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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yonah Yongsaklai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Whitehope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yonah Yongsaklai has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yonah Yongsaklai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Whitehope!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yongsaklai slips under a jab.
Whitehope drives through and clinches with Yongsaklai against the cage.
Whitehope blocks an elbow strike.
Yongsaklai is stalling here.
Whitehope doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whitehope is working Yongsaklai over against the cage.
Whitehope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yongsaklai misses with a head kick.
Yongsaklai gets a clinch.
Yongsaklai throws an elbow that misses.
Whitehope softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Whitehope manages to break the clinch.
Whitehope misses with a wild body shot.
Yongsaklai slips a jab from Whitehope.
Yongsaklai tries to keep at a distance but Whitehope has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitehope wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Whitehope lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yongsaklai backwards.
Whitehope is trying to break the clinch but Yongsaklai is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope breaks from the clinch.
Yongsaklai cracks the inside of Whitehope's front leg.
Yongsaklai moves into the clinch successfully.
Yongsaklai misses with a knee strike.
Whitehope is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yongsaklai lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Whitehope's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yongsaklai has Whitehope pressed against the cage, preventing Whitehope from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yongsaklai throws an elbow but misses.
Whitehope lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yongsaklai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Whitehope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Whitehope tries to circle away but Yongsaklai has him pinned against the cage.
Whitehope is trying to break the clinch but Yongsaklai has him pressed against the cage.
Yongsaklai trying to stall but Whitehope improves his position.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Whitehope misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yongsaklai takes the fight into the clinch.
Whitehope manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Yongsaklai as he connects with a hook.
Whitehope connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yongsaklai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yongsaklai steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whitehope.
Yongsaklai will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yongsaklai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mark Whitehope seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whitehope closes the distance and clinches.
Whitehope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yongsaklai lands an elbow just above Whitehope 's eye.
Yongsaklai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Whitehope is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yongsaklai landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Yongsaklai is having none of it.
Yongsaklai gets tackled into the cage by Whitehope. Whitehope maintains the clinch.
Whitehope has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yongsaklai trying to land knees to the body.
Yongsaklai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whitehope.
Yongsaklai pushes off an throws an elbow but Whitehope leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yongsaklai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Whitehope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whitehope creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Whitehope tries to break free but Yongsaklai pushes him back against the cage.
Yongsaklai has Whitehope pressed against the cage, preventing Whitehope from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Whitehope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Whitehope avoids a wild elbow strike from Yongsaklai.
Yongsaklai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yongsaklai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whitehope.
Yongsaklai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yongsaklai has Whitehope pressed against the cage, preventing Whitehope from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope manages to break the clinch.
Whitehope tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yongsaklai was well out of range. Poor timing from Whitehope.
Yongsaklai clinches up against the cage.
Whitehope wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Whitehope is trying to force a seperation but Yongsaklai has the dominant position.
Yongsaklai stalls.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whitehope scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Whitehope can't break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Whitehope.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yongsaklai is breathing heavily.
Yongsaklai misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whitehope effectively controlling the action here.
Whitehope on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Whitehope lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Whitehope dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Yongsaklai moves out of range.
Whitehope is looking to clinch but Yongsaklai is avoiding it.
Yongsaklai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whitehope works Yongsaklai's body with a nice hook.
Whitehope moves into range and clinches up with Yongsaklai.
Whitehope stalling.
Whitehope tries to break free but Yongsaklai pushes him back against the cage.
Yongsaklai is trying to maintain a safe position but Whitehope gets an underhook and turns Yongsaklai into the cage.
Whitehope lands a hook that snaps the head of Yongsaklai backwards.
Yongsaklai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Whitehope breaks the clinch.
Yongsaklai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Whitehope fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yongsaklai, pushing him back against the cage.
Whitehope blocks an elbow strike.
Whitehope has had enough of the clinch but Yongsaklai keeps him there for the moment.
Whitehope has had enough of the clinch but Yongsaklai keeps him there for the moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yongsaklai moves into the clinch successfully.
Yongsaklai keeps control of Whitehope as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Whitehope wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Whitehope is trying to break free.
Whitehope tries to circle away but Yongsaklai has him pinned against the cage.
Whitehope breaks from the clinch.
Whitehope fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yongsaklai manages to avoid it.
Whitehope darts in and clinches Yongsaklai up against the cage.
Whitehope lands a right hand.
Whitehope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yongsaklai has taken the fight to the clinch.
Whitehope takes an elbow to the forehead.
Whitehope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yongsaklai takes one to the chin there.
Yongsaklai ducks under a wild hook from Whitehope.
Whitehope doesn't manage to clinch there - Yongsaklai circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yongsaklai swats away the attempt to clinch by Whitehope.
Whitehope scores with a body shot.
Whitehope tries to clinch but Yongsaklai is having none of it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Whitehope tries to circle away but Yongsaklai has him pinned against the cage.
Whitehope tries to throw a body punch but Yongsaklai avoids it by throwing Whitehope back against the cage.
Whitehope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yongsaklai is defending well for now.
Whitehope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yongsaklai gets a clinch.
Whitehope is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Whitehope avoids the elbow strike from Yongsaklai, against the cage.
Yongsaklai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whitehope.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope is struggling to control the position.
Yongsaklai is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Whitehope wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Whitehope avoiding damage as Yongsaklai throws knees to the body.
Yongsaklai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Whitehope is trying to push Yongsaklai away but Yongsaklai has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Yongsaklai throws an elbow but it misses.
Whitehope blocks the elbow strike.
Whitehope tries to break free but Yongsaklai pushes him back against the cage.
Whitehope misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitehope avoiding damage as Yongsaklai throws knees to the body.
Yongsaklai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Whitehope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitehope swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yongsaklai.
Yongsaklai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yongsaklai throws a head kick but Whitehope moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whitehope clobbers Yongsaklai with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whitehope throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Whitehope throws a right hand that Yongsaklai ducks under and follows up with a left that Yongsaklai also avoids with ease.
Yongsaklai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Whitehope lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yongsaklai walks into a straight right hand from Whitehope.
Whitehope scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Whitehope looks to land a right hand but Yongsaklai moved out of range.
Whitehope cracks Yongsaklai with a right hand to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yongsaklai clinches up against the cage.
Whitehope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Whitehope tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yongsaklai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Whitehope throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Whitehope showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Yongsaklai's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Whitehope moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mark Whitehope seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whitehope moves in looking to clinch but Yongsaklai pushes him off.
Whitehope connects with a crisp jab.
Yongsaklai is rocked!
Whitehope misses with an uppercut. Yongsaklai saw that one coming.
Oh Yongsaklai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whitehope throws an overhand right that drops Yongsaklai like a sack of potatoes! Whitehope dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Whitehope!
Mark Whitehope is the new welterweight champion!
After the fight, Mark Whitehope was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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