PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fredrik White (ranked 756 p4p, 488 weight class) and Olivier Dujardin (ranked 102 p4p, 64 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think White might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone. Dujardin has chosen Sosa by Leto & Guy2bezbar as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

White
vs
Dujardin

185 cm
32
180
15 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
179
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fredrik White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Olivier Dujardin!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a body shot but no joy.
And Dujardin tries to counter it with a takedown but White pushes his down on his head and steps out.
White moves out of range as Dujardin strikes.
Dujardin looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Dujardin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dujardin. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Dujardin looks to move away, White throws a big counter combo but Dujardin just gets out of the way.
A shot to the liver by Dujardin. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Dujardin.
White slips a jab from Dujardin.
White misses the jab.
White throws a series of punches but Dujardin moves out of range.
Dujardin feints the counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dujardin. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dujardin has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as White is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Dujardin.
Jab from Dujardin.
White looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dujardin throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dujardin throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.

Dujardin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dujardin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dujardin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White wants to get back to his feet.
Dujardin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dujardin working White over with strikes.

White kicks off Dujardin and gets to his feet.
Dujardin jabs at White's body.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White avoids the body shot from Dujardin.
White throwing a counter right hand but Dujardin manages to avoid it.
Dujardin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A nice combination there by White.

It looks like Olivier Dujardin has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dujardin throws a predictable looking body shot
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dujardin scores with a body shot.
A big left from White misses.
Dujardin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
White needs to keep his hands up - Dujardin had a free shot at his head there.
Olivier Dujardin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dujardin misses with a straight right.
White throws a big counter combination but Dujardin scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dujardin thuds a left hand into White's body.
Dujardin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Dujardin counters with a single leg into guard. White didn't expect that.
White on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if White tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

White has his feet on Dujardin's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dujardin slips a jab from White.
Dujardin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dujardin misses with an uppercut.
White throws a big counter combination but Dujardin scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
White takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
White misses with a few strikes there.
Dujardin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from White with a body shot.
White walks into a left hand.

Dujardin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
White is trying to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Olivier Dujardin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Olivier Dujardin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dujardin avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Dujardin finds it's way through White's defenses.
Olivier Dujardin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dujardin.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dujardin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dujardin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
White looks to land a left hand but Dujardin moved out of range nicely.
Fredrik White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dujardin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dujardin misses with a looping left.
As Dujardin looks to move away, White throws a big counter combo but Dujardin just gets out of the way.
Dujardin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Dujardin rushes White and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dujardin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dujardin lands a body punch in the clinch.
White working aggressively here.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dujardin working aggressively here.
Dujardin takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dujardin.
Dujardin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White lands a nice uppercut.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White lands with a left to the head.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
White putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dujardin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
White misses with a knee to the head.
Dujardin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
White stalling in the clinch but Dujardin improves position.
Dujardin misses with a body punch.
White lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dujardin wants a takedown but no success here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dujardin blocks a body shot from White.
Dujardin scores with a shoulder strike.
Dujardin misses with a body punch.
White can't find room to land a body shot as Dujardin controls the action.
Dujardin has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by White after a bit of a struggle.
White is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Fredrik White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Olivier Dujardin.
Dujardin prevents a body shot from White.
White misses with some punches.
White gets through Dujardin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
White misses with the head strike.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dujardin avoids it.
A right hand to the body from Dujardin.
White misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
Dujardin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dujardin throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Dujardin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dujardin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White working aggressively here.
Dujardin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White trying to control the position but instead, Dujardin has worked for underhooks and has pushed White into the cage.
White lands a nice uppercut.
Dujardin digs a right hand underneath White's ribcage. White let out a lung full of air as it connected.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrik White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Olivier Dujardin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dujardin connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Dujardin.
White is looking for a counter combo.
Dujardin looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A punch combination from Dujardin misses.
Dujardin throws a body shot but no joy.
White staying out of range there.
White misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dujardin lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dujardin lands a slapping body shot.
White loads up on a big right hand but Dujardin slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dujardin sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
White connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dujardin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dujardin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dujardin lands a lovely overhand right.
Dujardin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
White is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Dujardin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. White eats them both and turns towards Dujardin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
White looks to land a combination but Dujardin avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White avoids the body shot from Dujardin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Dujardin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

White pushes Dujardin off and gets back to his feet.
Dujardin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White is looking to counter punch.
White misses with a looping right.
Dujardin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
White lands a slapping body shot.
Dujardin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dujardin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dujardin with a jab.
Dujardin misses with a body shot.
A big left from Dujardin misses.
Dujardin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dujardin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dujardin. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dujardin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dujardin scores with a decent looking hook.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dujardin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dujardin misses with a left hand
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
Dujardin moves out of range of the strikes.
White swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Dujardin counters with a takedown into side control.

White sneaks out the side door and pushes Dujardin away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dujardin misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Nice shot by Dujardin.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dujardin moves away.
White throws the left hand but Dujardin avoids the punch easily.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dujardin was well out of range. Poor timing from White.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olivier Dujardin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dujardin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olivier Dujardin!
Olivier Dujardin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.