PBP Commentary

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

White
vs
Nevada

177 cm
16
164 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
149 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Dragon

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Nevada!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nevada looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nevada.
Nevada blocks a low kick nicely.
White does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
White throws a leg kick but Nevada moved away.
Nevada fails with a takedown attempt.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nevada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White lands with a kick to the temple. Nevada shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Chris Nevada has been cut.
Nevada takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That kick from White tenderised Nevada's leg. Nevada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nevada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nevada.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
White throws a solid leg kick but Nevada takes the impact on his shin and smiles at White.
White misses with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by White. That's going to slow Nevada down.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by White.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nevada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
White wants to slow Nevada down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
White misses with a straight right.
White lands with a nice body kick.
That kick from White tenderised Nevada's leg. Nevada is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nevada moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
White fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nevada is out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nevada checks a leg kick.
White throws out a leg kick but Nevada moves out of range and White only half commits.
Nevada's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nevada checks the leg kick.
Nevada takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A solid body kick from White.
White tries to score with a low kick but Nevada moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nevada.
A solid leg kick lands there for White.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from White tenderised Nevada's leg. Nevada is trying to keep his angry face on.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nevada. That did some damage!
White attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nevada's calf.
White walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nevada checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
White scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands a leg kick that knocks Nevada off balance momentarily.
White scores with a head kick. Nevada tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nevada keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
White thumps Nevada with a low kick.
White throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nevada.
White lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
White lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
White throws a chopping leg kick but Nevada manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White misses with a body shot.
White tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nevada is able to avoid easily.
White lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Nevada's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

White lands a leg kick that knocks Nevada off balance momentarily.
White lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A solid leg kick lands there for White.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
White throws a low kick but Nevada avoids it.
Nevada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nevada takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White throws a leg kick but Nevada sees it coming and moves out of range.
White throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
White throws a front kick aimed at Nevada's knee but Nevada avoids it well.
White connects with a leg kick. Nevada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nevada is breathing heavily.
White throws a nice outside leg kick.
White scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nevada.
White bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nevada tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chris Nevada is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White digs a good hook to Nevada's body.
White scoring well with a low kick there.
White missing with a left hand there. Nevada was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nevada. That did some damage!
White turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
White throws a low kick, looking for Nevada's leg but Nevada calmly moves out of range.
White fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nevada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking body kick lands there for White.
White is looking to chop away at Nevada's legs.
A thudding body kick lands there by White!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
Nevada tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nevada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White tries to land a leg kick but Nevada saw it coming and moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Nevada might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, White has got the better of the exchanges.
White dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nevada. That did some damage!
White tried to score with a low kick but Nevada checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick which misses Nevada's front leg but catches the back leg as Nevada tries to avoid it.
White tries to work over Nevada's front leg with a kick but Nevada checks it.
Nevada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
White throws a leg kick which misses Nevada's front leg but catches the back leg as Nevada tries to avoid it.
White throws a leg kick but Nevada sees it coming and moves out of range.
White misses with a head kick.
Nevada checks a leg kick nicely.
White buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick from White lands but Nevada takes it in his stride.
Nevada checks a leg kick.
Nevada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nevada checks a leg kick.
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nevada.
Freddy White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nevada moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
Nevada stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
White scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nevada's sensitive parts.
White throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White throws a front kick that sends Nevada stumbling back into the cage.
A good leg kick by White.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nevada's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Freddy White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Nevada's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nevada takes a body punch but keeps moving.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
White scores with a leg kick.
A low kick from White misses
and Nevada counters with a solid body kick.
White throws a leg kick which misses Nevada's front leg but catches the back leg as Nevada tries to avoid it.
Nevada has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from White.
White lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nevada's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
White chopping away at his opponent's legs.
White misses with a leg kick.
White throws a front kick aimed at Nevada's knee but Nevada avoids it well.
Nevada checks the leg kick nicely there.
White moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nevada takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nevada.
White throws out a leg kick but Nevada moves out of range and White only half commits.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
White misses with a low kick.
White lands with a slapping head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Nevada blocks the leg kick.
Nevada blocks a low kick nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
White tries to land a leg kick but Nevada saw it coming and moves away.
Nevada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nevada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
A slapping leg kick lands for White.
Freddy White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from White, right into the meat.
White fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nevada checks it well.
White throws a front kick aimed at Nevada's knee but Nevada avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by White. That's going to slow Nevada down.
Nevada takes a kick to the side of the head.
Freddy White is winning the standup battle so far.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Nevada.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
White pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nevada is out of range and White settles back down.
White is looking to wear down Nevada with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
White throws a leg kick which misses Nevada's front leg but catches the back leg as Nevada tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by White there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevada on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Nevada tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nevada can do to turn this around?
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
White pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nevada has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
White throws a nice head kick!
Nevada chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
Nevada has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from White.
Nevada blocks a head kick by White.
White feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nevada's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throws a leg kick that misses.
Nevada tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nevada fails with a takedown attempt.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nevada doesn't seem bothered though.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
A clash of legs there as Nevada blocks the low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White lands a leg kick that knocks Nevada off balance momentarily.
White throws a nice head kick!
Chris Nevada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White is looking to slow Nevada down with leg kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:24
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy White!
In his post fight interview, Freddy White started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.