PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Scott White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Hallam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

White
vs
Hallam

165 cm
25
151 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Hallam!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White shoots in and bounces Hallam off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

White drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and White jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hallam wants to stand but White is controlling the position.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hallam swivels though and keeps the full guard.

White drops back looking for a leg! Hallam is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hallam manages to kick White off! White jumps back into Hallam's guard.
Hallam can't keep his opponent in guard - White advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

White is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hallam regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White stopping the sweep attempt from Hallam.
Hallam working a defensive guard here.

White thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hallam is controlling White's posture.
White pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hallam is keeping the position for now.

White drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. White seems to have locked his on tight now - Hallam screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for White, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Scott White!