PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rudolph White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

White
vs
Cash

166 cm
24
178 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rudolph White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Cash!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cash looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White tries to clinch but fails miserably
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cash throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White wants to clinch
and Cash counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
White could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cash, right into the meat.
Cash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cash looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Cash waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
Cash misses with a looping right.
Cash throws a jab when White was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cash throws out the jab.
White with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cash counters with a low kick, right behind White 's knee.
Cash thows a body shot but no joy.
Cash throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice defenses there by White.
Cash thows a body shot but no joy.
White turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cash throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Cash misses.
Cash circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cash.
White tries to clinch there but Cash circles away.
Cash throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnny Cash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cash.
White tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cash counters with an outside leg kick.
Cash misses with a hook to the body
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cash is looking to slow White down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cash.
White avoids the body shot from Cash.
White wants to clinch but Cash slips to the side
and Cash counters with a nice leg kick.

White clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Cash.

Cash breaks from the clinch.
Cash throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
White slips a straight right by Cash.
Cash is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Cash missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Cash misses.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White misses with a low kick as Cash jumps back.
White staying out of range there.
White moves away from the strike by Cash.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cash jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White tries to clinch there but Cash circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Cash misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cash throws a leg kick
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cash misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White ducks under a wild hook from Cash.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cash.
Cash throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Cash misses with a right hand
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Cash loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cash.
Cash misses with a left hand
and White counters with a left and a right that stings Cash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
Cash misses with a low kick.
Cash throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
Cash throws a leg kick which misses White's front leg but catches the back leg as White tries to avoid it.
White closes the distance but Cash moves to the side
and Cash counters with a nice low kick that buckles White's knee momentarily.
Cash throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnny Cash is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White tries to clinch but Cash moves away
enabling Cash to counter with a crisp jab.
Rudolph White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cash misses with a looping right.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cash's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White ducks under a wild hook from Cash.
Cash thows a left - swing and a miss!
A good leg kick by Cash.
Cash swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White tries to clinch but Cash moves away
and Cash counters with a nice low kick that buckles White's knee momentarily.
Cash pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cash loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cash.
Cash throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cash throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Cash throws a body punch but White moves out of range.

White throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Cash was covering up waiting for the punch and White finishes the takedown easily into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

White gets to his feet. Cash looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Cash is breathing heavily.
Cash swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a three punch combo that has Cash backing up. Cash nods at White to acknowledge the strikes.
Cash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cash tries to avoid it but White manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cash to the ground. Cash escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cash misses with a looping left.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cash misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White tries to clinch up but Cash circles away and keeps his distance.
Cash swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Cash swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Johnny Cash will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A shot to the body from Cash misses
and White counters with a low kick, right behind Cash 's knee.
A swing and a miss from Cash.
A jab from Cash misses.
Cash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cash cracks the inside of White's front leg.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Cash misses.
White takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cash misses with a looping left.
White shoots in and drives through. Cash sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
Cash scoring well with a low kick there.
White closes the distance but Cash moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
White shoots in for a takedown but Cash shows good takedown defense.
A jab from Cash misses.
White wants to clinch
and Cash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cash takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cash throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cash keeps the fight on the outside.
Cash takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Cash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudolph White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash misses the jab.
Cash misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cash.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.

White clinches with his opponent.

Cash's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cash throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cash throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Cash keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cash.
Cash throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a one-two to the body.
Johnny Cash is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cash takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White tries to clinch up but Cash circles away and keeps his distance.
Cash just misses with a punch to the body.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cash manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cash throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
Cash misses with a hook.
White tries to clinch up.
Rudolph White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cash scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Cash comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cash winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Cash!