PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Whitey O Whitersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timothy Wilkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

O Whitersson
vs
Wilkinson

175 cm
24
168 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

175 cm
22
171 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Whitey O Whitersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Timothy Wilkinson!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilkinson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping O Whitersson at a distance.
Wilkinson connects with the punch.
O Whitersson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Whitersson misses with a few strikes there.
Wilkinson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've been told by O Whitersson's head coaches at Elite Strikers that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wilkinson takes a swing at O Whitersson's ribcage but misses.
Wilkinson lands a nice looking kick to the body. O Whitersson takes a step back to recover.
Wilkinson throws a sloppy head kick and O Whitersson moves out of range easily.
O Whitersson slips under a jab from Wilkinson.
O Whitersson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Wilkinson cracks O Whitersson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wilkinson loads up on a big right hand but O Whitersson slips the punch.
Wilkinson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wilkinson misses the shot to the body.
A jab from O Whitersson finds it's way through Wilkinson's defenses.
Timothy Wilkinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilkinson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O Whitersson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wilkinson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wilkinson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wilkinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Whitersson checks the leg kick.
O Whitersson misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkinson tries to clinch but O Whitersson is having none of it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as O Whitersson checks a leg kick.
Wilkinson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
O Whitersson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wilkinson's head.
O Whitersson throws a body shot but no joy.
A good leg kick by Wilkinson.
O Whitersson tries to clinch up.

O Whitersson forces Wilkinson back against the cage and clinches.
O Whitersson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wilkinson misses with a punch to the body.
O Whitersson misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, O Whitersson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from O Whitersson fails to land.
We've been informed that Wilkinson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Wilkinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Whitersson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wilkinson misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Whitersson misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Whitersson lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Wilkinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson tries to clinch but Wilkinson moves out of range.
O Whitersson avoids the body shot from Wilkinson.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Whitersson. Wilkinson does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Whitersson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilkinson.
O Whitersson tries to clinch but Wilkinson is having none of it.
O Whitersson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wilkinson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from O Whitersson with a body shot.
O Whitersson misses with the combination.
Donk. Wilkinson catches O Whitersson right on the button with a cross.
Wilkinson throws a looping overhand right but O Whitersson ducks down to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wilkinson.
Wilkinson connects with a leg kick. O Whitersson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wilkinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Whitersson was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilkinson.
O Whitersson tries to clinch but Wilkinson is having none of it.
Wilkinson cracks O Whitersson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
O Whitersson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
O Whitersson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
O Whitersson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wilkinson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

O Whitersson has managed to clinch.

Wilkinson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
O Whitersson throws a right hand that Wilkinson ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilkinson also avoids with ease.
Wilkinson lands a glancing blow to the side of O Whitersson's head.
O Whitersson moves in looking to clinch but Wilkinson pushes him off.
Wilkinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Whitersson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wilkinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Whitersson was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson throws a front kick aimed at O Whitersson's knee but O Whitersson avoids it well.
O Whitersson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wilkinson was well out of range. Poor timing from O Whitersson.
Wilkinson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wilkinson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wilkinson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down O Whitersson rather than just go for the knockout.
Wilkinson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Whitersson throwing a counter right hand but Wilkinson manages to avoid it.
Wilkinson throws a jab but it's blocked by O Whitersson.
O Whitersson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wilkinson throws out the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from O Whitersson misses its target.
Wilkinson misses with an attempted mid kick.

O Whitersson moves into the clinch.
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!
Wilkinson lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Wilkinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Whitersson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wilkinson eats them both and turns towards O Whitersson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Timothy Wilkinson has been cut.
O Whitersson tries to clinch but Wilkinson moves out of range.

Wilkinson instigates a clinch.
O Whitersson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wilkinson controlling the action here for a moment.
A short body shot lands from Wilkinson as the two fighters clinch.
Wilkinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Whitersson pushes Wilkinson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wilkinson blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wilkinson breaks from the clinch.
Wilkinson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wilkinson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Wilkinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timothy Wilkinson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

O Whitersson cracks Wilkinson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wilkinson scores with a jab to the body.
Whitey O Whitersson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wilkinson lands a head kick!
Wilkinson just misses with a punch to the body.
O Whitersson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wilkinson tries a head kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from O Whitersson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wilkinson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wilkinson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wilkinson lands a jab to the head.
O Whitersson works the jab nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Whitersson misses with a wild combination.

O Whitersson clinches with his opponent.
O Whitersson scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from O Whitersson.
O Whitersson tries a body shot but Wilkinson blocks it.
Whitey O Whitersson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A bit of stalling here from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wilkinson lands a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Whitersson tries to throw a body punch but Wilkinson avoids it by throwing O Whitersson back against the cage.
Wilkinson blocks an uppercut.
Wilkinson working aggressively here.
O Whitersson tries to work over Wilkinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Whitersson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wilkinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Whitersson throws a head punch that misses.
Wilkinson digs a right hand into O Whitersson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on O Whitersson's gas tank.
Wilkinson trying to stall but O Whitersson improves his position.
Wilkinson working aggressively here.
Wilkinson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
O Whitersson gets through Wilkinson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
O Whitersson tries to stall but Wilkinson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wilkinson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Wilkinson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wilkinson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
O Whitersson misses with a few strikes there.
Wilkinson misses with an uppercut.
O Whitersson tries to close the distance and clinch but Wilkinson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wilkinson swings for the body but O Whitersson moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilkinson lands a glancing blow to the side of O Whitersson's head.
O Whitersson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wilkinson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A jab from Wilkinson misses.
As Wilkinson looks to move away, O Whitersson throws a big counter combo but Wilkinson just gets out of the way.
Wilkinson misses with a series of wild punches.
Timothy Wilkinson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wilkinson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wilkinson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wilkinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wilkinson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wilkinson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Whitersson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson misses with a series of wild punches.
Wilkinson throws a shot from downtown. O Whitersson moves away and avoids it.
O Whitersson throws a body shot but no joy.
O Whitersson looks to land a left hand but Wilkinson moved out of range nicely.
Wilkinson takes a swing at O Whitersson's ribcage but misses.

