PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Great White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Svyatoslav Bondarenko (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
Bondarenko

209 cm
23
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
254 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Great White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Svyatoslav Bondarenko!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White has closed the distance and engaged Bondarenko in a clinch.
Bondarenko takes a shot to the head.
White displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bondarenko up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bondarenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondarenko.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bondarenko backwards.
White is pressed up against the cage. Bondarenko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag White down to the mat. White avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Bondarenko clinches with his opponent.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bondarenko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bondarenko blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bondarenko just leaning against White, taking a breather.
Bondarenko just leaning against White, taking a breather.
White pushes Bondarenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
White lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bondarenko or not.
White stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bondarenko is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bondarenko prevents a body shot from White.
Bondarenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bondarenko throws an elbow that misses.
Bondarenko blocks a body shot from White.
A quick uppercut on the inside from White.
White throws a head punch that misses.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondarenko.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from White.
Bondarenko is trying to force a seperation but White has the dominant position.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bondarenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bondarenko.
White lands a left hand.
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Bondarenko backwards.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondarenko.
White dodges an elbow strike from Bondarenko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White stalls.
White dodges an elbow strike from Bondarenko.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bondarenko wants to get back to striking at distance but White won't allow it.
Bondarenko tries to break free but White pushes him back against the cage.
White effectively controlling the action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, White creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bondarenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Bondarenko breaks from the clinch.

White rushes Bondarenko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bondarenko misses with an elbow strike.
White blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondarenko.
Bondarenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bondarenko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bondarenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bondarenko misses with a body punch.
Bondarenko is looking to control White's arms but White gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bondarenko has his back to the cage.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bondarenko tries to pull guard but White won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bondarenko looking for a takedown.
Great White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Svyatoslav Bondarenko.
Bondarenko tries to pull guard but White holds him up against the cage and eventually Bondarenko drops back down to his feet.
White is struggling to control the position.
White lands an uppercut.
White managing to block the knees to the body from Bondarenko.
Bondarenko taking a breather.
White stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bondarenko being controlled against the cage.
White seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bondarenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Bondarenko manages to break the clinch.

White drives through and clinches with Bondarenko against the cage.
Bondarenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bondarenko misses with an elbow over the top.
White stalling against the cage.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondarenko.
White lands with a right to the head.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondarenko.
Bondarenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Bondarenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Great 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 rushes Bondarenko and presses him up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
White avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondarenko.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from White.
Bondarenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through White's defenses.

It looks like Great White has been cut.
White is trying to stall.
Bondarenko tries to circle away but White has him pinned against the cage.
Nice elbow from Bondarenko.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White has Bondarenko pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from White.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
White blocks an elbow strike.
Bondarenko misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands a body punch in the clinch.

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

White gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, White just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bondarenko's brow.
A shot in the inside from White.
Come on Bondarenko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bondarenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bondarenko just misses with a elbow thrown towards White's brow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bondarenko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
White avoids the elbow strike from Bondarenko, against the cage.
White lands an uppercut.
White blocks an elbow strike from Bondarenko.
Bondarenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
White displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bondarenko up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White keeps control of Bondarenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
White's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bondarenko lands an elbow inside that White shrugs off.
Bondarenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Bondarenko jumps into guard, dragging White to the mat.
White is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
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!
Bondarenko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bondarenko looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
As Bondarenko tries to get set, White tries to push him back and clinch up but Bondarenko manages to avoid the attempt.

White rushes Bondarenko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bondarenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bondarenko is breathing heavily.
White slows down the pace here.
White controlling the action here for a moment.
White stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
White avoiding damage as Bondarenko throws knees to the body.
Bondarenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bondarenko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
White scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by White.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bondarenko's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Great White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Great 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. This is the final round!

White fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bondarenko, pushing him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from White.
White avoids the elbow strike from Bondarenko, against the cage.
White displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bondarenko up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from White.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Bondarenko.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bondarenko can do to turn this around?

White drops Bondarenko onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Bondarenko is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Bondarenko is rocked!
White displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bondarenko up against the cage.
Bondarenko is still on wobbly legs! Can White finish him?
White avoiding damage as Bondarenko throws knees to the body.
White lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bondarenko misses with an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
White scores with a nice hook to the head.
White pushes off and lands a massive hook that knocks Bondarenko out cold! The fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Great White!