PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Whittaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Whittaker
vs
Thompson

172 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
26
164 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Untouchable Fight Gear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raymond Whittaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sean Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson tries to bum rush Whittaker with a series of wild strikes but Whittaker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thompson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Raymond Whittaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Whittaker.
An inside leg kick lands from Whittaker.
Whittaker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Whittaker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whittaker manages to avoid it.
Whittaker slips under a jab.
Thompson misses with a hook. Whittaker ducked under it nicely.
Whittaker scores with a nice strike.
Whittaker slips under a jab.
Thompson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Whittaker defends it nicely.
Whittaker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thompson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thompson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thompson takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whittaker cracks Thompson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thompson misses with a wild combination.
Thompson clobbers Whittaker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Thompson ducks right into an uppercut from Whittaker.
Thompson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Whittaker.
Thompson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Whittaker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Whittaker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Whittaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
Whittaker tests Thompson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Whittaker.
Whittaker misses with a straight right.
Jab, jab by Whittaker - just one landing.
Whittaker is looking to slow Thompson down with leg kicks.
Whittaker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whittaker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Whittaker.
Whittaker scores with a nice head shot.
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Thompson moves away from the strike by Whittaker.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Whittaker throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Whittaker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thompson misses with an uppercut
and Whittaker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Thompson thows a body shot but no joy.
Whittaker works Thompson's body with a nice hook.
No joy there for Thompson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Whittaker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Whittaker scores with a punch to the head.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whittaker moves into range and connects with a jab.
Raymond Whittaker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thompson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thompson misses with a few strikes there.
Thompson misses with a shot to the body
and Whittaker counters with a good low kick that Thompson was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whittaker connects with a solid leg kick.
Whittaker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Whittaker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thompson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Whittaker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thompson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thompson looks to land a combination but Whittaker avoids it well.
Thompson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Whittaker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thompson looks gassed!
Thompson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Thompson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Whittaker - the referee stops the clock and Thompson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Whittaker. Thompson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Thompson walks into a jab.
Whittaker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Whittaker does it's job there.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Whittaker is just out of range.
Whittaker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A punch lands to the side of Thompson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thompson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whittaker lands with a good body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson walks into a stiff left hand from Whittaker.
A big left from Thompson misses.
Whittaker scores with a jab. Thompson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thompson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thompson blocks a jab.
Thompson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Whittaker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jab, jab by Whittaker - just one landing.
Whittaker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thompson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thompson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Whittaker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thompson.
Thompson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whittaker thows a body shot but no joy.
Thompson throws a series of punches but Whittaker moves out of range.
Whittaker throws a looping overhand right but Thompson ducks down to avoid it.
Whittaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Whittaker dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Whittaker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thompson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Whittaker scores with a jab to the head.
Thompson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That kick from Whittaker tenderised Thompson's leg. Thompson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sean Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Whittaker does no damage.
Whittaker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Whittaker. That's going to slow Thompson down.
Whittaker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thompson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Whittaker is looking to slow Thompson down with leg kicks.
Whittaker misses with an uppercut. Thompson saw that one coming.
Whittaker takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Whittaker slips under a jab.
Whittaker slips under a jab from Thompson.
Jab from Whittaker.
Whittaker keeps Thompson at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Whittaker but Whittaker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A lazy left from Whittaker finds it's target.
Whittaker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Whittaker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Whittaker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whittaker thuds a left hand into Thompson's body.
Thompson throws a series of strikes that have Whittaker backpedaling.
Whittaker slips under a jab.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Whittaker moves away from the strike by Thompson.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whittaker scores with a spinning back kick!
Whittaker moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Whittaker lands with a kick to the temple. Thompson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whittaker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whittaker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Whittaker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thompson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, jab by Whittaker - just one landing.
Whittaker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thompson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whittaker feints and then cracks Thompson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thompson down.
Whittaker dodges the punch combination from Thompson.
Thompson walks into a jab.
Whittaker throws a hook but Thompson blocks it.
