PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Vadokowich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tokyo Whiteman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vadokowich's entrance music is Metallica - Enter Sandman. A fine choice. On his way into the cage it seems that Vadim Vadokowich has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Vadim Vadokowich seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Vadokowich
vs
Whiteman

180 cm
42
181 lbs
47 - 20 - 0

194 cm
25
172 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

Sun-Tzu
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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 47 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vadim Vadokowich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tokyo Whiteman!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whiteman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vadokowich.
Whiteman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Whiteman misses with a combination
and Vadokowich counters with a straight right hand.
Tokyo Whiteman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whiteman lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Whiteman misses.
Whiteman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whiteman. Vadokowich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whiteman tries to clinch up but Vadokowich circles away and keeps his distance.
Whiteman scores with a spinning back kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vadokowich looks for the body kick but Whiteman saw that one coming.
Vadokowich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vadokowich throws a looping overhand right but Whiteman ducks down to avoid it.
Whiteman scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich misses with a hook to the body
and Whiteman counters with a slapping leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Whiteman, as that shot connected.
Whiteman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Whiteman throws out a powerful jab.
Whiteman staying out of range there.
Whiteman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Whiteman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vadokowich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Vadokowich blocks the leg kick.
Vadokowich misses with a hook.
Whiteman tried to score with a low kick but Vadokowich checks it.
Whiteman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Whiteman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vadokowich is looking to counter punch.
Whiteman slips under a jab from Vadokowich.
Whiteman doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Vadokowich swats away the attempt to clinch by Whiteman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiteman misses with a lunging right hand
and Vadokowich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vadokowich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab by Whiteman.
Vadokowich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vadokowich definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Vadokowich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Whiteman moves out of range of the strikes.
Whiteman cracks Vadokowich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Whiteman lands with a nice body punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Whiteman. That snapped Vadokowich's head back.
Whiteman cracks Vadokowich with an open hand slap.
Whiteman is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Whiteman lands with a shot to the body.
Whiteman lands a slapping body shot.
Whiteman lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiteman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Vadokowich under the eye.
Whiteman moves to clinch but Vadokowich breaks away
and Vadokowich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whiteman throws a jab but it's blocked by Vadokowich.
Whiteman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vadokowich.
Whiteman looks to clinch
letting Vadokowich counter with a right hand.
Vadokowich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whiteman.
Whiteman misses with a hook. Vadokowich ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Vadokowich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Whiteman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vadokowich throws out a loose jab but Whiteman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whiteman scores with a leg kick.
Vadokowich takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Whiteman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vadokowich.
Whiteman throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whiteman lands the left hand.
Vadokowich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whiteman.
Whiteman scores with a body shot.
Vadokowich doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Whiteman lands a nice hook to Vadokowich's body. Vadokowich takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Whiteman connects with an inside leg kick.
Whiteman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vadokowich is able to avoid easily.
Vadokowich throws a shot from downtown. Whiteman moves away and avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Vadokowich checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Whiteman scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Whiteman.
Whiteman scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tokyo Whiteman dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Whiteman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vadokowich ducks right into an uppercut from Whiteman.
Vadokowich avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Whiteman is looking to chop away at Vadokowich's legs.
Nice body punch from Whiteman.
Vadokowich chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Whiteman can pounce on him.
Vadokowich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whiteman.
Whiteman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whiteman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Whiteman rushes Vadokowich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Vadokowich.
Whiteman has a couple of punches blocked by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vadokowich misses with a punch to the body.
Whiteman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vadokowich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich blocks a body shot from Whiteman.
Whiteman is trying to stall.
Whiteman controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Whiteman fails to land.
Vadokowich prevents a body shot from Whiteman.
Whiteman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vadokowich working aggressively here.
Vadokowich throws a punch but it's blocked by Whiteman.
Vadokowich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Whiteman.
Vadokowich throws a punch but it's blocked by Whiteman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whiteman.
Whiteman struggles to land a body shot inside as Vadokowich controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vadokowich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whiteman misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich prevents a body shot from Whiteman.
Vadokowich lands a left hand.
Whiteman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Whiteman working aggressively here.
Vadokowich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whiteman has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Vadokowich seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Whiteman can turn it around.
Whiteman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whiteman can't find room to land a body shot as Vadokowich controls the action.
Whiteman throws an elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whiteman looking to stall.
Vadokowich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vadokowich swings wildly with an uppercut but Whiteman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vadokowich swings wildly with an uppercut but Whiteman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vadokowich prevents a body shot from Whiteman.
Vadokowich blocks a body shot from Whiteman.
Vadokowich lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vadokowich pushes Whiteman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vadokowich blocks a body shot from Whiteman.
Vadokowich avoiding damage as Whiteman throws knees to the body.
Whiteman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vadim Vadokowich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vadokowich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vadokowich lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Vadokowich.
Whiteman missing with knees to the body.

