PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Tiger Whtie (ranked 2926 p4p, 5870 weight class) and Logan Rosales (ranked 351 p4p, 541 weight class). Tiger Whtie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Logan Rosales's chin.

Whtie
vs
Rosales

169 cm
25
160
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
152
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Self confident

Great elbows
Determined

Finnish Elite Extreme Science

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Whtie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Logan Rosales!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosales tries to clinch but Whtie moves out of range.
Rosales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whtie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Whtie has closed the distance and engaged Rosales in a clinch.
Whtie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rosales up against the ropes.
Whtie taking a breather.
Whtie misses with a knee strike.
Whtie tries a knee to the head but Rosales blocks it.
Our sources have told us that Whtie has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Whtie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whtie trying to land knees to the body.
Whtie landing knees to the head.
Rosales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whtie scores with a knee to the head.
Whtie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rosales.
Rosales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whtie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the head but Rosales blocks with his arms.
Rosales is looking to control Whtie's arms but Whtie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rosales has his back to the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whtie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rosales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rosales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whtie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rosales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rosales comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rosales is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Whtie landing knees to the body.
Whtie trying to land knees to the body.
Rosales can't find room to land a body shot as Whtie controls the action.
Rosales blocks a body shot from Whtie.
Whtie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosales avoids the damage to the body.
Rosales lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rosales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Rosales told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Whtie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rosales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rosales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rosales struggles to land a body shot inside as Whtie controls his hands.
Rosales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rosales scores with a shot to the side of Whtie's head.
Whtie working Rosales over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rosales tries to stall but Whtie uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosales managing to block the knees to the body from Whtie.
Rosales managing to block the knees to the body from Whtie.
Whtie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rosales.
Rosales lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whtie backwards.
Rosales working aggressively here.
Whtie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Whtie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosales blocks it with crossed arms.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosales avoids it.
Rosales working aggressively here.
Rosales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whtie's elbow.
Rosales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from Rosales.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the head but Rosales blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rosales.
Rosales is leaning against Whtie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rosales lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Whtie dominated that round.
That's time! Whtie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Whtie moves into the clinch.
Rosales taking a breather.
Whtie lands a nice uppercut.
Whtie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Whtie looking to throw knees to the head but Rosales is blocking nicely.
Rosales trying to control the position but instead, Whtie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rosales into the ropes.
Whtie tries a knee to the head but Rosales blocks it.
Rosales throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rosales takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rosales misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whtie lands a good knee to the midsection. Rosales won't want to take too many of those.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Whtie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rosales can do to turn this around?
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Whtie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rosales's brow.
Rosales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whtie is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whtie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rosales tries to land knees in the clinch but Whtie avoids the damage to the body.
Rosales wants to get back to striking at distance but Whtie won't allow it.
Whtie landing knees to the body.
Rosales looking to stall.
Whtie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Whtie has Rosales pressed against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rosales.
Whtie tries a knee to the head but Rosales blocks it.
Tiger Whtie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Whtie dodges an elbow strike from Rosales.
Rosales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rosales misses with a body punch.
Rosales tries to throw a body punch but Whtie avoids it by throwing Rosales back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whtie missing with knees to the body.
Whtie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Whtie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rosales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Whtie has him pressed against the ropes.
Whtie lands a knee to the body.
Whtie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rosales is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whtie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Whtie missing with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Whtie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosales's elbow.
Rosales works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Whtie stalling in the clinch but Rosales improves position.
Rosales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the head but Rosales blocks with his arms.
Whtie avoiding damage as Rosales throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Whtie 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.

Rosales tries to clinch but Whtie moves out of range.

