Bushido 2: Road to Gold R1 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam McCullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zlatan Schevchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

McCullen
vs
Schevchenko

195 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Notorious Clothing Co.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sam McCullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zlatan Schevchenko!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCullen throws out a loose jab but Schevchenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schevchenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCullen.
McCullen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Schevchenko.
Schevchenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCullen.
A little jabbing left from Schevchenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Schevchenko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Schevchenko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCullen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Schevchenko smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
McCullen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
McCullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schevchenko manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCullen takes a swing at Schevchenko's ribcage but misses.
A jab from McCullen misses.
Schevchenko throws a counter combo.
McCullen misses with a body punch
letting Schevchenko counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCullen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Schevchenko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sam McCullen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McCullen moves forwards but Schevchenko connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McCullen takes a swing at Schevchenko's ribcage but misses.
McCullen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Zlatan Schevchenko has been cut.

Oooooh!!! McCullen has knocked Schevchenko down with a huge combo! McCullen steps away and waves a wobbly Schevchenko back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Schevchenko is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCullen lands an uppercut, right on the button! Schevchenko tumbles backwards into the ropes, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sam McCullen!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
67%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Isamu Yamada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elijah Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamada comes to the ring accompanied by Yoshida Brothers - Ibuki. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Yamada
vs
Judah

179 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Shinobi

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Isamu Yamada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elijah Judah!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Judah manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Yamada on his heels. He'll look to pass Yamada's guard now, I'm sure.
Judah trying to control the position from guard on top but Yamada is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yamada on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yamada tries to get out of the position.

Yamada looking for a guillotine here but Judah defends easily.
Yamada keeping moving, preventing Judah from controlling successfully.
Yamada working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamada bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Judah's guard.

Yamada throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Judah works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yamada controls the pace.
Yamada throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Judah works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Judah keeping moving, preventing Yamada from controlling successfully.
Yamada has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Yamada is really struggling to control Judah but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Yamada drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Yamada jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Yamada trying to control the position from guard on top but Judah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Judah has momentary wrist control but Yamada slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yamada trying to control the position from guard on top but Judah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yamada passes into half guard.

Yamada is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Judah sees it coming and defends easily.

Yamada seems to be working for a kimura but Judah defends the submission attempt.
Yamada controlling the pace.
Yamada has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Judah has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yamada is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Yamada throwing sloppy strikes.
Yamada is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Judah. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Will Yamada go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Judah tries to roll but Yamada sticks to his back.

Judah preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Yamada.

Yamada is looking for a rear naked choke here but Judah reverses the position brilliantly into Yamada's guard!
Yamada controls Judah momentarily but Judah frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamada is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Yamada seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Judah is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Isamu Yamada!
Our winner, Isamu Yamada, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
35%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jalaluddin Aziz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuzuri Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aziz comes to the ring accompanied by Dalshar Project - Afghan Rastaman. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Aziz
vs
Takahashi

177 cm
18
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Notorious Clothing Co.

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jalaluddin Aziz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kuzuri Takahashi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Takahashi lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Takahashi - that landed with a thud.

Aziz jumps guard and drags Takahashi to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Takahashi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Aziz looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Takahashi is defending well. Aziz quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Takahashi has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Aziz celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jalaluddin Aziz!
Jalaluddin Aziz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scorchio Whitehouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and En Xiahou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scorchio Whitehouse has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Whitehouse
vs
Xiahou

180 cm
24
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

KnockOut
Lion Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scorchio Whitehouse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, En Xiahou!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiahou tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Whitehouse manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Xiahou looking to score a takedown here. Whitehouse is defending well but Xiahou drives through and ends up in Whitehouse's guard.
Whitehouse is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Xiahou is controlling him.
Xiahou trying to control the position from guard on top but Whitehouse is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Xiahou prevents Whitehouse from getting back to his feet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Whitehouse is on top in guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xiahou is controlling Whitehouse's posture.
Xiahou keeping moving, preventing Whitehouse from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehouse makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Whitehouse trying to control the position from guard on top but Xiahou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Whitehouse passes into half guard.
Whitehouse has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Xiahou tries to get to full guard but Whitehouse has control of the leg.
Whitehouse is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's two 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.
Whitehouse uses his free foot to push down on Xiahou's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Xiahou.
Whitehouse sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Whitehouse trying to control but Xiahou is having none of it.

