PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pepe Lepew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zachary White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Drop Bombs - Ben Samples. This should be a great matchup!

Lepew
vs
White

178 cm
26
155 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

173 cm
26
168 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pepe Lepew!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zachary White!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lepew on the wrong end of a nice hook.
White misses with a looping left.
White lands a jab to the nose.
Lepew tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lepew clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lepew.
Lepew lands a right hand.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lepew tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lepew.
White wants to break free but Lepew has control.
Lepew tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A frustrated look appears on White's face as he tries to break the clinch.
White misses with a body punch.

White manages to break the clinch.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
White takes a swing at Lepew's ribcage but misses.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lepew's head.
Lepew is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Lepew misses its intended target.
White pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lepew lands with a short punch from the clinch.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lepew works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lepew.
Lepew lands a shoulder strike.
White blocks a body shot from Lepew.
A short right from White.
White has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lepew swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lepew keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lepew tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lepew keeps the fight in the clinch, despite White's efforts to push away.

White pulls guard successfully.
Lepew postures up in White's guard and throws a big left but White blocks it.

Lepew gets to his feet - White follows without any prompting.

Lepew clinches up with White and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

White breaks the clinch.
Lepew tries to clinch up.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Lepew.
White misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lepew fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for White.
Lepew fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
White fails to pull guard.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lepew lands a left hand.
Lepew fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White prevents a body shot from Lepew.
White takes a shot to the head.
Lepew blocks an uppercut.
White lands a right hand.
Lepew blocks an uppercut.

White gets control of Lepew's arms and successfully pulls guard. White will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Lepew has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Lepew postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Lepew stands up from White's guard - Lepew perhaps looking for a knockout.
A big left from White misses.
White throws a jab when Lepew was well out of range.
White misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lepew closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Lepew.
White tries to pull guard but Lepew forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
White jumps guard but Lepew stands there with White around his waist. White gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pepe Lepew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zachary White.
White is trying to break the clinch but Lepew is controlling him.
Lepew misses with some punches.

White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lepew thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lepew misses with the combination.
Lepew thows a body shot but no joy.
Lepew throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lepew misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Lepew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lepew stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White swinging wildly here.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Lepew does a little dance to reset his feet.

Lepew gets a clinch.
Lepew misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lepew takes a body punch but keeps moving.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lepew slips a jab and a cross from White.
Lepew tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lepew fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with White, pushing him back against the cage.
Lepew misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lepew.
Lepew misses with some punches.
Lepew keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lepew scores with a nice hook to the head.
White prevents a body shot from Lepew.
White works on Lepew's body with a couple of short punches.
White lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from White.
We've been informed that White has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lepew lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lepew doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lepew swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White lands a shot to the body.
White can't find room to land a body shot as Lepew controls the action.
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 Pepe Lepew will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

White throws a body punch but Lepew moves out of range.
Lepew fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lepew tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White moves away from the strike by Lepew.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lepew jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
White lands a two punch combo.
Lepew is looking to clinch.
White lands a jab to Lepew's midsection.
White misses with a body shot.
Lepew moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Zachary White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big right from Lepew misses.
White lands a jab to the head.
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!

Lepew drops White with a right and a left! Lepew comes rushing in but White regains his composure and manages to keep Lepew in guard.

White is rocked!

It looks like Zachary White has been cut.

White is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Lepew presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
White is still on wobbly legs! Can Lepew finish him?
Lepew keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lepew lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lepew gets through White's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lepew unloads with a big right hand that wobbles White! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Lepew is unloading with more strikes now! White drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pepe Lepew!
Pepe Lepew retains his lightweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Pepe Lepew made sure he mentioned Mango Nutrition , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
The defeated Zachary White had this to say: 'I will come back stronger.'.