PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between No Chance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White has chosen Hollywood Undead - No. 5 as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Chance
vs
White

170 cm
26
167 lbs
14 - 12 - 1

176 cm
27
155 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, No Chance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gary White!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a straight right.
White ducks under a wild hook from Chance.
White plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Chance throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Chance moves out of range easily.
Chance throws a right and a left that both miss.
White uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chance fails to land the takedown.
A head kick by Chance misses
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Chance does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chance tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chance displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Chance is looking to clinch.
Chance takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chance throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White lands a head kick. Chance smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White staying out of range there.
Chance takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chance takes the fight into the clinch.

White gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
White prevents Chance from improving his position.
White content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chance is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Gary White wasn't active enough on the ground.
White tests Chance's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chance pivots, looking for a leg kick but White is out of range and Chance settles back down.
Chance shoots for a double leg takedown but White sprawls well. He's pushed Chance's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
White throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chance shoots for a double leg takedown but White sprawls well. He's pushed Chance's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for No Chance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chance fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chance showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chance on the side of the head.
Chance takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
White on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chance shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts White as he jumps to the side.
A big left from Chance misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary White dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A big right from Chance misses.
White lands a jab to Chance's midsection.

White shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chance is trying to defend but White finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Chance tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
White is taking a breather. Chance says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Chance slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
White engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

White avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chance looking for a guillotine here but White defends easily.
White wants to pass the guard but Chance is keeping the position.
White preventing the sweep.
White sitting in guard here, content to control.

Chance has his foot on White's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. White works his way back into a safe position though.
White controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Chance controls White momentarily but White frees himself.
White's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Chance is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Gary White has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
White throws a head kick but Chance moves out of range.

White pushes Chance up against the cage in a clinch.
White wants to break free but Chance has control.

White breaks the clinch.
Chance fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chance misses with a few strikes there.

White gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chance tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. White smiles and moves away.
Chance dodges the punch combination from White.
Chance showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chance defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chance throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as White checks a leg kick.
Chance looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
White darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chance throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chance moves away.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chance loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
White misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gary White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

White manages to break the clinch.
Chance fails with a takedown attempt.
Chance throws a hook but White blocks it.
Chance doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
Chance will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Chance drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chance takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chance has time to react.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chance throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chance swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White with a body punch. A glancing blow.
White lands a really nice looking cross but Chance seems unphased.
Left hook, right uppercut from White.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
No Chance is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White walks into a jab.
White missing with a left hand there. Chance was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chance shoots in for a takedown but White shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for No Chance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White there as he acknowledges the shot.
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!
Chance throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chance takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chance misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chance thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chance throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White lands a head kick!
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chance throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A punch combination from Chance misses.
Chance shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as White sprawls well. White wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chance gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chances jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a wild combination.
Gary White is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
White moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
No Chance has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chance moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gary White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary White!
Gary White seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.