PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Whitewash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Steamboat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitewash comes to the cage accompanied by New Divide. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Whitewash
vs
Steamboat

175 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

189 cm
19
201 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy Whitewash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricky Steamboat!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitewash shoots in for a double leg but Steamboat sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
No joy there for Steamboat, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Whitewash misses with a wild body shot.
Steamboat lands a with a good body shot.
Whitewash blocks a head kick by Steamboat.
Steamboat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steamboat thumps Whitewash with a low kick.
Whitewash looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Whitewash feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Whitewash in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Whitewash cracks Steamboat with a solid left hand.
Whitewash stops Steamboat from standing up.
Whitewash trying to control but Steamboat is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steamboat has Whitewash pulled in close to control his posture.
Steamboat wants to stand up but Whitewash is controlling him.
Whitewash tries to free his leg and advance position but Steamboat is retaining full guard.
Whitewash passes Steamboat's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Whitewash is looking to take a break and control but Steamboat is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Steamboat blocking the ground and pound attempt from Whitewash.
Steamboat blocking the ground and pound attempt from Whitewash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Steamboat won't allow Whitewash to pass to mount.
Steamboat keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Whitewash motions for Steamboat to come forward. Whitewash throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Steamboat cracks the inside of Whitewash's front leg.
Whitewash looks for a takedown but Steamboat sprawls well.
Steamboat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ricky Steamboat is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steamboat throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Whitewash fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Whitewash. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whitewash shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Steamboat as he avoids it easily.
Steamboat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steamboat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steamboat looks gassed!
Steamboat misses with a few strikes there.
Steamboat slaps away a takedown attempt from Whitewash, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Steamboat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steamboat connects with a crisp jab.
Whitewash gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Steamboat.
Steamboat throws a series of punches but Whitewash avoids them all with ease.

Whitewash shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Steamboat is trying to defend but Whitewash finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Whitewash throwing shots but Steamboat is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitewash sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Steamboat defending well though.
Whitewash not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Whitewash has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Whitewash is trying to control. Steamboat wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Whitewash thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Steamboat's head.
Whitewash thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Whitewash not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Whitewash slips a nice elbow through Steamboat's hands, connecting with Steamboat's forehead.
Steamboat has hold of Whitewash's hands but Whitewash slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Whitewash takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Steamboat taking some punishment here, with Whitewash in his half guard.
Whitewash takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ricky Steamboat will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Whitewash gets the takedown into side control.
Steamboat takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
An elbow from Whitewash crashes against the mat.
Steamboat taking punishment in the form of punches.
Whitewash scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Steamboat to see if he's OK.
Whitewash lands an elbow.
Whitewash in side control lands a decent elbow.
Whitewash working the ground and pound but Steamboat is defending the strikes.
Whitewash scoring with punches from side control.
Steamboat is breathing heavily.
Whitewash working the body and head with strikes.
Whitewash misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitewash lands a few punches from side control.
Whitewash lands a decent elbow from side control.
Whitewash cracks Steamboat with a big elbow.
Whitewash working the ground and pound from side control.
Steamboat on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Steamboat is rocked!
Whitewash scores with a couple of short elbows.
Steamboat is still in real trouble! Can Whitewash finish him?
Steamboat taking punishment in the form of punches.
Whitewash looks up at the clock and then as Steamboat takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Whitewash smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Whitewash sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Steamboat is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Steamboat takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Whitewash creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Steamboat sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Steamboat seems to have recovered his senses.
Whitewash scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitewash working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Whitewash lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitewash throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Whitewash working the head with strikes.
Steamboat managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Whitewash.
Steamboat takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Steamboat takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Whitewash lands some shots froms side control.
Steamboat defending against the ground and pound.
Steamboat is not content to let Whitewash control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitewash is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whitewash cracks Steamboat with a big elbow.
Whitewash lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Steamboat down.
Whitewash sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Steamboat is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Whitewash lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Steamboat avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Whitewash.
Whitewash working the ground and pound from side control.
Steamboat is working to avoid the ground and pound but Whitewash connects with a decent elbow.
Steamboat taking a bit of punishment here - Whitewash scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitewash lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Steamboat down.
Whitewash trying to control the position but Steamboat is working away.
Whitewash working the ground and pound.
Whitewash scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Steamboat is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Whitewash can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Whitewash!