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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yang Xinhai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xinhai comes into the arena with Loco blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying White's choice of entrance music: Roy Jones - Can't be touched. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
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170 cm
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145 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yang Xinhai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric White!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xinhai.
Xinhai lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
White avoids the head kick by Xinhai.
Xinhai connects with a leg kick. White looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Xinhai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
White ducks under a wild hook from Xinhai.
Xinhai throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xinhai lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
Xinhai lands a head kick. White smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Xinhai ducks under a wild hook from White.
Good work by White as he checks the leg kick.
Xinhai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
White rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Xinhai counters with a one-two to the body.
White is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Xinhai is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xinhai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Xinhai rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and White counters with a nice body shot.
White throws a predictable looking body shot
and Xinhai counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Xinhai fails to land.
Xinhai lands a body punch.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Xinhai.
White lands with a right to the head.
White tries to work over Xinhai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Xinhai misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Xinhai.
White lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Xinhai backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Xinhai.
Xinhai lands a body punch.
Xinhai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Xinhai scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White can't find room to land a body shot as Xinhai controls the action.
White takes a shot to the head.
White misses with a punch to the body.
Xinhai lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
White is still on wobbly legs! Can Xinhai finish him?
White struggles to land a body shot inside as Xinhai controls his hands.
White seems to have recovered his senses.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Xinhai's elbow.
Xinhai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Xinhai scores with a shoulder strike.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Xinhai's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xinhai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Xinhai scores with a nice hook to the head.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White misses with a body punch.
Xinhai tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
Xinhai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Xinhai misses with the head strike.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xinhai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Xinhai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
White manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
White tries to throw a body punch but Xinhai avoids it by throwing White back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a hook from the clinch.
Xinhai manages to break the clinch.
Xinhai scores with a body shot.
White is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White moves out of range of the body kick from Xinhai.
White throws the left hand but Xinhai avoids the punch easily.
White is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Xinhai rather than just go for the knockout.
White misses with a looping left.
White takes a swing at Xinhai's ribcage but misses.
White scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xinhai throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. White was covering up waiting for the punch and Xinhai finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Xinhai is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yang Xinhai 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.
Crunch! Xinhai slams his shin into White's torso.
Xinhai lands a jab to the head.
White throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Yang Xinhai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Xinhai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
White leaves Xinhai with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Xinhai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xinhai tries a head kick but it misses.
Xinhai throws a body punch but White moves out of range.
Xinhai wants to land a leg kick but White is out of range.
Xinhai slips a jab from White.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses the shot to the body.
Xinhai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Xinhai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice takedown defense from White. No joy for Xinhai on that attempt.
White avoids a kick to the body.
Xinhai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Xinhai scores with a decent looking hook.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Xinhai.
Xinhai wants to land a leg kick but White is out of range.
Xinhai tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! White crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Xinhai - the referee stops the clock and White gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Xinhai. White manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A good leg kick by Xinhai.
Xinhai takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xinhai ducks right into an uppercut from White.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xinhai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Xinhai sizes up White with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
White is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Xinhai.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Xinhai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xinhai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xinhai manages to avoid it.
Xinhai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Xinhai displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
White throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Xinhai sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Xinhai takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
Xinhai slips a jab from White.
Xinhai staying out of range there.
Xinhai will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yang Xinhai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Xinhai ducks under a wild hook from White.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White moves out of range as Xinhai throws a body kick.
Xinhai avoids the body shot from White.
White goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
White looks to land a combination. Xinhai sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Yang Xinhai is winning the standup battle so far.
White takes a swing at Xinhai's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! White crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Xinhai - the referee stops the clock and White gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Xinhai. White manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White misses with a wild body shot.
Xinhai throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. White was covering up waiting for the punch and Xinhai finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White is trying to control the position but Xinhai postures up.
Xinhai is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yang Xinhai dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Xinhai wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xinhai.
Xinhai throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
White misses with a few strikes there.
White throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xinhai shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. White manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Xinhai avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Xinhai passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xinhai wants to control but White is keeping him busy.
White tries to improve position but can't.
Xinhai controls the position from side control.
Xinhai wants to control but White is keeping him busy.
White wants to control but Xinhai postures up.
Xinhai misses with the ground and pound.
Xinhai working away.
Xinhai throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
White dodges the ground and pound from Xinhai.
Xinhai advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White tries to reverse the position but Xinhai maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White wants to control but Xinhai is having none of it.
Xinhai content just to control the position here.
Xinhai sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White blocking the ground and pound.
Xinhai looking to ground and pound but White is blocking nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xinhai prevents White from getting the reversal.
Xinhai controlling from the full mount.
Xinhai throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Xinhai controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White can't escape the position.
Xinhai throws some wild stikes that White manages to avoid easily.
Xinhai thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Xinhai throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Xinhai looking to control and managing it successfully.
Eric White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xinhai trying to control but White is having none of it.
Xinhai unloads with some shots from mount but White bucks and avoids them well.
Xinhai controlling from the full mount.
White wants to hold on but Xinhai pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xinhai wants to control the pace but White is squirming around nicely.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yang Xinhai overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Xinhai trying to control but White is having none of it.
White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Xinhai controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Xinhai throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for White because Xinhai loaded up on that one.
Xinhai misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yang Xinhai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Xinhai 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yang Xinhai!
A victorious Yang Xinhai thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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