PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Stuard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chalky White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stuard is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Stuard
vs
White

185 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 7 - 1

193 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Stuard !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chalky White!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Stuard misses.
Chalky White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stuard is breathing heavily.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stuard .

White feints and as Stuard raises his hands in defense, White changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
White looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White taking a breather here.
White throwing shots but missing, from side control.
White slows the pace down.
Stuard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Stuard tries to get out of the position.
White advances nicely into full mount.
Stuard taking shots to the head.
White controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stuard is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
White controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Stuard avoids a series of strikes thrown by White.
White takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White unloads with some shots from mount but Stuard bucks and avoids them well.
White controlling from mount.
White misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
White takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
White working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stuard is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Stuard really wants to buck White off and get back to his feet.
White sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
White takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
White has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
White looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chalky White dominated that round.
That's time! Stuard 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

White lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Stuard 's calf.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stuard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That kick from White tenderised Stuard 's leg. Stuard is trying to keep his angry face on.
White scoring well with a low kick there.
White slips a jab and a cross from Stuard .
White appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
White throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
White lands with a kick to the ribs.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stuard 's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
White thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Stuard if he has to take too many more of those.
White throws a nice head kick!
Stuard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stuard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Stuard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
White lands a head kick!
Stuard tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White feints and then cracks Stuard 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stuard down.
Stuard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.

White closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Stuard quickly recovers to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
White has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
White controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
White content just to control the position here.
White throwing strikes here but Stuard is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
White controlling from the full mount.
White lands a nice shot to the head.
White controlling his opponent.
Chalky White has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stuard avoids a series of strikes thrown by White.
White thowing shots but they're missing.
White controlling his opponent.
Stuard tries to buck White off but he can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White content just to control the position here.
White unloads with some shots from mount but Stuard bucks and avoids them well.
Stuard is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
White misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
White thowing shots but they're missing.
White throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
White sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
White thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
White controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chalky White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
White lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stuard takes a step back to recover.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stuard . That did some damage!
White throws a quick inside leg kick.

White scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
White controls the position from side control.
Stuard avoids any damage from the ground and pound of White.
Stuard is trying to escape the position but White is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Stuard managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by White.
A lull in the action here as White stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White works to advance to full mount. Stuard defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
White controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
White is continuing to stall.
White thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
White controlling the position easily from mount.
More stalling from White.
John Stuard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Poor strikes thrown by White there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looking to control and managing it successfully.
Let's hope that White has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Stuard is trying to stand.
Chalky White is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White controlling from the full mount.
The adventures of White the control monster continue. Boring.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from White.
Stuard really wants to buck White off and get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chalky White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well White has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chalky White!