PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dave Whitewas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Mir has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dave Whitewas's chin.

Whitewas
vs
Mir

168 cm
23
136 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
21
130 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Whitewas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Mir!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitewas shoots in but no luck this time.

Mir instigates a clinch.
Mir misses with a knee strike.
Mir blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whitewas blocks it with crossed arms.
Mir lands a knee to the head.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
Mir is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Whitewas is working for takedown but Mir is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Whitewas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whitewas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mir avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Whitewas is breathing heavily.
Whitewas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mir pulls his leg out and moves away.
No luck for Whitewas with that takedown attempt.
Whitewas looks to clinch

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mir.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but Whitewas blocks with his arms.
Mir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whitewas blocks it with crossed arms.
Mir misses with a knee strike.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but Whitewas blocks with his arms.
Whitewas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whitewas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mir misses with a knee to the head.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but Whitewas blocks with his arms.
Mir misses with a knee to the head.
Mir misses with a knee to the head.
Whitewas takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Dave Whitewas has been cut.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whitewas's face.
Mir throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mir misses with a knee strike.
Mir lands a knee to the head.
Mir looking to throw knees to the head but Whitewas is blocking nicely.
Mir misses with a knee strike.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but Mir holds him up against the cage and eventually Whitewas drops back down to his feet.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mir landing knees to the head.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
Mir throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mir tries a knee to the head but Whitewas blocks it.
Mir misses with a knee strike.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mir using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whitewas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitewas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mir avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Whitewas goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mir prevents it.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mir just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mir with a knee to the head.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Mir.
Whitewas lands a body punch.
Whitewas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Whitewas just leaning against Mir, taking a breather.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Whitewas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mir avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Whitewas wants a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitewas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mir gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mir misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Mir.
Whitewas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whitewas tries for a takedown but Mir manages to get underhooks.
Mir lands a knee to the head.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but Whitewas blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Whitewas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whitewas blocks it with crossed arms.
Whitewas has Mir pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mir manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Whitewas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mir pulls his leg out and moves away.

Whitewas scores a takedown into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Mir dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Whitewas's cut.
That's time! Whitewas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Whitewas with a lazy takedown attempt

and Mir counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Whitewas looking for a takedown.
Whitewas trying to stall but Mir improves his position.
Mir using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whitewas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mir with a knee to the head.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whitewas is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mir pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Whitewas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mir scores with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mir misses with a knee to the head.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but Whitewas blocks with his arms.
Mir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mir connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mir scores with a knee to the head.
Mir misses with a knee to the head.
Whitewas tries to work over Mir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by Mir.
Mir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mir landing knees to the head.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mir lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Whitewas has Mir pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mir manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mir throws a knee to the head but misses.

Whitewas is trying to trip Mir. He has hold of a leg but Mir is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Whitewas persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Whitewas prevents Mir from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitewas showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Whitewas trying to control the position from guard on top but Mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mir wants to get back to his feet but Whitewas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Whitewas landing some decent shots from guard.
Mir is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Whitewas is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Whitewas with a poor takedown

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mir just stands there and leans against the cage.
Mir looking to throw knees to the head but Whitewas is blocking nicely.
Whitewas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Whitewas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whitewas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mir smiles and moves away.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whitewas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson Mir is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whitewas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Mir moves into the clinch.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Whitewas can't get the takedown.
Whitewas looking for a takedown.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
Whitewas jumps guard but Mir stands there with Whitewas around his waist. Whitewas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mir connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whitewas's face.
Whitewas tries to score a body lock takedown but Mir shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mir looking to throw knees to the head but Whitewas is blocking nicely.
Whitewas drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mir scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whitewas blocks it with crossed arms.
Mir is pressed up against the cage. Whitewas has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mir down to the mat. Mir avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Mir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dave Whitewas'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. This is the final round!

Mir tries to close the distance and clinch but Whitewas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dave Whitewas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Whitewas drives through with a takedown into guard.
Whitewas prevents Mir from getting back to his feet.
Whitewas throwing strikes from guard but Mir blocks nicely.

Whitewas decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Whitewas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Mir is squirming around, avoiding Whitewas's attempts to control the action.

Whitewas stands up from mount. Strange move.
Whitewas tries to clinch

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch.
Whitewas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mir smiles and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir tries to clinch but Whitewas moves out of range.
Whitewas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Whitewas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Whitewas doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mir.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whitewas tries to pull guard but Mir holds him up against the cage and eventually Whitewas drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Whitewas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whitewas tries to break the clinch but Mir is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Mir is fighting off a takedown attempt but Whitewas is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Mir to the mat. Mir regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Mir wants to get back to his feet but Whitewas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Whitewas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mir wants to get back to his feet but Whitewas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Whitewas advances position into side control!
Mir is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitewas controls the position from side control.
Mir is trying to buck Whitewas off.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mir wants to clinch.
Mir wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Whitewas has his takedown stuffed

and Mir counters by moving into the clinch.
Mir looking to throw knees to the head but Whitewas is blocking nicely.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whitewas fails to pull guard.
Whitewas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mir avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Whitewas looking for a takedown.
Whitewas wants a takedown but no success here.
Mir gets underhooks to prevent Whitewas's takedown attempt.
Dave Whitewas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but Whitewas blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Whitewas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mir 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Mir!