PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Guitar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Guitar
vs
White

167 cm
19
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Guitar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jamal White!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White closes the distance and pushes Guitar back into the cage.
White lands with a light punch inside.
White stalling the fight.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guitar blocks it with crossed arms.
Guitar tries to pull guard but White holds him up against the cage and eventually Guitar drops back down to his feet.
Guitar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
White lands a body shot.
Guitar is breathing heavily.
White scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ben Guitar has been cut.
White misses with a knee strike.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Guitar is blocking nicely.
White lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from White on the inside.
White landing knees to the head.
White tries a knee to the head but Guitar blocks it.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
White lands an elbow inside.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
White crunches a lovely knee into Guitar's ribcage.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guitar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from White.
A knee to the head by White.
A nice left hand lands by White.
White lands an elbow just above Guitar 's eye.
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guitar's face.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
White lands an elbow inside that Guitar shrugs off.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guitar is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guitar prevents a body shot from White.
Guitar is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
White is stalling here.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White stalling the fight.
Nice body punch from White - that landed with a thud.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White missing with knees to the body.
White crunches a lovely knee into Guitar's ribcage.
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guitar's face.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as White takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
White scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Guitar is blocking nicely.
Guitar blocks a body shot from White.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guitar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guitar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Guitar blocks with his arms.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by White.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from White on the inside.
White slows down the pace here.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a body punch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Guitar blocks with his arms.
Guitar managing to block the knees to the body from White.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Guitar is blocking nicely.
White with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
White scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from White.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Guitar is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guitar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Guitar is working for takedown but White is calmly controlling the position for now.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Guitar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

White clinches up with Guitar and pushes him back against the cage.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Guitar blocks the elbow strike.
Guitar tries a knee to the head but White blocks it.
White throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Guitars head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
White stalling in the clinch.
A hook to the body from White.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guitar is defending well for now.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guitar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for White.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White stalling against the cage.
Guitar takes an elbow to the temple.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A shot in the inside from White.
White scores a nice knee to the body.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guitar.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
White tries to throw a body punch but Guitar avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guitar blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hook to the body lands for White.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Guitar is blocking nicely.
Guitar blocks an elbow strike from White.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Guitar avoids the damage to the body.
Jamal White seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Guitar is blocking nicely.
White is working Guitar over against the cage.
Guitar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
White lands a damaging elbow.
White lands a knee to the body.
White works on Guitar's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on White - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White with a knee to the head.
White gets through Guitar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guitar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guitar blocks it with crossed arms.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
White trying to land knees to the body.
White lands an elbow just above Guitar 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
White with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from White.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guitar is defending well for now.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
White lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
White with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guitar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White scores with an uppercut up the middle.
White slowing the pace effectively.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
White controlling the action here for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A body shot lands from White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ben Guitar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Guitar blocks a head kick by White.

White clinches up with Guitar and pushes him back against the cage.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Guitar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
White lands a good knee to the midsection. Guitar won't want to take too many of those.
White manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A body shot lands from White.
White manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Guitar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guitar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guitar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
White crunches a lovely knee into Guitar's ribcage.
White is working Guitar over against the cage.
White utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from White.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White pressing his opponent against the cage.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands with a left to the head.
White leaning against his opponent.
White digs a right hand underneath Guitar's ribcage. Guitar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
White tries a knee to the head but Guitar blocks it.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Guitar blocks with his arms.
Guitar looking to slow down the pace here.
A knee to the head by White.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guitar's elbow.
White holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Guitar is trying to break the clinch but White has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Guitar avoids the damage to the body.
Guitar takes a knee to the side of the body.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White has Guitar pushed against the cage.
Jamal White is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Guitar is blocking nicely.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Guitar blocks with his arms.
Guitar can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
White misses with a punch to the body.
Guitar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Guitar backwards.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
White is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
White taking a breather.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guitar.
Ben Guitar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guitar takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
White effectively controlling the action here.
Knees to the body from White.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamal White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well White has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30

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