PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Whitaker (ranked 2415 p4p, 2816 weight class) and Sacka Potatoes (ranked 293 p4p, 333 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Whitaker
vs
Potatoes

195 cm
20
205
7 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
194
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Whitaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sacka Potatoes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker swings for the body but Potatoes moves out of range.
Whitaker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Potatoes ducks under a wild hook from Whitaker.
Sacka Potatoes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitaker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Potatoes manages to avoid it.
Potatoes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Whitaker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Potatoes tries for a takedown but Whitaker circles away easily
and Potatoes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Potatoes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Whitaker counters with a stiff right hand.
Whitaker definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Frank Whitaker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sacka Potatoes.
Potatoes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Whitaker counter with a right hand.
Whitaker lands a slapping body shot.
Whitaker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Potatoess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Whitaker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Potatoes fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Whitaker to the ground. Potatoes is now in Whitaker's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Potatoes tries to free his leg and advance position but Whitaker is retaining full guard.
Whitaker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Whitaker tries to get out of the position.
Potatoes postures up in Whitaker's guard and throws a big left but Whitaker blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Potatoes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potatoes chips away with some ground and pound.
Whitaker will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Whitaker is on top in guard.

There's a bit of a scramble here and now Potatoes is on top in guard.

Potatoes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Whitaker's guard.
Potatoes is thwarting Whitaker's attempts to control the position.
Potatoes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Whitaker slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Potatoes postures up.
Potatoes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Potatoes looking to pass the guard.
Whitaker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Potatoes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Potatoes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Whitaker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker has momentary wrist control but Potatoes slips an elbow through the middle.
Potatoes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Potatoes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Whitaker looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Potatoes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Whitaker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Potatoes advances to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitaker punching from the bottom.

Potatoes wants to work for an arm triangle but Whitaker is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Whitaker wants to control but Potatoes is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Potatoes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Potatoes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Whitaker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Potatoes working the head and body with strikes.
Whitaker on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Potatoes wants to work for an arm triangle but Whitaker is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker wants to control but Potatoes is keeping busy.
Potatoes frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Potatoes with a couple of short strikes.
Whitaker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've been informed that Potatoes has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Potatoes cracks Whitaker with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Whitaker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Whitaker is in a horrible position here. Potatoes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Potatoes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Whitaker is in a horrible position here. Potatoes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potatoes punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potatoes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Whitaker is wriggling around trying to escape.
Whitaker taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Potatoes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Whitaker is in a horrible position here. Potatoes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Whitaker is rocked!
Potatoes dominating with strikes here.
Oh Whitaker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potatoes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Whitaker hang on?
Whitaker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Whitaker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Whitaker is trying desperately to improve position.
Potatoes lands a big shot to the head and Whitaker winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sacka Potatoes!
During a confident post fight interview, Sacka Potatoes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.