PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Keziah Delaney (ranked 3178 p4p, 390 weight class) and Benjamin Whyte (ranked 4232 p4p, 481 weight class). Whyte has chosen Shocking Lemon - Under Star as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Keziah Delaney
vs
Whyte

186 cm
18
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
198 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Keziah Delaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Benjamin Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whyte connects with a jab.
A big left from Delaney misses.
Delaney slips under a jab from Whyte.
Delaney misses with a lunging right hand
and Whyte counters with a nice uppercut.
Delaney lands with a straight right. Whyte didn't see that one coming.
We've been informed that Whyte 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.
The fighters circling - Whyte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've been told by Delaney's head coaches at Pride that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Delaney throws a body punch but Whyte moves out of range.
Delaney cracks Whyte with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Delaney throws out a powerful jab.
Whyte misses the shot to the body.
Whyte throws a jab but it's blocked by Delaney.
Whyte thuds his right hand into Delaney's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like James Keziah Delaney has been cut.
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!
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Delaney.
Delaney misses with a left hand
and Delaney takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whyte throws a nice looking combination but Delaney bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whyte looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Whyte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whyte throws a body punch but Delaney moves out of range.
Delaney was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
James Keziah Delaney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whyte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Delaney wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Delaney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Whyte lands with a nice body punch.
Whyte throws a body punch but Delaney moves out of range.
Delaney looks to land a left hand but Whyte moved out of range nicely.
Whyte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Delaney lands with a right hand.
Delaney throws a jab when Whyte was well out of range.
Delaney connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Whyte is rocked!
Delaney sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Whyte's defenses. It connects perfectly with Whyte's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Keziah Delaney!