PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomasz Nowicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowicki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Skrillex - The First Of The Year. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

White
vs
Nowicki

189 cm
20
196 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tomasz Nowicki!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White lands a leg kick that knocks Nowicki off balance momentarily.
Nice uppercut there from White.
Nowicki takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Nowicki moves out of range easily.
Nowicki is looking to clinch.
Nowicki throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Nowicki throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nowicki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nowicki throws the kick towards the body but White avoids it.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
White throws a solid leg kick but Nowicki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at White.
Nowicki misses with a wild body shot.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White thumps Nowicki with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a quick inside leg kick.
White lands with a kick to the ribs.
A jab from White does it's job there.
That kick from White tenderised Nowicki's leg. Nowicki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nowicki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
White smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
White lands with a straight right. Nowicki didn't see that one coming.
Nowicki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Jason White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nowicki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White scores with a hook to the body. Nowicki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
White feints and then cracks Nowicki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nowicki down.
Nowicki avoids the head kick by White.
Nowicki pivots, looking for a leg kick but White is out of range and Nowicki settles back down.
White throws a half hearted mid kick.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nowicki doesn't seem bothered though.
Nowicki moves out of range of the body kick.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
White throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
White ducks under a wild hook from Nowicki.
White throws a head kick that half lands.
Nowicki fails to land with a series of punches.
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from White.
White avoids the body shot from Nowicki.
White is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nowicki lands with a hook. White tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
White with a hook.
White connects with a high kick.
White with a hook.
Jason White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowicki throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Nowicki misses with a shot to the body
and White counters with an inside leg kick.
White moves into range and connects with a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by White.
Nowicki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
White is looking to slow Nowicki down with leg kicks.
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!
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowicki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nowicki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
White throws a head kick that misses.
Nowicki blocks a head kick by White.
Nowicki is trying hard to land a takedown here. White sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
White scores with a leg kick.
Nowicki misses with a wild body shot.
Nowicki blocks a head kick by White.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid body kick from White.
A low kick from Nowicki misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nowicki looks winded!
White lands with a kick to the temple. Nowicki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason White dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

White lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
White throws a body kick that misses.
Good exchange - White coming out on top.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from White.
White digs a good body shot into Nowicki's ribs.
White throws a shot to the body.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nowicki can do to turn this around?
Nowicki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
White throws a head kick that half lands.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Nowicki might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, White has got the better of the exchanges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nowicki's calf.
White lands a high kick!
A jab lands there for Nowicki.
White throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nowicki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White counters with a low kick, right behind Nowicki 's knee.
Nowicki is breathing heavily.
A jab from Nowicki misses.
White keeps Nowicki at a distance using the push kick.
Nowicki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by White.
Nowicki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nowicki throws a lazy uppercut
and White counters with a leg kick.
Jason White is winning the standup battle so far.
White misses with a head kick.
White goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nowicki takes one to the chin there.
Nowicki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
White looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Nowicki. Those never looked like landing.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nowicki lands with an uppercut that bounces White off the cage and back into range.
Nowicki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick from White lands but Nowicki takes it in his stride.
White misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
White moves out of range of the leg kick from Nowicki.
White scores with a leg kick.
White misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
White lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
White throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
White lands with a straight right. Nowicki didn't see that one coming.
White cracks Nowicki with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White slips a straight right by Nowicki.

Nowicki has managed to clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Nowicki.
White scores with a hook to the body.
Nowicki avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nowicki or not.
A right handed body shot lands from White.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting White here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
White is trying to break free.
White landing knees to the head.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
White tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White connects with a leg kick. Nowicki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White lands a jab to Nowicki's midsection.
A thudding body kick lands there by White!
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White lands with a right hand.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
Nowicki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Nowicki does a little dance to reset his feet.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Nowicki moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason White dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowicki manages to avoid it.
Nowicki tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nowicki throws a nice inside leg kick.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nowicki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A left and a right from Nowicki both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Jason White has been cut.
White scores with a head kick. Nowicki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
White scores with a jab to the body.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nowicki has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from White.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Some wild striking there from Nowicki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nowicki blocks a head kick by White.
A left lands for White.
An inside leg kick from White misses.
White throws a head kick that misses.
White lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nowicki takes a step back to recover.
Nowicki avoids the head kick by White.
White checks a leg kick nicely.
Nowicki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with White but White pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nowicki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowicki fails to land with a series of punches.
Nowicki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nowicki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
White scores with a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from White. Nowicki shrugs it off though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White scores with a head kick. Nowicki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nowicki.
White lands a body shot.
Nowicki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowicki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
White scores with a kick to the midsection.
White jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White lands a slapping body shot.
Jason White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tomasz Nowicki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nowicki walks into a stiff left hand from White.
White lands a high kick!
White throws a head kick that misses.
Tomasz Nowicki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White moves away from the strike by Nowicki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Nowicki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White jabs Nowicki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nowicki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from White.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White thumps Nowicki with a low kick.
A head kick from White lands but Nowicki takes it in his stride.
Nowicki misses with a wild combination.
Nowicki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice shot lands for White.
Nowicki blocks a head kick by White.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well White has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

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