PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Esu Adebisi (ranked 4171 p4p, 0 weight class) and Whitey O Whitersson (ranked 4024 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Adebisi
vs
O Whitersson

178 cm
21
163 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
27
168 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Esu Adebisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Whitey O Whitersson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adebisi thuds his right hand into O Whitersson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
O Whitersson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
O Whitersson is looking to clinch but Adebisi is avoiding it.
O Whitersson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Adebisi circles away quickly and effectively.
O Whitersson throws a hook to the side of Adebisi's head but Adebisi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Whitersson misses with an uppercut. Adebisi saw that one coming.
Adebisi misses with a double jab
and O Whitersson counters with a straight right hand.
Adebisi throws a hook but O Whitersson blocks it.
O Whitersson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
O Whitersson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
O Whitersson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adebisi is looking for a counter combo.
Adebisi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Whitersson.
Adebisi throws a series of punches but O Whitersson avoids them all with ease.
O Whitersson throws an overhand right that lands on Adebisi's shoulder, as Adebisi tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Adebisi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Whitey O Whitersson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Whitersson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A counter left hand to the body from Adebisi misses its target.
Adebisi throws a hook but O Whitersson avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Whitersson.
We've been informed that O Whitersson 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.
Adebisi drops his hands momentarily and O Whitersson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Adebisi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adebisi pivots, looking for a leg kick but O Whitersson is out of range and Adebisi settles back down.
O Whitersson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adebisi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Whitersson.
O Whitersson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Adebisi.
Adebisi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adebisi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Whitersson throws a good cross that connects.
O Whitersson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Adebisi blocks a jab.
Adebisi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adebisi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from O Whitersson finds it's way round the side to connect with Adebisi's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi walks into a jab.
O Whitersson misses with a straight right.
Adebisi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Whitersson lands with an overhand left.

O Whitersson takes the fight into the clinch.
O Whitersson crunches a lovely knee into Adebisi's ribcage.
O Whitersson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

O Whitersson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adebisi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Whitersson throws a nice looking combination but Adebisi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adebisi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and O Whitersson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
O Whitersson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adebisi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Adebisi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi lands a nice hook to O Whitersson's body. O Whitersson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
O Whitersson lands a jab to the nose.
O Whitersson cracks Adebisi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Adebisi misses with an uppercut. O Whitersson saw that one coming.
O Whitersson throws a good cross that connects.
O Whitersson misses with a looping right.
O Whitersson misses with a hook.
O Whitersson looks to throw the jab but Adebisi is out of range.
O Whitersson tries to close the distance and clinch but Adebisi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
O Whitersson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Adebisi feints and then cracks O Whitersson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow O Whitersson down.
O Whitersson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Whitersson lands a jab to the head.
Adebisi lands a nice shot to the body.
O Whitersson moves in looking to clinch but Adebisi pushes him off.
Adebisi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Adebisi was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Adebisi defending well as O Whitersson loads up on a big left hand.
O Whitersson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Adebisi with a jab.
Adebisi scores with a body shot.
O Whitersson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Adebisi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Adebisi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Whitersson throws out a loose jab but Adebisi uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Whitersson slips a straight right by Adebisi.
Adebisi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Whitersson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adebisi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
O Whitersson doesn't manage to clinch there - Adebisi circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whitey O Whitersson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

