PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Whitehorse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sambulo Yeboah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whitehorse comes to the ring accompanied by The Builders and The Butchers - Black Dresses. Yeboah is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lionel Richie - All Night Long. Sambulo Yeboah will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Whitehorse
vs
Yeboah

161 cm
23
140 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

172 cm
22
146 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Voodoo Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacob Whitehorse!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sambulo Yeboah!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yeboah throws a jab when Whitehorse was well out of range.
Whitehorse tries to clinch but Yeboah moves out of range.
Yeboah swings widly with a right hand

and Whitehorse counters with a takedown into side control.
Whitehorse landing strikes.
Yeboah is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Whitehorse is controlling him well.
Whitehorse cracks Yeboah with a big right hand but Yeboah just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
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.
Whitehorse cracks Yeboah with a big right hand but Yeboah just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yeboah is looking to reverse the position.
Yeboah is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Yeboah is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yeboah keeps trying to improve his position.
Whitehorse trying to control the action but Yeboah is working from the bottom.
Yeboah takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehorse trying to control the action but Yeboah is working from the bottom.
Yeboah on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yeboah tries to bench press Whitehorse off him but Whitehorse keeps the position.
Whitehorse wants to control but Yeboah is keeping him busy.
Whitehorse cracks Yeboah with a big right hand but Yeboah just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Check out the look on Whitehorse's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Whitehorse controlling from side mount.
Yeboah tries to improve position but can't.
Yeboah is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Whitehorse asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Yeboah is looking for a sweep.
Whitehorse prevents Yeboah from escaping the position.
Yeboah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Whitehorse lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitehorse trying to control the action but Yeboah is working from the bottom.
Yeboah takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Yeboah is looking to reverse the position.
Yeboah takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Whitehorse scores with a couple of short elbows.
Whitehorse cracks Yeboah with a big elbow.
Whitehorse controlling from side mount.
Yeboah is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Whitehorse off and has taken his back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yeboah is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Our spies down at at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym inform us that Yeboah has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Whitehorse showing good submission defense here.

Yeboah is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah is not going to allow Whitehorse to sit and survive in this position.
Whitehorse controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.

Yeboah looking for the RNC.

Whitehorse is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Yeboah gets his way!

Yeboah looking for the choke from the back.
Whitehorse is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Whitehorse is having to fend off submission attempts from Yeboah, who is looking to sink in the choke. Yeboah doesn't have the hooks in though and Whitehorse manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.

Yeboah had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Whitehorse defends it easily.
Whitehorse postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Whitehorse lands a couple of elbows.
Whitehorse lands a couple of digs.
Whitehorse working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yeboah's head.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Whitehorse might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Yeboah is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Whitehorse is aware though and is defending well.

Yeboah escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Whitehorse gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Whitehorse sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yeboah's guard.
Whitehorse winds up and cracks Yeboah with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Whitehorse dominated that 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.

Yeboah misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, jab by Yeboah - just one landing.

Whitehorse shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Yeboah napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Whitehorse grinds an elbow into Yeboah's temple.
Yeboah is letting Whitehorse control him for a moment.
Yeboah tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Whitehorse wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Whitehorse is working Yeboah over with some ground and pound from side control.
Whitehorse is chipping away with strikes.
Whitehorse lands a decent elbow from side control.
Yeboah is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Whitehorse has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Yeboah gets back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitehorse controlling the pace.

Yeboah looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Yeboah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeboah is looking to improve his position.
Whitehorse looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back.
Whitehorse slips a nice elbow through Yeboah's hands, connecting with Yeboah's forehead.
Whitehorse is nestled in close to Yeboah, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Still in half guard, Whitehorse seems content to control.
Whitehorse wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yeboah keeps working.

