PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Whiteside (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niel Seraphim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Niel Seraphim will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Whiteside
vs
Seraphim

160 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
144 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Atlantis

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Whiteside!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Niel Seraphim!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Whiteside.

It looks like Niel Seraphim has been cut.
Whiteside changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Seraphim takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Seraphim is rocked!
Seraphim looks for the body kick but Whiteside saw that one coming.
Seraphim is still on wobbly legs! Can Whiteside finish him?
Seraphim is looking to clinch but Whiteside is avoiding it.
Seraphim scores with a sloppy right hand. Whiteside should have avoided that one.
Seraphim seems to have recovered his senses.
Seraphim scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Seraphim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Whiteside swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Whiteside crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Seraphim - the referee stops the clock and Whiteside gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Seraphim. Whiteside manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seraphim lands a leg kick that knocks Whiteside off balance momentarily.
Whiteside swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seraphim moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Whiteside throws a shot from downtown. Seraphim moves away and avoids it.
Seraphim is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whiteside ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Whiteside seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Seraphim - that will leave a mark!
That kick from Seraphim tenderised Whiteside's leg. Whiteside is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiteside scores with a body shot.
Seraphim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whiteside is looking to wear down Seraphim with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body kick there by Seraphim.

Whiteside changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Seraphim looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Whiteside lands a few punches from side control.
Seraphim is looking to reverse the position.
Whiteside has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whiteside scores with punches from side control.
Seraphim is letting Whiteside control him for a moment.
The ground and pound from Whiteside seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Seraphim tries to improve position but can't.
A lull in the action here as Whiteside stalls from top position.
Whiteside misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whiteside prevents Seraphim from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiteside is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Seraphim's shoulder. That is not cool.
Seraphim is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whiteside sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Seraphim is pressing down on Whiteside's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Seraphim wants to get back to his feet but Whiteside is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Seraphim is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Seraphim trying to control the position.
Whiteside slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Whiteside won't allow Seraphim to sweep him here.
Whiteside stops Seraphim from standing up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiteside engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Whiteside fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seraphim manages to avoid it.

Whiteside bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Seraphim is trying to improve his position.
Seraphim wants to control but Whiteside postures up.
Whiteside working the ground and pound.
Seraphim is letting Whiteside control him for a moment.

Whiteside wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Seraphim, who protects the arm well.
Whiteside scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whiteside wants to lay and pray for a moment but Seraphim keeps working.
Seraphim really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Whiteside. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Seraphim is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here as Whiteside stalls from top position.
Seraphim is looking for a sweep.
Seraphim manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Whiteside is looking to escape.
Whiteside tries to get to full guard but Seraphim has control of the leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seraphim stalling away here and it's allowed Whiteside to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Seraphim trying to control but Whiteside is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Whiteside dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Niel Seraphim's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Seraphim wants to clinch up but Whiteside keeps it at a distance.
Seraphim explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Whiteside tries for a takedown but Seraphim circles away easily
and Seraphim counters with a leg kick.
Seraphim takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Seraphim gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Whiteside counters with a shoot takedown. Seraphim fights it but they end up in guard.
Whiteside stopping the sweep attempt from Seraphim.
Whiteside stops Seraphim from standing up.
Whiteside trying to control the position from guard on top but Seraphim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whiteside showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Whiteside loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Whiteside stops Seraphim from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Whiteside throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Whiteside misses with a straight left.

Whiteside shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Seraphim wants to get back to his feet but Whiteside is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Seraphim is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Whiteside controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Whiteside has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Whiteside stands up from Seraphim's guard - Whiteside perhaps looking for a knockout.
Seraphim throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johnny Whiteside seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whiteside lands with a hook. Seraphim tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Whiteside shoots in but Seraphim avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Seraphim's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Seraphim's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Whiteside cracks Seraphim with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Seraphim looks to throw the jab but Whiteside is out of range.
Nice body kick from Seraphim.
Whiteside will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Whiteside lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seraphim walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Whiteside misses the jab.
Whiteside is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Seraphim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seraphim lands a nice looking body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Seraphim misses the target.
Seraphim just misses with a punch to the body.
Seraphim misses with an attempted mid kick.
Whiteside misses with a body shot.
Seraphim wants to counter the offense by Whiteside and move into the clinch position.
Seraphim throws a head kick but Whiteside moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Whiteside on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Whiteside connects with a nice looking jab.
Niel Seraphim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whiteside lands with a straight right. Seraphim didn't see that one coming.
Whiteside fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Seraphim looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seraphim lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Whiteside throws a lazy right hand but Seraphim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seraphim tries a quick counter leg kick but Whiteside is wise to it.
Seraphim slips a straight right by Whiteside.
Whiteside tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Seraphim defends well and Whiteside ends up having to push Seraphim into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Whiteside. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whiteside takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A head kick misses from Seraphim.
Seraphim keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seraphim pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seraphim has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Whiteside finds it's way round the side to connect with Seraphim's head.
Seraphim throws a quick inside leg kick.
Whiteside feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Seraphims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Seraphim throws a low kick but it's checked well by Whiteside.
Whiteside takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Whiteside is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seraphim can do to turn this around?

Seraphim ducks straight into an uppercut from Whiteside and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Seraphim manages to regain guard straight away.
Whiteside stays in close to Seraphim's body and controls the position.
Seraphim wants to stand but Whiteside is controlling the position.
Seraphim lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Whiteside looking for a sweep. Not yet Whiteside, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Whiteside dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Niel Seraphim'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Seraphim. Whiteside does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whiteside throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whiteside lands a jab.

Whiteside drops Seraphim with a big left hand and mounts him. Seraphim is in big trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whiteside postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Seraphim in real trouble here! The ref calls for Seraphim to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Whiteside!
Johnny Whiteside took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Atlantis for their support in the buildup to the fight.