PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Wyadd (ranked 2521 p4p, 302 weight class) and Ralphie White (ranked 4140 p4p, 424 weight class). Danny Wyadd has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wyadd
vs
White

188 cm
28
181 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

191 cm
31
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Danny Wyadd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ralphie White!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wyadd.

Wyadd forces White back against the cage and clinches.
Wyadd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Wyadd has hold of one of White's legs. White is fighting the takedown attempt but Wyadd gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
White looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
White looking for a sweep. Not yet White, not yet.
Wyadd postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wyadd in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Wyadd thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wyadd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wyadd with a flurry of punches that miss.
White is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Wyadd drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wyadd jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
White controls Wyadd momentarily but Wyadd frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White looking for a sweep. Not yet White, not yet.
White is pulling down on Wyadd's head to control his posture.
White working a defensive guard here.
Wyadd trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wyadd trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Wyadd scoring with some ground and pound.
Wyadd forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White gets back to full guard.
Wyadd engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wyadd is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
White controlling the position.

Wyadd drops back, looking for a kneebar! White looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. White looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from White!

White trying to control the action but Wyadd is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White wants to stand but Wyadd has his arm trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Wyadd dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wyadd scores with a jab.
Wyadd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that White can do to turn this around?
Wyadd misses with a jab, cross combination.
White thumps Wyadd with a low kick.
Wyadd scores with a nice head shot.
Ralphie White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Danny Wyadd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wyadd scores with a takedown into White's guard.
White is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wyadd is controlling him.
White looking for a sweep. Not yet White, not yet.
White managing to control the position.
Wyadd tries to free his leg and advance position but White is retaining full guard.
Danny Wyadd overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyadd makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now White is on top in guard.

White looking to pass the guard.
White postures up.
White engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
White is looking to stand up but Wyadd won't let him.
Wyadd has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is stalling in the full guard.
Wyadd keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wyadd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
White trying to control but Wyadd is working from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Wyadd dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Wyadd moves out of range of the strikes.
White throws a leg kick but Wyadd moved away.
Wyadd jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wyadd checks a leg kick.
Wyadd bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
White misses with a few strikes there.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
Wyadd cracks White with a good jab.
Wyadd with a poor takedown
letting White counter with a right hand.
White moves away from the strike by Wyadd.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Wyadd's shoulder, as Wyadd tries to avoid the shot.
Nice shot by Wyadd.
White moves away from the strike by Wyadd.
White blocks a jab.
White throws a fast counter high kick but Wyadd manages to duck under it in time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wyadd tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Wyadd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wyadd takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
White throws a series of punches but Wyadd moves out of range.
Ralphie White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danny Wyadd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a solid leg kick but Wyadd takes the impact on his shin and smiles at White.
Danny Wyadd is winning the standup battle so far.
Wyadd lands a jab to the nose.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wyadd.
White swinging wildly here.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
Wyadd is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wyadd tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wyadd uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
White misses with a kick to the body.
Wyadd walks into a straight right hand from White.
Wyadd misses with a jab, cross combination.
White dodges the punch combination from Wyadd.
Wyadd works the jab nicely.

Wyadd scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wyadd trying to control the action but White is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wyadd looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Wyadd is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, White has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wyadd in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Wyadd avoids the strikes from the bottom by White.
Wyadd trying to control the action but White is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Danny Wyadd.
Well Wyadd has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Wyadd!
Danny Wyadd decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.