PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pauly Pigano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Whyte (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.

Pigano
vs
Whyte

199 cm
20
265 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
250 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pauly Pigano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pigano scores with a hook.
Whyte misses with a wild combination.
Whyte has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pigano lands with a nice body kick.
Pigano misses with a head kick.
Pigano tries to work over Whyte's front leg with a kick but Whyte checks it.
Pigano scores with a kick to the midsection.
Whyte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pigano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whyte is out of range and Pigano settles back down.
Pigano tries to land a leg kick but Whyte saw it coming and moves away.
Pigano throws a chopping leg kick but Whyte manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Whyte misses with a wild combination.
Pigano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Whyte has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pigano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Whyte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Whyte slips a jab and a cross from Pigano.
Pigano looks to land a body kick but Whyte moved away.
Pigano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whyte avoids a kick to the body.
Whyte moves out of range of the body kick.
Pigano pushes Whyte away with a front kick.
Pigano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pigano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Whyte's hands.
Pigano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pigano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Whyte.
Whyte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pigano can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Pigano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pigano lands with an overhand left.
Pigano looks to land a body kick but Whyte moved away.
Pigano throws a low kick, looking for Whyte's leg but Whyte calmly moves out of range.
Pigano throws a right hand that Whyte ducks under and follows up with a left that Whyte also avoids with ease.
Whyte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pigano.
A head kick misses from Pigano.
An inside leg kick lands from Pigano.
Whyte on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pigano misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pigano.
A head kick from Pigano lands but Whyte takes it in his stride.
Whyte getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whyte. Pigano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pigano misses with a body kick.
Pigano misses with a body kick.
A slow jab from Whyte misses its intended target.
Pauly Pigano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pigano.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whyte takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pigano throws a front kick aimed at Whyte's knee but Whyte avoids it well.
Pigano looks to land a right hand but Whyte moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pigano tries to land a front kick but Whyte steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Whyte has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Whyte there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pigano throws a low kick but Whyte moves out of range easily.
Whyte blocks a head kick by Pigano.
Pigano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Whyte is out of range.
Pigano misses with a head kick.
Pigano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pigano scores with a nice strike.
Pigano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whyte moves out of range as Pigano throws a body kick.
Pigano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Whyte's hands.
Whyte lands with a nice combination. Pigano backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pauly Pigano dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A cross from Whyte lands.

It looks like Pauly Pigano has been cut.
An inside leg kick from Pigano misses.
David Whyte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pigano misses with a low kick.
Pigano walks into a left hand.

Whyte lands a left and a right that send Pigano crashing to the mat, dazed. Whyte thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Pigano is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pigano throws a push kick but Whyte slaps the foot to one side.
A big left from Whyte misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pigano.
Pigano moves away from the strike by Whyte.
A swing and a miss from Whyte.
Pigano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whyte is out of range and Pigano settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pigano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Whyte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pigano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pigano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pigano throws a head kick that misses.
Pigano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pigano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pigano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pigano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pigano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Whyte fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pigano attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pigano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Whyte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pigano feints and then cracks Whyte's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Whyte down.
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!
Whyte misses with a double jab.
Pigano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pigano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Whyte.
Whyte checks a low kick from Pigano.
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whyte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pauly Pigano is winning the standup battle so far.
Pigano tried to score with a low kick but Whyte checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte thows a body shot but no joy.
Pigano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pigano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Whyte on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Whyte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pigano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Whyte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whyte blocks a head kick by Pigano.
Pigano scoring well with a low kick there.
Pigano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pigano.
A big right from Pigano misses.
Pigano throws a chopping leg kick but Whyte manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws a jab but it's blocked by Pigano.
Pigano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pigano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Whyte checks a leg kick.
Pigano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A good leg kick by Pigano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pigano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pigano tries to land a front kick but Whyte steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whyte shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Whyte avoids the head kick by Pigano.
Pigano lands a nice looking kick to the body. Whyte takes a step back to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but David Whyte will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Pauly Pigano's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Whyte misses with a few strikes there.
Whyte moves out of range of the body kick from Pigano.
Pigano throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
Whyte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pigano.
Pigano throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pigano dodges the punch combination from Whyte.
Pigano loads up on a big right hand but Whyte slips the punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Whyte blocks the leg kick.
Pigano throws a head kick but Whyte moves out of range.
Pigano throws the kick towards the body but Whyte avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pigano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pigano connects with a leg kick. Whyte looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Whyte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pigano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Whyte checks a low kick from Pigano.
Pigano walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Whyte checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pigano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Whyte slips under a jab.
Whyte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pigano throws a leg kick that misses.
Pigano throws a leg kick which misses Whyte's front leg but catches the back leg as Whyte tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Pigano.
Pigano feints and then cracks Whyte's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Whyte down.
Pigano throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
Pigano misses with a body kick.
Whyte checks a low kick from Pigano.
Whyte avoids the body shot from Pigano.
Whyte lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pigano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pigano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pigano tries a low kick but Whyte avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pigano motions for Whyte to come forward. Pigano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab by Whyte.
Whyte misses the jab.
Pigano looks to land a body kick but Whyte moved away.
Whyte misses the jab.
Nice body kick from Pigano.
Pigano motions for Whyte to come forward. Pigano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pigano misses with a low kick as Whyte jumps back.
Whyte avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pigano lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Pigano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pigano throws a right hand that misses
and Whyte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pigano attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte connects with the punch.
Whyte tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pigano slips a jab and a cross from Whyte.
Jab from Pigano.
Pigano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pigano misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pigano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A telegraphed right hand from Pigano misses the target.
Pigano misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pauly Pigano.
Well Pigano 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 Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pauly Pigano!
Pauly Pigano decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.