PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Worcester Sauce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sauce
vs
White

176 cm
23
166 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

190 cm
21
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Worcester Sauce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Art White!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauce misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sauce is looking to land body kicks.
Sauce moves to clinch but White breaks away
and White counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Worcester Sauce has been cut.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.

Sauce closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sauce is stalling here. White is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sauce seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and White has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sauce might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
White in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sauce's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
White gets to mount! Sauce was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
White content just to control the position here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauce is looking to improve his position but White isn't that keen on the idea.
White sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sauce is looking to get to half guard.

That's four 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.
White content just to control the position here.
Sauce keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Art White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Worcester Sauce's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

White thows a leg kick but Sauce checks it
and Sauce counters with a good, hard body kick but White shrugs it off.
White tries to work over Sauce's front leg with a kick but Sauce checks it.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sauce.
Sauce is looking to slow White down with leg kicks.
Sauce looks to clinch
and White makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
White takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sauce throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
White has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from White there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sauce lands a high kick!
Sauce closes the distance but White moves to the side
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sauce misses with the body kick
and White counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
White misses with a body kick.
Sauce throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with the body kick
and Sauce makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
White scoring well with a low kick there.
Sauce throws a head kick that misses
and White counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sauce stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sauce takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sauce.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sauce on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
White scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
White thuds his shin into the meat of Sauce's side.
Sauce walks into a straight right hand from White.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from White as Sauce shoots in.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sauce.
Sauce on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sauce stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
White is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sauce throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and White counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sauce thinking.
White throws a quick inside leg kick.
White lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

White sends Sauce crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! White is motioning to the referee to let Sauce up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Sauce is rocked!
White throws a head kick but Sauce moves out of range.
Oh Sauce is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sauce throws a sloppy body shot

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

Worcester Sauce's cut is getting worse.
White is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauce on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Worcester Sauce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for White.
Sauce takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice uppercut lands for White. That snapped Sauce's head back.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sauce lands a jab.
A swing and a miss from Sauce.
Sauce seems to have got his legs back now.
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sauce keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sauce throws a head kick that misses
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Art White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sauce throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
White jabs Sauce to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauce takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sauce throws a lazy head kick
and White counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A head kick misses from White.
White connects with a nice looking jab.
White cracks Sauce with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Sauce tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but White pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Sauce is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Art White!