PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Lamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Lamond
vs
White

171 cm
32
168 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

177 cm
29
164 lbs
21 - 15 - 4

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KnockOut

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gordon Lamond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 4, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy White!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lamond tries to keep at a distance but White has taken the fight into the clinch.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lamond lands an uppercut.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lamond blocks it with crossed arms.
Lamond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lamond lands a shoulder strike.
Lamond blocking some punches.
Lamond struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Lamond tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and White avoids it.
White dodges an elbow strike from Lamond.
Lamond is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lamond avoids it.
Lamond prevents a body shot from White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamond throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
Lamond misses with a knee strike.
Lamond is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
Lamond blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Lamond.
White takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Lamond uses good head movement to avoid it.
White misses with some punches.
Lamond working aggressively here.
Lamond lands a damaging elbow.
White dodges an elbow strike from Lamond.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
Lamond misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from White.
Lamond scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lamond lands with a short head shot on the inside.
White keeps control of Lamond as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lamond using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lamond goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Lamond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
We've been told by Lamond's head coaches at St Petersburg MMA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lamond misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
White moves out of range as Lamond throws a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White throws a nice looking combination but Lamond bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lamond.
White throws out a powerful jab.
We've been informed that White has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Lamond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lamond walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lamond. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lamond goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice shot by Lamond.
A big left from Lamond misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
White changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White scores with a kick to the midsection.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lamond.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lamond.
Lamond throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White feints the counter takedown.
White's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lamond under the eye.
White lands with a nice combination. Lamond backs away looking to recover.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lamond has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White throws a shot from downtown. Lamond moves away and avoids it.
Lamond lands a head kick!
Lamond pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
White lands a really nice looking cross but Lamond seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Lamond.
Nice shot by Lamond.
Lamond connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

White is rocked!
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lamond manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lamond throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lamond drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lamond.
Lamond throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lamond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lamond looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
White with the counter takedown but Lamond avoids it easily.
Lamond throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Lamond connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between White's hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
Lamond scores with a nice right hand.
White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lamond jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lamond.
White keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lamond gets cracked with a nice right hand there by White.
Lamond misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamond takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lamond jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Lamond takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
And White tries to counter it with a takedown but Lamond pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lamond throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lamond has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White lands a jab to Lamond's midsection.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lamond was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Lamond swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lamond throws a head kick that misses.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lamond.
White throws out a leg kick but Lamond moves out of range and White only half commits.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lamond just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamond misses with a leg kick.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lamond checks it well.
Lamond misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamond takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lamond takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lamond takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White lands a leg kick that knocks Lamond off balance momentarily.
White cracks Lamond with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gordon Lamond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamond thows a left - swing and a miss!
White avoids the body shot from Lamond.
White drops his hands momentarily and Lamond takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
White works over Lamond's head and body with a nice combination.
Lamond pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a series of punches but Lamond moves out of range.
Lamond throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
White throws a counter combo.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lamond.
A little feinted left hand from Lamond on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lamond lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
White lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lamond just misses with a punch to the body.
White takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lamond throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
Lamond throws a hook but White blocks it.
White wants to counter with a clinch but Lamond pushes him away.
White takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White slips a straight right by Lamond.
White wants to counter the offense by Lamond and move into the clinch position.
White slips under a jab.
Lamond throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamond throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from White.
Lamond appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Lamond misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

White closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lamond throws an elbow but misses.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lamond trying to control the position but instead, White has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lamond into the cage.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Freddy White will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

White feints and then cracks Lamond's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lamond down.
White lands a front kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lamond.
Lamond is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lamond jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lamond jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lamond throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lamond checks the leg kick nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Lamond blocks the low kick.
Lamond takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamond takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lamond checks it well.
Lamond was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
Lamond misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by White.
White is looking to slow Lamond down with leg kicks.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lamond misses with a head kick.
White misses with a low kick.
Lamond tries to score with a low kick but White moves his leg out of the way.
White ducks under a wild hook from Lamond.
White slips under a jab from Lamond.
A telegraphed right hand from Lamond misses the target.
Lamond stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamond connects with a solid leg kick.
White moves out of range as Lamond strikes.
Lamond throws a head kick that misses.
Lamond throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Lamond throws a push kick but White slaps the foot to one side.
White wants to counter the offense by Lamond and move into the clinch position.
Some wild striking there from Lamond.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lamond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lamond defends it well.
Sloppy strikes from Lamond. Those never looked like landing.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lamond.
White tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamond fails to land with a series of punches.
Gordon Lamond is winning the standup battle so far.
Some bone on bone action there as Lamond checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lamond throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good work by Lamond as he checks the leg kick.
Lamond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White checks the leg kick nicely there.
White tests Lamond's chin there with a solid looking shot.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lamond.
White is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lamond swings for the body but White moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
Lamond avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - Lamond throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamond misses with a shot to the body

and White counters by clinching up.

Lamond breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lamond.
Lamond swings for the body but White moves out of range.
White misses with a two punch combination.
Lamond lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White throws a leg kick
and Lamond finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for White.
Lamond misses with a body punch
and White counters with a thumping low kick.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lamond moves away.
A jab from Lamond misses.
Lamond fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Freddy White.
I think White 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Freddy White!
A victorious Freddy White thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.