PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Chase might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to All the Above - Maino. White has chosen Kanye West - Stronger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chase
vs
White

175 cm
26
123 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

176 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gary White!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chase throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from White.
Chase avoids a kick to the body.
Chase connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A punch combination from Chase misses.
Chase misses with a double jab.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chase's calf.
Chase lands a right hook to the body.
White moves in looking to clinch but Chase pushes him off.
A swing and a miss from Chase.
Chase dodges the punch combination from White.
A shot to de liver by Chase. Beautiful body shot.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chase swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Chase circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to slow Chase down by chopping away at his legs.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chase's sensitive parts.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
Gary White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
White tries to clinch up but Chase circles away and keeps his distance.
Chase misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Chase, pushing him back against the cage.

Chase pulls guard successfully.

White gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chase's sensitive parts.
White attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chase throws a body punch but White moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase avoids the head kick by White.
Chase checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chase uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
White goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
John Chase seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Chase catches White right on the button with a cross.
Some bone on bone action there as Chase checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chase digs a good hook to White's body.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chase.
An inside leg kick lands from White.

White rushes Chase and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chase is defending well for now.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chase wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chase.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chase.
White tries a knee to the head but Chase blocks it.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Chase is blocking nicely.
Chase really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
White throws an elbow that misses.
Chase blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Chase avoids the damage to the body.
Chase changes levels and goes for a takedown here. White fights it off and pushes away nicely.
White looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chase throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
A leg kick checked by Chase.
Chase with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chase checks a low kick from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
White tries to land a front kick but Chase steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Chase scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Chase.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from White lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chase has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chase and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chase misses with a straight left.
Chase ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
White ducks under a wild hook from Chase.
Chase misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White ducks under a wild hook from Chase.
White slips a straight right by Chase.
Donk. Chase catches White right on the button with a cross.
No joy there for Chase, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chase throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
Chase connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between White's hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary White dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chase misses with a looping left.
Chase misses with an uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chase lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Chase with a nice cross.
Chase misses with a double jab.
White leaves Chase with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chase's calf.
Chase lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Chase misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White throws a half hearted mid kick.
Chase on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chase is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
White ducks under a wild hook from Chase.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a body kick that misses.
A lazy body kick from Chase
and White makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
White scores with a head kick.
White scores with a push kick.
White tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chase swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chase throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chase goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chase.
Chase getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from White.
White misses with a body shot.
Chase throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chase swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chase.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White swings for the body but Chase moves out of range.
Gary White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.

White instigates a clinch.

Chase gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chase trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
White wants to stand and escape but Chase is having none of it.
Chase trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chase stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chase drops back, looking for a kneebar! White looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. White looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from White!
You can see the frustration on Chase's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Chase is looking to regain half guard here but White keeps moving and retains side control.

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.
Chase manages to get back to half guard.
Chase is looking to escape.
White wants to get back to his feet.
Chase is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary White 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. 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.

White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chase.
Chase fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheers as Chase lands an impressive looking overhand right. White doesn't seem phased though.
White throws the kick towards the body but Chase avoids it.
White slips a jab from Chase.
Chase looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White slips under a jab from Chase.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chase with a hook.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Chase circles away.
White throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase shoots in but White avoids the takedown attempt easily.
White tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
White wants to land a leg kick but Chase is out of range.
White wants to clinch.
Chase throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
Chase throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Chase keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Chase throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White throws a head kick that misses.
White attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
White throws a leg kick but Chase checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
White tries to clinch up.
White feints and then cracks Chase's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chase down.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White throws a chopping leg kick but Chase manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chase waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
White tries to score with a low kick but Chase moves his leg out of the way.
White slips a straight right by Chase.
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chase swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Chase throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chase throws a combination that misses
and White counters with a leg kick.
Chase misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Chase shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Chase wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Chase is really struggling to control White but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Chase stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White wants to stand up but Chase is controlling him.
Chase trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Chase throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chase. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White keeping moving, preventing Chase from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Chase with a jab.
A swing and a miss from White.
An inside leg kick from White misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chase throws a hook but White blocks it.
Chase connects with a body shot.
Chase swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
John Chase has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chase takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Chase showed his dominance in that final round.
I think White 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary White!