PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Vinicius Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benson Whyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whyte comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bob Marley - Jammin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Vinicius Ii
vs
Whyte

185 cm
29
177 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

183 cm
22
184 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Optimonster Nutrition
RAGS of a RONIN

Aspire Clothing
Hellbent

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Vinicius Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whyte throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vinicius Ii on the side of the head.
Vinicius Ii with a lazy takedown attempt
and Whyte counters with a nice uppercut.
Whyte lands a nice hook to Vinicius Ii's body. Vinicius Ii takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vinicius Ii darts in looking for a takedown but Whyte gets double underhooks and turns Vinicius Ii into the ropes.
Whyte bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vinicius Ii's head backwards.
Whyte scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Marcus Vinicius Ii has been cut.
Vinicius Ii takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Whyte misses with a looping right.
Vinicius Ii takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Whyte scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte scores with a decent looking hook.
Whyte lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Whyte connects with a nice looking jab.
Vinicius Ii takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Whyte has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Whyte with a hook.
We've been hearing reports that Vinicius Ii has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vinicius Ii appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Whyte clobbers Vinicius Ii with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whyte throws a big shot that misses.
Vinicius Ii tries to counter with a takedown but Whyte is quick to defend against it.
Whyte dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vinicius Ii has his takedown stuffed
letting Whyte counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Vinicius Ii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Vinicius Ii.
Whyte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vinicius Ii was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Vinicius Ii on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Whyte feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vinicius Ii's calf.
Whyte lands with a good body shot.
Whyte lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte missing with a left hand there. Vinicius Ii was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vinicius Ii moves away from the strike by Whyte.
It looked like Vinicius Ii was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Whyte.
Whyte lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good exchange - Whyte coming out on top.
Vinicius Ii looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Marcus Vinicius Ii's cut is getting worse.
Whyte lands a body shot.
Nice cross by Whyte.
Vinicius Ii doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws out a loose jab but Vinicius Ii uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whyte throws out a powerful jab.
Vinicius Ii fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Whyte avoids it really well and circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whyte lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Whyte lands a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benson Whyte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Vinicius Ii's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Vinicius Ii throws the kick towards the body but Whyte avoids it.
Marcus Vinicius Ii is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whyte scores with the left hand. Vinicius Ii knows he should have avoided that one.
Whyte connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vinicius Ii momentarily.
Whyte works the jab nicely.
Whyte comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A low kick from Vinicius Ii misses
and Whyte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinicius Ii staying out of range there.
Vinicius Ii appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Whyte moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benson Whyte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vinicius Ii throws a right hand that Whyte ducks under and follows up with a left that Whyte also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vinicius Ii walks into a left hand.
Vinicius Ii takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Marcus Vinicius Ii's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Whyte cracks Vinicius Ii with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Whyte! Vinicius Ii is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benson Whyte!
Benson Whyte was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.