PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Donar Gunvaldsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunvaldsson comes to the cage accompanied by Pornstep - Dodge & Fuski. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Gunvaldsson
vs
White

180 cm
28
162 lbs
12 - 12 - 2

177 cm
22
164 lbs
10 - 7 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)
Beaver Jooce!

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 12 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Donar Gunvaldsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy White!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunvaldsson avoids the body shot from White.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gunvaldsson moves away.
White throws a push kick but Gunvaldsson slaps the foot to one side.

Gunvaldsson closes the distance and pushes White back into the cage.
We've been informed that White has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunvaldsson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch there but White circles away.

Gunvaldsson clinches with his opponent.
Gunvaldsson missing with knees to the body.
Gunvaldsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
White wants to get back to striking at distance but Gunvaldsson won't allow it.
Gunvaldsson tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Gunvaldsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunvaldsson scores a nice knee to the body.
White tries to break the clinch but Gunvaldsson is controlling the position.
Gunvaldsson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gunvaldsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt White or not.
White wants to break free but Gunvaldsson has control.
Gunvaldsson stalling the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunvaldsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gunvaldsson backing away here, and White unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Gunvaldsson rushes White and presses him up against the cage.
White can't break the clinch.
Gunvaldsson lands a right hand.
White is looking to break free of the clinch but Gunvaldsson has double underhooks.
Gunvaldsson has White pressed against the cage, preventing White from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gunvaldsson clinches up against the cage.
Gunvaldsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and White avoids it.
Gunvaldsson lands a nice uppercut.
Gunvaldsson is pushing White up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gunvaldsson tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunvaldsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gunvaldsson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
White looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gunvaldsson tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.
White is trying to push Gunvaldsson away but Gunvaldsson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gunvaldsson doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
Gunvaldsson backing away here, and White unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gunvaldsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gunvaldsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunvaldsson blocks a head kick by White.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
White misses with an attempted mid kick.
It looked like Gunvaldsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch up.
White tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Gunvaldsson moves into range and clinches up with White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gunvaldsson struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.

White gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gunvaldsson is trying to stand.
Gunvaldsson is holding on to half guard well.
Gunvaldsson is trying to get back to full guard.
Gunvaldsson pushes White off looking to stand but White dives back in and keeps control.
Gunvaldsson moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunvaldsson controlling White's posture.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gunvaldsson wants to stand up but White is controlling him.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Donar Gunvaldsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

White tries to keep at a distance but Gunvaldsson has taken the fight into the clinch.
White has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gunvaldsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite White's efforts to push away.
White wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donar Gunvaldsson dominated that 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.

Gunvaldsson moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
White is looking to land body kicks.
Gunvaldsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunvaldsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White throws a leg kick that misses.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch up.
White throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gunvaldsson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Gunvaldsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
White throws a low kick but Gunvaldsson avoids it.
White misses with an attempted mid kick.
White shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White tries a head kick but it misses.

Gunvaldsson clinches up against the cage.
White tries to break the clinch but Gunvaldsson is controlling the position.
White tries to break free but Gunvaldsson pushes him back against the cage.
White prevents a body shot from Gunvaldsson.
Gunvaldsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Gunvaldsson.
White wants to break free but Gunvaldsson has control.
White is looking to break free of the clinch but Gunvaldsson has double underhooks.
Gunvaldsson lands an elbow that stopped White in his tracks for a moment.
Gunvaldsson tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Gunvaldsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
White wants to break free but Gunvaldsson has control.
White is trying to break free.

White breaks from the clinch.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
Freddy White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice body kick there by White.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gunvaldsson checks the leg kick.
Gunvaldsson checks a leg kick nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Gunvaldsson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
White lands the left hand.
White tries a low kick but Gunvaldsson avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch
and White counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gunvaldsson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch.
Gunvaldsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Despite the aggression on White's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Gunvaldsson moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunvaldsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Gunvaldsson closes the distance and pushes White back into the cage.
Gunvaldsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gunvaldsson prevents White from breaking the clinch.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gunvaldsson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gunvaldsson trying to stall but White improves his position.
White wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gunvaldsson tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Gunvaldsson is trying to maintain a safe position but White gets an underhook and turns Gunvaldsson into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gunvaldsson struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Gunvaldsson prevents White from breaking the clinch.
Gunvaldsson tries to land knees in the clinch but White avoids the damage to the body.
Gunvaldsson has White pressed against the cage, preventing White from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gunvaldsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Gunvaldsson.
White tries to break the clinch but Gunvaldsson is controlling the position.

White breaks from the clinch.

Gunvaldsson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Gunvaldsson as the two fighters clinch.
White is trying to push Gunvaldsson away but Gunvaldsson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gunvaldsson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White.
Gunvaldsson looking to slow down the pace here.
Gunvaldsson keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
White tries to break free but Gunvaldsson pushes him back against the cage.
Gunvaldsson scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gunvaldsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gunvaldsson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
White is trying to break free.
Gunvaldsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
White looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gunvaldsson keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

White manages to break the clinch.
White throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gunvaldsson.
White throws a leg kick but Gunvaldsson moved away.
Gunvaldsson checks a low kick from White.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch but White is having none of it.
White unleashes a big counter combination but Gunvaldsson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch.
Gunvaldsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
Gunvaldsson closes the distance but White moves to the side
letting White counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Freddy White will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gunvaldsson moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Gunvaldsson throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
White throws a big counter head kick but Gunvaldsson avoids it with no problem.
Gunvaldsson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gunvaldsson wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
White throws a head kick that misses.
Freddy White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gunvaldsson avoids the head kick by White.
Gunvaldsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
Gunvaldsson misses with a wild body shot.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
White looks to land a body kick but Gunvaldsson moved away.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch but White is having none of it.
Gunvaldsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
Gunvaldsson wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands a high kick!
Gunvaldsson moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
A bone on bone clash there as Gunvaldsson blocks the leg kick.
Gunvaldsson doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
Gunvaldsson checks a low kick from White.
Gunvaldsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunvaldsson doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.

Gunvaldsson moves into the clinch successfully.

White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gunvaldsson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gunvaldsson wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch there but White circles away.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunvaldsson.
Gunvaldsson doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
White throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gunvaldsson's head.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch up.
White misses with a straight right.
White throws a wild body kick that Gunvaldsson sees coming a mile off.
Gunvaldsson doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Gunvaldsson.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White throws out a counter right but Gunvaldsson avoids it with no problem.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
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!
Gunvaldsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunvaldsson wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
White thumps Gunvaldsson with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunvaldsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gunvaldsson wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
White feints a counter leg kick.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
White buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch but White is having none of it.
Gunvaldsson ducks under a wild hook from White.
Gunvaldsson is looking to clinch.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. White manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunvaldsson avoids the head kick by White.
A counter left hand to the body from Gunvaldsson misses its target.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gunvaldsson moves out of range of the body kick.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch up.
Gunvaldsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunvaldsson moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Gunvaldsson wants to clinch.
Gunvaldsson moves out of range of the body kick.
White tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gunvaldsson tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gunvaldsson tries to clinch up.
Good standup being displayed there by Gunvaldsson as he connects with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think White has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!