PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Right (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Right
vs
White

177 cm
21
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Right!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris White!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Right throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White counters with a nice uppercut.

White shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Right wants to get back to his feet.
White lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Right is looking to escape.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Right. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Right is breathing heavily.
White winds up and cracks Right with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
White throwing shots but Right is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. White lands a nice short elbow.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
White lands strikes from half guard.
White scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
White takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
White scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Right wants to get back to his feet.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
White working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

White is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Right defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

White is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Right wants to get back to his feet.
White works his foot free and advances to mount.
White breaks from Right's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
White cracks Right with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
White fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
White in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
White with shots to the head and body - Right looks very uncomfortable down there.
Right takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by White.
White raining down shots from the mount!
White lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
White breaks from Right's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Right really wants to buck White off and get back to his feet.
White landing strikes from the mount and Right is in trouble!
White raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White lands a heavy elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Right in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Right is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
White is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris White dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

White closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Right to the mat! Right manages to get full guard.
White throws a big right hand that misses.

White is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Right is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Right has escaped and now he's on top!
White wants to sweep here but Right controlling him for the moment.
Right has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of White is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Right looks like he's trying to stand up.
White is nestled in close to Right, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Right wants to get back to his feet.
Right taking some punishment here, with White in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White working the head and body with strikes.
Right is trying to defend against the ground and pound but White scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from White there.
White working the head and body with strikes.

White seems to be looking for submissions.
Right is trying to stand up here but White is controlling him well.
Right scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but White manages to mount him!
White landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Right can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Right tries to buck White off but he can't manage it.
Right takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
White landing shots from mount.
White won't let Right get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
A nice elbow there by White.
White dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White landing strikes from the mount and Right is in trouble!
Right squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
White lands a heavy elbow.
Chris White has got the better of the ground game so far.
Right is trying to stand up.
White breaks from Right's wrist control and lands an elbow.
White looking to finish Right with some ground and pound. This is bad for Right!
White lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Right squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Right taking shots to the head.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Right misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Right moves to clinch but White breaks away

so White counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
White looking to pass the guard.
Right is looking to stand up but White isn't so interested in that idea.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
White keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Right's head.

Right is working an open guard so White takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

White shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
White looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Right with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
White lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
White stops Right from getting back to his feet.
White scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands strikes from half guard.
Right pushes White off looking to stand but White dives back in and keeps control.
White lands with a punch from half guard.
Right scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but White manages to mount him!
Right taking shots to the head.
Right is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

White with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
White with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

White is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Right can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Right is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
White breaks from Right's wrist control and lands an elbow.

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.
White with a couple of short strikes.
You get the feeling that Right really doesn't like being in this position too much.
White lands a big elbow.
White scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Right?
White pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Right is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
White scores with a couple of good head shots there.
White lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well White has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 25:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 25:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 25:30

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