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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Soloman van der Vaart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonichie Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think van der Vaart might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nah Mean. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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178 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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175 cm
27
172 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Soloman van der Vaart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tonichie Hong!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hong misses with a double jab.
van der Vaart avoids the head kick by Hong.
Tonichie Hong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Hong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
van der Vaart bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hong's head backwards.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.
van der Vaart misses with a straight right.
Hong throws a head kick but van der Vaart moves out of range.
Hong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hong throws a sloppy body shot
enabling van der Vaart to counter with a crisp jab.
Hong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hong misses with a hook. van der Vaart ducked under it nicely.
van der Vaart looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Hong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from van der Vaart finds it's way round the side to connect with Hong's head.
A telegraphed right hand from van der Vaart misses the target.
van der Vaart fails to land with a series of punches.
Hong throws a right hand that misses
and van der Vaart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Tonichie Hong has been cut.
Hong misses with a combination
and van der Vaart counters with a stiff right hand.
van der Vaart is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Vaart bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hong defending well as van der Vaart loads up on a big left hand.
Hong takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
van der Vaart bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hong scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hong takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hong throws a head kick that misses
and van der Vaart counters with a stiff right hand.
van der Vaart with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
van der Vaart closes the distance and clinches.
van der Vaart throws a head punch that misses.
van der Vaart working aggressively here.
Hong tries to circle away but van der Vaart has him pinned against the cage.
Hong pushes van der Vaart back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
van der Vaart leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong breaks the clinch.
Hong tries to close the distance and clinch up but van der Vaart swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hong closes the distance but van der Vaart moves to the side
and van der Vaart counters with a nice uppercut.
Hong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van der Vaart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheers as van der Vaart lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hong doesn't seem phased though.
van der Vaart misses with a hook.
Hong moves out of range as van der Vaart strikes.
van der Vaart is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hong misses with a combination
and van der Vaart counters with a nice uppercut.
van der Vaart thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from van der Vaart misses.
Hong closes the distance looking to clinch
and van der Vaart counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a combination
and Hong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
van der Vaart lands with a nice combination. Hong backs away looking to recover.
van der Vaart scores with a punch to the head.
Hong misses with a combination
and van der Vaart connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hong looks gassed!
van der Vaart jabs at Hong's body.
van der Vaart is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
van der Vaart lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses the jab.
van der Vaart lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hong swings widly with a right hand
letting van der Vaart counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a combination
and van der Vaart connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van der Vaart counters with a nice body shot.
van der Vaart jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
van der Vaart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hong.
Hong misses with a right hand
letting van der Vaart counter with a right hand.
That has opened up Tonichie Hong's cut even more.
van der Vaart bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hong's head backwards.
van der Vaart wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Vaart lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
van der Vaart scores with a jab to the head.
Hong needs to keep his hands up - van der Vaart had a free shot at his head there.
van der Vaart lands a big right hand that sends Hong crashing to the mat! van der Vaart stays standing though and waves Hong back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soloman van der Vaart dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tonichie Hong's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
van der Vaart throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tonichie Hong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hong takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hong is rocked!
A combination from van der Vaart does no damage.
Hong closes the distance but van der Vaart moves to the side
and van der Vaart counters with a nice uppercut.
van der Vaart misses with a combination
and Hong moves into the clinch.
van der Vaart lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for van der Vaart.
van der Vaart working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on van der Vaart - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
van der Vaart prevents Hong from breaking the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as van der Vaart takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hong breaks the clinch.
Hong has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hong pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces van der Vaart back to the cage. Hong follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Soloman van der Vaart has been cut.
Hong misses with a hook
and van der Vaart counters with a nice body shot.
Hong is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of van der Vaart's head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hong in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van der Vaart counters with a stiff right hand.
van der Vaart getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
van der Vaart lands the left hand.
Hong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hong throws a combination that misses
and van der Vaart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hong takes one on the button.
van der Vaart gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
van der Vaart trying to stall but Hong improves his position.
The referee is keeping an eye on van der Vaart - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
van der Vaart lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from van der Vaart.
Hong breaks from the clinch.
Hong ducks under a wild hook from van der Vaart.
Hong tries a head kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from van der Vaart. Those never looked like landing.
van der Vaart is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hong.
van der Vaart sizes up Hong with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hong darts in trying to clinch
and van der Vaart counters with a right hand to the body.
van der Vaart lands a jab-cross combination.
The cut above Tonichie Hong's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hong slips a jab from van der Vaart.
Hong misses with a lunging right hand
and van der Vaart counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hong has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
van der Vaart lands a lovely overhand right.
van der Vaart scores with a decent looking hook.
Hong swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting van der Vaart counter with a right hand.
van der Vaart lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
van der Vaart scores with a decent looking hook.
Hong is still on wobbly legs! Can van der Vaart finish him?
Tonichie Hong's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by van der Vaart.
A combination from van der Vaart does no damage.
van der Vaart misses with a looping right.
Hong seems to have recovered his senses.
A shot to the liver by van der Vaart. Beautiful body shot.
van der Vaart connects with a nice looking jab.
Hong closes the distance but van der Vaart moves to the side
and van der Vaart counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by van der Vaart.
Hong misses with an uppercut
and van der Vaart counters with a nice uppercut.
Hong tries to clinch but van der Vaart moves away
letting van der Vaart counter with a right hand.
Hong is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nice shot by van der Vaart.
Nice shot by van der Vaart.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tonichie Hong's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Soloman van der Vaart!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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