PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Allan Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen higher ground as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Allan Rose had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Rose
vs
White

170 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Allan Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack White!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White lands a jab-cross combination.
Allan Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Rose does no damage.
Rose throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
Rose avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Rose tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rose tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Rose. Those never looked like landing.
White scores with a sloppy right hand. Rose should have avoided that one.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rose throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
Rose misses with a two punch combination.
Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White wants to clinch up but Rose keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Rose.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from White lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rose has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rose and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Rose misses with a wild combination.
Rose misses with a two punch combination.
Rose misses with a double jab
and White counters with a left and a right that stings Rose.
White tries to land a front kick but Rose steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rose stalks White and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into White's face. White staggers backwards, shaken.
White shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rose defends it nicely.
Rose misses with a two punch combination.
Rose defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
Rose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rose as he jumps to the side.
Allan Rose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack White.
White changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rose tries to avoid it but White manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rose to the ground. Rose escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
White looks gassed!
Rose blocks a leg kick.

White has managed to 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!

Rose manages to break the clinch.
Rose swinging wildly here.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
White tries to clinch up.
Rose throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Rose misses.
Allan Rose is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rose misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
White throws the kick towards the body but Rose avoids it.
Rose misses with a combination

and White counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rose won't be happy with that.
Rose is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, White asserts his dominance and retains side control.
White wants to stand but Rose has his arm trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White wants to stand but Rose has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.

Rose scrambles and gets back to his feet.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rose lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack White dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

White misses with a wild combination.
Rose misses with a few strikes there.
Rose blocks the body kick.
Rose circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rose throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rose circles away quickly and effectively.
White closes the distance and lands a one-two.
White misses with the combination.
Rose swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Rose misses with a few strikes there.
Rose throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
Allan Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White shoots in looking for a takedown. Rose tries to sprawl out of it but White keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rose manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
White is breathing heavily.
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White dodges the punch combination from Rose.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rose lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rose.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jack White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rose misses with a double jab
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Rose does no damage.
White throws a right and a left that Rose avoids nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Rose. No joy for White on that attempt.
White shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rose as he jumps to the side.
Allan Rose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack White.
A right-left combo lands from Rose.
Rose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White has a takedown stuffed.
Rose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rose lands with a nice combination. White backs away looking to recover.
Rose misses with the combination.
Good work by Rose as he checks the leg kick.
Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rose swinging wildly here.
Rose throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rose counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose stuffs the takedown attempt from White. White gets slowly back to his feet.
White tries to clinch but Rose moves away
and Rose counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rose throws a series of strikes that have White backpedaling.
Some wild striking there from Rose.
A nice combination there by Rose.
Rose misses with a few strikes there.
Rose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Rose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rose avoids it really well and circles away.
Rose throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rose throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rose misses with a series of wild punches.
Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
White tries to clinch
and Rose counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Rose to acknowledge the strikes.
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!
Rose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rose blocks a head kick by White.
Rose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allan Rose dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

White misses with a two punch combination.
White throws a nice looking combination but Rose bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White throws a right hand that Rose ducks under and follows up with a left that Rose also avoids with ease.
Rose throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White slips a jab and a cross from Rose.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White tries to clinch but Rose moves out of range.
Rose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Rose. Those never looked like landing.
Rose misses with a series of wild punches.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rose moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rose ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
Rose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rose misses with a double jab.
Rose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
Rose shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. White eats them both and turns towards Rose to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Rose moves out of range easily.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White dives in and grabs Rose's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rose pushes down on White's head and hops out.
Rose throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rose circles away quickly and effectively.
Rose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rose gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sloppy strikes from Rose. Those never looked like landing.
Rose throws a combination that misses
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch combination from Rose misses.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Rose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rose manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
White works over Rose's head and body with a nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rose blocks the body kick.
Rose throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Rose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White fails with the takedown.
Allan Rose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack White.
Rose throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White slips a jab and a cross from Rose.
Rose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White looks to land a combination but Rose avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White moves in looking to clinch but Rose pushes him off.
Rose slips a jab and a cross from White.
A combination from Rose does no damage.
Rose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice takedown defense from Rose. No joy for White on that attempt.
Rose lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rose.
White tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose misses with a wild combination.
Rose misses with a series of wild punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Allan Rose.
I think Rose has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Allan Rose!