PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Whales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whales comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill. Seia has chosen The Offspring - All i Want as his entrance music. Patrick Whales had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Whales
vs
Seia

181 cm
33
207 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

190 cm
33
209 lbs
28 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Patrick Whales!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kelemi Seia!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seia throws a good cross that connects.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whales, right into the meat.
Seia's coach down at Kebab House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Seia's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Whales avoids the body shot from Seia.
Whales fails to land the takedown.
A nice side step and Seia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good work by Seia as he checks the leg kick.
Seia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Whales misses with an uppercut.
Whales misses with a lunging right hand
and Seia counters with a straight right hand.
Whales misses with a body shot.
Seia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Whales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whales scores with a punch to the head.
Whales pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seia thinks about the counter body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Whales. That's going to slow Seia down.

Seia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales postures up in Seia's guard and throws a big left but Seia blocks it.
Whales prevents Seia from getting back to his feet.
Whales is looking to work some ground and pound but Seia has wrist control.
Whales wants to pass the guard but Seia is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seia wants to stand and escape but Whales is having none of it.
Whales stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Whales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whales. Seia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whales throws a solid leg kick but Seia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Whales.
Seia throws a fast counter high kick but Whales manages to duck under it in time.
Seia thuds a left hand into Whales's body.

Whales decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Whales not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Whales throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Whales thows a huge punch but Seia dodges it nicely.
Whales 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.
Seia keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Whales sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Seia defending well though.
Whales looks to land a strike but Seia avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Seia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Whales.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales postures up in Seia's guard and throws a big left but Seia blocks it.
Whales postures up in Seia's guard and throws a big left but Seia blocks it.
Seia managing to control the position.
Whales throwing strikes but missing.
Whales throwing strikes from guard but Seia blocks nicely.
Whales postures up in Seia's guard and throws a big left but Seia blocks it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Whales does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Whales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Seia follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A jab from Seia misses.
Whales just misses with a punch to the body.
Seia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Whales with a body shot.
Whales throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little jabbing left from Seia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Seia.
Whales changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Seia tries to avoid it but Whales manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Seia to the ground. Seia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Whales throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Seia tries to work over Whales's front leg with a kick but Whales checks it.
Whales appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Seia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Whales tries to work over Seia's front leg with a kick but Seia checks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Seia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Whales dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Whales throws out a leg kick but Seia moves out of range and Whales only half commits.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Whales digs a good body shot into Seia's ribs.
Patrick Whales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seia ducks under a wild hook from Whales.
Seia takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice takedown defense from Seia. No joy for Whales on that attempt.
Whales throws a body shot but no joy.
Whales scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Whales scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Whales swings for the body but Seia moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Whales ducks under a wild hook from Seia.
Seia misses with a straight right.
Whales lands a nice shot to the body.
Whales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seia can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales fails with the takedown
and Seia counters with a good low kick that Whales was not able to check.
Seia misses with a straight left.
Whales feinted with a counter takedown.
Whales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seia moves away.
Whales scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Seia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Whales.
An inside leg kick from Whales misses.
Seia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Seia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whales.
Seia lands with an overhand left.
Seia is looking to slow Whales down with leg kicks.
Seia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Seia misses with an uppercut

and Whales counters with a single leg into guard. Seia didn't expect that.
Patrick Whales overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whales missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seia looking for a sweep. Not yet Seia, not yet.
Whales postures up in Seia's guard and throws a big left but Seia blocks it.
Whales wants to pass the guard but Seia is keeping the position.
Whales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Seia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Whales.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Whales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Whales stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seia swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Seia just misses with a punch to the body.
Whales tries to counter with a takedown but Seia is quick to defend against it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia looks for the body kick but Whales saw that one coming.
Whales drops down looking for a counter takedown but Seia sprawls and moves away.
Whales pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Seia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Whales with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Seia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Whales motions for Seia to come forward. Whales throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Seia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seia feints a counter leg kick.
Seia scores with a decent looking hook.
Kelemi Seia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Whales can pounce on him.

Whales scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Whales with the ground and pound but Seia uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Whales stands and throws Seia's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ground and pound from Whales seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Whales fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Whales cracks Seia with a big elbow.
We've been hearing that Whales has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes there by Whales.
Seia is pushing Whales's head away, looking to escape. Whales manages to hold on to the position though.
Whales is trying to ground and pound but Seia uses the momentary lack of control by Whales to regain half guard.
Whales thows a huge punch but Seia dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Whales dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Seia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Whales.
Seia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Seia connects with a solid leg kick.
Whales tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seia was well out of range. Poor timing from Whales.
Patrick Whales is winning the standup battle so far.
Seia throws a jab but it's blocked by Whales.
A jab from Whales misses.
Seia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Whales checks it well.
Whales drops down looking for a counter takedown but Seia sprawls and moves away.
Whales throws a half hearted mid kick.
Seia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot lands for Seia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Whales attempts a counter takedown but Seia avoids it well and moves away.
Seia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Whales feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Seia's calf.

