PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Memento Mori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Thunderhorse. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mori
vs
White

178 cm
28
197 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

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30
200 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

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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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Memento Mori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cletus White!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Mori dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
Mori darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
White walks into a stiff left hand from Mori.
White takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mori has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
White throws a poor cross that misses
and Mori counters with a left to the body.
White throws a lazy right hand but Mori sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mori has time to react.
Mori lands a leg kick that knocks White off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
White misses with a straight left.
Mori blocks a jab.
Mori uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Mori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mori slips a straight right by White.
Cletus White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White misses with a hook.
Mori throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mori counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mori misses with an uppercut.
White misses with a hook. Mori ducked under it nicely.
Mori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
Mori takes one to the side of the head.
White looks to land a left hand but Mori moved out of range nicely.
Mori thows a body shot but no joy.
White scores with a jab to the head.
Mori looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Mori has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mori lands a damaging elbow.
Mori dodges an elbow strike from White.
White blocks the elbow strike.
Mori throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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!
Mori lands an uppercut.
Mori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White tries a knee to the head but Mori blocks it.
A short right from Mori.
Mori lands a good knee to the midsection. White won't want to take too many of those.
White looks winded!
Mori cracks White with a nice body shot.
Mori lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mori lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of White backwards.
A short left from Mori.
Mori lands a body punch.
Mori scores with a shot to the side of White's head.
White takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Cletus White has been cut.
Mori putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has White in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mori lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mori scores with a shot to the side of White's head.

White is rocked!
Mori lands with a short shot to the head.
White is still on wobbly legs! Can Mori finish him?
Mori lands a body punch.
Mori lands a hook that snaps the head of White backwards.
Mori lands an elbow just above White 's eye.
Mori lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mori lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mori lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops White to his knees! Mori keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Memento Mori!
During a confident post fight interview, Memento Mori thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.