PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walt Whitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boxer
vs
Whitman

184 cm
35
200 lbs
25 - 17 - 0

190 cm
28
200 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Walt Whitman!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitman lands a nice looking body shot.
Boxer ducks under a wild hook from Whitman.
Whitman connects with a body shot.
A jab from Boxer misses.
Boxer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Whitman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Boxer scrambles back to his feet.
Whitman just misses with a punch to the body.
Whitman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boxer misses with a two punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whitman. Boxer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boxer slips a straight right by Whitman.
Whitman moves away from the strike by Boxer.
A shot to the body from Whitman misses
and Boxer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Boxer scores with a leg kick.
Whitman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boxer keeps the fight on the outside.
Whitman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boxer.
Boxer throws the left hand but Whitman avoids the punch easily.
Boxer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whitman.
A left and a right from Whitman both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer lands with an uppercut that bounces Whitman off the cage and back into range.
Boxer slips a jab and a cross from Whitman.
Boxer blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boxer. Whitman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whitman misses the shot to the body.
Whitman misses with a right hand
and Boxer counters with a head kick. That will keep Whitman thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Boxer throws a right and a left that both miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whitman. Boxer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walt Whitman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boxer throws out a powerful jab.
Boxer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Whitman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whitman digs a good body shot into Boxer's ribs.
Whitman misses with a straight left.
Whitman tries to bum rush Boxer with a series of wild strikes but Boxer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Whitman throws a sloppy body shot
and Boxer counters with a stiff right hand.
Whitman lands an overhand right.
Boxer throws a sloppy head kick and Whitman moves out of range easily.
Nice shot lands for Boxer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitman moves out of range as Boxer throws a body kick.
Whitman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boxer looks to throw the jab but Whitman is out of range.
Boxer lands a glancing blow to the side of Whitman's head.

Whitman is rocked!
Boxer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Whitman is still on wobbly legs! Can Boxer finish him?
Boxer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whitman.
Whitman seems to have recovered his senses.
A big right from Boxer misses.
Boxer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whitman.
Boxer looks to land a left hand but Whitman moved out of range nicely.
Whitman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boxer.
Boxer misses with a head kick.
Boxer swinging wildly here.

Whitman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Boxer, pushing him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Boxer breaks the clinch.
Boxer moves away from the strike by Whitman.
Boxer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitman throws a jab when Boxer was well out of range.
Walt Whitman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boxer throws a looping overhand right but Whitman ducks down to avoid it.
Boxer throws a head kick that Whitman semi-blocks.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whitman moves away.
A jab from Whitman misses.
Whitman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Boxer circles away quickly and effectively.
Boxer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Boxer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boxer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A head kick misses from Boxer.
Boxer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boxer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Whitman finds it's way round the side to connect with Boxer's head.
Whitman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Whitman ducks under a wild hook from Boxer.
Whitman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitman misses with an uppercut. Boxer saw that one coming.
Boxer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Whitman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Boxer has time to react.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boxer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whitman looks to land a right hand but Boxer moved out of range.
Whitman lands a slapping body shot.
Whitman slips a straight right by Boxer.
Whitman scores with a nice strike.
Whitman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boxer.
Whitman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boxer.
Boxer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Whitman.
Whitman is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Boxer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A telegraphed right hand from Whitman misses the target.
Whitman throws a series of punches but Boxer moves out of range.
Boxer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whitman lands with a hook. Boxer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boxer moves away.
Boxer moves out of range of the strikes.
Whitman throws a hook but Boxer blocks it.
Whitman tries to clinch but Boxer moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Walt Whitman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Boxer swings widly with a right hand
and Whitman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whitman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Boxer is rocked!
Whitman blocks a leg kick.
Boxer throws a wild body kick that Whitman sees coming a mile off.
Whitman swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Boxer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Whitman blocks a head kick by Boxer.

