PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cleo Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Whitehead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Page
vs
Whitehead

174 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

172 cm
21
152 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Cleo Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Whitehead!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Whitehead clinches with his opponent.
Page blocks an elbow strike.
Whitehead lands with a short shot to the head.

Whitehead breaks the clinch.
Whitehead shoots in and drives through. Page sprawls well.

Whitehead has taken the fight to the clinch.
Whitehead with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Whitehead tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Page tries to stall but Whitehead uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Page is trying to pull guard but Whitehead has him pressed against the cage.
Whitehead is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Page pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Page takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehead using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Whitehead crunches a lovely knee into Page's ribcage.
A short right from Whitehead.
Whitehead pushes Page back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Whitehead trying to land knees to the body.
Whitehead trying to land knees to the body.
Whitehead will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Page up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Whitehead breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitehead pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Page looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A head kick misses from Whitehead.

Whitehead moves into the clinch.

Whitehead's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whitehead throws a right and a left that both miss.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Whitehead scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehead stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Whitehead looking for a takedown.
Cleo Page has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Whitehead.
Whitehead connects with a knee to the head.
Whitehead scores with a shot to the side of Page's head.
Whitehead with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Whitehead.
Whitehead has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Page seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Whitehead can turn it around.
Page managing to block the knees to the body from Whitehead.
Whitehead prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehead tries a knee to the head but Page blocks it.
Page's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Page stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Whitehead pushes off an throws an elbow but Page leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Whitehead is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Whitehead.

Whitehead manages to break the clinch.
Whitehead looks to land a combination but Page avoids it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Whitehead dominated that round.
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.

Whitehead rushes Page and presses him up against the cage.
Whitehead utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Page dodges an elbow strike from Whitehead.

Whitehead breaks the clinch.

Whitehead rushes Page and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Page is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A body shot lands from Whitehead.
Page prevents a body shot from Whitehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehead stalling in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whitehead.

Whitehead manages to break the clinch.

Whitehead closes the distance and pushes Page back into the cage.
Whitehead stalling against the cage.
Whitehead lands an elbow inside that Page shrugs off.

It looks like Cleo Page has been cut.
Page prevents a body shot from Whitehead.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whitehead creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Whitehead tries to score a body lock takedown but Page shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitehead has Page pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Page manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Whitehead just leaning against Page, taking a breather.
Whitehead landing knees to the head.

Page is rocked!
Whitehead lands a big knee to the head and Page goes down! Whitehead pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Whitehead!
Our winner, James Whitehead, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.