PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Byou Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Whiteford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Philips
vs
Whiteford

180 cm
18
167 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

186 cm
25
181 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Byou Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronnie Whiteford!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Whiteford.
Philips looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Whiteford gets the takedown into side control.
Whiteford throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Philips is being controlled here.
Whiteford tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Whiteford misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Whiteford is trying to get an arm triangle but Philips is defending well.
Whiteford is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Philips's shoulder. That is not cool.

Whiteford tries for a kimura but Philips is defending well.
Philips is being controlled here.
Philips definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips dodges the ground and pound from Whiteford.

Whiteford thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Whiteford is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Philips knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Whiteford taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Whiteford tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Whiteford has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Whiteford misses with the ground and pound.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ronnie Whiteford!
A less than humble Ronnie Whiteford misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.