PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eddie White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Hallmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddie White has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

White
vs
Hallmann

175 cm
22
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
27
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Piotr Hallmann!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White defending well as Hallmann loads up on a big left hand.
White swings for the body but Hallmann moves out of range.
White swings for the body but Hallmann moves out of range.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Hallmann is just out of range.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Hallmann is just out of range.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That kick from White tenderised Hallmann's leg. Hallmann is trying to keep his angry face on.
Piotr Hallmann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White jabs Hallmann to the body, keeping him at a distance.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
White takes one on the chin but seems OK.
White ducks under a wild hook from Hallmann.
Hallmann throws a good cross that connects.
Hallmann misses with a two punch combination.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Hallmann does a little dance to reset his feet.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White is looking to wear down Hallmann with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hallmann on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
White scores with a jab to the jaw.
White cracks Hallmann with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hallmann's coach down at WarZone Training Facility 1 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hallmann's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hallmann misses with the combination.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hallmann manages to avoid it.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hallmann doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hallmann throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a lovely shot to the body.
White shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
White thumps Hallmann with a low kick.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Hallmann is just out of range.
White cracks a nice hook into Hallmann's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White lands a right hook to the body.
White connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallmann scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
Hallmann misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
White looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hallmann throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White avoids the body shot from Hallmann.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White lands a high kick!
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hallmann connects with a crisp jab.
Hallmann misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White digs a good hook to Hallmann's body.
Hallmann shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. White eats them both and turns towards Hallmann to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hallmann on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
White slips under a jab from Hallmann.
Hallmann stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White cracks a nice hook into Hallmann's ribs.
White digs a good hook to Hallmann's body.
White cracks the inside of Hallmann's front leg.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hallmann tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by White. That's going to slow Hallmann down.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hallmann throws out the jab.
Hallmann swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice body kick from White.
Hallmann throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a right hand to the body.
White lands a really nice looking cross but Hallmann seems unphased.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hallmann at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Hallmann does a little dance to reset his feet.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White feints and then cracks Hallmann's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hallmann down.
Hallmann misses with a double jab
and White counters with an outside leg kick.
Hallmann missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hallmann 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.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hallmann has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hallmann waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
White cracks the inside of Hallmann's front leg.
Hallmann throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with an outside leg kick.
Hallmann takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Hallmann misses with a body shot.
White lands a slapping body shot.
White scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hallmann throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a right hand to the body.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hallmann.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hallmann jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hallmann's sensitive parts.
A big right from Hallmann misses.
White misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hallmann misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hallmann misses with an uppercut
and White counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hallmann fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Hallmann does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hallmann on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hallmann misses with a left hand
and White counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallmann misses with a looping right.
White throws a quick inside leg kick.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hallmann has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hallmann swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and White counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hallmann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from White - that will leave a mark!
Hallmann is breathing heavily.
Hallmann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hallmann takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice straight punches there by White. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of White.
White lands a body shot.
White slips a jab and a cross from Hallmann.
A combination from Hallmann does no damage.
Hallmann looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Hallmann.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hallmann doesn't seem bothered though.
White connects with a nice looking jab.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White scores with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
White throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hallmann's head.

Hallmann is rocked!
White scores with a jab to the body.
Hallmann is still on wobbly legs! Can White finish him?
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hallmann at a distance.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hallmann might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, White has got the better of the exchanges.
White lands with a shot to the body.
Hallmann throws a body shot but no joy.
Hallmann throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with an outside leg kick.
Hallmann seems to have recovered his senses.
Piotr Hallmann is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hallmann misses with a right hand
and White counters with a low kick, right behind Hallmann 's knee.
White works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hallmann throws out the jab.
Eddie White is winning the standup battle so far.
White thuds a left hand into Hallmann's body.
White lands with a nice body punch.
Nice uppercut lands for White. That snapped Hallmann's head back.
Hallmann takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White throws a shot to the body.
Hallmann looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
White lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hallmann's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hallmann tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White cracks a nice hook into Hallmann's ribs.
Hallmann fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hallmann misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White takes a swing at Hallmann's ribcage but misses.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hallmann on the side of the head.
Hallmann throws a right and a left that both miss.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hallmann fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. White looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
White scores with a shot to the body.
White blocks a jab.
White lands with a slapping head kick.
That kick from White tenderised Hallmann's leg. Hallmann is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hallmann misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by White.
White's corner calls for a 1-2. White obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie White dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hallmann throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
White lands a jab to Hallmann's midsection.
White lands with a right hand.
Hallmann throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hallmann's calf.
Hallmann tries to move into range but White moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hallmann throws a right and a left that both miss.
White connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hallmann stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
White drops Hallmann with a naaaaasty hook - Hallmann is in real trouble here! White dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie White!