PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Whitey O Whitersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dede Rustandi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rustandi's choice of entrance music: Goyang Dumang. Dede Rustandi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

O Whitersson
vs
Rustandi

175 cm
20
168 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

198 cm
23
162 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Whitey O Whitersson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dede Rustandi!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Francis DeMontford and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Rustandi.
O Whitersson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rustandi slips under a jab.
O Whitersson looks to land a left hand but Rustandi moved out of range nicely.
Rustandi throws a right and a left that O Whitersson avoids nicely.
O Whitersson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rustandi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as O Whitersson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A bone on bone clash there as O Whitersson blocks the leg kick.
O Whitersson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by O Whitersson.

It looks like Dede Rustandi has been cut.
O Whitersson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
O Whitersson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A countering left hand to the body from Rustandi misses.
Rustandi moves away from the strike by O Whitersson.
A shot to the liver by Rustandi. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Whitersson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It seemed like Rustandi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
O Whitersson takes a swing at Rustandi's ribcage but misses.
O Whitersson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rustandi.
Rustandi ducks under a wild hook from O Whitersson.
Rustandi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rustandi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustandi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
O Whitersson throws a right and a left that both miss.
As O Whitersson backs off Rustandi throws a huge counter combo but O Whitersson manages to avoid it all.
Rustandi moves out of range as O Whitersson strikes.
It seemed like Rustandi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rustandi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Whitersson moves away.
O Whitersson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rustandi's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sloppy strikes from O Whitersson. Those never looked like landing.
Rustandi walks into a stiff left hand from O Whitersson.
O Whitersson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
O Whitersson fails to land with a series of punches.
Whitey O Whitersson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Whitersson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rustandi misses with a hook.
Rustandi lands with a right hand.
Rustandi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
O Whitersson throws a combination that misses
and Rustandi counters with a good low kick that O Whitersson was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Whitersson throws a nice looking combination but Rustandi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rustandi unleashes a big counter combination but O Whitersson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
O Whitersson avoids the body shot from Rustandi.
Rustandi connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rustandi connects with a high kick.
Rustandi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rustandi cracks O Whitersson with a good jab.
A big left from O Whitersson misses.
O Whitersson takes a swing at Rustandi's ribcage but misses.
Rustandi slips under a jab.
Rustandi throws a shot to the body.
Rustandi scores with a jab to the body.
O Whitersson misses with a double jab
and Rustandi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rustandi throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Whitersson connects with a crisp jab.
O Whitersson misses with a right hand
and Rustandi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
O Whitersson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Whitersson misses with a lunging right hand
and Rustandi counters with a right hand to the body.
No joy there for O Whitersson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Whitersson throws an off balance right hand
letting Rustandi counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson misses with a looping right.
The fighters circle momentarily. O Whitersson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rustandi slips a straight right by O Whitersson.
O Whitersson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rustandi.
O Whitersson throws a lazy right hand but Rustandi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
O Whitersson lands a body shot.
O Whitersson throws a right hand that misses
and O Whitersson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O Whitersson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
O Whitersson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
O Whitersson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rustandi.
Rustandi lands with a hook. O Whitersson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rustandi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
O Whitersson misses with a wild combination.
O Whitersson misses with a hook. Rustandi ducked under it nicely.
O Whitersson takes a swing at Rustandi's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by Rustandi. Beautiful body shot.
Good shot there by Rustandi.
O Whitersson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rustandi ducks under a wild hook from O Whitersson.
Rustandi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! O Whitersson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
O Whitersson misses with a left hand
and Rustandi counters with a thumping low kick.
A shot to the body from O Whitersson misses
and Rustandi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rustandi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rustandi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
O Whitersson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rustandi is just out of range.
O Whitersson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rustandi counters with a nice leg kick.
Rustandi lands with an uppercut that bounces O Whitersson off the cage and back into range.
Rustandi lands a nice looking kick to the body. O Whitersson takes a step back to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Whitersson misses with a hook
and Rustandi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Rustandi lands a big head kick that sends O Whitersson tumbling to the mat! Rustandi takes a step backwards and waves O Whitersson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

O Whitersson is rocked!

It looks like Whitey O Whitersson has been cut.
Rustandi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Rustandi moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! O Whitersson goes down! Can Rustandi finish him!?
Oh O Whitersson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rustandi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rustandi gets to his feet and stands over O Whitersson, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! O Whitersson felt that one! Rustandi unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save O Whitersson from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dede Rustandi!
Dede Rustandi is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Dede Rustandi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.