PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benson Whyte (ranked 70 p4p, 11 weight class) and Sameh Mahmoud (ranked 41 p4p, 6 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Whyte might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bob Marley - Jammin. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Whyte
vs
Mahmoud

183 cm
29
173 lbs
23 - 6 - 0

180 cm
33
193 lbs
30 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sameh Mahmoud!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahmoud looks to throw the jab but Whyte is out of range.
Mahmoud has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Whyte is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Whyte.
Sloppy strikes from Mahmoud. Those never looked like landing.
Mahmoud throws a jab when Whyte was well out of range.
Whyte misses with a body punch
and Mahmoud cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Whyte fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mahmoud swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whyte slips a straight right by Mahmoud.
Whyte half committed to a counter leg kick.
Mahmoud thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mahmoud keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mahmoud throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mahmoud blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud misses with a looping left.
Whyte swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mahmoud checks a leg kick.
Whyte fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mahmoud avoids the head kick by Whyte.
Whyte has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Forest Hill Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Mahmoud lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Whyte fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mahmoud is out of range.
Mahmoud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Whyte cracks Mahmoud with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Sameh Mahmoud has been cut.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mahmoud misses with a straight right.
Whyte lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Mahmoud finds it's way through Whyte's defenses.
Mahmoud moves out of range of the body kick.
Mahmoud tries to clinch up.
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!
Whyte defending well as Mahmoud loads up on a big left hand.
Whyte is looking to counter punch.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mahmoud throws a body shot but no joy.
Whyte throws the left hand but Mahmoud avoids the punch easily.
Mahmoud chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Whyte can pounce on him.
Whyte gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mahmoud throws a right hand that misses
and Whyte counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mahmoud. Whyte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whyte will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A lazy left from Mahmoud finds it's target.
Mahmoud connects with a single shot there.
Whyte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mahmoud.
Whyte finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mahmoud is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Whyte with a body shot.
Whyte sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Whyte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mahmoud's sensitive parts.
Whyte takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mahmoud swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mahmoud looks to throw the jab but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahmoud wants to land a leg kick but Whyte is out of range.
Mahmoud bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Whyte's head.
Mahmoud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mahmoud missing with a left hand there. Whyte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mahmoud doesn't manage to clinch there - Whyte circles away.
Whyte throws a body shot but no joy.
Mahmoud swings for the body but Whyte moves out of range.
Mahmoud lands with a thumping leg kick.
Whyte motions for Mahmoud to come forward. Whyte throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mahmoud appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mahmoud ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sameh Mahmoud dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sameh Mahmoud's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Mahmoud misses with a looping left.
Whyte tried to counter with a leg kick but Mahmoud avoided it.
Mahmoud looks to land a left hand but Whyte moved out of range nicely.
Whyte was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mahmoud moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sameh Mahmoud seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whyte throws a poor cross that misses
and Mahmoud counters with a nice uppercut.
Whyte feints and then cracks Mahmoud's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mahmoud down.
A big right from Mahmoud misses.
Whyte looks to land a left hand but Mahmoud moved out of range nicely.
Whyte backing away here, and Mahmoud unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Good work by Mahmoud as he checks the leg kick.
Mahmoud looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte swings for the body but Mahmoud moves out of range.
Mahmoud blocks a head kick by Whyte.
Mahmoud uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Whyte has time to react.
Mahmoud 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud throws an off balance right hand
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mahmoud tries to clinch up but Whyte circles away and keeps his distance.
Whyte throwing a counter right hand but Mahmoud manages to avoid it.
Mahmoud takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Whyte 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 Mahmoud has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mahmoud and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mahmoud misses with a hook
and Whyte counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Mahmoud misses.
Mahmoud takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That has opened up Sameh Mahmoud's cut even more.
Whyte lands with a hook. Mahmoud tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Whyte throws a lazy uppercut
and Mahmoud counters with a left to the body.
Mahmoud misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whyte.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahmoud scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Benson Whyte has been cut.
Whyte catches Mahmoud with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mahmoud tries to clinch up.
Nice defenses there by Whyte.
Whyte swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mahmoud thuds a left hand into Whyte's body.
Mahmoud swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mahmoud throws a lazy uppercut
and Whyte counters with a good low kick that Mahmoud was not able to check.
Mahmoud lands a slapping body shot.
Whyte looks to land a right hand but Mahmoud moved out of range.
Whyte connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mahmoud fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Whyte, pushing him back against the cage.
Whyte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whyte throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Whyte lands a shoulder strike.
Mahmoud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mahmoud lands an elbow that stopped Whyte in his tracks for a moment.
Whyte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mahmoud's face.
Mahmoud using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whyte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mahmoud blocking some punches.
Mahmoud lands a knee to the body.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mahmoud avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Mahmoud back against the cage.
Whyte lands a knee to the body.
Mahmoud tries to land knees in the clinch but Whyte avoids the damage to the body.
Mahmoud lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahmoud working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whyte throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Mahmoud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mahmoud working Whyte over with knees to the body.
Whyte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mahmoud tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Mahmoud back against the cage.
Mahmoud lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mahmoud lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Whyte looking to throw knees to the head but Mahmoud is blocking nicely.

