PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mac Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Whitley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Green
vs
Whitley

178 cm
27
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mac Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leon Whitley!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Green was well out of range. Poor timing from Whitley.
Whitley throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Green connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Whitley connects with a nice looking jab.
Whitley throws a hook but Green avoids it easily.
Green gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Whitley.
Green throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Whitley throws a jab when Green was well out of range.
Green on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Whitley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Whitley throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Green. That's going to slow Whitley down.
Green uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Whitley.
Whitley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Green.
Green takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Green cracks the inside of Whitley's front leg.
Nice straight punches there by Whitley. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Whitley.
Green avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leon Whitley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitley throws a hook but Green blocks it.
Whitley looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Green moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whitley with a hook.
Whitley loads up on a big right hand but Green slips the punch.
Whitley throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Whitley is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Green moves out of range as Whitley strikes.
Green shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Whitley but Whitley pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Whitley loads up on a big right hand but Green slips the punch.
Whitley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitley missing with a left hand there. Green was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Whitley scores with a four punch combination!
Jab from Whitley.
Whitley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Green.
Whitley lands with a straight right. Green didn't see that one coming.
Whitley throws an off balance right hand
and Green counters with a nice body kick.
Whitley throws a hook but Green avoids it easily.
Whitley looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Whitley there.
Green tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitley loads up on a big right hand but Green slips the punch.
Green scores with a head kick.
Whitley misses with a straight right.
Whitley misses with an uppercut. Green saw that one coming.
Whitley throws a series of strikes that have Green backpedaling.
Whitley misses with a hook.
Good shot there by Whitley.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Green counters with a nice leg kick.
Green takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Leon Whitley will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Whitley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whitley throws a right hand that Green ducks under and follows up with a left that Green also avoids with ease.
Whitley swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Whitley misses with an uppercut
and Green counters with a thumping low kick.
Whitley misses with a left hand
and Green counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Whitley misses with a hook. Green ducked under it nicely.
Green fails with a takedown attempt.
Whitley takes a swing at Green's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitley throws the left hand but Green avoids the punch easily.
Green steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whitley.
Whitley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Green tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big left from Whitley misses.
Whitley throws a series of punches but Green moves out of range.
Green wants to clinch up but Whitley keeps it at a distance.
Whitley avoids the head kick by Green.
Green slips under a jab from Whitley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitley looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
Whitley might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Whitley swings widly with a right hand
and Green counters with an inside leg kick.
Whitley misses the shot to the body.
Whitley throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whitley with a nice cross.
Green staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Whitley misses its intended target.
Green ducks under a wild hook from Whitley.
Green buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitley throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with a slapping leg kick.
Whitley scores with a nice strike.
Whitley misses with a looping left.
Whitley throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Green ducks under a wild hook from Whitley.
A nice leg kick lands there from Green.
Whitley misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Whitley is breathing heavily.
Whitley misses with a hook
and Green counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Whitley throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whitley jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitley throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with an inside leg kick.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leon Whitley seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Green gets a clinch.
Whitley tries for a takedown. No joy.
Green using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whitley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Green with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Green throws an elbow but it misses.

Green gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Whitley regains guard.

Green drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Green jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Green slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Green 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Green thumps Whitley with a low kick.
Whitley lands an overhand right.
Whitley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Green eats them both and turns towards Whitley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Green avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whitley tries to bum rush Green with a series of wild strikes but Green uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Whitley looks to land a left hand but Green moved out of range nicely.
Whitley throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Whitley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Green sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whitley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green scoring well with a low kick there.
Green tries to clinch there but Whitley circles away.
Green keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Green fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Whitley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Whitley clobbers Green with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Green fails in his attempt to clinch.
Whitley throws a predictable looking body shot
and Green counters with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Whitley misses.
Green bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitley misses with an uppercut.
Nice cross by Whitley.
Green slips a jab and a cross from Whitley.
Green with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Whitley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A chopping leg kick lands by Green.
Whitley misses with a jab to the body
and Green counters with a low kick, right behind Whitley 's knee.
Nice jab there from Whitley.
Green throws a head kick but Whitley moves out of range.
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!
Whitley misses with a lunging right hand
and Green counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitley misses with an uppercut
and Green counters with a thumping low kick.
Green tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whitley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Whitley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Whitley misses with a straight left.
Green moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Whitley misses with a looping left.
Green is looking to clinch.
Green moves away from the strike by Whitley.
Green throws a head kick that half lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green moves out of range of the strikes.
Whitley misses with a lunging right hand
and Green counters with a slapping leg kick.
Whitley throws an off balance right hand
and Green counters with a low kick, right behind Whitley 's knee.
Green keeps Whitley at a distance using the push kick.
Whitley ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Green throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitley misses with a two punch combination.
Green uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whitley.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mac Green showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Green 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 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mac Green!