PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Albert White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Bobby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

White
vs
Bobby

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Albert White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Bobby!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bobby jabs White to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice shot lands for White.
Bobby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
White throws a hook to the side of Bobby's head but Bobby sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bobby moves away.
Bobby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White blocks a leg kick.
White misses with a left hand

and Bobby holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bobby throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bobby working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bobby tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White is trying to force a seperation but Bobby has the dominant position.
A short body shot lands from Bobby as the two fighters clinch.
White lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bobby backwards.
Bobby is trying to stall.
White is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
White looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands with a short head shot on the inside.
White gets through Bobby's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bobby misses with a short punch on the inside.
White tries to circle away but Bobby has him pinned against the ropes.
White wants to get back to striking at distance but Bobby won't allow it.
Bobby makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
White lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bobby or not.

White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bobby lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and White has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from White and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
White fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bobby on the side of the head.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bobby's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bobby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bobby fails in his attempt to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for White.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by White!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobby avoids the body shot from White.
White slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
White connects with a body shot.

White tries to keep at a distance but Bobby has taken the fight into the clinch.
White wants to get back to striking at distance but Bobby won't allow it.
Bobby throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bobby throws an elbow but it misses.
White tries to circle away but Bobby has him pinned against the ropes.
Bobby is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
White just leaning against Bobby, taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on White's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bobby being controlled against the ropes.
Bobby pushes White back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
White lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

White looks to score with a jab to the body but Bobby is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from White.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bobby doesn't seem bothered though.
White connects with a looping right hand.
Bobby misses with a low kick.
Bobby tries a head kick but it misses.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bobby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
White lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bobby at a distance.

Bobby gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bobby misses with some punches.
Bobby looking to stall.
White tries to break the clinch but Bobby is controlling the position.
White wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bobby has him pressed against the ropes.
Jim Bobby seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
White softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Bobby throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
White tries to break free but Bobby pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short left from Bobby.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bobby lands a nice shot to the body.
White dodges an elbow strike from Bobby.
Bobby is looking to control White's arms but White gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bobby has his back to the ropes.
A short right from White on the inside.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bobby throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent White stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bobby misses with a wild body shot.
Bobby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
White throws the left hand but Bobby avoids the punch easily.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
White misses with a body shot

and Bobby counters by clinching up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bobby.
Bobby prevents White from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from White.
White is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
White tries to break the clinch but Bobby is controlling the position.
Bobby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bobby trying to control the position but instead, White has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bobby into the ropes.
Bobby tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Bobby tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
White blocks a body shot from Bobby.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White lands with a right to the head.
White taking a breather.
White prevents a body shot from Bobby.
Bobby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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 Albert White will probably get the nod.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

White lands with a good body shot.
Bobby scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Bobby thows a body shot but no joy.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bobby.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White connects with a crisp jab.
Bobby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
White misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
White shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bobby eats them both and turns towards White to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bobby ducks under a wild hook from White.
Bobby punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
White takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bobby throws a wild body kick that White sees coming a mile off.
Decent striking displayed by White there.
Bobby looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Bobby tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a body punch but Bobby moves out of range.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bobby is looking to land body kicks.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Bobby's shoulder, as Bobby tries to avoid the shot.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
A big left from Bobby misses.
White throws the left hand but Bobby avoids the punch easily.
Bobby walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. White checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White swings for the body but Bobby moves out of range.
A big left from White misses.
A big right from White misses.
White lands a head shot.
Bobby throws a leg kick but White sees it coming and moves out of range.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Bobby.
Bobby scores with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bobby throws out the jab.
White scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White defending well as Bobby loads up on a big left hand.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
White misses with a double jab

and Bobby holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
White is trying to break the clinch but Bobby has him pressed against the ropes.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bobby lands a left hand.
White wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bobby has him pressed against the ropes.
White has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
White blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bobby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. White is defending well for now.
White is trying to push Bobby away but Bobby has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Jim Bobby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bobby trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from White.

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert White!
After winning the bout, Albert White thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.