Vadokowich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vadokowich has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Whiteman finds it's way round the side to connect with Vadokowich's head.
Whiteman misses with a hook
and Whiteman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Vadokowich misses.
Whiteman throws an off balance right hand
and Vadokowich counters with a nice uppercut.
Whiteman lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vadokowich takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whiteman misses with an uppercut. Vadokowich saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Vadokowich misses the target.
Vadokowich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whiteman lands a nice shot that snaps Vadokowich's head back.
Vadokowich throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Whiteman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Whiteman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Whiteman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whiteman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whiteman clobbers Vadokowich with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whiteman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vadokowich was well out of range. Poor timing from Whiteman.
Vadokowich walks into a jab.

Whiteman darts in and clinches Vadokowich up against the cage.
Vadokowich lands a nice uppercut.
Whiteman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vadokowich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Whiteman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vadokowich is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tokyo Whiteman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Whiteman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vadokowich throws out the jab.
Whiteman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Vadokowich. Whiteman shrugs it off though.
A lazy left from Whiteman finds it's target.
Whiteman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vadokowich misses with a body kick.
Whiteman misses with a right hand
and Vadokowich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Whiteman does it's job there.

Whiteman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vadokowich, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vadokowich takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Whiteman throws a head punch that misses.
Vadokowich throws a head punch that misses.
Vadokowich misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiteman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vadokowich swings wildly with an uppercut but Whiteman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whiteman has a couple of punches blocked by Vadokowich.
Whiteman struggles to land a body shot inside as Vadokowich controls his hands.
Vadokowich softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vadokowich prevents a body shot from Whiteman.
Vadokowich blocks an elbow strike from Whiteman.
Whiteman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Whiteman fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Vadokowich fails to land.
Whiteman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Whiteman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vadokowich's elbow.
Whiteman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whiteman tries to work over Vadokowich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vadokowich misses with some punches.
Vadokowich lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiteman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich scores with a shoulder strike.
Vadokowich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whiteman backwards.
Whiteman misses with a hook to the ribs.

Vadokowich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whiteman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vadokowich.
Whiteman with a nice cross.
Whiteman checks a low kick from Vadokowich.
Whiteman appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Whiteman slips under a jab.
Vadokowich sets himself, and Whiteman steps forward looking for the clinch! Vadokowich avoids it this time.
Vadokowich takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Whiteman slips a jab and a cross from Vadokowich.
Whiteman tries to clinch
and Whiteman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vadokowich slips under a jab.
Vadokowich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Vadim Vadokowich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vadokowich misses with a straight right.
Vadokowich needs to keep his hands up - Whiteman had a free shot at his head there.
Whiteman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vadokowich counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Vadokowich. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Whiteman.
It looked like Vadokowich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Whiteman slips under a jab from Vadokowich.
Whiteman appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Whiteman misses with a few strikes there.
Whiteman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vadokowich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whiteman.
Whiteman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Whiteman is predictable there
and Vadokowich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vadokowich gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whiteman throws a body shot but no joy.
Whiteman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Vadokowich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whiteman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That kick from Whiteman tenderised Vadokowich's leg. Vadokowich is trying to keep his angry face on.
Whiteman tries to clinch
and Vadokowich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vadokowich misses the shot to the body.
Whiteman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vadokowich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

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 Vadim Vadokowich.
I think Whiteman 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tokyo Whiteman!
In his post fight interview, Tokyo Whiteman started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Vadim Vadokowich was interviewed post fight and said 'Give it up for my opponent! I come to fight every time!'.