PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny White (ranked 1490 p4p, 186 weight class) and Victor Szczęsny (ranked 1776 p4p, 217 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

White
vs
Szczęsny

175 cm
38
166 lbs
31 - 18 - 1

225 cm
40
135 lbs
39 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Danny White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Szczęsny!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White moves away from the strike by Szczęsny.
Szczęsny checks a low kick from White.
Szczęsny fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and White has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Szczęsny with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White misses with an uppercut
and Szczęsny counters with a good low kick that White was not able to check.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Szczęsny throws a fast counter high kick but White manages to duck under it in time.
Szczęsny misses with an uppercut.
White misses the body punch
and Szczęsny counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White misses with an uppercut
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've been hearing reports that White has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Szczęsny gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
White will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Szczęsny lands with a kick to the temple. White shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White misses with an uppercut. Szczęsny saw that one coming.
Szczęsny is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Szczęsny only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Victor Szczęsny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as White blocks the low kick.
White tests Szczęsny's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Szczęsny moves into the clinch successfully.
White misses with an elbow over the top.
Szczęsny keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Szczęsny has White pressed against the cage.
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Szczęsny controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
White blocks an elbow strike.

White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Szczęsny with a hook.
White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
White throws a right hand that misses
and Szczęsny makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
White misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.

White shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than White was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White is looking to take a break and control but Szczęsny is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Szczęsny looking for a sweep but White has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Szczęsny tries to lock up and control but White gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
White cracks Szczęsny with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
White dominating with strikes here.
White is landing with some decent strikes but Szczęsny is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Szczęsny is rocked!
White connects with a bit shot that sees Szczęsny covering up! More strikes from White and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! White is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny White!
Danny White bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.