PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Walter Hartwell White (ranked 3825 p4p, 4381 weight class) and Nate Kirby (ranked 343 p4p, 372 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Hartwell White
vs
Kirby

179 cm
22
157
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
23
165
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walter Hartwell White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Kirby!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirby connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hartwell White throws an off balance right hand
and Kirby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hartwell White misses the shot to the body.
As Hartwell White backs off Kirby throws a huge counter combo but Hartwell White manages to avoid it all.
Hartwell White takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hartwell White throws a poor cross that misses
and Kirby counters with a stiff right hand.
Hartwell White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hartwell White throwing a counter right hand but Kirby manages to avoid it.
Kirby gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Walter Hartwell White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hartwell White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Nate Kirby has been cut.
A shot to the body from Kirby misses
letting Hartwell White counter with a right hand.
Kirby ducks under a wild hook from Hartwell White.
Kirby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kirby walks into a left hand.
Kirby ducks under a wild hook from Hartwell White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirby moves forwards but Hartwell White connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hartwell White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hartwell White misses with a hook
and Kirby counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hartwell White's knee momentarily.
Kirby lands a jab to the nose.
Hartwell White connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kirby. Kirby circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Kirby is rocked!
Hartwell White connects with a body shot.
Kirby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hartwell White throws an off balance right hand
and Kirby counters with a nice uppercut.
Kirby ducks under a wild hook from Hartwell White.
Kirby swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kirby throws a right hand that misses
and Hartwell White counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hartwell White.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartwell White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kirby.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kirby misses with a left hand
and Hartwell White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hartwell White throws a jab but it's blocked by Kirby.
Kirby lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hartwell White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kirby.
Kirby is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hartwell White with a body shot.
Hartwell White throws a lazy right hand but Kirby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hartwell White scores with a hook.
Kirby swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Hartwell White to counter with a crisp jab.
Kirby is still on wobbly legs! Can Hartwell White finish him?
Hartwell White drops Kirby with a huge uppercut! Kirby drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Hartwell White is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walter Hartwell White!