Whitehouse is working for a guillotine from mount but Xiahou frees his head quite easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Xiahou tries to lock up and control but Whitehouse gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Xiahou felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Xiahou really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Whitehouse. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehouse looking to control but Xiahou is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Whitehouse scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Xiahou?
Whitehouse controlling his opponent.
Xiahou really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Whitehouse throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Xiahou because Whitehouse loaded up on that one.
Xiahou in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Whitehouse fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Xiahou is looking to improve his position but Whitehouse isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehouse blocks Xiahou's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Xiahou is trying desperately to improve position.
Whitehouse wants to control the pace but Xiahou is squirming around nicely.
Whitehouse controlling from the full mount.
Whitehouse raining down shots from the mount!
Whitehouse lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Xiahou is squirming around, avoiding Whitehouse's attempts to control the action.
Whitehouse avoids the attempt from Xiahou to control.
Whitehouse trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scorchio Whitehouse dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Xiahou misses with an uppercut.
Xiahou throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Whitehouse throws a nice looking combination but Xiahou bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Xiahou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whitehouse circles away quickly and effectively.
Xiahou on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Xiahou lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Whitehouse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Xiahou can do to turn this around?

Xiahou darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Whitehouse is refusing to be controlled, as Xiahou sits in half guard.
Whitehouse manages to get to full guard.
Whitehouse wants to get back to his feet but Xiahou is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Xiahou must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiahou is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Xiahou wants to stand and escape but instead Whitehouse has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Whitehouse is pushing down on Xiahou's leg trying to pass to half guard. Xiahou is fighting to maintain full guard but Whitehouse has managed to sneak the leg through.
Whitehouse wants to take a breather but Xiahou is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiahou tries to roll over but Whitehouse keeps him under control.
Whitehouse is trying to control. Xiahou wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Xiahou trying to hold on to Whitehouse's head to control him but Whitehouse postures up.
Whitehouse controlling the action here.
Xiahou keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Xiahou wants to get back to his feet.
Whitehouse is keen to just control but Xiahou is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehouse has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Whitehouse working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Whitehouse controlling the position easily from mount.
Whitehouse avoids the attempt from Xiahou to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehouse throwing strikes here but Xiahou is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Whitehouse takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Xiahou is squirming around, avoiding Whitehouse's attempts to control the action.
Whitehouse takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Whitehouse seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Xiahou for as long as he can get away with.
Whitehouse lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whitehouse punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scorchio Whitehouse dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Whitehouse swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Whitehouse lands the left hand.
Whitehouse scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Whitehouse throws a leg kick but Xiahou sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Xiahou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whitehouse lands a jab.
Whitehouse scores with a hook to the body. Xiahou takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whitehouse lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Whitehouse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whitehouse throws the kick towards the body but Xiahou avoids it.

Xiahou fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Whitehouse to the ground. Xiahou is now in Whitehouse's guard.
Whitehouse pulls Xiahou in close to his closed guard and prevents Xiahou from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiahou wanted to stand there but Whitehouse had control of the position.
Whitehouse trying to control the position.
Whitehouse pulls Xiahou in close to prevent any damage.
Whitehouse working a defensive guard here.
Xiahou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Whitehouse wants to get back to his feet but Xiahou is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Whitehouse controlling the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Whitehouse has managed to clinch.
Xiahou manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Xiahou tightens his grip and picks Whitehouse up, before dumping him to the ground. Whitehouse manages to land in guard.

Whitehouse manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Whitehouse will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Whitehouse gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Xiahou to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Whitehouse not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Whitehouse manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Xiahou manages to get himself to full guard.

Whitehouse sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Xiahou's guard.
Xiahou regains full guard. Nicely done.
Xiahou takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whitehouse landing with the ground and pound.
Whitehouse wants to control from the top but Xiahou keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehouse passes into half guard.
Whitehouse is looking to take a break and control but Xiahou is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Whitehouse looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Whitehouse wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xiahou keeps working.

Whitehouse is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scorchio Whitehouse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whitehouse 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scorchio Whitehouse!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Scorchio Whitehouse made sure he mentioned Lion Fightwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.