PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob White (ranked 1830 p4p, 4333 weight class) and Ashkan Farhadi (ranked 232 p4p, 494 weight class). Jacob White has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

White
vs
Farhadi

177 cm
21
155
7 - 1 - 0

178 cm
21
160
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

PWNAGE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ashkan Farhadi!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Farhadi. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
Farhadi lands a jab to the nose.
Decent striking displayed by Farhadi there.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Farhadi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Farhadi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
White has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ashkan Farhadi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White lands a two punch combo.
Farhadi has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White throws a series of strikes that have Farhadi backpedaling.
White slips a jab from Farhadi.
White lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Farhadi throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farhadi throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Farhadi misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Farhadi checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
White ducks under a wild hook from Farhadi.
Farhadi throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Farhadi misses with a looping left.
Farhadi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White is looking to counter punch.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Farhadi swings for the body but White moves out of range.
A slow jab from Farhadi misses its intended target.
White staying out of range there.
Farhadi throws a hook but White blocks it.
White ducks under a wild hook from Farhadi.
White scores with a jab to the head.
Farhadi throws a jab when White was well out of range.
Farhadi throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a leg kick.
Farhadi misses with an uppercut.
White slips under a jab from Farhadi.

White clinches up with Farhadi and pushes him back against the cage.
White leaning against his opponent.
Farhadi swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farhadi throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by White.
Farhadi misses with a hook from the clinch.
White prevents a body shot from Farhadi.
White blocking some punches.
Farhadi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White taking a breather.
White lands an elbow that stopped Farhadi in his tracks for a moment.
White misses with an elbow strike.
I was talking to White's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farhadi.
Farhadi lands a left hand.
Farhadi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
White takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farhadi.
Farhadi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farhadi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Farhadi misses with a hook from the clinch.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Farhadi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Farhadi prevents a body shot from White.
A head punch on the inside from Farhadi fails to land.
Farhadi takes an elbow to the temple.
Farhadi swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farhadi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
Still in the clinch, White scores with a nice short uppercut.
White pressing his opponent against the cage.
White blocking some punches.
Farhadi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Farhadi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Farhadi on the inside.
White lands a hook that snaps the head of Farhadi backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farhadi blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farhadi swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
White slowing the pace effectively.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farhadi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by White.
A head punch on the inside from Farhadi fails to land.
Farhadi throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
Farhadi misses with the head strike.
White stalling against the cage.
Farhadi misses with the head strike.
Farhadi has a couple of punches blocked by White.
Farhadi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Farhadi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Farhadi can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Farhadi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
White lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Farhadi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ashkan Farhadi will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Farhadi misses the shot to the body.
White misses with a few strikes there.
Farhadi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jacob White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Farhadi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Farhadi misses the target.
Farhadi cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Farhadi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Farhadi throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
Jab by Farhadi.
White lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Farhadi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
Farhadi looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Farhadi.
Ashkan Farhadi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Farhadi takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Farhadi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract White.
A punch combination from White misses.
White has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Farhadi circles away quickly and effectively.
White ducks under a wild hook from Farhadi.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Farhadi throws a sloppy body shot
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Farhadi misses with a wild body shot.
Farhadi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Farhadi.
Farhadi throws a hook but White blocks it.
White throws a head kick but Farhadi moves out of range.
Farhadi throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Farhadi.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Farhadi's shoulder, as Farhadi tries to avoid the shot.
Farhadi throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Farhadi.
It looked like White was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Farhadi scores with a crisp jab that stopped White in his tracks.
Farhadi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Farhadi slips a straight right by White.
Farhadi throws a hook but White blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farhadi throws a hook but White blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Farhadi thuds his right hand into White's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
White slips under a jab.
White takes a swing at Farhadi's ribcage but misses.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farhadi throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a left and a right that stings Farhadi.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Farhadi.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Farhadi.
White thuds a left hand into Farhadi's body.
Farhadi swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
Farhadi swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a nice body shot.
Farhadi misses with a hook.
Farhadi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A telegraphed right hand from Farhadi misses the target.
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Farhadi with a nice cross.
White connects with a combination that backs up Farhadi into the cage. White lands a flurry of punches that gets past Farhadi's guard. Farhadi is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! White bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob White!
Jacob White decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.