PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wilfried Handel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Handel
vs
White

185 cm
30
185 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

178 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilfried Handel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom White!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a low kick, looking for Handel's leg but Handel calmly moves out of range.
Handel looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
White looks to land a left hand but Handel moved out of range nicely.
White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White misses with an uppercut. Handel saw that one coming.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Handel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Handel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Handel counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Handel to acknowledge the strikes.
White misses with an uppercut
and Handel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Handel ducks under a wild hook from White.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and Handel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Handel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from White misses.
White misses with a right hand
and Handel counters with a stiff right hand.
Handel throws a right and a left that White avoids nicely.
White wants to slow Handel down by chopping away at his legs.
Handel throws a combination. White tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handel throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Handel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
White tries to clinch but Handel moves out of range.
White misses with an uppercut
and Handel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Handel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
White misses with an uppercut
and Handel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Handel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Handel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wilfried Handel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Handel lands with a good body shot.
Tom White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White on the wrong end of a nice jab.
White staying out of range there.
Handel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from White.
Handel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Handel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White looks to land a left hand but Handel moved out of range nicely.
White is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Handel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
White throws a shot from downtown. Handel moves away and avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Handel blocks the leg kick.
White scores with a jab.
Handel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Handel scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from White misses.
Handel jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
Handel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
White misses with a looping right.
Handel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Handel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Handel.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Handel misses with a two punch combination.
White missing with a left hand there. Handel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from White misses.
White swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Handel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Handel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
White misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Handel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from White does no damage.
White misses with an uppercut
and Handel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Handel to counter with a crisp jab.
Handel cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
Handel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
White throws a left and a right that both miss
and Handel counters with a left to the body.
White misses with a hook
and Handel counters with a stiff right hand.
White throws an off balance right hand
and Handel counters with a three punch combo that has White backing up. White nods at Handel to acknowledge the strikes.
Handel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Handel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. White eats them both and turns towards Handel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Handel.
Handel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as White backs up against the cage.
A left lands for White.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Handel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom White dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

White throws a big shot that misses.
White misses with a right hand
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tom White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White misses with the combination.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White misses with an uppercut. Handel saw that one coming.
Handel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Handel's shoulder, as Handel tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Handel finds it's way through White's defenses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Handel blocks a jab.
Handel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White misses with a left hand
and Handel counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handel slips a straight right by White.
White misses with a two punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Handel. That snapped White's head back.
Handel lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
White throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
White has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Handel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Handel throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Handel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Handel misses with a body shot.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Handel slips under a jab from White.
Handel throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White throws the left hand but Handel avoids the punch easily.
White throws a shot from downtown. Handel moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Handel but Handel pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Handel cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
White throws a hook but Handel avoids it easily.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Handel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White throws a leg kick but Handel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Handel.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Handel.
Handel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Handel throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White throws out a loose jab but Handel uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Handel does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Handel counters with a nice uppercut.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Handel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from White misses.
Handel connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Handel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Handel.
Handel slips a straight right by White.
White misses with a straight left.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Handel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Handel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Handel scores with a shot to the body.
Handel throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Handel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice combination there by White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White misses with a left hand
and Handel counters with a two punch combo.
White throws a hook to the side of Handel's head but Handel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White throws a right and a left that Handel avoids nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Handel.
White misses with a low kick.
Handel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Handel dodges the punch combination from White.
A leg kick checked by Handel.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Handel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Handel duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White throws a nice looking combination but Handel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
White throws a nice looking combination but Handel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tom White will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

White misses with a wild combination.
Handel avoids a punch combination nicely.
White moves forwards but Handel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Handel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
Handel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A shot to the liver by Handel. Beautiful body shot.

White shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
White trying to control but Handel is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Handel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
White pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Handel is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
White throwing strikes but missing.

Handel has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. White doesn't defend quickly enough and Handel has managed to lock this one up! Can White escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Handel on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Wilfried Handel!
After the big win, Wilfried Handel made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [EVO] Koffin Inc. *Laundry Available* and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.