PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roy Whitaker (ranked 813 p4p, 871 weight class) and Anti Half Assed (ranked 110 p4p, 121 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Whitaker
vs
Half Assed

177 cm
38
160
33 - 17 - 0

179 cm
38
165
32 - 22 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roy Whitaker !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anti Half Assed!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Half Assed circles away quickly and effectively.
Whitaker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Half Assed takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Half Assed jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Half Assed darts in looking for a takedown but Whitaker gets double underhooks and turns Half Assed into the cage.
Half Assed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whitaker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Half Assed has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Whitaker .
Half Assed shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Whitaker as he avoids it easily.
Whitaker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Half Assed.
Nice shot lands for Half Assed.
Half Assed slips under a jab from Whitaker .
Half Assed throws a series of punches but Whitaker moves out of range.
Whitaker defending well as Half Assed loads up on a big left hand.
Whitaker is looking to counter punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Half Assed misses its intended target.
Whitaker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Half Assed dodges the punch combination from Whitaker .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Half Assed takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Whitaker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whitaker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Half Assed on the side of the head.
Whitaker throws a sloppy head kick and Half Assed moves out of range easily.
Whitaker misses the shot to the body.
Half Assed on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Whitaker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Whitaker looks to land a left hand but Half Assed moved out of range nicely.
Whitaker thows a leg kick but Half Assed checks it
and Whitaker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Half Assed finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Half Assed steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whitaker .
Whitaker takes a swing at Half Assed's ribcage but misses.
Whitaker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Half Assed moves away.
Half Assed loads up on a big right hand but Whitaker slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker swinging wildly here.
Whitaker misses with a hook. Half Assed ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Half Assed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Whitaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Half Assed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Half Assed misses with a few strikes there.
Whitaker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Half Assed lands a leg kick that knocks Whitaker off balance momentarily.
Half Assed fails with the takedown.
Roy Whitaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anti Half Assed.
Half Assed lands a jab to Whitaker 's midsection.
Whitaker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Whitaker throws a big shot that misses.
Half Assed is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Half Assed walks into a left hand.
Half Assed throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whitaker .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker just misses with a punch to the body.
Half Assed looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Whitaker scores with a leg kick.
Half Assed tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Half Assed throws an off balance right hand
and Whitaker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Whitaker misses with a lunging right hand
and Half Assed counters with a straight right hand.
Half Assed throws a hook to the side of Whitaker 's head but Whitaker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Half Assed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whitaker fires out a quick counter leg kick but Half Assed just manages to avoid it.
Half Assed needs to keep his hands up - Whitaker had a free shot at his head there.
Whitaker avoids the body shot from Half Assed.
Half Assed takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Whitaker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Whitaker takes one to the side of the head.
Half Assed moves forwards but Whitaker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Half Assed is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Half Assed works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Whitaker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Whitaker catches Half Assed with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Whitaker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Half Assed takes one on the button.
Half Assed moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Half Assed staying out of range there.
Half Assed cracks Whitaker with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whitaker . Half Assed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Half Assed looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Half Assed avoids the head kick by Whitaker .
Whitaker lands a high kick!
Half Assed cracks Whitaker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Half Assed throws a nice looking combination but Whitaker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Half Assed throws an off balance right hand
enabling Whitaker to counter with a crisp jab.
Whitaker checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Half Assed.
Whitaker throws a low kick but Half Assed avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Whitaker .
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Whitaker dominated that 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.

Half Assed drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Half Assed tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Whitaker struggling a bit here.
Whitaker is looking to regain half guard here but Half Assed keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Half Assed wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Whitaker , who protects the arm well.
Whitaker regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Half Assed tries to pass the half guard into mount. Whitaker knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Half Assed is stalling here. Whitaker is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Half Assed seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Whitaker has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Whitaker controlling from side mount.
Whitaker trying to control the position but Half Assed is working away.
Half Assed tries to bench press Whitaker off him but Whitaker keeps the position.
Whitaker controlling the position from side mount.
Half Assed gets back to half guard.

Half Assed actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Half Assed looking for submissions off his back.
Whitaker content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Whitaker prevents Half Assed from improving his position.
Half Assed keeps trying to improve his position.
Whitaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Half Assed can do to turn this around?
Whitaker slows the pace down in half guard.

