PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray White (ranked 599 p4p, 1984 weight class) and Detritus Rubble (ranked 43 p4p, 149 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Change. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rubble's choice of entrance music: Flux Pavilion x Feed Me - Survive (feat. meesh). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

White
vs
Rubble

164 cm
31
141
7 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
135
8 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Detritus Rubble!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from White misses
letting Rubble counter with a right hand.
Rubble bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White misses with a wild combination.
Rubble with a hook.
White slips under a jab.
Rubble with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rubble buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rubble misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubble moves away.
White slips a straight right by Rubble.
Rubble avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rubble misses with a left hand
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rubble displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble falls off balance throwing a combination

and White counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rubble wants to get back to full guard.
Rubble keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rubble is trying to get back to full guard.
White wants to take a breather but Rubble is having none of it.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
White sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rubble defending well though.
Rubble wants to get back to full guard.
White slows the pace down in half guard.
Rubble is trying to maintain the position but White is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rubble taking some punishment here, with White in his half guard.
Rubble is trying to control but can't.
Rubble has hold of White's hands but White slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
White is trying to control. Rubble wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
White is really struggling to control Rubble but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rubble wants to improve his position but White is controlling well.
Rubble wants to control but White is keeping busy and won't allow it.
White trying to control from half guard but Rubble is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White working the head and body with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

White seems to be working for a kimura but Rubble defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rubble is trying to control but can't.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
White is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rubble is looking to control White's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rubble avoid being mounted?
Rubble is looking for a sweep. White is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rubble is still trying to improve position.
Rubble is refusing to be controlled, as White sits in half guard.
White prevents Rubble from improving his position.
Rubble trying to control from the bottom.
White looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
White is pressing down on Rubble's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rubble is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubble moves into full guard.
Rubble keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
White wants to pass the guard but Rubble is keeping the position.
Rubble trying to keep a closed guard but White is proving a slippery customer.
Rubble wants to sweep here but White controlling him for the moment.
Rubble is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
White controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rubble has control of White's left arm, preventing White from doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Detritus Rubble is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rubble looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rubble.
Rubble misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
Rubble throws a leg kick which misses White's front leg but catches the back leg as White tries to avoid it.
Rubble scores with a punch to the head.
Nice sprawl there from Rubble as White shoots in.
Rubble blocks a jab.
White digs a good hook to Rubble's body.
White fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A big right from White misses.
Rubble displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rubble wants to land a leg kick but White is out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rubble connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White slips under a jab.
White needs to keep his hands up - Rubble had a free shot at his head there.
Rubble looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rubble misses with an uppercut.
White half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rubble throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White feinted with a counter takedown.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
White digs a good hook to Rubble's body.
White takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rubble.
White shoots for a double leg takedown but Rubble sprawls well. He's pushed White's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rubble throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rubble bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rubble throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rubble pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Rubble is just out of range.
Detritus Rubble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rubble lands a nice looking body kick.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rubble misses with a looping right.
Rubble chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rubble misses with an uppercut.
Rubble connects with a nice looking jab.
Rubble connects with an inside leg kick.
White fails to land the takedown.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rubble misses with a looping left.
Rubble looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Rubble throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rubble throws out the jab.
Rubble looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rubble is looking to slow White down with leg kicks.
Rubble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rubble throws a leg kick that is checked

and White decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rubble's guard.
Rubble is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

White thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
White lands a couple of digs.

White avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
White makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
White being controlled here momentarily.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Rubble is retaining full guard.
White lands a couple of digs.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rubble is working to avoid the ground and pound but White connects with a decent elbow.
Rubble tries to buck White off but White is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Rubble!
Rubble tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Detritus Rubble will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Some bone on bone action there as White checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rubble fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
White lands with a cross.
Rubble on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
White connects with a looping right hand.
Rubble is looking to chop away at White's legs.
Rubble with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A lazy left from Rubble finds it's target.
Rubble pushes White away with a front kick.
White is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
White ducks under a wild hook from Rubble.
Rubble uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rubble as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubble slips a jab from White.
White backing away here, and Rubble unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Rubble misses with a leg kick

and White counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rubble gets back to full guard.
Rubble trying to control the position here.
Rubble tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ray White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rubble looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
White is stalling in the full guard.
Rubble working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubble is pulling down on White's head. It's preventing any offense from White, at least for the moment.
White preventing the sweep.

Rubble throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
White scoring with punches to the head and body.
White postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rubble keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
White won't allow Rubble to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubble is trying to keep White in close.
Rubble is pulling down on White's head. It's preventing any offense from White, at least for the moment.
Rubble working a defensive guard but White manages to pass into side control anyway.
Rubble is looking to regain half guard here but White keeps moving and retains side control.
White landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
White works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

White is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Rubble is trying to escape and White transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Rubble is forced to tap! Nice work there by White! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ray White!
Our winner, Ray White, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.