PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Whelan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Kringle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whelan comes into the arena with Bonny Portmore blaring out of the sound system. Kringle is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wating on the world to change, by John Mayer. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Whelan
vs
Kringle

170 cm
23
165 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

176 cm
23
168 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cormac Whelan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Kringle!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kringle misses with a left hand
and Whelan counters with a stiff right hand.
Kringle blocks a jab.
Kringle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whelan throws a low kick, looking for Kringle's leg but Kringle calmly moves out of range.
Whelan lands with a nice body punch.

Kringle instigates a clinch.
Whelan is trying to break free.
Kringle is struggling to control the position.
Kringle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kringle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kringle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kringle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kringle can't find room to land a body shot as Whelan controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whelan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Whelan is looking to break free of the clinch but Kringle has double underhooks.
Kringle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kringle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kringle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kringle tries to throw a body punch but Whelan avoids it by throwing Kringle back against the cage.
Kringle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kringle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Kringle.

Whelan manages to break the clinch.
Whelan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Kringle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kringle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kringle struggles to land a body shot inside as Whelan controls his hands.
A short left from Kringle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kringle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whelan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whelan can't find room to land a body shot as Kringle controls the action.

Whelan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kringle misses the jab.
Whelan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Whelan misses with a body shot
and Kringle counters with a nice uppercut.
Whelan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kringle looks to score with a jab to the body but Whelan is just out of range.
Whelan cracks a nice hook into Kringle's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whelan wants to slow Kringle down by chopping away at his legs.
Whelan slips a straight right by Kringle.
Kringle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Whelan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kringle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Whelan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Whelan duly obliges.

It looks like Chris Kringle has been cut.
Kringle doesn't manage to clinch there - Whelan circles away.
Whelan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whelan looks to throw the jab but Kringle is out of range.
Whelan scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Kringle misses.
Whelan lands a nice looking body shot.
Whelan walks into a stiff left hand from Kringle.
Whelan feints a jab promting Kringle to slip. Whelan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kringle slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Whelan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kringle looks gassed!
Jab from Whelan.
Whelan is looking to wear down Kringle with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kringle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Whelan scores with a jab to the head.
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 Cormac Whelan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chris Kringle's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Whelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whelan misses the shot to the body.
Kringle connects with a body shot that sends Whelan's belly button to the back.
A big left from Whelan misses.
Whelan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kringle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whelan was well out of range. Poor timing from Kringle.
Kringle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Whelan just misses with a punch to the body.
Kringle misses with a few strikes there.
Whelan misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whelan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kringle throws a right hand that misses
and Whelan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kringle is breathing heavily.
Whelan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cormac Whelan is winning the standup battle so far.
Kringle moves away from the strike by Whelan.
Whelan connects with a nice looking jab.
Whelan throws a right hand that Kringle ducks under and follows up with a left that Kringle also avoids with ease.
Kringle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whelan was well out of range. Poor timing from Kringle.

Kringle closes the distance and clinches.
Kringle misses with a punch to the body.
Kringle misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whelan can't break the clinch.
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!
Whelan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Whelan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kringle tries to throw a body punch but Whelan avoids it by throwing Kringle back against the cage.
Kringle is working Whelan over against the cage.
Kringle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whelan working hard to break the clinch.
Kringle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whelan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kringle has Whelan pressed against the cage, preventing Whelan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Whelan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whelan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kringle manages to avoid it.
Kringle moves away from the strike by Whelan.
Kringle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kringle connects with a crisp jab.
Whelan slips a straight right by Kringle.
Whelan thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Whelan misses
and Kringle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chris Kringle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whelan looks to score with a jab to the body but Kringle is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whelan. Kringle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whelan throws an overhand right that lands on Kringle's shoulder, as Kringle tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whelan. Kringle does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kringle works the jab nicely.
Whelan lunges at Kringle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kringle's hand.
Nice cross by Whelan.
The crowd cheers as Whelan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kringle doesn't seem phased though.

Kringle is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kringle circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Whelan. Kringle falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Whelan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cormac Whelan!