PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roy Whitaker (ranked 532 p4p, 727 weight class) and White Rain (ranked 76 p4p, 111 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rain's choice of entrance music: For Heavy Metal we will die!. White Rain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Whitaker
vs
Rain

177 cm
37
160
32 - 15 - 0

178 cm
29
162
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
HELLBENT

Heavy Metal Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roy Whitaker !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, White Rain!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Hemmingworth and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker jabs Rain to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whitaker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Whitaker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whitaker throws out the jab.
Rain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Whitaker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rain gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A nice leg kick from Whitaker , right into the meat of the thigh.
Whitaker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker takes a swing at Rain's ribcage but misses.
Whitaker is looking to slow Rain down with leg kicks.
Whitaker looks to land a right hand but Rain moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker scores with a nice head shot.
Jab, jab by Rain - just one landing.
Whitaker tries to score with a low kick but Rain moves his leg out of the way.
Rain lands with an overhand left.

Whitaker is rocked!

It looks like Roy Whitaker has been cut.

Rain has managed to clinch.
Whitaker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whitaker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rain missing with knees to the body.
Whitaker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rain's elbow.
Rain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rain can't find room to land a body shot as Whitaker controls the action.
Rain jumps guard but Whitaker stands there with Rain around his waist. Rain gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Rain lands a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Whitaker .
Rain misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whitaker misses with some punches.
Rain misses with the head strike.
Whitaker misses with some punches.
Rain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whitaker is trying to push Rain away but Rain has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rain has a couple of punches blocked by Whitaker .
Whitaker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whitaker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rain backwards.
Rain tries to land a knee to the head but Whitaker blocks with his arms.
Whitaker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rain backwards.
Whitaker misses with a punch to the body.
Rain lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whitaker trying to stall but Rain improves his position.
Rain cracks Whitaker with a nice body shot.
Rain tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rain is leaning against Whitaker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Whitaker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whitaker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Whitaker .
The referee is keeping an eye on Whitaker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain is trying to pull guard but Whitaker has him pressed against the cage.
Roy Whitaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of White Rain.

Rain pulls guard effortlessly.

Rain escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Whitaker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Whitaker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rain told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Rain tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Rain is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rain bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Whitaker 's guard.

A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Whitaker holds on and takes a little breather.
Rain looking to pass the guard.
Whitaker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain trying to control but Whitaker is working from the bottom.
Whitaker wants to sweep here but Rain controlling him for the moment.
Rain looking to pass the guard.
Whitaker trying to control the position.

Rain 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.
Rain wants to pass the guard but Whitaker is keeping the position.
Whitaker wants to get back to his feet but Rain is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but White Rain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roy Whitaker 's cut.
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.

Rain throws a big shot that misses.
Whitaker scores with a nice head shot.
Rain throws a hook to the side of Whitaker 's head but Whitaker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rain tries to clinch but Whitaker is having none of it.
Whitaker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rain. Rain circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rain walks into a left hand.
Whitaker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rain is looking to clinch but Whitaker is avoiding it.
Whitaker feinted there with a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain stalks Whitaker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Whitaker 's face. Whitaker staggers backwards, shaken.
Whitaker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rain doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Whitaker cracks Rain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain walks into a left hand.
Whitaker misses with a body kick.
Rain checks a leg kick.
Whitaker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roy Whitaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Whitaker .
A punch lands to the side of Rain 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whitaker manages to avoid it.
Whitaker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Whitaker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice cross by Whitaker .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Whitaker misses.
Rain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Whitaker 's hands.

Rain takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rain takes a shot to the head.

Whitaker breaks the clinch.
Whitaker with a nice calf kick.
Rain defending well as Whitaker loads up on a big left hand.
Rain lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Whitaker thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Rain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Whitaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rain can do to turn this around?
Rain works the jab nicely.
Whitaker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like White Rain has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain slips a jab from Whitaker .
Rain moves out of range of the strikes.
Whitaker throws an overhand right that lands on Rain's shoulder, as Rain tries to avoid the shot.
Rain looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Rain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whitaker .
Whitaker thuds a left hand into Rain's body.
Whitaker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rain misses with a head kick.
Rain slips under a jab.
Rain throws an overhand right that lands on Whitaker 's shoulder, as Whitaker tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker throws a head kick that misses.
Rain raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Roy Whitaker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whitaker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rain throws an off balance right hand
and Whitaker counters with a low kick, right behind Rain 's knee.
Rain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Whitaker is looking to counter punch.
Whitaker loads up on a big right hand but Rain slips the punch.
A head kick by Rain misses
and Whitaker counters with a leg kick.
Whitaker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitaker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Whitaker dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Whitaker lands with a hook. Rain tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Whitaker misses with an uppercut.
Rain throws a hook to the side of Whitaker 's head but Whitaker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whitaker misses with a left hand

and Rain counters with a crisp one two that drops Whitaker ! Rain thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Whitaker to his feet! Whitaker is in big trouble!
Oh Whitaker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whitaker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rain dances in with a quick combination. Whitaker is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Rain snaps Whitaker 's head back. Whitaker stumbles backwards against the cage. Rain steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Whitaker 's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Whitaker just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). White Rain!
After winning the bout, White Rain thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Roy Whitaker was interviewed post fight and said 'We will be back! Stronger and better'.