Whittaker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thompson doesn't seem bothered though.
An inside leg kick lands from Whittaker.
That kick from Whittaker tenderised Thompson's leg. Thompson is trying to keep his angry face on.
A telegraphed right hand from Thompson misses the target.
Whittaker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whittaker misses with a hook.
Whittaker throws a leg kick which misses Thompson's front leg but catches the back leg as Thompson tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Whittaker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Whittaker throws a lazy right hand but Thompson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Whittaker missing with a left hand there. Thompson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Whittaker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thompson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Whittaker at a distance.
Thompson walks into a straight right hand from Whittaker.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Thompson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Whittaker has got the better of the exchanges.
A jab from Whittaker does it's job there.
Thompson misses with a straight right.
Whittaker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thompson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Whittaker scores with a leg kick.
Thompson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Whittaker scores with a jab.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whittaker moves away.
Whittaker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Whittaker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whittaker moves out of range as Thompson strikes.
Whittaker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thompson on the side of the head.
Thompson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raymond Whittaker is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Whittaker.
Whittaker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Whittaker scores with a jab. Thompson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Whittaker with a nice cross.
Thompson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Whittaker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Thompson's sensitive parts.
Thompson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whittaker with a jab.
Thompson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thompson misses the jab.
Thompson slips a straight right by Whittaker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raymond Whittaker dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Whittaker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thompson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Whittaker finds it's way round the side to connect with Thompson's head.
Thompson throws a big shot that misses.
Thompson swinging wildly here.
Whittaker misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Whittaker.
Thompson lands a jab to the head.
Whittaker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Thompson's sensitive parts.
Thompson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whittaker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Whittaker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Whittaker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Whittaker goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Whittaker thuds a left hand into Thompson's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Whittaker.
A telegraphed right hand from Whittaker misses the target.
Thompson throws a right hand that Whittaker ducks under and follows up with a left that Whittaker also avoids with ease.
Thompson fails with the takedown.
Thompson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whittaker connects with a jab.
Thompson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Whittaker.
Thompson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thompson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Whittaker.
Thompson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Whittaker lands with a hook. Thompson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Whittaker scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Whittaker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Thompson misses with an uppercut.
Whittaker tests Thompson's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson swinging wildly here.
Thompson misses with a wild body shot.
Thompson misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whittaker, right into the meat.
Thompson takes one to the side of the head.
Whittaker ducks under a wild hook from Thompson.
Thompson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Whittaker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thompson scrambles back to his feet.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Thompson walks into a stiff left hand from Whittaker.
Thompson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Whittaker to score with a decent uppercut.
Whittaker goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whittaker was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
Whittaker dodges the punch combination from Thompson.
Whittaker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whittaker jabs Thompson right on the nose. Thompson blinks but takes it well.
Whittaker cracks a nice hook into Thompson's ribs.
Whittaker lands a right hook to the body.
Thompson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thompson misses with a body shot
and Whittaker counters with a thumping low kick.
Whittaker lands a nice looking body shot.
Whittaker lands with an overhand left.
Whittaker lands with an overhand left.
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Whittaker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thompson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Thompson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Whittaker cracks Thompson with a good jab.
Thompson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Whittaker is just out of range.
Whittaker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thompson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thompson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whittaker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thompson momentarily.
Whittaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thompson can do to turn this around?
Whittaker misses with a straight right.
Nice shot by Thompson.
A telegraphed right hand from Whittaker misses the target.
Thompson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Whittaker blocks a jab.
Thompson misses with an uppercut. Whittaker saw that one coming.
Whittaker lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thompson backs up against the cage.
Whittaker misses with a looping left.
A right-left combo lands from Thompson.
That kick from Whittaker tenderised Thompson's leg. Thompson is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whittaker connects with a nice looking jab.
Whittaker throws a jab but it's blocked by Thompson.
Thompson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sean Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whittaker moves out of range as Thompson strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raymond Whittaker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whittaker 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raymond Whittaker!
Raymond Whittaker seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.