PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wallid Ismail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lime White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lime White will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ismail
vs
White

170 cm
32
182 lbs
17 - 21 - 0

183 cm
29
180 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wallid Ismail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lime White!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White with a jab.
Ismail fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but White avoids it really well and circles away.
Ismail shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has White pinned against the cage. White gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
White throws a good cross that connects.
White lands a leg kick that knocks Ismail off balance momentarily.
Ismail misses with a wild combination.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ismail's calf.
White fakes the leg kick and cracks Ismail in the body.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Ismail moves out of range easily.
Ismail shoots in looking for a takedown. White tries to sprawl out of it but Ismail keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. White manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wallid Ismail. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

White clinches with his opponent.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
White lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Wallid Ismail has been cut.
White pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
White lands a nice knee to the body.
Ismail jumps guard but White stands there with Ismail around his waist. Ismail gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ismail blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ismail wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
White tries to work over Ismail's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White lands an elbow inside.
White lands an elbow that stopped Ismail in his tracks for a moment.
White throws an elbow that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for White.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ismail avoids a wild elbow strike from White.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
Ismail blocks the elbow strike.
Ismail dodges an elbow strike from White.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
White crunches a lovely knee into Ismail's ribcage.
Ismail is breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
White lands an elbow just above Ismail 's eye.

Wallid Ismail's cut is getting worse.
White landing knees to the body.
White lands a damaging elbow.

Ismail is rocked!
White using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
White has Ismail pushed against the cage.
White lands an elbow that stopped Ismail in his tracks for a moment.
Oh Ismail is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ismail takes an elbow to the temple.

Wallid Ismail's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ismail has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. White avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
White scores a nice knee to the body.
White unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ismail lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
White lands an elbow inside.
White lands a nice elbow.
White lands a damaging elbow.
White lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ismail fails to pull guard.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. White obliges.
White comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
White lands an elbow that stopped Ismail in his tracks for a moment.
White lands a damaging elbow.
White gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ismail.
White lands an elbow inside that Ismail shrugs off.
Clinched against the cage, White lands a big elbow that drops Ismail! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Ismail is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lime White!