PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick McWhiskey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McWhiskey's entrance music is ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪. A fine choice. Saint has chosen Bad Company - Holy Water as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

McWhiskey
vs
Saint

188 cm
31
212 lbs
29 - 7 - 0

182 cm
38
205 lbs
40 - 20 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conquer

Union Fight Gear
Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick McWhiskey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Saint misses

and McWhiskey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
I was talking to McWhiskey's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McWhiskey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saint or not.
Saint tries to work over McWhiskey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McWhiskey misses with a knee strike.
McWhiskey landing knees to the head.

It looks like Jensen Saint has been cut.
McWhiskey gets through Saint's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from McWhiskey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McWhiskey misses with some punches.

Saint breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McWhiskey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McWhiskey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saint.
McWhiskey tries to clinch up but Saint circles away and keeps his distance.
McWhiskey tries to clinch but Saint is having none of it.
McWhiskey misses with a double jab.
Jensen Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saint throws an overhand right that lands on McWhiskey's shoulder, as McWhiskey tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McWhiskey throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.

Saint tries to keep at a distance but McWhiskey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McWhiskey obliges.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McWhiskey lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saint looks winded!
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!
McWhiskey lands a body shot.
McWhiskey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McWhiskey cracks Saint with a nice body shot.
McWhiskey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McWhiskey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint avoids it.
Saint takes a knee right on the jaw!
McWhiskey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
McWhiskey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Saint can't find room to land a body shot as McWhiskey controls the action.
McWhiskey lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint tries to work over McWhiskey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McWhiskey tries a body shot but Saint blocks it.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McWhiskey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McWhiskey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McWhiskey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McWhiskey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McWhiskey lands a nice uppercut.
McWhiskey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saint struggles to land a body shot inside as McWhiskey controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from McWhiskey.
A short left from McWhiskey.
McWhiskey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McWhiskey obliges.
McWhiskey crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Saint tries to throw a body punch but McWhiskey avoids it by throwing Saint back against the cage.
McWhiskey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Saint tries to pull guard but McWhiskey holds him up against the cage and eventually Saint drops back down to his feet.
McWhiskey lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McWhiskey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McWhiskey lands a nice uppercut.
McWhiskey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saint has a couple of punches blocked by McWhiskey.
McWhiskey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey scores with a hook to the body.
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
McWhiskey lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McWhiskey crunches a lovely knee into Saint's ribcage.
Knees to the body from McWhiskey.
A knee to the head by McWhiskey.
McWhiskey lands a hook that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
McWhiskey unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McWhiskey works on Saint's body with a couple of short punches.
McWhiskey lands a knee to the body.
McWhiskey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saint blocks it with crossed arms.
McWhiskey prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey tries a knee to the head but Saint blocks it.
McWhiskey can't find room to land a body shot as Saint controls the action.
McWhiskey lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey lands with a left to the head.
McWhiskey lands with a right to the head.
McWhiskey misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.

Saint successfully pulls guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McWhiskey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McWhiskey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saint's head.

Saint has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. McWhiskey is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Saint.
An elbow from McWhiskey crashes against the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McWhiskey lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick McWhiskey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McWhiskey is looking to clinch.

McWhiskey takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Saint.
McWhiskey is leaning against Saint and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
McWhiskey tries to throw a body punch but Saint avoids it by throwing McWhiskey back against the cage.
McWhiskey lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
McWhiskey digs a right hand underneath Saint's ribcage. Saint let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McWhiskey lands a good knee to the midsection. Saint won't want to take too many of those.
McWhiskey works on Saint's body with a couple of short punches.
McWhiskey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Saint is breathing heavily.
McWhiskey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McWhiskey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McWhiskey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saint in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McWhiskey scores with a shoulder strike.
McWhiskey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Saint avoiding damage as McWhiskey throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McWhiskey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saint has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saint wants to break free but McWhiskey has control.
McWhiskey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McWhiskey tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Patrick McWhiskey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Saint is trying to pull guard but McWhiskey has him pressed against the cage.

Saint has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics McWhiskey uses from the top position.
McWhiskey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McWhiskey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McWhiskey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
McWhiskey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McWhiskey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McWhiskey puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McWhiskey throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Saint to regain full guard.
McWhiskey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Our spies down at at Heavy Metal inform us that Saint has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McWhiskey throws a strike but Saint rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

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

Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saint accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

McWhiskey working for a triangle but Saint defends it easily.
Saint cracks McWhiskey with a solid left hand.
McWhiskey looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Saint got a little sloppy there for a moment and McWhiskey has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Saint has managed to get both his arms back between McWhiskey's legs - danger averted.

McWhiskey had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Saint defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McWhiskey throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

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

Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

McWhiskey looking for a guillotine here but Saint defends easily.
Patrick McWhiskey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saint scoring with some ground and pound.
Saint lands a couple of decent looking shots.
McWhiskey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saint can do to turn this around?
McWhiskey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Saint with a nice head shot there.
McWhiskey has momentary wrist control but Saint slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McWhiskey controls Saint momentarily but Saint frees himself.

