PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rick Whitley (ranked 5863 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Zackrisson (ranked 3024 p4p, 255 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Whitley
vs
Zackrisson

162 cm
31
147 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
36
159 lbs
25 - 11 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite 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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Whitley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Zackrisson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Zackrisson.
Whitley has his takedown stuffed
and Zackrisson counters with a straight right hand.
Zackrisson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Whitley is rocked!
Whitley ducks right into an uppercut from Zackrisson.
Oh Whitley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zackrisson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Whitley takes a step back to recover.
Zackrisson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Whitley seems to have got his legs back now.
Zackrisson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Whitley has his takedown stuffed

and Zackrisson counters with a nice right hand that sends Whitley toppling to the canvas! Whitley scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zackrisson finish him?!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zackrisson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Whitley fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Whitley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitley with a lazy takedown attempt

and Zackrisson counters with a nice right hand that sends Whitley toppling to the canvas! Whitley scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zackrisson finish him?!
Zackrisson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zackrisson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Whitley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zackrisson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Whitley gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Zackrisson gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Whitley is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Zackrisson!