PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Heat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Heat
vs
White

182 cm
18
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

KINGDOM

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Heat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank White!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White's corner calls for a 1-2. White obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Heat wants to clinch.
White moves out of range of the body kick.
Heat fakes a jab and throws a low kick but White checks it well.
Heat misses with a body kick.
Heat blocks a head kick by White.
Heat finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
White throws a nice looking combination but Heat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from White misses.
White with a nice cross.
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heat is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Heat 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 White has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from White and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heat was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Danga de danga de dang - White scores with a four punch combination!
A low kick from White misses
and Heat counters with an outside leg kick.
Heat fails with a takedown attempt.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Heat checks it well.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White takes a swing at Heat's ribcage but misses.
White pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Heat back to the cage. White follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heat scores with a push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Heat is looking to clinch.
Frank White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. White catches Heat right on the button with a cross.
Heat throws a leg kick but White checks it.
White blocks the body kick.
Heat throws a wild body kick that White sees coming a mile off.
Heat checks a low kick from White.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Heat at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Heat 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 White has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from White and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Heat gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lunges at Heat with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Heat's hand.
White digs a good hook to Heat's body.
An inside leg kick from White misses.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heat has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab lands there for White.
White thows a leg kick but Heat checks it
and Heat counters with a nice body kick.
Heat attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Heat blocks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Heat does a little dance to reset his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White swings for the body but Heat moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heat avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
White swings for the body but Heat moves out of range.
White misses with a two punch combination.
Heat checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
White misses with a leg kick
and Heat counters with a nice leg kick.
White avoids a kick to the body.
Heat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heat checks a leg kick.
Heat throws a leg kick which misses White's front leg but catches the back leg as White tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White throws a leg kick but Heat sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A low kick from White misses
and Heat makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Frank White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heat will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank White dominated that round.
That's time! Heat's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

White misses the shot to the body.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heat manages to avoid it.
White punishes Heat's body with a nice straight punch.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White misses with the combination.
Heat takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A clash of legs there as Heat blocks the low kick.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
Frank White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, jab by White - just one landing.
White looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Heat blocks a leg kick.
Heat checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
White throws a leg kick
and Heat counters with a nice low kick that buckles White's knee momentarily.
Heat throws a wild body kick that White sees coming a mile off.
Heat looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Heat fails with the takedown.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Heat scoring well with a low kick there.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Heat steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
Heat pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Heat does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Heat is just out of range.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heat manages to avoid it.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
White looks to land a right hand but Heat moved out of range.
White does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heat looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Heat shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. White defends it nicely.
Heat tries to land a front kick but White steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a body shot.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heat was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
White misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from White does no damage.
White misses with a straight right.
White wants to slow Heat down by chopping away at his legs.
Heat gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Heat blocks a low kick nicely.
Heat moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Heat doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
White's corner calls for a 1-2. White obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A low kick from White misses
and Heat counters with a nice body kick.
Heat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Heat might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
White will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
White throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Heat avoids the body shot from White.
White takes a swing at Heat's ribcage but misses.
White checks a low kick from Heat.
Heat misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Heat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White misses with a body shot.
Heat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

White cracks a nice hook into Heat's ribs.
White thuds a left hand into Heat's body.
A jab lands there for White.
White throws a leg kick that misses.
Heat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White connects with a good right hand that stumbles Heat. Heat circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
White misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from White.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heat manages to avoid it.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heat moves away.
White looks to land a right hand but Heat moved out of range.
White thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by White. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of White.
Heat slips under a jab from White.
White chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Heat can pounce on him.
Heat throws a low kick, looking for White's leg but White calmly moves out of range.
Heat throws a nice outside leg kick.
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
White throws a leg kick but Heat sees it coming and moves out of range.
Heat throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Heat blocks a head kick by White.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Heat finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Heat manages to avoid it.
Brandon Heat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White connects with a body shot.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Heat's shoulder, as Heat tries to avoid the shot.
Heat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White throws the kick towards the body but Heat avoids it.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
Heat throws a solid leg kick but White takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Heat.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Heat misses with a low kick.
White wants to land a leg kick but Heat is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Heat dives in and grabs White's left leg, looking for a takedown. White pushes down on Heat's head and hops out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heat tried to score with a low kick but White checks it.
White tries a low kick but Heat avoids it.
Nice body punch from White.
White on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Heat lets loose with a powerful body kick. White will feel that in the morning.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White tried to score with a low kick but Heat checks it.
Heat pushes White away with a front kick.
An inside leg kick from White misses.
White is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Heat rather than just go for the knockout.
White checks the leg kick nicely there.
White on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heat fails with a takedown attempt.
Frank White is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heat thuds his shin into the meat of White's side.
White has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Heat.
Heat throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Heat chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Heat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heat fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heat fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Heat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heat takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heat looking to land some kicks to the body here.
White defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Heat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Heat showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

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