PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Banana Man (ranked 23384 p4p, 0 weight class) and Senan Whelan (ranked 5271 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Man
vs
Whelan

188 cm
20
178 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

178 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Banana Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Senan Whelan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Whelan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Whelan drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Man dives on top into guard.

Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Whelan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Man controls from within his opponent's guard.
Man wants to control from the top but Whelan keeps moving.

Man avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Man stays in close to Whelan's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Whelan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Man can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Whelan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Man thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Whelan has his foot on Man's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Man works his way back into a safe position though.
Whelan is trying to control the position but Man postures up.
Whelan keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Whelan keeping full guard, as Man tries to pass.
Whelan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Man's guard.

Man on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Man tries to get out of the position.
Man keeping moving, preventing Whelan from controlling successfully.
Whelan wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Man working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Whelan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Whelan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whelan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Man is keeping the position for now.
Whelan passes Man's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Whelan is trying to control. Man wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Whelan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Man haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Man looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Whelan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Man defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whelan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man won't allow Whelan to pass to mount.
Man trying to control from the bottom.
Whelan is pressing down on Man's thigh, looking to free his foot. Man is holding on for now.
Whelan trying to control the action but Man is working from the bottom.

Whelan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Man defends it well.

Whelan maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Man could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Whelan has cracked it and Man is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Whelan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Senan Whelan!