PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marquan Weatherspoon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rupert Whiston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weatherspoon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Triumph by: Wu Tang Clan. Rupert Whiston will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Weatherspoon
vs
Whiston

193 cm
24
202 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

175 cm
33
211 lbs
12 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter
King of Clothes

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 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marquan Weatherspoon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rupert Whiston!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whiston scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Whiston fails to land with a series of punches.
Whiston fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Weatherspoon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Whiston swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Weatherspoon counters with a series of strikes. Whiston will be more careful next time no doubt.
Whiston jabs at Weatherspoon's body.
Weatherspoon ducks right into an uppercut from Whiston.
A punch lands to the side of Weatherspoon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Weatherspoon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whiston scores with a hook to the body. Weatherspoon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whiston scores with a shot to the body.
Whiston jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Weatherspoon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Whiston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Weatherspoon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Weatherspoon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Whiston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Weatherspoon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiston clobbers Weatherspoon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whiston lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Weatherspoon at a distance.
Whiston stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Whiston lands a jab.
Whiston throws a right hand that Weatherspoon ducks under and follows up with a left that Weatherspoon also avoids with ease.
Weatherspoon tries to counter by clinching up but Whiston breaks away and moves out of range.
Whiston lands with a nice body punch.
Whiston jabs Weatherspoon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Weatherspoon looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Weatherspoon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rupert Whiston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Weatherspoon scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Weatherspoon is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Whiston has managed to free his arm - good work.
Whiston has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Weatherspoon is working away from the top position though.
Weatherspoon throwing shots but Whiston is blocking nicely.
Whiston tries to get to full guard but Weatherspoon has control of the leg.
Whiston is positioning himself well to prevent Weatherspoon advancing to mount.
Whiston regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Weatherspoon.
Whiston managing to control the position.
Whiston is continuing to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiston wants to sweep but no luck.
Whiston looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Weatherspoon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Weatherspoon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Whiston looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Weatherspoon forces his way into half guard.
Whiston desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Weatherspoon throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Weatherspoon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whiston's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whiston trying to hold on to Weatherspoon's head to control him but Weatherspoon postures up.
Weatherspoon wants to free his trapped foot but Whiston is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Weatherspoon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Whiston keeps working.
Whiston is trying to get back to full guard.
Whiston keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Whiston tries to roll over but Weatherspoon keeps him under control.
Weatherspoon scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Whiston gets back to full guard.
Whiston pulls Weatherspoon in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rupert Whiston dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Good shot there by Whiston.
Weatherspoon drops his hands momentarily and Whiston takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Whiston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Whiston scores with a sloppy right hand. Weatherspoon should have avoided that one.
Weatherspoon blocks the body kick.
Whiston throws a head kick that Weatherspoon semi-blocks.
Whiston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weatherspoon is looking to clinch.
Whiston bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Weatherspoon's head.
Whiston scores with a punch to the head.
Whiston lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiston thows a body kick. Weatherspoon tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rupert Whiston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Whiston.

Weatherspoon is rocked!
Whiston fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Weatherspoon to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Weatherspoon looks to clinch but Whiston throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Weatherspoon taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rupert Whiston!
In defeat, Marquan Weatherspoon stepped up to the mic, saying 'A little setback is the setup for a major comeback!!'.