PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Micheal White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

White
vs
Wood

178 cm
22
177 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

188 cm
29
185 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Micheal White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Wood!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
White tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wood counters with an outside leg kick.
Wood misses with a body kick.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by White.
Wood has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood throws a combination that misses
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from White. Wood shrugs it off though.
White needs to keep his hands up - Wood had a free shot at his head there.
Danga de danga de dang - Wood scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood throws a low kick, looking for White's leg but White calmly moves out of range.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White scores with a three punch combo!
White tries to clinch but Wood moves away

and Wood counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wood.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but White is blocking nicely.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wood is defending well for now.
Wood is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but White has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
Wood tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
Wood pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. White gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wood putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has White in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Wood.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
Wood is trying to stall.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
Wood just leaning against White, taking a breather.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White managing to block the knees to the body from Wood.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
White blocks an elbow strike.
White dodges an elbow strike from Wood.
White tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wood just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White.
White has been working on his balance at Brick Brawlers MMA (13 Coaches), so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Wood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wood displaying some good clinch control by pressing White up against the cage.
Wood takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wood creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wood creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wood lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood is stalling here.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. White won't want to take too many of those.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wood trying to land knees to the body.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control the position but instead, Wood has worked for underhooks and has pushed White into the cage.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wood avoids it.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Wood blocks with his arms.

Wood turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wood thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
White is not content to let Wood control the position.
White knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wood on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Wood is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but White is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
White wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Wood dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

White darts in trying to clinch
and Wood counters with a left and a right that stings White.
White wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
White tries to clinch but Wood moves away
and Wood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

White moves into range and clinches up with Wood.
Wood is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
Wood throws an elbow but it misses.
White misses with an elbow strike.
Wood avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wood has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White gets underhooks to prevent Wood's takedown attempt.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.

Wood manages to break the clinch.
Wood throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wood moves out of range of the body kick.
Micheal White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wood keeps the fight on the outside.
White lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jeff Wood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White wants to clinch.
Nice body kick from White.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wood counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Wood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White tries to clinch but Wood is having none of it.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wood goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wood circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wood counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Micheal White has been cut.
Wood is breathing heavily.
White wants to clinch up but Wood keeps it at a distance.
White tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
White is looking to clinch but Wood is avoiding it.
Wood tries to clinch there but White circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White moves in looking to clinch but Wood pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood throws a leg kick which misses White's front leg but catches the back leg as White tries to avoid it.
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
White tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wood counters with an outside leg kick.
White blocks a head kick by Wood.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
White throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wood throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wood throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
Wood blocks a head kick by White.
White darts in trying to clinch
and Wood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White moves in looking to clinch but Wood pushes him off.
White looks to clinch
and Wood counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. White is lucky that one didn't land flush.
White is looking to clinch but Wood is avoiding it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood throws a big shot that misses.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White ducks under a wild hook from Wood.
Wood missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wood misses with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White moves to clinch but Wood breaks away
and Wood counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeff Wood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Micheal White's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Wood keeps the fight on the outside.
White tries to clinch up
and Wood counters with a good low kick that White was not able to check.
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wood looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White wants to clinch.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Wood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Wood misses the target.
Wood keeps the fight on the outside.
Wood cracks White with an open hand slap.
Wood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White looks to clinch
and Wood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White tries to clinch
and Wood counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White moves in looking to clinch but Wood pushes him off.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Wood circles away.
Wood throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White lands with a kick to the temple. Wood shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Wood does no damage.
Wood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
White moves in looking to clinch but Wood pushes him off.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White is looking to clinch.
White wants to clinch
and Wood counters with a big head kick but White shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White is looking to clinch but Wood is avoiding it.
White moves in looking to clinch but Wood pushes him off.
White wants to clinch.
White has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White tries to clinch up.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White tries to clinch there but Wood circles away.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White wants to clinch but Wood slips to the side
and Wood counters with a straight right hand.
Wood throws a wild body kick that White sees coming a mile off.
Wood swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a two punch combination.
Wood keeps the fight on the outside.
Wood is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wood.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood wants to slow White down by chopping away at his legs.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Wood looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wood.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White darts in trying to clinch
and Wood counters with a good low kick that White was not able to check.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to clinch.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White is looking to clinch.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White tries to clinch but Wood moves out of range.
Wood throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Some wild striking there from Wood.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White tries to clinch
and Wood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jeff Wood.
Well Wood 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight for Jeff Wood!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Jeff Wood!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Jeff Wood!

Jeff Wood wins by unanimous decision!