Yeboah looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Yeboah looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Whitehorse pushes past his half guard into mount!
Whitehorse punishing his opponent with strikes.
Whitehorse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yeboah can do to turn this around?
Yeboah is trying to escape the mount.
Whitehorse looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitehorse wants to control the pace but Yeboah is squirming around nicely.
Yeboah really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Whitehorse working Yeboah over with strikes here.
Whitehorse is landing with some decent strikes but Yeboah is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Whitehorse working Yeboah over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whitehorse has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yeboah's face.
Yeboah can't escape the position.
Whitehorse can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yeboah is looking to escape.
Whitehorse raining down hammerfists from mount.
Whitehorse sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Whitehorse looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Whitehorse controlling the position easily from mount.
Yeboah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Whitehorse dominating with strikes here.
Whitehorse can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yeboah is looking to escape.
Yeboah trying desperately to get to his feet.
Yeboah is in a horrible position here. Whitehorse smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Whitehorse prevents Yeboah from getting the reversal.
Whitehorse connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehorse can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yeboah is looking to escape.
Yeboah regains half guard.
Still in half guard, Whitehorse seems content to control.
Yeboah wants to improve his position but Whitehorse is controlling well.
Whitehorse trying to mount his opponent but Yeboah defends it.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back.
Whitehorse trying to control the pace.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back.
Whitehorse is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Whitehorse dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Whitehorse listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Whitehorse drives through with a takedown into Yeboah's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Whitehorse postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Whitehorse content to stall in guard here.
Whitehorse trying to control but Yeboah is working from the bottom.

Yeboah is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Yeboah is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitehorse scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Whitehorse is working Yeboah over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Whitehorse trying to control but Yeboah is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehorse lands a couple of elbows.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Yeboah looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Whitehorse wants to control from the top but Yeboah keeps moving.
Whitehorse scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Whitehorse trying to control but Yeboah is working from the bottom.
Whitehorse works over Yeboah with some ground and pound from guard.
Whitehorse slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Yeboah is pushing Whitehorse's head away, looking to escape. Whitehorse manages to hold on to the position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitehorse scores with punches from side control.
Yeboah is looking to reverse the position.
Jacob Whitehorse overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yeboah is being controlled here.
Yeboah tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Whitehorse wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Whitehorse landing a few strikes.
Yeboah regains half guard.
Whitehorse lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Whitehorse is keen to just control but Yeboah is a slippery customer.
Whitehorse working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Whitehorse is trying to control. Yeboah wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Whitehorse tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yeboah knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Whitehorse wants to take a breather but Yeboah is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah has hold of Whitehorse's hands but Whitehorse slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Yeboah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Whitehorse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Yeboah is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Whitehorse pulls his head out easily.

Yeboah is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Whitehorse pulls his head out easily.
Yeboah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whitehorse moves into full mount! Yeboah won't be happy about that!
Yeboah can't escape the position.
Yeboah is squirming around, avoiding Whitehorse's attempts to control the action.
Whitehorse scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Yeboah slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Whitehorse working the head and body with strikes.

Yeboah is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Whitehorse pulls his head out easily.
Whitehorse sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehorse seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yeboah does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back.

Yeboah looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Whitehorse lands with a punch from half guard.
Whitehorse scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Whitehorse wants to take a breather but Yeboah is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Whitehorse clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Whitehorse throws a chopping leg kick but Yeboah manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Despite the aggression on Yeboah's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Whitehorse throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yeboah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whitehorse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yeboah lands an overhand right.
Whitehorse throws a low kick, looking for Yeboah's leg but Yeboah calmly moves out of range.
Whitehorse slips under a jab from Yeboah.
Yeboah misses with a wild combination.
Whitehorse cracks the inside of Yeboah's front leg.
Yeboah scores with a crisp jab that stopped Whitehorse in his tracks.
Yeboah misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whitehorse takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitehorse throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yeboah on the side of the head.
That kick from Whitehorse tenderised Yeboah's leg. Yeboah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yeboah blocks a jab.
Yeboah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whitehorse half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sambulo Yeboah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whitehorse ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yeboah misses with a hook

