PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barney Fife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Whissell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fife's entrance music is Transfiguration #1. A fine choice. Whissell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rose Of Sharon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! George Whissell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fife
vs
Whissell

176 cm
22
168 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

177 cm
24
160 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barney Fife!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George Whissell!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fife ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whissell throws the left hand but Fife avoids the punch easily.

Fife gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fife looking for a sweep. Not yet Fife, not yet.
Whissell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fife works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Whissell stopping the sweep attempt from Fife.
Whissell tries to stand but Fife is controlling from the bottom.

Whissell got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fife has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Whissell has managed to get both his arms back between Fife's legs - danger averted.
Whissellis looking to pass into half guard but Fife pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Fife is in guard.
Fife prevents Whissell from getting back to his feet.
Fife forces his way into half guard.
Whissell won't allow Fife to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whissell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Whissell trying to control but Fife postures up.
Fife throwing shots but Whissell is blocking nicely.
Fife is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Fife looking to finish Whissell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Whissell!
Fife prevents Whissell from getting the reversal.
Fife landing strikes from the mount.
Whissell manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Whissell, under a barage of strikes from Fife.
Fife sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whissell defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whissell slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fife distracts Whissell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fife looking to sit in guard and control but Whissell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fife bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Whissell's guard.
Fife trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fife 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.
Fife trying to control the position from guard on top but Whissell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Whissell working for a triangle but Fife defends it easily.
Fife is working Whissell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fife stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Whissell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Whissell wants to stand but Fife is controlling the position.
Fife with a flurry of punches that miss.
Whissell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fife.
Fife is in close to Whissell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fife postures up.
Fife looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Whissell can't keep his opponent in guard - Fife advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fife sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whissell defending well though.
Whissell is in trouble now - Fife has advanced to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fife cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Whissell is in a horrible position here. Fife smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Whissell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fife fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barney Fife dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fife pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fife has a takedown stuffed.
Whissell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fife looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Whissell is fending him off so far but Fife persists. Nope, Whissell circles away and we're back to standing.
Fife with a poor takedown
letting Whissell counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barney Fife. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fife misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fife tries a head kick but it misses.
Fife takes one to the side of the head.
Fife fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Whissell wants to slow Fife down by chopping away at his legs.
Barney Fife seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whissell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fife backs up against the cage.
Fife blocks a jab.
Fife dodges the punch combination from Whissell.
George Whissell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fife with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A shot to de liver by Whissell. Beautiful body shot.
Whissell throws a good cross that connects.

Whissell clinches.

Fife manages to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fife throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whissell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fife wants to sweep but no luck.
Whissell wants to control from the top but Fife keeps moving.
Whissell is looking to stand up but Fife won't let him.
Whissell stands up over Fife, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fife is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Whissell drops back looking for a leg! Fife is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Fife manages to kick Whissell off! Whissell jumps back into Fife's guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fife fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fife throws a head kick that half lands.
Whissell misses with a two punch combination.
Whissell scores with a one two! Fife had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Fife darts in and clinches Whissell up against the cage.
Fife fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Whissell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Whissell connects with a right hand. Fife shakes it off.
Fife moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Whissell misses with a hook.
Whissell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Whissell throws a chopping leg kick but Fife manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fife throws a head kick but Whissell moves out of range.
Fife tries to clinch
and Whissell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Whissell misses with a double jab.
A head kick from Fife lands but Whissell takes it in his stride.
Whissell checks a leg kick.
Whissell connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fife closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Whissell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fife fails with a takedown attempt.
Fife fails with a takedown attempt.

Fife shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Whissell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fife defends it easily.

Whissell throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Whissell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fife is pushing down on Whissell's leg trying to pass to half guard. Whissell is fighting to maintain full guard but Fife has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fife is looking to advance position but Whissell won't allow it.
Fife sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Whissell defending well though.
Fife not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whissell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fife lands with a punch from half guard.
Whissell is trying to stand.
Fife not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Whissell has one foot on Fife's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Whissell stalks Fife and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fife's face. Fife staggers backwards, shaken.
Fife wants to clinch but Whissell slips to the side
and Whissell counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Whissell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fife looks to score with a jab to the body but Whissell is just out of range.
Whissell cracks a nice hook into Fife's ribs.
Fife shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Whissell as he avoids it easily.
Whissell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fife misses with a body shot
and Whissell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fife thinking.
Fife throws a leg kick which misses Whissell's front leg but catches the back leg as Whissell tries to avoid it.
Whissell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fife slips a jab and a cross from Whissell.
Fife takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fife gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Whissell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fife thinking.
Fife fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whissell manages to avoid it.
Fife shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Whissell as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barney Fife. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whissell throws a series of punches but Fife moves out of range.
Whissell feints and then cracks Fife's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fife down.
Whissell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whissell swinging wilding here.
Fife is looking to wear down Whissell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fife misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Whissell.
Fife misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Fife scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fife missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barney Fife overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fife not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Whissell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fife trying to control the action but Whissell is working from the bottom.
Fife missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Fife landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Whissell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fife.
Fife missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Whissell takes a swing at Fife's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Whissell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fife throws a head kick that half lands.
Whissell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fife circles away quickly and effectively.
Fife is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fife dodges the punch combination from Whissell.
Whissell circles away from the clinch attempt
and Whissell counters with a two punch combo.
Whissell thuds a left hand into Fife's body.
Whissell swinging wilding here.
Whissell scores with a hook to the body. Fife takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fife closes the distance but Whissell moves to the side
and Whissell counters with an inside leg kick.
Whissell cracks Fife with an open hand slap.
George Whissell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A right-left combo lands from Whissell.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fife doesn't manage to clinch there - Whissell circles away.
Fife wants to clinch
and Fife takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whissell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fife moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Fife closes the distance and clinches.

Fife is fighting off a takedown attempt but Whissell is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Fife to the mat. Fife regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Fife is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Fife is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Whissell is aware though and is defending well.

Whissell stands and steps away. Fife gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Whissell looks to land a combination. Fife sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fife looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Whissell is fending him off so far but Fife persists. Nope, Whissell circles away and we're back to standing.
Whissell thuds a left hand into Fife's body.
Fife tries a head kick but it misses.
Fife blocks a leg kick.
Whissell misses with a hook.
Fife misses with a takedown
and Whissell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whissell wants to clinch up but Fife keeps it at a distance.
Whissell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fife's head.
Whissell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fife stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Whissell.
Whissell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Fife closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Fife lands in his opponent's guard.

Fife got a little sloppy there for a moment and Whissell has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fife has managed to get both his arms back between Whissell's legs - danger averted.
Whissell pulls Fife in close to prevent any damage.
Fife with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Whissell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Whissell 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Whissell!