O Whitersson clinches.
O Whitersson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wilkinson lands a left hand.

Wilkinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
O Whitersson blocks the body kick.
Wilkinson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Whitersson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilkinson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wilkinson. O Whitersson does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Whitersson tries to move into range but Wilkinson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Wilkinson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Whitersson misses with a wild combination.
Wilkinson throws out a counter right but O Whitersson avoids it with no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Whitersson slips a straight right by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson tries a head kick but it misses.
Wilkinson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wilkinson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by O Whitersson.
Wilkinson misses with the combination.
O Whitersson lands a nice shot that snaps Wilkinson's head back.
Wilkinson tests O Whitersson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O Whitersson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wilkinson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
O Whitersson just misses with a punch to the body.
O Whitersson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wilkinson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Whitersson takes a swing at Wilkinson's ribcage but misses.
Wilkinson throws a head kick that O Whitersson semi-blocks.
Wilkinson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Wilkinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Timothy Wilkinson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

O Whitersson walks into a left hand.
Wilkinson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wilkinson lands with a nice body kick.
O Whitersson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
O Whitersson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wilkinson throws a hook but O Whitersson avoids it easily.
O Whitersson wants to clinch up but Wilkinson keeps it at a distance.
Wilkinson throws out a loose jab but O Whitersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Whitersson tries to close the distance and clinch but Wilkinson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wilkinson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wilkinson lands a head kick. O Whitersson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The fighters circling - O Whitersson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wilkinson cracks O Whitersson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wilkinson takes a swing at O Whitersson's ribcage but misses.
Wilkinson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilkinson tries to land a leg kick but O Whitersson saw it coming and moves away.
Wilkinson takes a swing at O Whitersson's ribcage but misses.
Wilkinson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wilkinson ducks right into an uppercut from O Whitersson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkinson lands with an uppercut that bounces O Whitersson off the cage and back into range.
O Whitersson misses with a hook. Wilkinson ducked under it nicely.
Wilkinson throws a counter combo.
O Whitersson is looking to clinch but Wilkinson is avoiding it.
Wilkinson throws a lazy right hand but O Whitersson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sloppy strikes from O Whitersson. Those never looked like landing.
Wilkinson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
O Whitersson walks into a straight right hand from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson lands with a hook. O Whitersson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wilkinson with a nice cross.
O Whitersson is looking to clinch.
A combination from O Whitersson does no damage.
Wilkinson connects with a single shot there.
Wilkinson misses with a wild combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Wilkinson. That snapped O Whitersson's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Whitersson moves out of range as Wilkinson strikes.
O Whitersson cracks Wilkinson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilkinson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wilkinson tries a low kick but O Whitersson avoids it.
Wilkinson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wilkinson tries a quick counter leg kick but O Whitersson is wise to it.
O Whitersson doesn't manage to clinch there - Wilkinson circles away.
Wilkinson throws a low kick but O Whitersson avoids it.
Wilkinson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
O Whitersson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Wilkinson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
O Whitersson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wilkinson.

O Whitersson darts in and clinches Wilkinson up against the cage.
Wilkinson tries to work over O Whitersson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilkinson throws a punch but it's blocked by O Whitersson.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wilkinson.
O Whitersson tries to throw a body punch but Wilkinson avoids it by throwing O Whitersson back against the cage.
Wilkinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wilkinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Wilkinson.
Wilkinson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but O Whitersson is keeping busy.
Wilkinson is trying to maintain a safe position but O Whitersson gets an underhook and turns Wilkinson into the cage.
O Whitersson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Whitersson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Wilkinson manages to break the clinch.

Wilkinson forces O Whitersson back against the cage and clinches.

Wilkinson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilkinson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Whitersson.
A little feinted left hand from O Whitersson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
O Whitersson misses with a double jab.
Wilkinson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
O Whitersson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wilkinson throws a lazy right hand but O Whitersson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wilkinson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
O Whitersson darts in trying to clinch
and Wilkinson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Timothy Wilkinson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Whitersson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilkinson circles away quickly and effectively.

O Whitersson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wilkinson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wilkinson.
Wilkinson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Whitersson throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilkinson.
Wilkinson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of O Whiterssons head.
Wilkinson lands with a short shot to the head.
O Whitersson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilkinson avoiding damage.
Whitey O Whitersson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Whitersson tries to throw a body punch but Wilkinson avoids it by throwing O Whitersson back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Timothy Wilkinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wilkinson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timothy Wilkinson!
After the fight, Timothy Wilkinson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.