PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Whitaker (ranked 4096 p4p, 492 weight class) and Immoral Technique (ranked 7234 p4p, 623 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Whitaker
vs
Technique

185 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eric Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Immoral Technique !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Technique closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Whitaker did well to prevent Technique getting side control.
Whitaker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Whitaker tries to get out of the position.
Whitaker is looking for a sweep. Technique is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Whitaker gets back to full guard.
Whitaker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Whitaker lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Whitaker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Whitaker trying to control the position from guard on top but Technique is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whitaker won't allow Technique to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Technique wants to control but Whitaker passes easily into half guard.
Technique is looking for a sweep. Whitaker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Technique is refusing to be controlled, as Whitaker sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Technique keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Whitaker seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Technique has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Whitaker is working away from the top position though.
Technique tries to get to full guard but Whitaker has control of the leg.
We've been hearing that Whitaker has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whitaker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Technique defending well though.
Whitaker slips a nice elbow through Technique 's hands, connecting with Technique 's forehead.
Whitaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Whitaker moves into full mount! Technique won't be happy about that!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker throwing strikes here but Technique is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Whitaker looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Whitaker raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Whitaker landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Whitaker.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Whitaker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Whitaker lands a heavy elbow.
Technique is looking to get to half guard.
BOOM! Whitaker connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Technique is rocked!
A big strike lands for Whitaker! That's really hurt Technique and he's turned his back - Whitaker keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Whitaker jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Whitaker!
A very excited looking Eric Whitaker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.