PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tsau Tsetsku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tsetsku comes to the cage accompanied by Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle. White is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Fugees - Ready or not. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tsetsku
vs
White

185 cm
30
186 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

180 cm
30
182 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tsau Tsetsku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris White!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tsetsku misses with a body shot.
Tsetsku throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on White's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tsetsku lands a nice looking body shot.
Tsetsku swings away with a body shot that misses
and White counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tsetsku lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
A swing and a miss from Tsetsku.
White lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tsetsku takes a step back to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsetsku throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
Tsetsku misses with a body shot
letting White counter with a right hand.
White misses with a hook. Tsetsku ducked under it nicely.
White lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsetsku fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A swing and a miss from White.
Tsetsku misses with a wild body shot.
White is looking for the big counter here.
Tsetsku misses with a hook
and White counters with a two punch combo.
A left and a right from White both land. Nice combination.

Tsetsku is rocked!
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tsetsku.
As Tsetsku backs off White throws a huge counter combo but Tsetsku manages to avoid it all.
A big left from Tsetsku misses.
Nice shot lands for Tsetsku.
White throws a right hand that Tsetsku ducks under and follows up with a left that Tsetsku also avoids with ease.
Tsetsku is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
White lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsetsku misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsetsku misses the shot to the body.
Tsetsku connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tsetsku fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White swinging wildly here.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tsetsku takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tsetsku uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
Tsau Tsetsku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsetsku takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsetsku scores with the left hand. White knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Tsetsku misses.
White scores with a jab.
Tsetsku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsetsku misses with a hook.
White misses with a double jab
and Tsetsku connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tsetsku dodges the punch combination from White.
Tsetsku is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
White drops his hands momentarily and Tsetsku takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White feints a jab promting Tsetsku to slip. White then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tsetsku slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tsetsku.
White is looking for the big counter here.
Tsetsku throws a lazy uppercut
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tsetsku dodges the punch combination from White.
White slips under a jab.
Despite the aggression on White's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tsetsku lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
White is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tsetsku misses with a body shot.
Tsetsku connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
Tsetsku on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chris White will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fighters circling - Tsetsku throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chris White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tsetsku misses with a left hand
letting White counter with a right hand.
White slips under a jab from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku lands a jab to White's midsection.
Tsetsku throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
Tsetsku lands with a good body shot.
White tries to bum rush Tsetsku with a series of wild strikes but Tsetsku uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White tries to bum rush Tsetsku with a series of wild strikes but Tsetsku uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsetsku misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Tsetsku misses with a wild body shot.
Despite the aggression on White's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
White ducks under a wild hook from Tsetsku.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsetsku digs a good hook to White's body.
Chris White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White cracks Tsetsku with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tsetsku swings away with a body shot that misses
and White counters with a three punch combo that has Tsetsku backing up. Tsetsku nods at White to acknowledge the strikes.
Tsetsku takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
White lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsetsku throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Tsetsku throws a lazy uppercut
and White counters with a series of strikes. Tsetsku will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tsetsku swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
Tsetsku throws a right hand that misses
and Tsetsku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tsetsku throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
As Tsetsku backs off White throws a huge counter combo but Tsetsku manages to avoid it all.
Tsetsku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsetsku.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Tsetsku might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Tsetsku misses with a left hand
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheers as Tsetsku lands an impressive looking overhand right. White doesn't seem phased though.
White walks into a left hand.
Tsetsku throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White misses with a double jab.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsetsku.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tsetsku circles away quickly and effectively.
Tsetsku throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsetsku lands a jab to White's midsection.
Tsetsku throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
White pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tsetsku misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
Tsetsku throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by White.
Tsetsku moves out of range of the body kick from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Tsetsku on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tsetsku misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White throws out a counter right but Tsetsku avoids it with no problem.
White throws a nice looking combination but Tsetsku bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tsetsku appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsetsku is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Tsetsku counter with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Tsetsku throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Left hook, right uppercut from White.
Tsetsku darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tsetsku throws a jab when White was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chris White will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsetsku.
White misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Tsetsku misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from White.
White scores with a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsetsku throws a poor cross that misses
and Tsetsku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tsetsku throws a sloppy body shot
and White counters with a three punch combo that has Tsetsku backing up. Tsetsku nods at White to acknowledge the strikes.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsetsku 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.
White thuds his shin into the meat of Tsetsku's side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsetsku misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
White swinging wildly here.
Tsetsku misses with a straight right.
Tsetsku with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tsetsku misses with a straight right.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
White moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Tsau Tsetsku has been cut.
Tsetsku is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsetsku.
White throws a counter combo.
Tsetsku lands a body shot.
Tsetsku misses the body punch
and Tsetsku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tsetsku throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsetsku misses with a jab to the body
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tsetsku moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tsetsku looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Tsetsku misses the jab.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White defending well as Tsetsku loads up on a big left hand.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsetsku.
White swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tsetsku misses with a looping right.
Tsau Tsetsku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tsetsku misses with a straight left.
White lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tsetsku looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Tsetsku throws a big shot that misses.
Tsetsku throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsetsku looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
Tsetsku takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
White is looking for the big counter here.
White falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tsetsku counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White slips a straight right by Tsetsku.
White throws a counter combo.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tsetsku.
White lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tsetsku throws a lazy uppercut
letting White counter with a right hand.
A jab from White misses.
Tsetsku throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White slips under a jab from Tsetsku.
Tsetsku misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a series of strikes. Tsetsku will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tsetsku throws a poor cross that misses
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tsetsku's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris White!
An out of breath Chris White thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.