and Whitehorse counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehorse digs a right hand into Yeboah's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yeboah's gas tank.
Whitehorse is leaning against Yeboah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Whitehorse breaks from the clinch.
Sambulo Yeboah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Yeboah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yeboah throws a series of punches but Whitehorse avoids them all with ease.
Yeboah is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Yeboah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yeboah steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Whitehorse. That one must have hurt.
Whitehorse lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yeboah's sensitive parts.
Whitehorse feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yeboah's calf.
Yeboah throws a shot from downtown. Whitehorse moves away and avoids it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Whitehorse.
Yeboah swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sambulo Yeboah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yeboah throws a nice looking combination but Whitehorse bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Whitehorse tries to counter by clinching up but Yeboah breaks away and moves out of range.
Yeboah ducks right into an uppercut from Whitehorse.
Yeboah takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Whitehorse gets a clinch.
Yeboah tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Whitehorse.
Whitehorse goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Whitehorse jumps into guard, dragging Yeboah to the mat.
Yeboah wants to stand but Whitehorse has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Whitehorse controlling the position.
Yeboah pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whitehorse is keeping the position for now.
Yeboah has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Whitehorse is proving hard to escape from.
Whitehorse seems keen to control Yeboah's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yeboah postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Whitehorse is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Yeboah, into his guard.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Yeboah working for submissions but it's allowed Whitehorse to get to half guard.
Yeboah moves into full guard.
Whitehorse chips away with some ground and pound.
Whitehorse scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehorse wants to control from the top but Yeboah keeps moving.
Whitehorse works over Yeboah with some ground and pound from guard.
Yeboah keeping moving, preventing Whitehorse from controlling successfully.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Whitehorse trying to control the position from guard on top but Yeboah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Yeboah working for a triangle but Whitehorse defends it easily.
Yeboah being controlled here, momentarily.
Whitehorse trying to control the position from guard on top but Yeboah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Whitehorse had his way with Sambulo Yeboah in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Yeboah fails to land with a series of punches.
Yeboah looks to throw the jab but Whitehorse is out of range.
Yeboah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yeboah waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whitehorse.
Whitehorse connects with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Yeboah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A head kick misses from Whitehorse.
Yeboah misses with a double jab.
Yeboah lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Yeboah blocks the body kick.
Whitehorse fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yeboah looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whitehorse ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yeboah throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Yeboah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yeboah misses with a double jab.
Yeboah misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Whitehorse to counter with a crisp jab.
Yeboah is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Yeboah throws a right hand that Whitehorse ducks under and follows up with a left that Whitehorse also avoids with ease.

Whitehorse throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Yeboah tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Whitehorse is in Yeboah's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehorse controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Yeboah working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Whitehorse has passed into half guard!
Whitehorse slips a nice elbow through Yeboah's hands, connecting with Yeboah's forehead.

Yeboah looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Yeboah is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Whitehorse pulls his head out easily.
Whitehorse is nestled in close to Yeboah, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Whitehorse is trying to control. Yeboah wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Yeboah won't allow Whitehorse to pass to mount.
Ground and pound from Whitehorse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitehorse winds up and cracks Yeboah with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Yeboah actively working from the bottom here.
Whitehorse slips a nice elbow through Yeboah's hands, connecting with Yeboah's forehead.
Yeboah tries to get to full guard but Whitehorse has control of the leg.
Whitehorse winds up and cracks Yeboah with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Yeboah is refusing to be controlled, as Whitehorse sits in half guard.

Yeboah actively working from the bottom here.
Yeboah is refusing to be controlled, as Whitehorse sits in half guard.

Yeboah looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ground and pound from Whitehorse.
Yeboah is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yeboah is staying active underneath Whitehorse, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Yeboah looking for submissions off his back.
Whitehorse is trying to control. Yeboah wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Whitehorse stops Yeboah from getting back to his feet.
Yeboah is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Whitehorse trying to control the action but Yeboah is working from the bottom.

Yeboah looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Whitehorse is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jacob Whitehorse is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Yeboah tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Whitehorse has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Yeboah is looking to improve his position but Whitehorse isn't that keen on the idea.
Whitehorse controlling the pace for now.
Yeboah tries to reverse the position but Whitehorse maintains control.
Yeboah is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Whitehorse looking to finish Yeboah with some ground and pound. This is bad for Yeboah!
Whitehorse tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Whitehorse dominating with strikes here.
Sambulo Yeboah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whitehorse punishing his opponent with strikes.
Yeboah throwing hammer fists to the chest of Whitehorse. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Whitehorse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Whitehorse, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Jacob Whitehorse!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Jacob Whitehorse!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Jacob Whitehorse!

Jacob Whitehorse wins by unanimous decision!
Jacob Whitehorse retains his bantamweight title!
A very excited looking Jacob Whitehorse made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.