PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nick White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nnamdi Nnamdi Asomugha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

White
vs
Nnamdi Asomugha

193 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

210 cm
19
290 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Dangerous knees
Big heart

Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nnamdi Nnamdi Asomugha!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White moves in looking to clinch but Nnamdi Asomugha pushes him off.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nick White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nnamdi Asomugha works the jab nicely.

White closes the distance and clinches.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nnamdi Asomugha blocks it with crossed arms.
White lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Nnamdi Nnamdi Asomugha has been cut.
Nnamdi Asomugha misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nnamdi Asomugha taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nnamdi Asomugha is trying to push White away but White has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
White misses with a knee strike.
White blocks a body shot from Nnamdi Asomugha.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is trying to stall.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White has Nnamdi Asomugha pressed against the ropes, preventing Nnamdi Asomugha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
White is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nnamdi Asomugha is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nick White.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nnamdi Asomugha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
White on the wrong end of a nice hook.
White is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

White moves into range and clinches up with Nnamdi Asomugha.
White lands a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nnamdi Asomugha can't break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White tries to land a knee to the head but Nnamdi Asomugha blocks with his arms.
Nnamdi Asomugha wants to break free but White has control.
Nnamdi Asomugha blocks a body shot from White.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Nnamdi Asomugha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White digs a right hand into Nnamdi Asomugha's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nnamdi Asomugha's gas tank.
White is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nnamdi Asomugha is keeping busy.
White crunches a lovely knee into Nnamdi Asomugha's ribcage.
Nnamdi Asomugha looks winded!
White misses with a knee strike.
Nnamdi Asomugha wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the ropes.
White working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White stalling in the clinch.
Nnamdi Asomugha can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from White.
White lands a good knee to the midsection. Nnamdi Asomugha won't want to take too many of those.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nnamdi Asomugha is defending well for now.
Nnamdi Asomugha blocks an elbow strike from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White digs a right hand into Nnamdi Asomugha's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nnamdi Asomugha's gas tank.
Nnamdi Asomugha takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nnamdi Asomugha avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Nnamdi Asomugha leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
White scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White slows down the pace here.
Nnamdi Asomugha avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nnamdi Nnamdi Asomugha's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

White tries to clinch but Nnamdi Asomugha is having none of it.
White tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Nnamdi Asomugha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Nnamdi Asomugha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nnamdi Asomugha can do to turn this around?
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nnamdi Asomugha circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nnamdi Asomugha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White connects with an inside leg kick.
White wants to clinch.
White misses with a head kick.
White tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Nnamdi Asomugha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White tries to clinch up.
Nnamdi Asomugha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

White moves into range and clinches up with Nnamdi Asomugha.
White lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nnamdi Asomugha stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nnamdi Asomugha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nnamdi Asomugha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by White.
White stalling against the ropes.
Nnamdi Asomugha tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands a nice knee to the body.
Nnamdi Asomugha is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nnamdi Asomugha takes a knee to the side of the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
White lands a nice knee to the body.
White lands a body punch.
White lands a good knee to the midsection. Nnamdi Asomugha won't want to take too many of those.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by White.
Nick White has scored more points in the clinch so far.
White stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nnamdi Asomugha throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
White misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nnamdi Asomugha wants to stall.
White crunches a lovely knee into Nnamdi Asomugha's ribcage.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nnamdi Asomugha wants to break free but White has control.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White lands with a short punch from the clinch.
White misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White trying to control the position but instead, Nnamdi Asomugha has worked for underhooks and has pushed White into the ropes.
Nnamdi Asomugha avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White working Nnamdi Asomugha over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White taking a breather.
White landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nnamdi Asomugha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nnamdi Asomugha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nnamdi Nnamdi Asomugha's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nnamdi Asomugha counters with a series of strikes. White will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nnamdi Asomugha swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
White avoids the body shot from Nnamdi Asomugha.
Nnamdi Asomugha is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
White tries to clinch but Nnamdi Asomugha moves out of range.
Nnamdi Asomugha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
White feints a jab promting Nnamdi Asomugha to slip. White then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nnamdi Asomugha slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nnamdi Asomugha, pushing him back against the ropes.
White is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
White has a couple of punches blocked by Nnamdi Asomugha.
White is pushing Nnamdi Asomugha up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nnamdi Asomugha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on White - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
White misses with a body punch.
White has Nnamdi Asomugha pressed against the ropes, preventing Nnamdi Asomugha from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
White landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from White.
White connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nnamdi Asomugha'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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nnamdi Asomugha is defending well for now.
Nnamdi Asomugha is trying to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on White - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nnamdi Asomugha dodges an elbow strike from White.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nnamdi Asomugha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nnamdi Asomugha avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nnamdi Asomugha is trying to break the clinch but White is controlling him.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Nnamdi Asomugha leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nnamdi Asomugha blocks it with crossed arms.
White lands a right hand.
White prevents Nnamdi Asomugha from breaking the clinch.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nnamdi Asomugha blocks an elbow strike.
White missing with knees to the body.
Nnamdi Asomugha tries to break the clinch but White is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nnamdi Asomugha as White tries to tie him up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White is trying to stall.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
Nnamdi Asomugha is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but White is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nnamdi Asomugha stalling in the clinch but White improves position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well White has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

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