PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henric Andersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lime White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Andersen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sultans Of Swing. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Andersen
vs
White

192 cm
30
180 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

183 cm
29
180 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henric Andersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lime White!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White lands a body shot.
Andersen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Andersen tries to clinch there but White circles away.
Andersen throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a slapping leg kick.

Andersen throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as White stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Andersen follows into mount!

White is rocked!

It looks like Lime White has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White gets back to half guard.
White is still in real trouble! Can Andersen finish him?
Andersen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
White is trying to maintain the position but Andersen is very close to passing his half guard.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
White regains full guard. Nicely done.
White has a closed guard, preventing Andersen from standing up.

White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

White escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Andersen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Andersen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andersen stands and steps away. White gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

White tries to keep at a distance but Andersen has taken the fight into the clinch.
White tries a knee to the head but Andersen blocks it.
Andersen avoids a wild elbow strike from White.
Andersen stalling against the cage.
Andersen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
White looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Andersen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Andersen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Andersen blocks the elbow strike.
Andersen lands a left hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
Andersen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt White or not.
A body shot lands from Andersen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
Andersen misses with a knee strike.
Andersen misses with a knee to the head.

White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
Andersen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Andersen tries to clinch up.
Andersen lands a slapping body shot.
White with a body punch. A glancing blow.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Andersen's calf.
Nice defenses there by White.
White attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Andersen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Andersen wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Andersen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
White blocks an elbow strike from Andersen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andersen blocks it with crossed arms.
White lands a right hand that snaps the head of Andersen backwards.
Andersen working aggressively here.
Andersen just leaning against White, taking a breather.
Andersen managing to block the knees to the body from White.
White landing knees to the body.
White taking a breather.
White is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Andersen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Andersen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

White tries to keep at a distance but Andersen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Andersen can't break the clinch.
Andersen tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
White putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Andersen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Andersen is breathing heavily.
Andersen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Andersen misses with a punch on the inside.
Andersen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
White lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Andersen is trying to stall.
White tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Andersen avoids it.
White tries to throw a body punch but Andersen avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
Andersen avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
White trying to land knees to the body.

Andersen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andersen tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersen misses the jab.
Andersen wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
Andersen tries to clinch up
and White counters with a slapping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Henric Andersen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lime White's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Andersen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Andersen checks a low kick from White.
Andersen connects with a high kick.
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Andersen misses with a wild combination.
White shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
White throws a leg kick

and Andersen counters with a series of strikes that sends White to the canvas! Andersen follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andersen trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andersen wanted to stand there but White had control of the position.
White bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Andersen's guard.
Andersen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
White passes Andersen's left leg - he's now in half guard.

White is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Andersen defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andersen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
White scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
White lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
White trying to control the action but Andersen is working from the bottom.
White is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Andersen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Andersen is staying active underneath White, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Lime White has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Andersen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Andersen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
White just misses with a punch to the body.

Andersen has White up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Andersen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite White's efforts to push away.
Andersen dodges an elbow strike from White.
A body shot lands from Andersen.
Andersen stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, White throws an elbow but misses.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andersen blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. White obliges.
Andersen blocks an elbow strike from White.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen lands with a right to the head.
White trying to land knees to the body.
White creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Andersen closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for White.
Andersen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
White lands a damaging elbow.
Andersen can't break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White trying to land knees to the body.
Andersen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andersen blocks it with crossed arms.
Andersen swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Andersen just misses with a elbow thrown towards White's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Lime White seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

White manages to break the clinch.
White moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
White attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Andersen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
Andersen is looking to clinch.
White digs a good hook to Andersen's body.
Nice jab there from Andersen.
Andersen checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersen closes the distance but White moves to the side
and White counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Andersen thinking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Andersen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Henric Andersen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lime White's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Andersen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Henric Andersen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Andersen tries to clinch up
and White counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Andersen fails to land with a series of punches.
White changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
White lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Henric Andersen is winning the standup battle so far.

Andersen drops White with a nice combination! Andersen dives into White's guard, looking to finish!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

White looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Andersen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
White is trying to control the position but Andersen postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Andersen.
Andersen tries to stand but White is controlling from the bottom.
White has his hands on Andersen's head, controlling the position.
Lime White has got the better of the ground game so far.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Lime White wasn't active enough on the ground.
White misses with a low kick as Andersen jumps back.
White misses with a low kick.
White throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andersen tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Andersen cracks the inside of White's front leg.
Andersen works over White's head and body with a nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andersen is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
White throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Andersen closes the distance but White moves to the side
and White counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Andersen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andersen closes the distance but White moves to the side
and White counters with a thumping low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Andersen.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Andersen.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Andersen checks it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Andersen misses the target.
White tried to score with a low kick but Andersen checks it.
Andersen fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andersen tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Good work by Andersen as he checks the leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Andersen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Andersen misses with a jab to the body
and White makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Andersen moves to clinch but White breaks away
and White counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White connects with an inside leg kick.
Lime White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White thuds a left hand into Andersen's body.
White scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jab by White.
Andersen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Andersen pivots, looking for a leg kick but White is out of range and Andersen settles back down.
Andersen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A jab from Andersen misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White tried to score with a low kick but Andersen checks it.
White throws a leg kick but Andersen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
Andersen tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A solid leg kick lands there for White.
White takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Andersen scores with a one two! White had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Andersen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Andersen 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.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Andersen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Andersen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
White lands a leg kick that knocks Andersen off balance momentarily.
Henric Andersen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White lunges at Andersen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Andersen's hand.
White throws a chopping leg kick but Andersen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lime White.
I think Andersen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!