PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Lennon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Whitewas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Lennon had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 137.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lennon
vs
Whitewas

175 cm
23
146 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

168 cm
24
136 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, John Lennon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Whitewas!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lennon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Whitewas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Lennon manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Lennon closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Whitewas to the mat! Whitewas manages to get full guard.

Lennon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Whitewas keeping full guard, as Lennon tries to pass.

Whitewas looking for a guillotine here but Lennon defends easily.
Lennon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whitewas is keeping the position for now.
Whitewas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Whitewas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lennon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Whitewas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lennon thows a big elbow that misses.

Whitewas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Whitewas is trying to keep Lennon in close.

Whitewas isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lennon stacks Whitewas on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lennon!
Whitewas looks gassed!
Whitewas is looking to regain half guard here but Lennon keeps moving and retains side control.

Lennon has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Whitewas is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Lennon yanks on the arm and Whitewas is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Lennon.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Lennon!