PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thresh Whiteman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Wad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dick Wad has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Whiteman
vs
Wad

190 cm
28
275 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

200 cm
28
250 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Grand Royal Wear

Sun-Tzu
Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thresh Whiteman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Wad!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whiteman throws the left hand but Wad avoids the punch easily.
Whiteman looks to throw the jab but Wad is out of range.

Whiteman tries to keep at a distance but Wad has taken the fight into the clinch.
Whiteman throws an elbow but it misses.
Wad swings wildly with an uppercut but Whiteman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whiteman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Whiteman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Whiteman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wad blocks an elbow strike.
Whiteman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whiteman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Wad lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wad struggles to land a body shot inside as Whiteman controls his hands.
Wad misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whiteman.
I was talking to Whiteman's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A knee to the head by Whiteman.
Wad working aggressively here.
Wad takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wad misses with the head strike.
Whiteman tries to land knees in the clinch but Wad avoids the damage to the body.
Wad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whiteman lands a nice elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Wad.
Whiteman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wad avoids a wild elbow strike from Whiteman.
Whiteman lands an elbow inside.
Wad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whiteman lands a damaging elbow.
Wad tries a body shot but Whiteman blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Whiteman obliges.
A short body shot lands from Wad as the two fighters clinch.
Wad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whiteman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Whiteman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whiteman misses with an elbow strike.
Whiteman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wad misses with a body punch.
Whiteman misses with an elbow strike.
Whiteman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Whiteman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Whiteman lands an elbow inside that Wad shrugs off.
Whiteman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Whiteman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wad avoids the elbow strike from Whiteman, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Whiteman.
Wad looks winded!
Whiteman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whiteman blocking some punches.
Wad working aggressively here.
Wad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wad tries a body shot but Whiteman blocks it.
Whiteman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wad.
A right handed body shot lands from Wad.
Whiteman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Whiteman lands an elbow just above Wad 's eye.
Whiteman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Whiteman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wad takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whiteman misses with an elbow strike.
Whiteman blocks a body shot from Wad.
Whiteman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wad.
Whiteman misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Whiteman.

It looks like Dick Wad has been cut.
Whiteman misses with an elbow over the top.
Whiteman misses with an elbow over the top.
Whiteman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Whiteman blocking some punches.
Whiteman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wad avoids the elbow strike from Whiteman, against the cage.
Whiteman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Whiteman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Whiteman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Whiteman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wad misses with a body punch.
Whiteman tries a knee to the head but Wad blocks it.
Wad tries to work over Whiteman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Whiteman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wad takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wad blocks the elbow strike.
Whiteman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whiteman missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Whiteman.
Whiteman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whiteman lands an elbow that stopped Wad in his tracks for a moment.
Whiteman is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Wad tries to break Whiteman's hands from around his neck, Whiteman unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Wad will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Thresh Whiteman!