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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dee Gong (ranked 23278 p4p, 6234 weight class) and Mondo Paukuolo (ranked 763 p4p, 675 weight class). Dee Gong has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Excellent MT
Insanely flexible
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Decent boxing
Inexperienced
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dee Gong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mondo Paukuolo!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gong closes the distance and pushes Paukuolo back into the ropes.
Gong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gong lands a knee to the body.
Paukuolo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gong closes the distance and clinches.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gong has managed to clinch.
Gong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paukuolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gong lands a knee to the body.
Paukuolo swings wildly with an uppercut but Gong uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Gong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paukuolo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Gong.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paukuolo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gong was well out of range. Poor timing from Paukuolo.
Gong gets a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gong obliges.
Gong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gong lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paukuolo.
Gong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paukuolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paukuolo manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gong clinches with his opponent.
Gong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Paukuolo breaks from the clinch.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paukuolo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gong closes the distance and clinches.
Paukuolo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paukuolo trying to land knees to the body.
Gong lands a nice knee to the body.
Gong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paukuolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gong fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Paukuolo, pushing him back against the ropes.
Paukuolo breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paukuolo swats away the attempt to clinch by Gong.
Paukuolo throws out a counter right but Gong avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dee Gong dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Paukuolo keeps the fight on the outside.
Paukuolo throws a counter combo.
Gong tries to clinch but Paukuolo moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paukuolo can do to turn this around?
Paukuolo keeps the fight on the outside.
Gong clinches up with Paukuolo and pushes him back against the ropes.
Our sources have told us that Gong has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Paukuolo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paukuolo tries to keep at a distance but Gong has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paukuolo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gong darts in trying to clinch
and Paukuolo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gong thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gong tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Paukuolo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Paukuolo throws a counter combo.
Gong closes the distance and clinches.
Paukuolo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gong lands a good knee to the midsection. Paukuolo won't want to take too many of those.
Gong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Paukuolo misses with a punch on the inside.
Paukuolo manages to break the clinch.
Gong closes the distance and clinches.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch.
Dee Gong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paukuolo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gong pushes Paukuolo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Paukuolo breaks from the clinch.
Gong tries to clinch there but Paukuolo circles away.
Paukuolo throws out a counter right but Gong avoids it with no problem.
Gong rushes Paukuolo and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paukuolo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mondo Paukuolo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gong closes the distance and pushes Paukuolo back into the ropes.
Paukuolo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gong tries to clinch but Paukuolo moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Paukuolo! But no joy.
Gong doesn't manage to clinch there - Paukuolo circles away.
Gong wants to clinch.
Gong fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Paukuolo, pushing him back against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dee Gong dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Gong slips a straight right by Paukuolo.
Paukuolo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paukuolo swinging wildly here.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paukuolo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gong pushes Paukuolo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Paukuolo breaks from the clinch.
Gong is looking to clinch but Paukuolo is avoiding it.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paukuolo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gong tries to clinch there but Paukuolo circles away.
A little jabbing left from Paukuolo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gong has closed the distance and engaged Paukuolo in a clinch.
Gong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paukuolo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gong drives through and clinches with Paukuolo against the ropes.
Paukuolo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gong clinches up with Paukuolo and pushes him back against the ropes.
Paukuolo breaks from the clinch.
Gong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paukuolo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gong tries to clinch up.
Gong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch.
Gong clinches up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paukuolo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paukuolo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paukuolo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Paukuolo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paukuolo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gong tries to clinch there but Paukuolo circles away.
Paukuolo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gong tries to clinch but Paukuolo moves out of range.
Gong closes the distance and pushes Paukuolo back into the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Paukuolo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paukuolo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Paukuolo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gong is looking to clinch but Paukuolo is avoiding it.
Gong tries to clinch but Paukuolo moves out of range.
Gong tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Paukuolo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mondo Paukuolo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paukuolo keeps the fight on the outside.
Paukuolo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mondo Paukuolo.
I think Gong has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dee Gong!
A very excited looking Dee Gong rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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