O Whitersson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from O Whitersson there as he acknowledges the shot.
O Whitersson misses the jab.
O Whitersson looks to throw the jab but Adebisi is out of range.
Adebisi slips a jab from O Whitersson.
Adebisi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Whitersson.
O Whitersson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
O Whitersson throws a right hand that misses
and Adebisi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Adebisi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
O Whitersson connects with a crisp jab.
O Whitersson avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
Good standup being displayed there by O Whitersson as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Whitersson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adebisi doesn't seem bothered though.
Adebisi throws a nice looking combination but O Whitersson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Adebisi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Adebisi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
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!
O Whitersson connects with a right hand. Adebisi shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi lands with an uppercut that bounces O Whitersson off the cage and back into range.
Adebisi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Whitersson.
Adebisi cracks a nice hook into O Whitersson's ribs.
O Whitersson misses with a straight right.
O Whitersson slips a jab from Adebisi.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Whitersson! But no joy.
Adebisi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Whitersson.
O Whitersson sizes up Adebisi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Whitersson staying out of range there.
O Whitersson misses with a hook.
O Whitersson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adebisi's head backwards.
Nice straight punches there by O Whitersson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of O Whitersson.
Adebisi misses with a low kick.
O Whitersson fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Whitersson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi throws a right hand that misses
and O Whitersson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
O Whitersson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Adebisi counters with a left to the body.
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!
A swing and a miss from Adebisi.
O Whitersson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adebisi.
O Whitersson misses with an uppercut. Adebisi saw that one coming.
O Whitersson throws a hook but Adebisi avoids it easily.
Adebisi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
O Whitersson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Whitersson throws the left hand but Adebisi avoids the punch easily.
Adebisi walks into a straight right hand from O Whitersson.
O Whitersson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adebisi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adebisi moves forwards but O Whitersson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Adebisi throws a lazy uppercut
and O Whitersson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adebisi walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi swings widly with a right hand
and O Whitersson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Whitersson looks to throw the jab but Adebisi is out of range.
It looked like Adebisi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from O Whitersson.
O Whitersson fails in his attempt to clinch.
O Whitersson with a jab.
O Whitersson misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from O Whitersson misses.
Nice cross by O Whitersson.
O Whitersson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Adebisi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Whitersson.
Adebisi swinging wildly here.
Adebisi lands a jab to the nose.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Whitersson has Adebisi up against the cage in a clinch.
O Whitersson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adebisi's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adebisi is looking to break free of the clinch but O Whitersson has double underhooks.
O Whitersson struggles to land a body shot inside as Adebisi controls his hands.
Adebisi blocks an elbow strike from O Whitersson.
Adebisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

O Whitersson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Whitersson tries to clinch up.
An attempted straight right counter from Adebisi misses the target.
Esu Adebisi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Whitersson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Adebisi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
O Whitersson dodges the punch combination from Adebisi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whitey O Whitersson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

O Whitersson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Adebisi scores with a hook to the body. O Whitersson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Adebisi misses the shot to the body.
Adebisi lands with an overhand left.
O Whitersson misses with an uppercut. Adebisi saw that one coming.
Adebisi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
O Whitersson throws a shot from downtown. Adebisi moves away and avoids it.
Adebisi is looking for a counter combo.
Adebisi cracks O Whitersson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Adebisi does it's job there.
O Whitersson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and O Whitersson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Whitersson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
O Whitersson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Adebisi misses the target.
A big right from Adebisi misses.
A cross from O Whitersson lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Whitersson punishes Adebisi's body with a nice straight punch.
Adebisi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
O Whitersson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Adebisi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! O Whitersson scrambles back to his feet.

O Whitersson takes the fight into the clinch.

O Whitersson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Whitersson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Adebisi throws a nice looking combination but O Whitersson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
O Whitersson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adebisi throws a predictable looking body shot
and O Whitersson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adebisi misses with a hook. O Whitersson ducked under it nicely.
O Whitersson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Adebisi has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adebisi throws a body shot but no joy.
Adebisi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Whitersson.
Whitey O Whitersson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
O Whitersson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adebisi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adebisi throws a hook but O Whitersson avoids it easily.
O Whitersson loads up on a big right hand but Adebisi slips the punch.
Adebisi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
O Whitersson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Adebisi at a distance.

O Whitersson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
O Whitersson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Adebisi takes a knee to the side of the body.
O Whitersson lands an elbow inside.
Adebisi is trying to force a seperation but O Whitersson has the dominant position.
O Whitersson pushes off an throws an elbow but Adebisi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Whitersson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Whitersson.
O Whitersson misses with a hook to the ribs.
O Whitersson throws an elbow that misses.
O Whitersson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Esu Adebisi has been cut.
Adebisi is looking to break free of the clinch but O Whitersson has double underhooks.
Adebisi takes an elbow to the temple.
O Whitersson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
O Whitersson can't find room to land a body shot as Adebisi controls the action.
O Whitersson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whitey O Whitersson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice elbow from O Whitersson.
Adebisi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adebisi wants to break free but O Whitersson has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson lands an elbow inside.
Adebisi tries to break free but O Whitersson pushes him back against the cage.
O Whitersson lands a body punch.
Esu Adebisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Whitersson lands an elbow just above Adebisi 's eye.
Adebisi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. O Whitersson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from O Whitersson.
O Whitersson misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Adebisi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adebisi takes one on the button.
O Whitersson scores with a hook to the body. Adebisi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Whitey O Whitersson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well O Whitersson 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Whitey O Whitersson!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Whitey O Whitersson made sure he mentioned BuriedAlive// Fight Gear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.