PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Sheehan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeff Sheehan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

White
vs
Sheehan

165 cm
20
169 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan White !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Sheehan!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheehan swinging wilding here.
White gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Bryan White has been cut.

White shoots in and bounces Sheehan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sheehan can't keep his opponent in guard - White advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
White prevents Sheehan from standing back up.
Sheehan is looking to improve his position.
Sheehan trying to control here.
Sheehan wants to improve his position but White is controlling well.
Sheehan is trying to stand.
White wants to free his trapped foot but Sheehan is holding on for dear life with his legs.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sheehan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Sheehan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sheehan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
White bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Sheehan kicks White off and gets to his feet.
Sheehan looks gassed!
Sheehan misses with an attempted mid kick.
White fails with the takedown
and Sheehan counters with a nice leg kick.
White fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

White looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sheehan is looking to stand up but White isn't so interested in that idea.
White passes Sheehan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
White content to control rather than advance.
Sheehan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheehan trying to hold on to White 's head to control him but White postures up.
White trying to pass the guard but Sheehan defending well.

White is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sheehan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time White .
White is controlling the pace.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
White is looking to take a break and control but Sheehan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
White with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
White is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
White content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sheehan for as long as he can get away with.
White won't let Sheehan get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
White looking to control and managing it successfully.
White cracks Sheehan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
White is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sheehan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
White controlling the pace for now.
Sheehan taking shots to the head.
White trying to control but he's not successful this time.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bryan White just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
White shoots in for a takedown but Sheehan shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan White . That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
White moves out of range of the leg kick from Sheehan.
Sheehan is looking to score with low kicks.
Sheehan throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Jeff Sheehan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White lands with a nice body kick.

White shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than White was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sheehan is trying to escape the mount.
White scores with a couple of good head shots there.
White wants to control the pace but Sheehan is squirming around nicely.

White swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bryan White !