PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Reardon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Reardon told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

White
vs
Reardon

180 cm
25
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hank Reardon!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reardon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.

Reardon closes the distance and pushes White back into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Reardon scores with a nice short uppercut.
White working hard to break the clinch.
Reardon throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Reardon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
Reardon lands with a right to the head.
Reardon stops a takedown attempt from White.
White looking for a takedown.

Reardon wants the takedown. White is fighting it off but Reardon persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in White's guard against the cage.
White throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Reardon keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of White's head.
White controls Reardon momentarily but Reardon frees himself.
White has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Reardon has passed into side control.
Reardon throwing shots but missing, from side control.
White tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Reardon working the head and body with strikes.
Reardon throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
White is trying to improve his position.
White on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
White throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Reardon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
You can see the frustration on White's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
White is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reardon wants to control but White is keeping him busy.
White is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
White is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Reardon has just dragged him back down to the mat.
White taking a bit of punishment here - Reardon scoring with strikes.
White is not content to let Reardon control the position.
White regains half guard.
Reardon is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for White!
Reardon dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White taking shots to the head.
White taking shots to the head.
White is trying desperately to improve position.
Reardon scores with a couple of good head shots there.
White is looking to improve his position but Reardon isn't that keen on the idea.
White on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if White tries to get out of the position.
Reardon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Reardon unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White wants to control but Reardon is having none of it.
Reardon looking to control but White is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Reardon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is bucking up trying to escape but Reardon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Reardon landing strikes from the mount.
Reardon is in the full mount, landing strikes.
White tries to hold on but Reardon postures up.
White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Reardon breaks from White's wrist control and lands an elbow.
White is bucking up trying to escape but Reardon cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
White is looking to improve his position but Reardon isn't that keen on the idea.
Reardon has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of White's face.
Reardon punishing his opponent with strikes.
Reardon lands a heavy elbow.
Reardon is in the full mount, landing strikes.
White slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reardon is nestled in close to White, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
White is looking to improve his position.
White is breathing heavily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Reardon connects with a nice short shot to White's temple.
White throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Reardon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
White wants to control but Reardon is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Reardon moves into full mount! White won't be happy about that!
White taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reardon with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reardon cracks White with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
White is looking to get to half guard.
Reardon trying to control but White is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Reardon dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Reardon scores with a nice head shot.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reardon throws a jab but it's blocked by White.

White feints and as Reardon raises his hands in defense, White changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
White keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reardon's head.
White scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
White slips nicely into half guard.
Ground and pound from White.
The fighters are battling for position here. Reardon manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Reardon trying to control the position.
Reardon tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Reardon is looking for a triangle but White pushes his legs off easily.
Reardon is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reardon trying to keep a closed guard but White is proving a slippery customer.
White is working Reardon over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Reardon keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
White makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
White lands a couple of elbows.
White postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
White lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reardon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reardon wants to sweep but no luck.
White lands a couple of elbows.
White trying to control but Reardon is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White sitting in guard here, content to control.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reardon manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. White manages to get himself to full guard.
Reardon stopping the sweep attempt from White.
Reardon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
White wants to sweep but no luck.
White wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Reardon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reardon thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reardon slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Reardon is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.

White darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
White misses with a head shot. Reardon uses the momentum to regain guard.
Reardon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in White's guard.
White tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reardon scoring with punches to the head and body.
Reardon is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
White bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Reardon's guard.
Reardon 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whiteis looking to pass into half guard but Reardon pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Reardon is in guard.
White throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Reardon is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
White controls Reardon momentarily but Reardon frees himself.
Reardon trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
White scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Reardon is looking to improve his position.
White missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
White slips a nice elbow through Reardon's hands, connecting with Reardon's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent White dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

White gets the takedown into side control.
Reardon manages to work his way to half guard, despite White's best efforts.
Reardon blocking the ground and pound attempt from White.
White sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reardon defending well though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Reardon manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
White is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
White postures up in Reardon's guard and throws a big left but Reardon blocks it.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Reardon is retaining full guard.
White is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Reardon holds on and takes a little breather.
Reardon is trying to keep White in close.
Reardon pulls White in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reardon is looking to stand up but White isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
White working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reardon's head.
Reardon tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Reardon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Reardon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hank Reardon has got the better of the ground game so far.
White working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reardon trying to control the position.
White wants to pass the guard but Reardon is keeping the position.
Reardon has momentary wrist control but White slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two 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.
White postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
White is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
White throws a big right hand that misses.
Reardon manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
White in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
White swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Reardon lands with some vicious ground and pound - can White hang on?
White regains half guard.
Reardon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
White is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Reardon throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reardon thows a huge punch but White dodges it nicely.
White makes his way to full guard. A much better position for White.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Reardon regains full guard. Nicely done.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Reardon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
White with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Reardon pulls White in close to prevent any damage.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Reardon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is looking to work some ground and pound but Reardon has wrist control.
Reardon looking for a sweep. Not yet Reardon, not yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
White shoots in and drives through. Reardon sprawls well.
Reardon cracks White with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Reardon scores with a crisp jab that stopped White in his tracks.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
Reardon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Reardon gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows White to score an easy takedown into full guard.
White trying to control but Reardon is working from the bottom.
White has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Reardon is proving hard to escape from.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent White showed his dominance in that final round.
I think White has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent White!