McWhiskey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Saint is aware though and is defending well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Saint's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saint is in close to McWhiskey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saint postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

McWhiskey looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Saint scoring with some ground and pound.
Saint working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McWhiskey's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saint passes McWhiskey's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
McWhiskey moves into full guard.

McWhiskey is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Saint defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick McWhiskey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

McWhiskey scores with a decent looking hook.
Saint keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McWhiskey.
Saint sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Saint moves forwards but McWhiskey connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saint throws a leg kick
and McWhiskey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the liver by McWhiskey. Beautiful body shot.
Saint misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McWhiskey moves away.
A head kick misses from Saint.
Saint takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McWhiskey tries to clinch there but Saint circles away.
McWhiskey tries to clinch but Saint moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Saint.
Saint throws a head kick that misses.
Saint thows a body shot but no joy.
McWhiskey looks to land a right hand but Saint moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint jabs at McWhiskey's body.
Patrick McWhiskey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McWhiskey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McWhiskey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Saint manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saint cracks the inside of McWhiskey's front leg.
Saint avoids the head kick by McWhiskey.
Saint fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McWhiskey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saint moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey cracks Saint with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey avoids the head kick by Saint.

McWhiskey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Saint, pushing him back against the cage.
Saint lands a hook that snaps the head of McWhiskey backwards.
McWhiskey looking to throw knees to the head but Saint is blocking nicely.
Saint looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Saint breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by McWhiskey. Beautiful body shot.
McWhiskey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saint.
Nice shot lands for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McWhiskey.
McWhiskey clobbers Saint with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McWhiskey changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McWhiskey lands an overhand right.
Horrible takedown by Saint or perhaps it was just good defense by McWhiskey which made him look bad.
Saint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McWhiskey.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick McWhiskey clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

McWhiskey moves out of range of the body kick from Saint.
McWhiskey scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Saint throws a hook but McWhiskey avoids it easily.
McWhiskey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A nice leg kick lands there from McWhiskey.
McWhiskey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McWhiskey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saint circles away quickly and effectively.
McWhiskey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint takes one to the side of the head.
McWhiskey misses with the combination.
McWhiskey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint misses with a hook to the body

and McWhiskey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McWhiskey.
McWhiskey scores with a nice hook to the head.

Saint manages to pull guard.

Saint is looking for a triangle here but McWhiskey uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

McWhiskey is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Saint knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Saint has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint sneaks back into half guard.

McWhiskey is working for a submission of some sort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McWhiskey prevents Saint from improving his position.
Saint avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McWhiskey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint wants to control but McWhiskey is keeping busy and won't allow it.

McWhiskey looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Saint tries to get to full guard but McWhiskey has control of the leg.
Saint gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McWhiskey content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Saint looking for a guillotine here but McWhiskey defends easily.
McWhiskey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Saint is trying to control the position but McWhiskey postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McWhiskey is working Saint over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McWhiskey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McWhiskey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Saint works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick McWhiskey had his way with Jensen Saint in that round.
The cut man is working on Jensen Saint's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Saint swinging wildly here.
McWhiskey motions for Saint to come forward. McWhiskey throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saint misses with a body shot.
McWhiskey avoids the body shot from Saint.
McWhiskey misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McWhiskey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Saint.
Saint fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McWhiskey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saint's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint keeps the fight on the outside.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McWhiskey lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saint has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saint and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A left lands for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saint is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McWhiskey rather than just go for the knockout.
McWhiskey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McWhiskey wants it to stay on the feet.
McWhiskey throws a nice inside leg kick.
McWhiskey lands with a shot to the body.
McWhiskey throws out a loose jab but Saint uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from McWhiskey misses the target.
Saint walks into a stiff left hand from McWhiskey.
Saint misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A solid leg kick lands there for McWhiskey.
McWhiskey pushes Saint away with a front kick.
Saint is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McWhiskey looks to land a combination. Saint sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A head kick misses from McWhiskey.
Saint throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McWhiskey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint throws a hook to the side of McWhiskey's head but McWhiskey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jensen Saint has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saint motions for McWhiskey to come forward. Saint throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Saint misses its intended target.

Saint shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. McWhiskey manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

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

McWhiskey is looking for a triangle but Saint pushes his legs off easily.

Saint avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Saint lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saint lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

McWhiskey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Saint is aware though and is defending well.

Saint thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Saint cracks McWhiskey with a solid left hand.
Saint is in close to McWhiskey's body, working some short punches and elbows.

McWhiskey working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Saint doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Saint manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Saint is in close to McWhiskey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saint postures up and lands a big shot to McWhiskey's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saint stands and throws McWhiskey's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Saint scores with a couple of short elbows.
Saint scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McWhiskey to see if he's OK.
Saint tries to move into full mount but can't pass McWhiskey's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Patrick McWhiskey.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for McWhiskey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:44
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Glass scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick McWhiskey!
Patrick McWhiskey retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Patrick McWhiskey thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.