PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Orr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

White
vs
Orr

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Orr!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White clinches with his opponent.

Orr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

White darts in and clinches Orr up against the cage.
White prevents Orr from breaking the clinch.

Orr manages to break the clinch.

White clinches with his opponent.
Orr is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
White prevents Orr from breaking the clinch.

Orr manages to break the clinch.
Orr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
White shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Orr as he avoids it easily.

White closes the distance and clinches.

Orr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

White shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Orr wants to get back to his feet.
White content to control rather than advance.
Orr looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White passes to full mount!
White putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
White controlling from the full mount.
Orr is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
White working Orr over with strikes here.
Orr is trying to stand up.
White scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Orr?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Orr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
White controlling the position easily from mount.
Orr is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! White has taken his back!
White gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
White controlling the position well here. Orr rolled but White kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
White is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. White gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. White gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. White apologises and we restart here on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White closes this distance looking for a takedown but Orr circles away.
Orr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

White shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
White is breathing heavily.
White sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Orr's guard.
Orr is not content to let White control the position.
White is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Orr is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
White punishing his opponent with strikes.
Orr is trying to stand.
White controlling from the full mount.
Orr is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Orr is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Orr takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
White cracks Orr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Orr is trying to stand but he's just given White his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

White is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Orr with him. Orr is trying to defend but White has an arm under the chin now! Orr grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Barry White!