Whitman closes the distance and clinches.
Whitman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Whitman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Boxer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boxer slips a straight right by Whitman.
Whitman wants to clinch.
Whitman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Boxer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitman scores with a nice strike.
Walt Whitman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whitman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boxer was well out of range. Poor timing from Whitman.
Boxer slips a jab from Whitman.
Sloppy strikes from Boxer. Those never looked like landing.
Whitman misses with a body shot.

Boxer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Whitman sprawls well initially but Boxer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Whitman taking some punishment here, with Boxer in his half guard.
Boxer not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Whitman is defending against the submission attempts here by Boxer.
Boxer prevents Whitman from improving his position.
Whitman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer tries to stand and escape but Whitman is controlling the position.
Whitman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boxer working the head and body with strikes.
Boxer tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Whitman.
Whitman is looking for a sweep. Boxer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boxer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Whitman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boxer.
Whitman is looking for a sweep. Boxer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boxer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whitman's head.
Whitman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Boxer.

Boxer is working for a kimura but Whitman is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Whitman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boxer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boxer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Whitman trying to hold on to Boxer's head to control him but Boxer postures up.

Boxer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Whitman sees it coming and defends easily.
Boxer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitman has hold of Boxer's hands but Boxer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Boxer is trying to control. Whitman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Whitman is concentrating on defense, preventing Boxer from advancing position.
Whitman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Boxer.
Boxer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Whitman's head.
Joe Boxer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whitman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boxer.
Boxer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boxer 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.
Whitman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boxer.
Whitman is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Boxer is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Boxer is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Boxer dominated that second round.
That's time! Boxer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

A jab from Whitman misses.
Whitman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whitman checks a leg kick nicely.
Whitman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Whitman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Boxer does no damage.
Whitman tries to bum rush Boxer with a series of wild strikes but Boxer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Whitman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Boxer.
Whitman throws a jab but it's blocked by Boxer.
Whitman looks to land a left hand but Boxer moved out of range nicely.
Whitman scores with a punch to the head.
Whitman wants to clinch up but Boxer keeps it at a distance.
Whitman ducks under a wild hook from Boxer.
A solid leg kick lands there for Boxer.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Boxer, right into the meat.
Whitman just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer fails with the takedown.
Boxer scores with a sloppy right hand. Whitman should have avoided that one.
Boxer walks into a straight right hand from Whitman.
Boxer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Whitman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A punch combination from Boxer misses.
Whitman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boxer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Whitman throws a good cross that connects.
A head kick misses from Boxer.
Whitman works Boxer's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boxer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whitman.
Whitman misses with a body shot.
Whitman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boxer.
Whitman misses with a jab, cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boxer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whitman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joe Boxer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer tries a head kick but it misses.
Boxer loads up on a big right hand but Whitman slips the punch.
Whitman connects with a looping right hand.
Whitman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Whitman!
Boxer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Whitman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Boxer's head.
Whitman walks into a straight right hand from Boxer.
Whitman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boxer.
Boxer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oh Boxer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A jab from Boxer misses.
Boxer seems to have got his legs back now.
Boxer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Boxer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Boxer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boxer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Whitman clinches up against the cage.
Whitman lands an uppercut.
Whitman taking a breather.
Boxer is trying to push Whitman away but Whitman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Whitman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Whitman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Whitman.
Boxer prevents a body shot from Whitman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boxer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitman is looking to control Boxer's arms but Boxer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Whitman has his back to the cage.
Whitman misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitman misses with the head strike.
Boxer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Boxer breaks the clinch.
Boxer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Boxer.
Whitman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boxer was well out of range. Poor timing from Whitman.
Whitman misses with a lunging right hand
and Boxer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Whitman scores with a nice strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitman throws a lazy right hand but Boxer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Boxer.
Whitman swings for the body but Boxer moves out of range.
Whitman throws a big shot that misses.
Crunch! Boxer slams his shin into Whitman's torso.

And that's the end of the fight!
Walt Whitman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Whitman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walt Whitman!
During a confident post fight interview, Walt Whitman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.