PBP Commentary

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.