PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Poirier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris White is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Poirier
vs
White

175 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dustin Poirier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris White!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by White.
Poirier throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Poirier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dustin Poirier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White avoids the body shot from Poirier.
White blocks the body kick.
Poirier wants to land a leg kick but White is out of range.
Poirier throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Poirier walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. White checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Poirier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poirier swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poirier scores with a jab. White acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Excellent takedown into side control there by White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White in side control, throwing shots but Poirier defends.
Poirier is trying to control White's posture but White avoids it.
The ground and pound from White seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
White landing a few strikes.
White creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Poirier sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White scores with a couple of short elbows.
White throws a strike aimed at the side of Poirier's head but Poirier avoids it well.
White working the ground and pound but Poirier is defending the strikes.
White misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Poirier is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
White thows a huge punch but Poirier dodges it nicely.
White throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Poirier regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from White.
White with a nice head shot there.
Poirier avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
White postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

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.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
White working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Poirier is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
White landing some decent shots from guard.
White working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Poirier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Poirier.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Poirier throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Poirier. Those never looked like landing.
Poirier throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Poirier will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poirier throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poirier misses with a few strikes there.
Poirier misses with a kick to the body.
Dustin Poirier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Poirier misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Poirier does no damage.

White gets the takedown into side control.
Poirier manages to work his way to half guard, despite White's best efforts.
White thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Poirier's head.
Poirier regains full guard. Nicely done.
White postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
White must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
White throws and elbow that misses. Poirier uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in White's guard. Nice move by Poirier!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White keeping moving, preventing Poirier from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if White can do anything to dispel that myth.
Poirier prevents White from getting back to his feet.
White keeping moving, preventing Poirier from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Dustin Poirier wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Poirier thuds a left hand into White's body.

White shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Poirier manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
White is breathing heavily.
White throwing strikes from guard but Poirier blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Poirier is controlling White's posture.
White postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Dustin Poirier has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
White moves out of range as Poirier throws a body kick.
Poirier looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Poirier throws a body kick that misses.
Poirier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
Poirier swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Poirier throws a one two combo.
White shoots in for a takedown but Poirier shows good takedown defense.
Poirier fakes a jab and throws a low kick but White checks it well.
Poirier thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poirier throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Poirier swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poirier works over White's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poirier throws a right and a left that both miss.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
Poirier misses with a series of wild punches.
Poirier misses with a few strikes there.
Dustin Poirier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Poirier!
Poirier throws a shot to the body.
Poirier misses with a wild combination.
Poirier swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Poirier looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
White dodges the punch combination from Poirier.
Sloppy strikes from Poirier. Those never looked like landing.
Poirier looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poirier works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
Poirier fakes a jab and throws a low kick but White checks it well.
Poirier falls off balance throwing a combination

and White counters with a nice double leg into side control. Poirier won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Poirier manages to work his way to half guard, despite White's best efforts.
White throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
White is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Poirier trying to control but White postures up.

That's four 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.
Poirier wants to get back to his feet.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
White wants to pass the guard but Poirier is defending well.
Dustin Poirier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chris White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Poirier tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Poirier 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29

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