PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alva Whitaker (ranked 25105 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Wright (ranked 9219 p4p, 0 weight class). Alva Whitaker is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Whitaker
vs
Wright

160 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alva Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Wright!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wright gets a takedown into half guard.
Wright looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Whitaker wants to improve his position but Wright is controlling well.
Wright seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Whitaker is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wright tries to stand but Whitaker is controlling from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wright avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Whitaker has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wright throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Whitaker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Whitaker working Wright over with strikes.
Whitaker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Whitaker could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Whitaker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Whitaker drops an elbow to the side of Wright's head.

Whitaker is working for a kimura but Wright is defending it quite comfortably.
Wright has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker is nestled in close to Wright, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Whitaker is nestled in close to Wright, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wright taking some punishment here, with Whitaker in his half guard.
Whitaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wright has hold of Whitaker's hands but Whitaker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Whitaker lands with a punch from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Whitaker connects with a nice short shot to Wright's temple.
Whitaker performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Whitaker is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Wright is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alva Whitaker!