PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benson Whyte (ranked 434 p4p, 67 weight class) and Jose Carlos Luciano (ranked 1034 p4p, 159 weight class). Whyte comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Marley - Jammin. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Whyte
vs
Carlos Luciano

183 cm
25
176 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
178 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Red Light Coffeeshop
Arcticus University: London

Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Carlos Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Luciano tenderised Whyte's leg. Whyte is trying to keep his angry face on.
Luciano throws a leg kick but Whyte checks it.
Whyte tries to land a front kick but Luciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Luciano flicks out a counter leg kick but Whyte steps away.
Luciano lands with a thumping leg kick.
A jab from Whyte misses.
Luciano thows a leg kick but Whyte checks it
and Whyte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Whyte scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Luciano.
Luciano's coach down at White Eagle was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Luciano's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Luciano throws out a loose jab but Whyte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whyte was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Luciano swings for the body but Whyte moves out of range.
Luciano throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Luciano.
Whyte throws a big shot that misses.
Luciano connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Whyte seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Luciano misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Luciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whyte.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano missing with a left hand there. Whyte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luciano throws a hook but Whyte avoids it easily.
Luciano scoring well with a low kick there.
Whyte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Luciano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Whyte manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Whyte is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Luciano misses with a straight right.
Luciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Luciano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Whyte tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luciano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luciano misses with a body shot.
Luciano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Whyte takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Luciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luciano. That's going to slow Whyte down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano tries to land a front kick but Whyte steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A counter left hand to the body from Whyte misses its target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws a leg kick
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Luciano. Whyte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luciano misses the body punch
and Whyte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Luciano tries to clinch but Whyte moves away
and Whyte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luciano throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Whyte to counter with a crisp jab.
Whyte checks the leg kick nicely there.
Whyte throws the left hand but Luciano avoids the punch easily.
Whyte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whyte checks the leg kick.
Whyte checks a low kick from Luciano.
Whyte lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Whyte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Whyte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luciano is looking to clinch.
Luciano looks to land a right hand but Whyte moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Whyte.
Luciano scores with a punch to the head.
Luciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whyte.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice shot lands for Luciano.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luciano, as that shot connected.
Luciano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Luciano lands with an overhand left.
Luciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Whyte is just out of range.
Nice jab there from Whyte.
Luciano thows a leg kick but Whyte checks it
letting Whyte counter with a right hand.
Luciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luciano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Whyte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luciano.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luciano. Whyte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luciano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Whyte has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Whyte and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano wants to slow Whyte down by chopping away at his legs.
Luciano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Luciano lands with an overhand left.
Luciano is looking to score with low kicks.
Luciano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luciano throws a body kick, spinning off balance

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

Luciano is rocked!
Whyte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luciano.
Luciano is still on wobbly legs! Can Whyte finish him?
Whyte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Luciano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Whyte.
Luciano seems to have recovered his senses.
Whyte moves away from the strike by Luciano.
Luciano cracks the inside of Whyte's front leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
Jose Carlos Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luciano misses the shot to the body.
Whyte blocks the body kick.
Whyte is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Whyte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Carlos Luciano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Luciano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Luciano scores with a nice body kick.
Luciano misses with the body kick
and Whyte counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Luciano thinking.
Luciano wants to land a leg kick but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte throws a jab but it's blocked by Luciano.
Luciano throws a low kick but Whyte avoids it.
As Luciano backs away, Whyte returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Whyte misses with a low kick.
Luciano looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Luciano tried to score with a low kick but Whyte checks it.
Whyte on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some bone on bone action there as Whyte checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Whyte stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luciano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano throws a lazy right hand but Whyte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Luciano tries to get set, Whyte tries to push him back and clinch up but Luciano manages to avoid the attempt.
Luciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luciano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Whyte's sensitive parts.
Jose Carlos Luciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whyte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luciano was well out of range. Poor timing from Whyte.
Whyte throws an overhand right that lands on Luciano's shoulder, as Luciano tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano avoids the body shot from Whyte.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Whyte might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Luciano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Whyte with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Luciano to score with a decent uppercut.
Whyte misses with a body kick.
Luciano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Luciano keeps Whyte at a distance using the push kick.
Whyte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luciano misses with an uppercut.
Whyte throws a body shot but no joy.
Luciano throws a counter combo.
Luciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Whyte avoids the body shot from Luciano.
Luciano throws a front kick that sends Whyte stumbling back into the cage.
Luciano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Luciano lands a head shot.
Luciano misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Luciano.
Luciano throws a lazy right hand but Whyte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Whyte misses with a head kick.
Luciano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whyte avoids the body shot from Luciano.
Luciano lands a right hook to the body.
Luciano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Luciano - that will leave a mark!
Luciano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whyte.
Luciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte throwing a counter right hand but Luciano manages to avoid it.
Whyte takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Whyte checks the leg kick.
Luciano misses with a low kick.
It looked like Whyte wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whyte is out of range and Luciano settles back down.
That kick from Luciano tenderised Whyte's leg. Whyte is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Luciano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luciano moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Luciano is looking to clinch.
Whyte scores with a kick to the body.
Luciano is breathing heavily.
Luciano throws a push kick but Whyte slaps the foot to one side.
Whyte jabs Luciano to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Whyte moves into range and connects with a jab.
Luciano lands a head shot.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whyte.
Whyte checks a leg kick.
A big left from Whyte misses.
Whyte connects with a right hand. Luciano shakes it off.
Whyte looks to land a left hand but Luciano moved out of range nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A clash of legs there as Whyte blocks the low kick.
Luciano lands with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luciano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Luciano lands the left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Luciano.
Luciano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Luciano wants to clinch up but Whyte keeps it at a distance.
A big left from Whyte misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nice cross by Luciano.
Whyte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano.
Luciano throws a leg kick that misses.
Luciano throws a leg kick but Whyte sees it coming and moves out of range.
Luciano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A thudding body kick lands there by Whyte!
Whyte misses the shot to the body.
Luciano thumps Whyte with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Carlos Luciano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Whyte misses with a looping left.
Luciano misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Luciano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Whyte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Whyte throws out a powerful jab.
Luciano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Whyte lands a big uppercut and Luciano crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Luciano looks OK. Whyte waves Luciano back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whyte cracks Luciano with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benson Whyte!
Benson Whyte retains his welterweight title!
Benson Whyte seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.