Whitley misses with a few strikes there.
Whitley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Whitley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dragon slips under a jab.
Whitley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dragon circles away quickly and effectively.
Alex Dragon is winning the standup battle so far.
Dragon works over Whitley's head and body with a nice combination.
Whitley throws a sloppy head kick and Dragon moves out of range easily.
Dragon misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whitley manages to avoid it.
A jab from Dragon misses.
Whitley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dragon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dragon throws a big shot that misses.
Dragon bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dragon shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Whitley eats them both and turns towards Dragon to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitley misses with a wild body shot.
Dragon lands with a right hand.
Whitley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragon takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Whitley cracks the inside of Dragon's front leg.
Whitley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dragon tries to land a leg kick but Whitley saw it coming and moves away.
Dragon looks to land a combination but Whitley avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon takes one to the side of the head.
Dragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragon blocks a head kick by Whitley.
Dragon throws out a leg kick but Whitley moves out of range and Dragon only half commits.
Dragon shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Whitley eats them both and turns towards Dragon to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dragon misses with a right hand
and Whitley counters with a low kick, right behind Dragon 's knee.
Whitley throws a head kick that misses.
Whitley avoids the body shot from Dragon.
Whitley on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Whitley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dragon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Whitley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dragon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whitley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragon looks to land a left hand but Whitley moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Whitley. Whitley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dragon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Whitley is out of range.
Whitley fakes the leg kick and cracks Dragon in the body.
Dragon misses with a wild combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragon works the jab nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dragon's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dragon duly obliges.
Whitley misses with a low kick as Dragon jumps back.
Whitley avoids the body shot from Dragon.
Dragon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dragon blocks a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitley throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dragon.
Dragon tries to work over Whitley's front leg with a kick but Whitley checks it.
Dragon misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Dragon dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dragon tries to land a leg kick but Whitley saw it coming and moves away.
Dragon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Whitley.
Dragon throws a solid leg kick but Whitley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dragon.
Dragon clobbers Whitley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dragon avoids the body shot from Whitley.
Dragon misses with a few strikes there.
Whitley looks to land a left hand but Dragon moved out of range nicely.
Whitley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dragon takes a swing at Whitley's ribcage but misses.
Good work by Whitley as he checks the leg kick.
Whitley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Dragon misses.
Dragon lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon ducks under a wild hook from Whitley.
Whitley slips a jab and a cross from Dragon.
Dragon throws a big shot that misses.
Dragon connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Whitley coming out on top.
Dragon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Whitley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whitley throws out a loose jab but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Whitley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dragon blocks a low kick nicely.
Whitley scores with a jab to the head.
Whitley lands a nice hook to Dragon's body. Dragon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dragon scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dragon connects with a leg kick. Whitley looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Whitley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dragon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Whitley.
Nice body punch from Dragon.
Dragon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dragon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dragon throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dragon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whitley. Whitley obviously looking to wear him down.
Whitley misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Dragon.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dragon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dragon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dragon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whitley throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon works the jab nicely.
Dragon swinging wildly here.
Dragon ducks under a wild hook from Whitley.
Alex Dragon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dragon thows a body shot but no joy.
Whitley checks a low kick from Dragon.
Whitley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Whitley connects with a high kick.
Whitley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dragon lands an overhand right.
Dragon misses with an uppercut. Whitley saw that one coming.
Whitley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dragon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Whitley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dragon.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Whitley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitley connects with a looping right hand.
Dragon lands the left hand.
Whitley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dragon throws out the jab.
Whitley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dragon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Whitley is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragon takes one on the button.
Dragon tries to work over Whitley's front leg with a kick but Whitley checks it.
Whitley throws out a powerful jab.
Whitley checks the leg kick.
Whitley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitley throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dragon lands with a hook. Whitley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bradford Whitley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dragon throws a leg kick but Whitley sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Alex Dragon.
Well Dragon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Dragon!
Post fight, Alex Dragon stared into the camera and said 'TBD for life baby, we're taking over the world one title at a time.'.