PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Put Lorlek (ranked 2370 p4p, 305 weight class) and Brook Whitebeard (ranked 2709 p4p, 339 weight class). Whitebeard is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Remember The Name. Brook Whitebeard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lorlek
vs
Whitebeard

187 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Put Lorlek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brook Whitebeard!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitebeard throws a series of punches but Lorlek avoids them all with ease.

Lorlek has managed to clinch.
Lorlek scores with a shot to the side of Whitebeard's head.
Lorlek struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitebeard controls his hands.
Lorlek blocks a body shot from Whitebeard.
Lorlek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lorlek blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitebeard.
Lorlek misses with some punches.
Lorlek lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lorlek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lorlek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lorlek misses with a body punch.
Lorlek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whitebeard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whitebeard looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitebeard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lorlek has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A head punch on the inside from Whitebeard fails to land.
Whitebeard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whitebeard is trying to force a seperation but Lorlek has the dominant position.
Whitebeard working aggressively here.
Whitebeard blocks a body shot from Lorlek.
Lorlek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lorlek throws a punch but it's blocked by Whitebeard.
Whitebeard swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorlek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitebeard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lorlek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lorlek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitebeard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitebeard lands a right hand.
Lorlek pushes Whitebeard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lorlek blocking some punches.
Lorlek lands with a left to the head.
Lorlek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitebeard.
Lorlek struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitebeard controls his hands.
Lorlek swings wildly with an uppercut but Whitebeard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitebeard wants to get back to striking at distance but Lorlek won't allow it.
Whitebeard lands a shot to the body.
A short left from Lorlek.
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!
Whitebeard is looking to break free of the clinch but Lorlek has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitebeard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorlek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lorlek gets through Whitebeard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Whitebeard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk. Whitebeard catches Lorlek right on the button with a cross.
Whitebeard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lorlek misses with a body punch
enabling Whitebeard to counter with a crisp jab.
Whitebeard lands with a hook. Lorlek tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lorlek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whitebeard swings for the body but Lorlek moves out of range.
Whitebeard swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lorlek counters with a right hand to the body.
Lorlek moves out of range as Whitebeard strikes.
Lorlek swings widly with a right hand
and Whitebeard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lorlek showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Whitebeard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorlek tries to clinch up
and Whitebeard counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lorlek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Whitebeard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lorlek misses with a straight right.

Lorlek moves into the clinch successfully.
Whitebeard swings wildly with an uppercut but Lorlek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitebeard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A hook to the body from Lorlek.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whitebeard.
Lorlek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whitebeard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whitebeard is trying to force a seperation but Lorlek has the dominant position.
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 Put Lorlek will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Whitebeard throws a jab but it's blocked by Lorlek.
Lorlek ducks under a wild hook from Whitebeard.
Whitebeard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lorlek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lorlek avoids the body shot from Whitebeard.
Lorlek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whitebeard.
Whitebeard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Whitebeard counters with a nice body shot.
Lorlek just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lorlek staying out of range there.
Lorlek connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lorlek fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lorlek throws a body punch but Whitebeard moves out of range.
A jab from Lorlek does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitebeard misses the body punch
and Lorlek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lorlek thuds his right hand into Whitebeard's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lorlek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whitebeard.
Whitebeard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lorlek fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whitebeard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Whitebeard looks to score with a jab to the body but Lorlek is just out of range.
Whitebeard throws a right hand that Lorlek ducks under and follows up with a left that Lorlek also avoids with ease.
Lorlek throws a body punch but Whitebeard moves out of range.
Lorlek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whitebeard throws out a counter right but Lorlek avoids it with no problem.
Lorlek swings away with a body shot that misses
and Whitebeard counters with a nice uppercut.
Brook Whitebeard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lorlek lands with a good body shot.
Lorlek is looking to wear down Whitebeard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Whitebeard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Lorlek clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorlek struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitebeard controls his hands.
Lorlek has Whitebeard pressed against the cage, preventing Whitebeard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Whitebeard blocks a body shot from Lorlek.
Whitebeard misses with a punch on the inside.
Whitebeard works on Lorlek's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lorlek.
Whitebeard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lorlek lands a body punch.
Lorlek throws a head punch that misses.
Lorlek presses Whitebeard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lorlek misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lorlek.
A frustrated look appears on Whitebeard's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitebeard wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lorlek has him pressed against the cage.
Lorlek scores with a shot to the side of Whitebeard's head.
Whitebeard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lorlek backwards.
Lorlek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whitebeard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whitebeard blocking some punches.
Lorlek lands a nice uppercut.
Whitebeard tries a body shot but Lorlek blocks it.
Lorlek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lorlek lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lorlek throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lorlek tries a body shot but Whitebeard blocks it.
Whitebeard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorlek struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitebeard controls his hands.
Lorlek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whitebeard's elbow.
Lorlek scores with a shot to the side of Whitebeard's head.
Whitebeard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Lorlek.
Lorlek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whitebeard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whitebeard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lorlek tries a body shot but Whitebeard blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lorlek has a couple of punches blocked by Whitebeard.
Whitebeard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Whitebeard misses with a punch to the body.
Whitebeard lands a nice uppercut.

Whitebeard breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Put Lorlek dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Lorlek lands a right hook to the body.
Whitebeard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Whitebeard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Whitebeard is rocked!
Lorlek lands with a right and another and another! Whitebeard is in big trouble! Lorlek lands again and this time it's lights out for Whitebeard! A quality knockout there for Lorlek.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Put Lorlek!
Put Lorlek was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.