PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moses White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Die Hard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Champion by Ace Hood. Die Hard told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

White
vs
Hard

204 cm
20
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
225 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Moses White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Die Hard!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and White is able to avoid easily.
Hard pulls out of a head kick attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hard misses with a knee strike.
Hard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hard stops a takedown attempt from White.
Stalling in the clinch from White.
White is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hard stops a takedown attempt from White.
Hard misses with a knee strike.
Hard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Moses White has been cut.
White takes a knee right on the jaw!
White goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White stalling the fight.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
White working aggressively here.
Hard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
Hard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hard looks gassed!
Hard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
White taking a breather.
White is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
White is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moses White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
Hard scores a nice knee to the body.
Hard looking to throw knees to the head but White is blocking nicely.
Hard avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
Hard prevents White from breaking the clinch.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Hard.
Hard tries a knee to the head but White blocks it.
White is working for takedown but Hard is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hard misses with a knee to the head.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White is trying to drag Hard to the mat but Hard just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
White tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Hard looking to throw knees to the head but White is blocking nicely.
White stalling.
White wants a takedown.
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hard missing with knees to the body.
White trying to land knees to the body.

White works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
White controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard trying to control the position.
White is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
White lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
White working some strikes from top position.
Hard controls White momentarily but White frees himself.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hard swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hard controls White momentarily but White frees himself.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hard.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hard throws a leg kick but White sees it coming and moves out of range.
White throws a hook but Hard avoids it easily.
Hard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hard misses.
White stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hard.

White clinches.
Hard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hard blocks a body shot from White.
White is working Hard over against the cage.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hard's elbow.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Hard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White misses with the head strike.

White is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hard can't fight it off and eventually White manages to take the fight to the floor. Hard looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
White controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hard 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is in close to Hard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
White advances to half guard.
White sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. White is working away from the top position though.
Nice strikes from White there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

White seems to be looking for submissions.
White controlling the action here.
Hard slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Moses White will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Moses White's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hard misses with a head kick.

White shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hard is trying to defend but White finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with White. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hard trying to control from the bottom.
White lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
White scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hard is looking to improve his position.
White takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
White seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hard for as long as he can get away with.

White is looking for a kimura here.
Hard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hard is trying to control but can't.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hard.
White avoids the head kick by Hard.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hard.
Hard lands with a thumping leg kick.
White misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hard walks into a straight right hand from White.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
Die Hard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White throws a low kick but Hard avoids it.
Hard lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from White.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hard doesn't seem bothered though.
White loads up on a big right hand but Hard slips the punch.

White moves into the clinch.
Hard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hard keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
White drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hard pulls his leg out and moves away.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hard manages to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Hard blocks the low kick.
White keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hard tries to clinch up

and White counters by moving into the clinch.
Hard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hard lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a shot to the kidneys.
White tries a body shot but Hard blocks it.
White is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
White lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
White tries for a takedown but Hard manages to get underhooks.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hard's elbow.
Hard misses with a knee to the head.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hard tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Hard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
Hard blocks an uppercut.
White goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hard prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moses White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
White can't find room to land a body shot as Hard controls the action.
Hard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but White has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White tries to work over Hard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White misses with the head strike.

That's four 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.
White is looking to control Hard's arms but Hard gets an underhook and turns him. Now White has his back to the cage.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Hard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hard.
White is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hard pulls him back up using the underhooks.
White missing with knees to the body.
Hard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hard lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Hard.
Hard misses with a knee strike.
Hard throws a knee to the head but misses.
White drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hard pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hard throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
Hard wants to slow White down by chopping away at his legs.

White drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hard keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
Hard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
White is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moses White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Moses White's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hard blocks a head kick by White.

White drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
White preventing the sweep.
Hard working a defensive guard here.
White is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hard looking for a sweep. Not yet Hard, not yet.
White will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
White lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hard manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
White is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as White is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hard not landing any meaningful shots this time.
White keeping hold of Hard's head, controlling as best he can.
Hard throwing shots but White is blocking nicely.
White regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hard wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
White pulls Hard in close to his closed guard and prevents Hard from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hard thows a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hard being controlled here momentarily.
Hard throws and elbow that misses. White uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hard's guard. Nice move by White!
Hard looking for a sweep. Not yet Hard, not yet.
Hard can't keep his opponent in guard - White advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
White is nestled in close to Hard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
White looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hard is trying to get back to full guard.
White trying to mount his opponent but Hard defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White prevents Hard from improving his position.
White not doing much here.
White working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
White passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hard!
White postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hard looks a forlorn figure.
White avoids the attempt from Hard to control.
White content just to control the position here.
White dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hard is looking to improve his position but White isn't that keen on the idea.
Hard takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Moses White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hard's face.
White landing strikes, looking to finish!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hard tries to hold on but White postures up.
Die Hard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Moses White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
White with shots to the head and body - Hard looks very uncomfortable down there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moses White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for White, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

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