Whales dives in and scores a takedown into Seia's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales distracts Seia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Whales throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Whales landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Whales accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Whales throwing strikes from guard but Seia blocks nicely.
Whales throws a big elbow that misses.
Seia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Whales postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Whales throws a strike but Seia rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Whales keeping moving, preventing Seia from controlling successfully.
Seia won't allow Whales to sweep him here.
Whales trying to control the position here.
Whales keeping moving, preventing Seia from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales is controlling Seia's posture.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Seia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Whales scoring well with a low kick there.
Seia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whales just misses with a punch to the body.
Whales slips a jab from Seia.
Whales changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Whales dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Seia misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whales moves away.
Whales shoots in for a takedown but Seia shows good takedown defense.
Seia follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Seia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Seia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Whales misses with an uppercut
and Seia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Whales uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seia.
Whales shoots in but no luck this time.
Seia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Whales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whales misses the jab.
Seia follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Whales misses with a left hand
and Seia counters with a straight right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Whales.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whales throws a lazy right hand but Seia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whales takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Whales throws a low kick, looking for Seia's leg but Seia calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Kelemi Seia just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Seia connects with a jab.
Whales throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Seia thumps Whales with a low kick.
Whales lands with a right hand.
Whales throws a leg kick
and Seia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Seia, right into the meat.
Seia throws a low kick but Whales moves out of range easily.

Whales scores with a takedown into Seia's guard.
Whales stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Whales postures up in Seia's guard and throws a big left but Seia blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Seia is keeping the position for now.
Seia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Whales manages to get himself to full guard.

Whales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Whales trying to control the position.
Whales manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Seia manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia wants to stand and escape but Whales is having none of it.
Seia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Whales controlling the position.
Whales is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Seia wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales is thwarting Seia's attempts to control the position.
Whales missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Seia makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Seia.
Seia wants to sweep but no luck.
Whales throwing strikes but missing.
Whales is looking to work some ground and pound but Seia has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Seia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Whales is one step ahead there.
Seia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Whales rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Seia counters with a leg kick.
Whales throws out a leg kick but Seia moves out of range and Whales only half commits.
Whales misses with a straight right.
Whales takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whales wants to slow Seia down by chopping away at his legs.
Seia throws a looping overhand right but Whales ducks down to avoid it.
Whales half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Whales shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Seia defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Kelemi Seia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Whales closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Whales thows a huge punch but Seia dodges it nicely.
Seia avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Whales.
Whales thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Whales missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seia is trying to stand up here but Whales is controlling him well.
Seia wants to control but Whales is keeping busy.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Whales wants to pass to mount but Seia is defending the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whales throws a head kick but Seia moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Seia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Whales tried to score with a low kick but Seia checks it.
Seia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Seia staying out of range there.
Seia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whales goes for a double leg but Seia avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Seia continues to drive forward.
Whales avoids the head kick by Seia.
Seia misses with a wild body shot.
Whales drops down looking for a counter takedown but Seia sprawls and moves away.
Whales misses with a body shot
letting Seia counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seia. Whales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seia misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whales throws a lazy head kick
and Seia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whales looks to score with a jab to the body but Seia is just out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Whales.
Nice defenses there by Whales.
Whales shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Seia but Seia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Patrick Whales. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whales scores with a jab to the jaw.
Whales bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whales. Seia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seia counters with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales connects with a solid leg kick.
Whales throws a leg kick but Seia checks it.
Whales with a poor takedown
and Seia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seia throws a nice head kick!
Seia throws a looping overhand right but Whales ducks down to avoid it.
Whales chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whales looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Seia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Whales throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Seia's waist but Seia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Whales off to one side.
Seia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Whales throws a hook but Seia blocks it.
Whales backing away here, and Seia unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Whales fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Whales is defended easily by Seia.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia stuns Whales with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Seia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whales, right into the meat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Seia blocks a head kick by Whales.
Whales scores with a hook.

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 Patrick Whales.
I think Whales has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 49:47
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 47:48
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 49:47

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Patrick Whales!
Patrick Whales retains his light heavyweight title!
Patrick Whales thanked the fans post fight for their support.