Whtie clinches.
Whtie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosales avoids the damage to the body.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whtie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Whtie blocks a body shot from Rosales.
Whtie dodges an elbow strike from Rosales.
Whtie missing with knees to the body.
Whtie misses with a knee to the head.
Rosales lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whtie trying to land knees to the body.
Rosales misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rosales.
Rosales tries to work over Whtie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whtie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rosales.
Whtie missing with knees to the body.
Whtie blocks a body shot from Rosales.
Rosales wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Whtie has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whtie.
Whtie blocks the elbow strike.
Whtie prevents a body shot from Rosales.
Rosales is working Whtie over against the ropes.
Whtie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosales avoids it.
Whtie throws a head punch that misses.
Whtie blocks a body shot from Rosales.
Rosales struggles to land a body shot inside as Whtie controls his hands.
Rosales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whtie is defending well for now.
Whtie scores a nice knee to the body.
Whtie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Whtie looking to throw knees to the head but Rosales is blocking nicely.
Whtie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rosales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whtie's elbow.
Rosales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whtie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whtie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rosales misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Rosales.
Whtie lands a knee to the body.
Rosales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whtie is defending well for now.
A body shot lands from Rosales.
Whtie blocks the elbow strike.
Whtie trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosales presses Whtie against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whtie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rosales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whtie with a knee to the head.
Rosales lands a nice uppercut.
Rosales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whtie backwards.
Rosales struggles to land a body shot inside as Whtie controls his hands.
Whtie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosales avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Tiger Whtie did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rosales wants to clinch up but Whtie keeps it at a distance.
Rosales tries to clinch but Whtie is having none of it.
Whtie keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Whtie misses the target.

Whtie closes the distance and clinches.
Whtie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rosales in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Whtie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosales blocks it with crossed arms.
Whtie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rosales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whtie takes an elbow to the temple.
Whtie misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Whtie obliges.
Whtie lands a knee to the body.
Whtie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rosales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whtie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rosales misses with a knee to the head.
Whtie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosales avoids the damage to the body.
Whtie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rosales backwards.
Whtie missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosales throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whtie blocks it with crossed arms.
Whtie misses with a knee strike.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Whtie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rosales blocks it with crossed arms.
Rosales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Rosales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Whtie unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rosales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rosales wants to break free but Whtie has control.
Rosales misses with a punch to the body.
Rosales misses with a punch to the body.
Whtie landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rosales struggles to land a body shot inside as Whtie controls his hands.
Rosales lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Rosales.
Rosales managing to block the knees to the body from Whtie.
Rosales managing to block the knees to the body from Whtie.
A short right from Rosales.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosales tries a body shot but Whtie blocks it.
Whtie managing to block the knees to the body from Rosales.
Whtie blocks an elbow strike from Rosales.
Rosales misses with a punch to the body.
Whtie tries a knee to the head but Rosales blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rosales obliges.
Rosales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whtie's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosales.
Whtie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rosales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rosales avoiding damage as Whtie throws knees to the body.
Rosales lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rosales is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Whtie tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosales avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Whtie had his way with Logan Rosales in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Whtie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whtie swats away the attempt to clinch by Rosales.

Whtie clinches up with Rosales and pushes him back against the ropes.
Whtie avoiding damage as Rosales throws knees to the body.
Come on Whtie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rosales looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whtie holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Rosales lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whtie lands a knee to the body.
Rosales tries a body shot but Whtie blocks it.
Whtie avoids the elbow strike from Rosales, against the ropes.
Rosales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Whtie connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rosales's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whtie misses with a knee to the head.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Rosales avoiding damage as Whtie throws knees to the body.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosales avoids it.
Whtie misses with a knee strike.
Whtie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rosales.
Rosales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rosales is looking to control Whtie's arms but Whtie gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rosales has his back to the ropes.
Whtie looking to throw knees to the head but Rosales is blocking nicely.
Whtie misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Rosales.
Rosales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whtie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rosales's efforts to push away.
Rosales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rosales working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rosales looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whtie blocks the elbow strike.
Rosales misses with a body punch.
Whtie blocks an uppercut.
Whtie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rosales avoids it.
Rosales working hard to break the clinch.
Rosales trying to land knees to the body.
Rosales with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rosales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosales misses with a punch to the body.
Whtie slowing the pace effectively.
Rosales blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whtie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rosales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Whtie avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Logan Rosales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whtie misses with a punch to the body.

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 Tiger Whtie.
Well Whtie 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiger Whtie!