PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Man D (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Whitelaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D's entrance music is The Prodigy - Firestarter. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

D
vs
Whitelaw

184 cm
22
270 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

200 cm
27
273 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Man D!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joey Whitelaw!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitelaw lands with a thumping leg kick.
Whitelaw throws a leg kick that is checked

and D counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
D throws a head punch that misses.
D's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Whitelaw creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Whitelaw dodges an elbow strike from D.
Whitelaw lands a body punch in the clinch.
Whitelaw throws an elbow that misses.
Whitelaw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from D.
A short uppercut from Whitelaw.
Whitelaw lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whitelaw.
D looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Whitelaw gets through D's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Whitelaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whitelaw scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Whitelaw misses with some punches.
Whitelaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whitelaw cracks D with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whitelaw creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
D is breathing heavily.
Whitelaw throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Whitelaw pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Whitelaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Whitelaw.
Whitelaw throws a head punch that misses.
D's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Whitelaw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from D.
Whitelaw throws an elbow that misses.
Whitelaw lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Whitelaw fails to land.
Whitelaw pushes off an throws an elbow but D leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whitelaw creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Whitelaw trying to land knees to the body.
Whitelaw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whitelaw lands a shoulder strike.
Whitelaw makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Whitelaw throws a punch but it's blocked by D.
D blocking some punches.
Whitelaw working aggressively here.
Whitelaw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whitelaw misses with some punches.
Whitelaw throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ds head.
Nice elbow from Whitelaw.
Whitelaw misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whitelaw throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but D blocks it with crossed arms.
D blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
D dodges an elbow strike from Whitelaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D blocking some punches.
Whitelaw cracks D with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitelaw.
Whitelaw is pushing D up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Whitelaw looking to throw knees to the head but D is blocking nicely.
D is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Whitelaw makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Whitelaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
D dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by D.
Whitelaw pushes D back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
D avoiding damage as Whitelaw throws knees to the body.
D effectively controlling the action here.
D blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whitelaw using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Whitelaw swings wildly with an uppercut but D uses good head movement to avoid it.
D trying to stall but Whitelaw improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitelaw slows down the pace here.
D is looking to control Whitelaw's arms but Whitelaw gets an underhook and turns him. Now D has his back to the cage.
D pushes off an throws an elbow but Whitelaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Whitelaw swings wildly with an uppercut but D uses good head movement to avoid it.
D stalling.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Whitelaw is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Whitelaw lands a nice uppercut.
Whitelaw avoids a wild elbow strike from D.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Whitelaw.
D looking to stall.
Whitelaw doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Whitelaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Whitelaw missing with knees to the body.
Whitelaw lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
D is working Whitelaw over against the cage.
Whitelaw throws an elbow but it misses.
Whitelaw misses with a punch to the body.
Whitelaw scores with a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Whitelaw swings wildly with an uppercut but D uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitelaw slowing the pace effectively.
D is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Whitelaw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whitelaw working aggressively here.
Whitelaw cracks D with a nice body shot.
D lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Whitelaw.
D stalling in the clinch but Whitelaw improves position.
D blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Whitelaw dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A jab from Whitelaw does it's job there.
D misses with a wild body shot.
Whitelaw tests D's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Whitelaw turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Whitelaw.
D takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A slow jab from Whitelaw misses its intended target.
D needs to keep his hands up - Whitelaw had a free shot at his head there.
D moves out of range of the body kick.
D misses the shot to the body.
Whitelaw cracks the inside of D's front leg.
D tries to move into range but Whitelaw moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
D on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whitelaw. Whitelaw obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from Whitelaw misses
enabling D to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Joey Whitelaw has been cut.
D checks a low kick from Whitelaw.
Whitelaw throws a body kick that misses.
Whitelaw works the jab nicely.
A head kick by Whitelaw misses
and D counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Whitelaw has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Whitelaw is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
D lands a jab-cross combination.

D darts in and clinches Whitelaw up against the cage.
Whitelaw avoiding damage as D throws knees to the body.
D looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Whitelaw misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whitelaw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by D.
D will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Whitelaw up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
D trying to land knees to the body.
D blocks an uppercut.
Whitelaw throws a punch but it's blocked by D.
Whitelaw misses with a body punch.

D breaks the clinch.
Whitelaw tries to close the distance and clinch but D swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joey Whitelaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. D darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
D misses with an uppercut.
Whitelaw throws a front kick that sends D stumbling back into the cage.
Whitelaw throws a nice outside leg kick.
D just misses with a punch to the body.
D avoids the head kick by Whitelaw.
Whitelaw lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Whitelaw.
Whitelaw misses with a telegraphed body shot
and D counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
D connects with a high kick.

That has opened up Joey Whitelaw's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
D cracks Whitelaw with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Whitelaw tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but D pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Whitelaw is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Man D!
Man D retains his heavyweight title!