PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Byron Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West feat Chief Keef, Pusha T, Jadakiss, Big Sean - I Don't Like. The crowd seem to be enjoying White's choice of entrance music: yes. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Nelson
vs
White

176 cm
28
157 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

182 cm
32
158 lbs
26 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

KAISER
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Byron Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr White!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson misses with a takedown attempt - White sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nelson throws a jab when White was well out of range.
White shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nelson as he avoids it easily.
Nelson moves out of range as White throws a body kick.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
White connects with a single shot there.
Nelson throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Nelson slips under a jab from White.

White dives in and scores a takedown into Nelson's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Nelson looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.

Nelson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White defends well.
White looking to sit in guard and control but Nelson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

White has his foot on Nelson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nelson works his way back into a safe position though.
White keeping moving, preventing Nelson from controlling successfully.
Nelson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now White is on top in guard.

Nelson is looking for a triangle but White pushes his legs off easily.
Nelson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nelson swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Nelson working for a triangle but White defends it easily.
White postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson wants to sweep here but White controlling him for the moment.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes there by White.
Nelson manages to work his way to half guard, despite White's best efforts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson gets full guard.
Nelson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in White's guard.
Nelson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as White works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nelson throws a big elbow that misses.
White wants to sweep here but Nelson controlling him for the moment.
White lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nelson!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is bucking up trying to escape but White cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nelson is wriggling around trying to escape.
White scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nelson?
White tries to push Nelson's head away but Nelson is holding on tight.
White punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nelson is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nelson taking shots to the head.
White punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson is looking to get to half guard.
White landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson can't escape the position.
White can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nelson is looking to escape.
Nelson working to try and regain half guard.
White scoring with strikes but Nelson is staying in there.
White working Nelson over with strikes here.
Nelson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
White misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Nelson is trying to escape the mount.
White trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
White fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr 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.

White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nelson.
Nelson throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Nelson slips a jab from White.
Nelson digs a good body shot into White's ribs.
Nelson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nelson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nelson scores with a kick to the body.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

White scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nelson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nelson is not content to let White control the position.
Nelson wants to get back to his feet.
Nelson desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to pass to mount but Nelson is defending the position.
White sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nelson defending well though.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nelson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nelson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst White is controlling him.
White is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nelson keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
Nelson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Nelson looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.

Nelson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White landing some decent shots from guard.
Nelson trying to control the position.
White looking to pass the guard.
Nelson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Nelson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Nelson holds on and takes a little breather.

White avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
White wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.
Nelson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nelson looking to control.
White trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Nelson manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Nelson throwing strikes from guard but White blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Nelson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because White is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Mr White has got the better of the ground game so far.

White looking for a guillotine here but Nelson defends easily.

White is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nelson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Byron Nelson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

White takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
White with a body punch. A glancing blow.

White tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nelson throws a leg kick that misses.
White bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nelson's head backwards.
White's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nelson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! White scrambles back to his feet.
White moves out of range as Nelson strikes.
Nelson swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Nelson throws a big shot that misses.
Nelson scores with a push kick.
Byron Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nelson.
White misses the body punch
and Nelson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nelson is looking to wear down White with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson scores with a head kick.

White is rocked!
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White is still on wobbly legs! Can Nelson finish him?
Nelson feints and then cracks White's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow White down.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
White tries to clinch up.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nelson throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Nelson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nelson digs a good body shot into White's ribs.
Nelson scores with a head kick. White tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
Good leg kick by Nelson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick lands from Nelson.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nelson doesn't seem bothered though.

Nelson moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
White tries to pull guard but Nelson holds him up against the cage and eventually White drops back down to his feet.

Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nelson struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Nelson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Nelson manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick there by White.
Nelson thows a body shot but no joy.
Nelson avoids the head kick by White.
White connects with a body shot that sends Nelson's belly button to the back.
Nelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
White tries to clinch there but Nelson circles away.
Nelson looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nelson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with White, pushing him back against the cage.
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Nelson breaks the clinch.
Nelson throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from White.

Nelson has taken the fight to the clinch.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right handed body shot lands from Nelson.
White tries for a takedown but Nelson manages to get underhooks.
Nelson scores with a shot to the side of White's head.
A right hand to the body from Nelson.
White is trying to drag Nelson to the mat but Nelson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Byron Nelson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr White.
White misses with an elbow strike.
Nelson misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles White! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Nelson is unloading with more strikes now! White drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Byron Nelson!
A victorious Byron Nelson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.