PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between craig whitehead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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?

whitehead
vs
Stanley

185 cm
20
170 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, craig whitehead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Stanley!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanley throws a head kick that misses.
Stanley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stanley fails with the takedown.
whitehead moves in looking to clinch but Stanley pushes him off.
Stanley misses with a series of wild punches.
Stanley swinging wilding here.
Stanley shoots in and drives through. whitehead sprawls well.
whitehead misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
whitehead dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stanley. That did some damage!
Stanley lands a two punch combo.

It looks like craig whitehead has been cut.
Stanley lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

whitehead shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Stanley looks gassed!
whitehead tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
whitehead seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Stanley for as long as he can get away with.
whitehead in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

whitehead jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Stanley manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Stanley prevents whitehead from moving into mount.
Stanley takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
whitehead in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Stanley is trying to buck whitehead off.
whitehead lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanley tries to buck whitehead off but whitehead is having none of it.
whitehead content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
whitehead wants to control but Stanley is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

whitehead is trying to get an arm triangle but Stanley is defending well.
whitehead grinds an elbow into Stanley's temple.
whitehead works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stanley wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
whitehead will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Stanley sneaks back into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
whitehead takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

whitehead looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Stanley flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
whitehead is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
whitehead moves nicely into side control.
Stanley is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stanley is pushing whitehead's head away, looking to escape. whitehead manages to hold on to the position though.
whitehead wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stanley keeps working.
Stanley stops whitehead from passing to mount.
whitehead wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stanley keeps working.
whitehead works to advance to full mount. Stanley defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stanley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
whitehead trying to control but Stanley is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

craig whitehead dominated that round.
The cut man is working on craig whitehead's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

whitehead avoids the head kick by Stanley.
whitehead throws a series of punches but Stanley moves out of range.
craig whitehead is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stanley falls off balance throwing a combination
and whitehead counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stanley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and whitehead counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stanley's knee momentarily.
Stanley throws a lazy body kick
and whitehead counters with a head kick. That will keep Stanley thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Stanley falls off balance throwing a combination

and whitehead moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from whitehead.
Stanley is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

whitehead breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for whitehead, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stanley swinging wilding here.

whitehead drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
whitehead lands a decent elbow from side control.
whitehead has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stanley is pushing whitehead's head away, looking to escape. whitehead manages to hold on to the position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
whitehead landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Stanley is looking to reverse the position.

whitehead has hold of Stanley's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Stanley seems comfortable defending it but whitehead has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Stanley is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Stanley is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but whitehead couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). craig whitehead!