PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olavi White (ranked 1969 p4p, 3183 weight class) and Benjamin Read (ranked 261 p4p, 407 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

White
vs
Read

194 cm
26
215
5 - 0 - 0

190 cm
26
215
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olavi White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benjamin Read!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Read.
White looks to clinch
and Read counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Olavi White has been cut.
Read uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White.
White is looking to clinch.
Read throws out a counter right but White avoids it with no problem.
Read jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Read doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Read tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Read.
White lands with a good body shot.

White closes the distance and clinches.

Read breaks the clinch.

White has managed to clinch.

Read manages to break the clinch.
Read looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Read cracks a nice hook into White's ribs.
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!
Read cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White slips under a jab from Read.
White with a hook.
Read lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Read works White's body with a nice hook.
White scores with a decent looking hook.
White shoots and misses

and Read counters with a nice right hand that sends White toppling to the canvas! White scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Read finish him?!

White is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
White lands an overhand right.
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Read throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White tries to clinch up but Read circles away and keeps his distance.
White seems to have got his legs back now.
Read walks forward and throws a big overhand right! White drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Read swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from White's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benjamin Read!