Whyte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahmoud's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mahmoud throws a hook to the side of Whyte's head but Whyte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mahmoud scores with a leg kick.
Whyte takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mahmoud uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whyte.
Mahmoud throws a hook to the side of Whyte's head but Whyte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whyte moves away from the strike by Mahmoud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sameh Mahmoud will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Mahmoud doesn't manage to clinch there - Whyte circles away.
Whyte jabs at Mahmoud's body.
Whyte misses with a looping left.
Whyte blocks a jab.
Whyte moves away from the strike by Mahmoud.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whyte misses with an uppercut.
Mahmoud checks a low kick from Whyte.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Mahmoud throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whyte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Whyte tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whyte takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mahmoud counters with a three punch combo that has Whyte backing up. Whyte nods at Mahmoud to acknowledge the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mahmoud. That's going to slow Whyte down.
Mahmoud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Whyte walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Whyte misses with a straight left.
Mahmoud closes the distance but Whyte moves to the side
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Whyte darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Whyte gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mahmoud throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Whyte counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick from Mahmoud misses.
Benson Whyte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte moves out of range of the body kick from Mahmoud.
Whyte is looking to counter with head kicks.
Mahmoud misses with a low kick.
Whyte was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mahmoud misses with a lunging right hand
and Whyte counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Mahmoud forces Whyte back against the cage and clinches.
Whyte lands a nice knee to the body.
Mahmoud takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mahmoud tries a knee to the head but Whyte blocks it.
Whyte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Whyte.
Whyte lands a left hand.
Whyte looking to throw knees to the head but Mahmoud is blocking nicely.
Whyte gets through Mahmoud's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mahmoud misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Whyte on the inside.
Whyte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Mahmoud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Sameh Mahmoud is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mahmoud tries a knee to the head but Whyte blocks it.
Whyte scores with a shot to the side of Mahmoud's head.
Whyte tries to work over Mahmoud's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whyte can't find room to land a body shot as Mahmoud controls the action.
Whyte lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Whyte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whyte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahmoud's elbow.
Mahmoud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mahmoud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short left from Mahmoud.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud lands a shoulder strike.
Mahmoud scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mahmoud scores with a shot to the side of Whyte's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahmoud working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Whyte working aggressively here.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.
Mahmoud misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mahmoud.
Whyte lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Mahmoud.
Good body shot from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mahmoud with a knee to the head.

Whyte is rocked!
Mahmoud lands an uppercut.
Oh Whyte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mahmoud lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Mahmoud.
A left hand lands to the body for Mahmoud.
Mahmoud lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mahmoud pushes Whyte against the cage. Mahmoud is working some dirty boxing. Mahmoud pushes off with a quick right hook! Whyte goes down! Whyte tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Mahmoud moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sameh Mahmoud!
Sameh Mahmoud decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.