PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between lime white (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Rover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Rover will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

white
vs
Rover

183 cm
21
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, lime white!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steven Rover!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rover walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. white checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
white throws a head kick that misses.
Rover misses with a double jab.
Rover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rover dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on white. That did some damage!
Rover looks to land a body kick but white moved away.
Rover lands a jab-cross combination.
Rover misses with a kick to the body.
Rover turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Rover does no damage.
Rover misses with a wild combination.
Rover throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A punch combination from Rover misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rover misses with a body kick.
white misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rover swinging wildly here.
white moves out of range of the body kick.
white has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rover.
Rover attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rover is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
white walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rover.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rover.
A punch combination from Rover misses.
white misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
white tries to clinch up but Rover circles away and keeps his distance.
Rover looks to land a combination but white avoids it well.
Rover wants to slow white down by chopping away at his legs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rover.
A head kick misses from white.
white sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
white misses with a head kick.
white moves out of range of the body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rover.
Rover lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
white throws a head kick but Rover moves out of range.
white scores with a head kick.
Rover misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rover.
white shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rover looks to land a body kick but white moved away.
Steven Rover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rover looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rover looks to land a body kick but white moved away.
white misses with a head kick.
Rover thumps white with a low kick.
white throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rover throws the kick towards the body but white avoids it.
Rover lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A left and a right from Rover both land. Nice combination.
Rover motions for white to come forward. Rover throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rover throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rover scoring well with a low kick there.
Rover lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rover misses with a jab, cross combination.
white moves out of range of the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rover looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rover looks to throw a body kick
and white counters with a leg kick.
Rover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and white makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rover throws a right hand that white ducks under and follows up with a left that white also avoids with ease.
Rover misses with a kick to the body
letting white counter with a right hand.
Rover fakes the leg kick and cracks white in the body.
Rover misses with the body kick
and white counters with an inside leg kick.
white on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rover takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
white avoids a punch combination nicely.
white connects with a solid leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Rover.
Rover misses with a leg kick

and white counters by clinching up.

white manages to break the clinch.
Rover scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rover avoids the head kick by white.
white throws a push kick but Rover slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
white on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rover throws a push kick but white slaps the foot to one side.
Rover displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rover thows a leg kick but white checks it
and white makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rover misses with a kick to the body
and white counters with an outside leg kick.
Rover looks gassed!
white throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rover throws a leg kick that is checked

and white counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by white.
Rover tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

white breaks from the clinch.

white closes the distance and clinches.
white creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rover's defenses.
white putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rover in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
white is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rover is defending well for now.
Rover blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
white putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rover in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
white connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rover's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
white landing knees to the body.
Rover on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rover jumps guard but white stands there with Rover around his waist. Rover gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
white connects with a knee to the head.
white comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
white comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
white scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lime white dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rover throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and white counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rover is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Rover is rocked!
Rover is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rover lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rover.
Rover throws a one two combo.
Rover misses with a wild combination.
Rover swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and white counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rover fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
white scores with a leg kick.
Rover is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
white cracks the inside of Rover's front leg.
No joy there for Rover, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rover lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but white circles away quickly and effectively.
white pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rover scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rover misses with the body kick

and white moves into the clinch.

white pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rover tries to bum rush white with a series of wild strikes but white uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rover is breathing heavily.
Rover lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but white circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
white thows a body kick. Rover tries to catch it but that hurt him.
white throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rover has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rover there as he acknowledges the shot.
white throws a head kick that misses.
Steven Rover is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
white throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
white scoring well with a low kick there.
Rover avoids the head kick by white.
A low kick from Rover misses
and white counters with a body kick that stops Rover in his tracks momentarily.
white pulls out of a head kick attempt.
lime white is winning the standup battle so far.
white moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rover throws a combination that misses
and white counters with a nice body kick.
white connects with a high kick.

white clinches up with Rover and pushes him back against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rover takes an elbow to the temple.
white lands a good knee to the midsection. Rover won't want to take too many of those.

white breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steven Rover is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
white throws a head kick but Rover moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
white tries for a takedown but Rover sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rover takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
white looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A lazy body kick from Rover
and white counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A low kick from Rover misses
and white counters with a good low kick that Rover was not able to check.

white gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
white utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

white pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rover misses with a leg kick
and white counters with a nice leg kick.
white pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Rover misses
and white counters with a big head kick but Rover shrugs it off.
white tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rover avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from white.
Rover throws a leg kick that is checked
and white finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
white will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
white changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rover tries to avoid it but white manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rover to the ground. Rover escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
white misses with a head kick.
A low kick from Rover is predictable there
and white counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
white throws a sloppy head kick and Rover moves out of range easily.
Rover will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
white scoring well with a low kick there.
Rover misses with a leg kick
and white counters with a good low kick that Rover was not able to check.
Rover misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from white.
Rover misses with the body kick
and white makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rover misses with the body kick
and white counters with a leg kick.
Rover chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before white can pounce on him.
A head kick misses from white.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rover takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

white closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
white wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rover keeps working.

white is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rover doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time white.

white looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rover tries to kick white off but white keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lime white dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rover swinging wildly here.
Rover moves out of range as white throws a body kick.
A lazy body kick from Rover
and white makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A combination from Rover does no damage.
white lands a front kick.
Rover misses with a leg kick

and white counters by moving into the clinch.
white tries to land knees in the clinch but Rover avoids the damage to the body.
white scores a nice knee to the body.
white crunches a lovely knee into Rover's ribcage.
white utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rover avoiding damage as white throws knees to the body.
white landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

white's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rover falls off balance throwing a combination
and white counters with a leg kick.
white has a takedown stuffed.
white explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
white throws a head kick that misses.
white misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
white misses with a head kick.

white closes the distance and clinches.
Rover tries to pull guard but white holds him up against the ropes and eventually Rover drops back down to his feet.
white is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rover can do to turn this around?
white tries for a takedown but Rover manages to get underhooks.
Rover tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. white smiles and moves away.
white throws a head kick that misses.
Rover throws a left and a right that both miss
and white counters with an outside leg kick.
white scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rover throws a one two combo.
Rover misses with a double jab
and white counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rover's knee momentarily.
lime white is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rover throws a leg kick
and white counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rover's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
white misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
white throws a head kick that misses.
white showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rover.
A combination from Rover does no damage.
A head kick misses from white.
Rover is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
white moves out of range of the body kick.
Rover throws a left and a right that both miss
and white counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rover's knee momentarily.
Rover blocks a head kick by white.
white tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
white on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A low kick from Rover is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rover throws a left and a right that both miss
and white counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rover misses with the body kick

and white counters by moving into the clinch.
Rover jumps guard but white stands there with Rover around his waist. Rover gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
lime white has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steven Rover.
white is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rover is defending well for now.
white landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Rover gets control of white's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rover will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
white seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
white stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rover swivels though and keeps the full guard.
white slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rover wants to stand but white is controlling the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
white pushes down on Rover's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rover pushes white off but white dives into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
white is staying tight to Rover's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rover is trying to buck white off.
Steven Rover has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rover being controlled for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
lime white showed his dominance in that final round.
Well white has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for lime white!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for lime white!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for lime white!

lime white wins by unanimous decision!