PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chester Whitehall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy The Iron Hand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy The Iron Hand will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Whitehall
vs
The Iron Hand

182 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
161 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Blitzkrieg Supplements

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chester Whitehall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy The Iron Hand!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Iron Hand shoots in and bounces Whitehall off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The Iron Hand has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Whitehall is proving hard to escape from.

The Iron Hand drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and The Iron Hand jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Whitehall controls The Iron Hand momentarily but The Iron Hand frees himself.
The Iron Hand working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Whitehall's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Iron Hand gets to his feet - Whitehall follows without any prompting.
Whitehall misses with a looping right.
The Iron Hand takes a swing at Whitehall's ribcage but misses.
Whitehall throws a lazy right hand but The Iron Hand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Whitehall is looking to clinch but The Iron Hand is avoiding it.
Whitehall missing with a left hand there. The Iron Hand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Whitehall misses with an attempted mid kick.

Whitehall closes the distance and clinches.

Whitehall manages to break the clinch.
Chester Whitehall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Iron Hand looks to clinch

and Whitehall moves into the clinch.
Whitehall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Iron Hand prevents Whitehall from breaking the clinch.
The Iron Hand fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Iron Hand pulls Whitehall into guard.

The Iron Hand looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Whitehall trying to control the position from guard on top but The Iron Hand is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The Iron Hand working for a triangle but Whitehall defends it easily.
Whitehall lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The Iron Hand is looking for a triangle but Whitehall pushes his legs off easily.
Whitehall postures up.
Whitehall is looking to work some ground and pound but The Iron Hand has wrist control.

The Iron Hand has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Whitehall can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The Iron Hand looks gassed!
Whitehall prevents The Iron Hand from getting back to his feet.
The Iron Hand keeping moving, preventing Whitehall from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehall lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whitehall lands a couple of elbows.

The Iron Hand had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Whitehall is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. The Iron Hand Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Whitehall's back instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Iron Hand throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Whitehall trying to control the hands but The Iron Hand won't let him.
The Iron Hand doesn't have the hooks in and Whitehall manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy The Iron Hand dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The Iron Hand tries for a takedown but Whitehall circles away easily

and Whitehall counters by moving into the clinch.
Whitehall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Whitehall breaks the clinch.
Whitehall misses with a hook to the body
and The Iron Hand counters with a big head kick but Whitehall shrugs it off.
Whitehall misses with a combination
and The Iron Hand finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Chester Whitehall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The Iron Hand takes the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from The Iron Hand.
The Iron Hand drops down looking for an ankle pick but Whitehall pulls his leg out and moves away.
The Iron Hand connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehall takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

The Iron Hand gets a takedown into half guard.
Whitehall is trying to stand up here but The Iron Hand is controlling him well.
The Iron Hand drops an elbow to the side of Whitehall's head.

The Iron Hand decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Whitehall throws a combination that misses
and The Iron Hand finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The Iron Hand lands a nice looking kick to the body. Whitehall takes a step back to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitehall throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Iron Hand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Iron Hand's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and The Iron Hand duly obliges.
Whitehall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and The Iron Hand counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Whitehall swings away with a body shot that misses
and The Iron Hand counters with a slapping leg kick.
The Iron Hand scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The Iron Hand takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Whitehall takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Iron Hand misses with a head kick.
Whitehall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and The Iron Hand moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehall is looking to break free of the clinch but The Iron Hand has double underhooks.
The Iron Hand has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Whitehall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chester Whitehall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy The Iron Hand.
The Iron Hand drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Iron Hand throws an elbow but it misses.
The Iron Hand can't get the takedown.

Whitehall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whitehall throws a looping overhand right but The Iron Hand ducks down to avoid it.
Whitehall tries to clinch
and The Iron Hand counters with a good, hard body kick but Whitehall shrugs it off.
Whitehall misses with an uppercut. The Iron Hand saw that one coming.
Whitehall takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Chester Whitehall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitehall misses with a combination
and The Iron Hand counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The Iron Hand scores with a takedown into Whitehall's guard.

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

The Iron Hand drops back, looking for a kneebar! Whitehall looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Whitehall looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Whitehall!
The Iron Hand is looking for a sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Iron Hand manages to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy The Iron Hand showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The Iron Hand uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whitehall.
The Iron Hand slips under a jab.
Whitehall throws a right and a left that The Iron Hand avoids nicely.
The Iron Hand fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Whitehall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Iron Hand tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whitehall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitehall thows a left - swing and a miss!

Whitehall has The Iron Hand up against the cage in a clinch.
Whitehall gets underhooks to prevent The Iron Hand's takedown attempt.
Whitehall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Whitehall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whitehall attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The Iron Hand thows a body kick. Whitehall tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The Iron Hand tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whitehall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Iron Hand lands with a kick to the temple. Whitehall shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Iron Hand lands a nice looking kick to the body. Whitehall takes a step back to recover.
The Iron Hand scores with a head kick.
The Iron Hand bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Whitehall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Iron Hand makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The Iron Hand lands with a kick to the temple. Whitehall shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Iron Hand throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Whitehall's waist but Whitehall gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Iron Hand off to one side.
Chester Whitehall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy The Iron Hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitehall throws a head kick that misses
and The Iron Hand counters with a straight right hand.
The Iron Hand ducks under a wild hook from Whitehall.
Whitehall missing with a left hand there. The Iron Hand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Whitehall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Iron Hand counters with a big head kick but Whitehall shrugs it off.
Whitehall falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Iron Hand counters with an outside leg kick.
The Iron Hand slips under a jab.
The Iron Hand thuds his shin into the meat of Whitehall's side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Whitehall misses
and The Iron Hand counters with a nice low kick that buckles Whitehall's knee momentarily.

The Iron Hand bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The Iron Hand with the ground and pound but Whitehall regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

The Iron Hand postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Whitehall to stand up.
Whitehall throws a lazy right hand but The Iron Hand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Iron Hand throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Whitehall.
Whitehall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Iron Hand counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Whitehall throws the left hand but The Iron Hand avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehall throws a combination that misses
and The Iron Hand counters with an outside leg kick.
Whitehall throws a shot from downtown. The Iron Hand moves away and avoids it.
The Iron Hand lands with a thumping leg kick.
Whitehall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whitehall throws a combination that misses
and The Iron Hand counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chester Whitehall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Iron Hand misses with a takedown attempt
and Whitehall counters with a left and a right that stings The Iron Hand.

The Iron Hand scores a takedown into full mount!

The Iron Hand gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Billy The Iron Hand is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitehall misses with a combination
and The Iron Hand counters with a flying knee. Nice.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy The Iron Hand comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Iron Hand winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy The Iron Hand!