PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Whitaker (ranked 1172 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kahuna Kiele (ranked 1885 p4p, 235 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Whitaker
vs
Kiele

185 cm
27
220 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

174 cm
26
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 11 - 4 - 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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kahuna Kiele!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiele throws a hook but Whitaker avoids it easily.

Whitaker pushes Kiele up against the cage in a clinch.
Whitaker blocks an uppercut.
Whitaker throws a head punch that misses.
Whitaker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Whitaker - that landed with a thud.
Whitaker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitaker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whitaker lands a nice uppercut.
Whitaker misses with a punch on the inside.
Kiele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kiele throws a punch but it's blocked by Whitaker.
A nice left hand lands by Kiele.
Whitaker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Whitaker lands a left hand.

It looks like Kahuna Kiele has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitaker tries to work over Kiele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker is working Kiele over against the cage.
Kiele blocks a body shot from Whitaker.
Whitaker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kieles head.
Kiele misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitaker throws a head punch that misses.
Whitaker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiele misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitaker keeps control of Kiele as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitaker.
Whitaker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Whitaker.
Whitaker can't find room to land a body shot as Kiele controls the action.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker is working Kiele over against the cage.
Whitaker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whitaker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whitaker lands a nice uppercut.
Kiele lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kiele looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitaker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kieles head.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kiele.
Whitaker pushes Kiele back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Whitaker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Whitaker lands with a short shot to the head.
Whitaker is working Kiele over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Whitaker.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker tries a body shot but Kiele blocks it.
Whitaker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whitaker lands with a left to the head.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.
Whitaker presses Kiele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kiele.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whitaker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Whitaker scores with a shot to the side of Kiele's head.
Whitaker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Whitaker lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Whitaker.
A shot in the inside from Whitaker.
Whitaker digs a right hand into Kiele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kiele's gas tank.
Whitaker scores with a shoulder strike.
Kiele blocks a body shot from Whitaker.
A right hook to the body lands for Whitaker.
A left hand lands to the body for Whitaker.
Whitaker lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Whitaker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whitaker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Whitaker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Whitaker as the two fighters clinch.
Kiele looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Whitaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whitaker tries a body shot but Kiele blocks it.
Whitaker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Whitaker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Whitaker.
Whitaker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitaker misses with a body punch.
Whitaker lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Whitaker.
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Whitaker misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whitaker lands an uppercut.
Whitaker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Whitaker lands a shoulder strike.
Whitaker lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Whitaker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kahuna Kiele's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Eric Whitaker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Whitaker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whitaker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Whitaker fails to land.
Whitaker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kiele or not.
Whitaker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Whitaker works on Kiele's body with a couple of short punches.
Whitaker lands with a short shot to the head.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiele backwards.
Whitaker lands an uppercut.

Kiele is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Whitaker as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker blocks an uppercut.
Kiele is breathing heavily.
Whitaker misses with a punch to the body.
Whitaker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kiele is still on wobbly legs! Can Whitaker finish him?
Still in the clinch, Whitaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitaker lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Kiele to his knees! Whitaker keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Whitaker!
Eric Whitaker seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.