PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dana Whyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and canof whoopazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whyte comes to the cage accompanied by Imagine - John Lennon. whoopazz has chosen champion as his entrance music. Dana Whyte had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Whyte
vs
whoopazz

210 cm
19
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

199 cm
23
285 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dana Whyte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, canof whoopazz!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for whoopazz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Whyte shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
whoopazz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Whyte knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for whoopazz on the ground.

whoopazz has his foot on Whyte's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Whyte works his way back into a safe position though.

whoopazz looking for a guillotine here but Whyte defends easily.
Whyte tries to free his leg and advance position but whoopazz is retaining full guard.
Whyte will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
whoopazz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

whoopazz has his foot on Whyte's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Whyte works his way back into a safe position though.
whoopazz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Whyte is one step ahead there.
whoopazz keeping moving, preventing Whyte from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

whoopazz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Whyte can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
whoopazz looks gassed!
Whyte postures up and lands a big shot to whoopazz's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Whyte has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
whoopazz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Whyte keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of whoopazz's head.
Whyte working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
whoopazz has momentary wrist control but Whyte slips an elbow through the middle.

whoopazz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Whyte doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Whyte manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Whyte trying to control the position from guard on top but whoopazz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whyte tries to free his leg and advance position but whoopazz is retaining full guard.
Whyte postures up and lands a big shot to whoopazz's brow.
Whyte trying to control but whoopazz is working from the bottom.
Whyte is working whoopazz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
whoopazz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Whyte is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

whoopazz has his foot on Whyte's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Whyte works his way back into a safe position though.
Whyte with a nice head shot there.
Whyte advances to half guard.
whoopazz wants to improve his position but Whyte is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whyte works his way into side control.
whoopazz on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Whyte working the ground and pound.
whoopazz tries to bench press Whyte off him but Whyte keeps the position.
whoopazz takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
whoopazz on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
whoopazz takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Whyte happy to just control the position for now.
Whyte working the head with strikes.
Whyte lands a decent elbow from side control.
whoopazz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
whoopazz is working to avoid the ground and pound but Whyte connects with a decent elbow.
Whyte is chipping away with strikes.
Whyte tries to move to mount but whoopazz blocks the move with his legs.
whoopazz is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
whoopazz manages to get back to half guard.
Whyte prevents whoopazz from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte wants to pass the guard but whoopazz is defending well.
Whyte passes the guard and advances to mount!
Whyte punishing his opponent with strikes.
whoopazz is trying to escape the mount.
Whyte raining down shots from the mount!
whoopazz tries to reverse the position but Whyte maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte working the ground and pound effectively.
whoopazz can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Whyte shoots in and bounces whoopazz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

whoopazz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Whyte passes into side control.
whoopazz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Whyte is tying to control. whoopazz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
whoopazz is looking for a sweep. Whyte is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Whyte working the head and body with strikes.
Whyte prevents whoopazz from improving his position.
whoopazz won't allow Whyte to pass to mount.
Whyte takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
whoopazz is breathing heavily.
Whyte working the head and body with strikes.
Whyte trying to control the action but whoopazz is working from the bottom.
whoopazz has hold of Whyte's hands but Whyte slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
whoopazz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Whyte scores with a couple of nice shots.
Whyte slips a nice elbow through whoopazz's hands, connecting with whoopazz's forehead.
whoopazz tries to get to full guard but Whyte has control of the leg.
Whyte seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Whyte lands strikes from half guard.

Whyte wants to work for an arm triangle but whoopazz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Whyte prevents whoopazz from improving his position.
Whyte scoring with strikes to the body and head.
whoopazz wants to get back to full guard but Whyte has mounted him!
Whyte controlling the position easily from mount.
Whyte cracks whoopazz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands with some strikes.
Whyte looking to finish whoopazz with some ground and pound. This is bad for whoopazz!

whoopazz is rocked!
whoopazz tries to reverse the position but Whyte maintains control.
Whyte postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. whoopazz looks a forlorn figure.
whoopazz is still in real trouble! Can Whyte finish him?
Whyte controlling from the full mount.
whoopazz seems to have recovered his senses.
Whyte scoring with strikes but whoopazz is staying in there.
whoopazz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Whyte breaks from whoopazz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
whoopazz working to try and regain half guard.
Whyte controlling from the full mount.
Whyte is landing with some decent strikes but whoopazz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Whyte connects with a massive shot to the dome!
whoopazz is desperately trying to improve his position but Whyte has a good base and remains in mount.
Whyte has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of whoopazz's face.
Whyte scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish whoopazz?
whoopazz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Whyte connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whyte cracks whoopazz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Whyte postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. whoopazz looks a forlorn figure.
whoopazz is trying to escape the mount.
Whyte pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
whoopazz working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
whoopazz regains half guard.
Whyte wants to control but whoopazz is keeping him busy.

whoopazz is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Whyte pulls his head out easily.
Whyte prevents whoopazz from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Whyte there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte scoring with strikes to the body and head.
whoopazz has hold of Whyte's hands but Whyte slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
whoopazz is refusing to be controlled, as Whyte sits in half guard.

whoopazz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dana Whyte dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Whyte gets the takedown into side control.
whoopazz is looking to reverse the position.
Whyte is chipping away with strikes.
Whyte cracks whoopazz with a big elbow.
Whyte lands some shots froms side control.
whoopazz tries to improve position but can't.
whoopazz takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
whoopazz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
whoopazz looking for a sweep but Whyte has passed into full mount! Oh no!
A nice elbow there by Whyte.
A nice elbow there by Whyte.
Whyte looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dana Whyte overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Whyte landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. whoopazz looks a forlorn figure.
whoopazz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Whyte lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
whoopazz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Whyte with the ground and pound from mount.
Whyte working away from the top, dropping strikes.
whoopazz tries to reverse the position but Whyte maintains control.
whoopazz is bucking up trying to escape but Whyte cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Whyte lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
whoopazz tries to reverse the position but Whyte maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Whyte.
Whyte landing strikes from the mount and whoopazz is in trouble!
whoopazz is trying to escape the mount.
Whyte can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as whoopazz is looking to escape.
whoopazz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Whyte with good strikes from the mount here!
Whyte with shots to the head and body - whoopazz looks very uncomfortable down there.
whoopazz is working to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte controlling the position easily from mount.
Whyte working the ground and pound effectively.
whoopazz working to try and regain half guard.
Whyte fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Whyte tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Whyte scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Whyte in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
whoopazz is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte breaks from whoopazz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Whyte unloading with bombs!
Whyte lands a big shot there that rocks whoopazz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
whoopazz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
whoopazz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Whyte lands a big elbow.
whoopazz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Whyte with the ground and pound from mount.
canof whoopazz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
whoopazz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
whoopazz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dana Whyte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whyte 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dana Whyte!