PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Siegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Whales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Siegel
vs
Whales

185 cm
24
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

181 cm
26
186 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Benjamin Siegel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Whales!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whales throws a jab when Siegel was well out of range.
Whales throws a sloppy head kick

and Siegel counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Whales is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Siegel wants to control from the top but Whales keeps moving.
Whales wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Whales is trying to control the position but Siegel postures up.
Siegel tries to free his leg and advance position but Whales is retaining full guard.
Siegel wants to control from the top but Whales keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Whales closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Siegel's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whales postures up.
Whales wants to pass the guard but Siegel is keeping the position.
Siegel is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siegel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Whales manages to get himself to full guard.
Siegel looking to pass the guard.
Siegel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Siegel wants to control from the top but Whales keeps moving.
Siegel passes Whales's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Whales gets back to full guard.
Whales wants to sweep but no luck.
Whales manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
BOOM! Whales connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whales controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whales lands a heavy elbow.
Whales lands a heavy elbow.
Whales landing shots from mount.
Whales postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Siegel bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Whales and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Whales!