Half Assed looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Half Assed wants to get back to full guard.
Whitaker controlling the action here.
Whitaker tries to pass the half guard into mount. Half Assed knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Whitaker stalling.
Half Assed tries to get to full guard but Whitaker has control of the leg.
Half Assed is positioning himself well to prevent Whitaker advancing to mount.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Whitaker takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Half Assed throws a combination that misses
and Whitaker counters with a leg kick.
Half Assed looks for a takedown but Whitaker sprawls well.
Whitaker lands a leg kick that knocks Half Assed off balance momentarily.
Whitaker looks to score with a jab to the body but Half Assed is just out of range.
Whitaker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Half Assed throws an overhand right that lands on Whitaker 's shoulder, as Whitaker tries to avoid the shot.
Half Assed throws a lazy right hand but Whitaker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Whitaker throws a jab when Half Assed was well out of range.
Half Assed scores with a jab to the body.
Whitaker throws a series of punches but Half Assed avoids them all with ease.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Half Assed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whitaker lands an overhand right.
Whitaker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Whitaker dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Half Assed lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Whitaker misses with a wild body shot.
Whitaker scores with a sloppy right hand. Half Assed should have avoided that one.
Whitaker throws a head kick but Half Assed moves out of range.
Whitaker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Half Assed throws a leg kick but Whitaker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Whitaker misses the jab.
Whitaker connects with an inside leg kick.
Whitaker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Half Assed blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Whitaker tries a head kick but it misses.
Whitaker slips under a jab from Half Assed.
Half Assed misses with the body kick
and Whitaker finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Half Assed tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Half Assed misses with a takedown attempt - Whitaker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Half Assed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Half Assed's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whitaker throws a big shot that misses.
Roy Whitaker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Half Assed lands a body shot.
Half Assed walks into a stiff left hand from Whitaker .
Half Assed throws a solid leg kick but Whitaker takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Half Assed.
Whitaker fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Half Assed is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Half Assed.
Half Assed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whitaker throws a big shot that misses.
Whitaker throws a jab but it's blocked by Half Assed.
Half Assed lands with a nice body punch.
Half Assed lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Whitaker misses the shot to the body.
As Whitaker backs off Half Assed throws a huge counter combo but Whitaker manages to avoid it all.
Anti Half Assed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Whitaker misses.
Whitaker tries to bum rush Half Assed with a series of wild strikes but Half Assed uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A little jabbing left from Half Assed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Whitaker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whitaker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whitaker throws a looping overhand right but Half Assed ducks down to avoid it.
Half Assed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Half Assed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whitaker missing with a left hand there. Half Assed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Whitaker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Half Assed counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Half Assed misses its intended target.
Whitaker throws an overhand right that lands on Half Assed's shoulder, as Half Assed tries to avoid the shot.
Half Assed let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Half Assed cracks Whitaker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A swing and a miss from Whitaker .
Whitaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Half Assed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Half Assed throws a head kick but Whitaker moves out of range.
Half Assed misses with a leg kick
and Whitaker counters with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Whitaker lands an impressive looking overhand right. Half Assed doesn't seem phased though.
Half Assed throws out a loose jab but Whitaker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitaker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Half Assed staying out of range there.
Half Assed looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jab by Half Assed.
A chopping leg kick lands by Whitaker .
Half Assed shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Whitaker as he avoids it easily.
Whitaker throws a nice head kick!
Nice uppercut there from Whitaker .
Roy Whitaker is winning the standup battle so far.
Whitaker loads up on a big right hand but Half Assed slips the punch.
A punch combination from Whitaker misses.
Half Assed tries to bum rush Whitaker with a series of wild strikes but Whitaker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Half Assed misses with an uppercut. Whitaker saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch lands to the side of Whitaker 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker looks to land a left hand but Half Assed moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Half Assed.
Half Assed shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Whitaker slips under a jab from Half Assed.
A little feinted left hand from Whitaker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Half Assed misses with a body shot
and Whitaker counters with a stiff right hand.
Half Assed throws a hook to the side of Whitaker 's head but Whitaker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whitaker misses with a hook. Half Assed ducked under it nicely.
Half Assed misses the shot to the body.
Half Assed works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Half Assed has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Half Assed clobbers Whitaker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whitaker misses with a lunging right hand
and Half Assed connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Whitaker throws out a powerful jab.
Whitaker looks to land a right hand but Half Assed moved out of range.
Half Assed tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roy Whitaker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whitaker 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Whitaker !
Roy Whitaker decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.