PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Whelan (ranked 4469 p4p, 415 weight class) and Alfie Dayne (ranked 4466 p4p, 414 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.

Whelan
vs
Dayne

176 cm
18
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Whelan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfie Dayne!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whelan scores with the left hand. Dayne knows he should have avoided that one.
Dayne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dayne misses with a straight left.
Dayne lands a lovely overhand right.
Whelan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Whelan.
Whelan cracks Dayne with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Whelan looks to throw the jab but Dayne is out of range.
Whelan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dayne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Whelan throws a looping overhand right but Dayne ducks down to avoid it.
Whelan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dayne has time to react.
Dayne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Whelan cracks Dayne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whelan misses with a shot to the body
and Whelan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dayne staying out of range there.
Dayne ducks under a wild hook from Whelan.
Whelan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dayne.
Dayne moves away from the strike by Whelan.
Dayne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whelan was well out of range. Poor timing from Dayne.
Whelan throws a shot from downtown. Dayne moves away and avoids it.
Whelan lunges at Dayne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dayne's hand.
Dayne misses with a straight left.
Dayne listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dayne misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Whelan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Whelan throws a jab but it's blocked by Dayne.
Dayne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Whelan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Dayne scores with the left hand. Whelan knows he should have avoided that one.
Dayne connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Whelan staying out of range there.
Whelan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Whelan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whelan. Dayne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dayne walks into a straight right hand from Whelan.
Dayne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whelan digs a good body shot into Dayne's ribs.
Dayne lands with a cross.
Dayne lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whelan loads up on a big right hand but Dayne slips the punch.
Dayne scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Whelan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dayne is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Whelan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Whelan throws a body shot but no joy.
Whelan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Whelan.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Whelan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Whelan.
Dayne ducks under a wild hook from Whelan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whelan throws the left hand but Dayne avoids the punch easily.
Dayne punishes Whelan's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut there from Whelan.
Whelan ducks under a wild hook from Dayne.
Whelan looks to land a left hand but Dayne moved out of range nicely.
Whelan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dayne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whelan slips a straight right by Dayne.
A swing and a miss from Whelan.
Dayne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dayne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Whelan under the eye.
Dayne connects with a body shot.
Whelan misses with a straight left.
Whelan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whelan.
Dayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Whelan.
Whelan looks to land a left hand but Dayne moved out of range nicely.
Dayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dayne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dayne with a jab.
Whelan misses with an uppercut.
Dayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Whelan is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dayne scores with a hook to the body. Whelan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whelan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Whelan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dayne lands with a hook. Whelan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dayne takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Whelan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whelan misses with a body shot.
Dayne lands a nice shot that snaps Whelan's head back.
Dayne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Whelan looks to throw the jab but Dayne is out of range.
Whelan swings for the body but Dayne moves out of range.
Whelan moves out of range as Dayne strikes.
Whelan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whelan misses with a straight left.
Whelan just misses with a punch to the body.
Dayne lands a body shot.
Dayne lands with an uppercut that bounces Whelan off the ropes and back into range.
Dayne scores with a sloppy right hand. Whelan should have avoided that one.
Dayne lands a really nice looking cross but Whelan seems unphased.
Whelan throws a hook but Dayne avoids it easily.
Whelan throws a jab but it's blocked by Dayne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dayne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A cross from Whelan lands.
Whelan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Whelan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dayne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dayne ducks under a wild hook from Whelan.
Dayne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Whelan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dayne manages to avoid it.
Dayne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Whelan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Whelan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whelan loads up on a big right hand but Dayne slips the punch.
Whelan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dayne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dayne blocks a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dayne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab, jab by Dayne - just one landing.
Dayne connects with a right hand. Whelan shakes it off.
Whelan misses with an uppercut. Dayne saw that one coming.
Dayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whelan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alfie Dayne will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Whelan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice defenses there by Whelan.
Whelan digs a good hook to Dayne's body.
Dayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dayne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Whelan lands with a hook. Dayne tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dayne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dayne moves away from the strike by Whelan.
Dayne swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dayne scores with a hook to the body. Whelan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dayne swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Whelan.
Dayne slips under a jab from Whelan.
Whelan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dayne has time to react.
Alfie Dayne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whelan connects with a body shot that sends Dayne's belly button to the back.
Dayne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whelan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dayne.
It seemed like Dayne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd cheers as Dayne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Whelan doesn't seem phased though.
Whelan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Whelan.
Whelan throws a hook to the side of Dayne's head but Dayne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whelan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Whelan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whelan throws a hook but Dayne blocks it.
Whelan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Whelan.
Dayne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whelan.
Whelan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dayne dips to his left and cracks Whelan with an uppercut!
Whelan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whelan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Whelan throws a hook but Dayne blocks it.
Dayne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Whelan.
Dayne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dayne throws a shot from downtown. Whelan moves away and avoids it.
Dayne dips to his left and cracks Whelan with an uppercut!
Whelan swings for the body but Dayne moves out of range.
Dayne jabs at Whelan's body.
Dayne lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whelan manages to avoid it.
Dayne connects with a jab.
Dayne staying out of range there.
Dayne throws out a counter right but Whelan avoids it with no problem.
Dayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whelan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dayne on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whelan scores with a nice head shot.
Whelan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Whelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whelan misses with a looping left.
Dayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whelan manages to avoid it.
Dayne takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dayne ducks under a wild hook from Whelan.
Whelan avoids the body shot from Dayne.
Dayne misses with a looping right.
Whelan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whelan throws a big shot that misses.
Whelan throws the left hand but Dayne avoids the punch easily.
Dayne throws an overhand right that lands on Whelan's shoulder, as Whelan tries to avoid the shot.
Whelan looks to score with a jab to the body but Dayne is just out of range.
Whelan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dayne doesn't seem bothered though.
Dayne tries to move into range but Whelan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Whelan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dayne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whelan works the jab nicely.
Dayne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whelan.
Dayne throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whelan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Whelan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dayne throws out the jab.
Dayne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dayne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whelan.
Whelan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dayne lands a jab to the nose.
Whelan misses the jab.
Whelan slips under a jab.
Dayne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dayne digs a good hook to Whelan's body.
Whelan throws a hook but Dayne blocks it.
It seemed like Dayne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Whelan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dayne.
Whelan throwing a counter right hand but Dayne manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Whelan.
Dayne walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Whelan misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dayne changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dayne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decent striking displayed by Dayne there.
Whelan misses with a body shot.
Dayne connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whelan lands the left hand.
Whelan scores with a jab. Dayne acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dayne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Dayne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whelan throws out the jab.
Whelan slips under a jab.
Dayne misses with a body shot.
Whelan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dayne.
Dayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Whelan is just out of range.
Dayne throws an overhand right that lands on Whelan's shoulder, as Whelan tries to avoid the shot.
Dayne slips a jab from Whelan.
Whelan blocks a jab.
Whelan looks to land a right hand but Dayne moved out of range.
Dayne walks into a straight right hand from Whelan.
Whelan swings for the body but Dayne moves out of range.
Dayne blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dayne moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Dayne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Whelan just misses with a punch to the body.
Dayne ducks under a wild hook from Whelan.
Dayne with a hook.
The fighters circling - Dayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alfie Dayne will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A jab from Dayne misses.
Whelan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dayne scores with a jab. Whelan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Whelan misses with a looping left.
Dayne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Dayne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dayne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Whelan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big left from Dayne misses.
Dayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Whelan.
Dayne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Whelan under the eye.
Dayne clobbers Whelan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A cross from Dayne lands.
Whelan walks into a left hand.
Whelan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dayne with a jab.
Whelan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dayne was well out of range. Poor timing from Whelan.
Dayne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whelan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dayne ducks under a wild hook from Whelan.
Dayne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dayne lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Whelan coming out on top.
A telegraphed right hand from Whelan misses the target.
Whelan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Whelan misses with a straight left.
Dayne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dayne scores with the left hand. Whelan knows he should have avoided that one.
Whelan moves out of range of the strikes.
Whelan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dayne scores with a nice right hand.
Dayne moves out of range of the strikes.
Whelan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Whelan thuds his right hand into Dayne's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dayne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whelan was well out of range. Poor timing from Dayne.
Nice defenses there by Dayne.
Whelan throws a big shot that misses.
Dayne defending well as Whelan loads up on a big left hand.
Whelan takes one to the chin there.
Dayne connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Whelan - just one landing.
Dayne looks to throw the jab but Whelan is out of range.
Whelan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Whelan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Whelan misses.
Dayne moves out of range of the strikes.
Whelan misses the shot to the body.
Dayne moves into range and connects with a jab.
Whelan takes one to the side of the head.
Whelan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dayne.
Dayne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whelan throws out the jab.
Dayne misses with an uppercut.
Dayne misses with a straight left.
Whelan's corner calls for a 1-2. Whelan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Whelan throws a jab but it's blocked by Dayne.
Dayne connects with a body shot that sends Whelan's belly button to the back.
Mickey Whelan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dayne dips to his left and cracks Whelan with an uppercut!
Dayne misses with a body shot.
Dayne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whelan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whelan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Whelan misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Whelan.
Dayne cracks Whelan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Whelan misses with a body shot.
Dayne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dayne cracks Whelan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Whelan.
Dayne misses with a wild body shot.
Dayne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Whelan.
Dayne swings for the body but Whelan moves out of range.
Whelan lands with a cross.
Whelan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whelan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dayne slips under a jab.
Dayne cracks Whelan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Whelan misses with a wild body shot.
Dayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whelan was well out of range. Poor timing from Dayne.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whelan loads up on a big right hand but Dayne slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whelan swings for the body but Dayne moves out of range.
Dayne is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Whelan with a body shot.
Whelan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dayne.
Whelan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dayne defending well as Whelan loads up on a big left hand.
Dayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whelan manages to avoid it.
Whelan digs a good hook to Dayne's body.
Whelan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dayne cracks Whelan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dayne connects with a crisp jab.
Dayne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Whelan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dayne.
Whelan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dayne connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dayne swings for the body but Whelan moves out of range.
Whelan takes one on the button.
Dayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Whelan is just out of range.
Whelan dips to his left and cracks Dayne with an uppercut!
Dayne cracks a nice hook into Whelan's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alfie Dayne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dayne has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfie Dayne!