PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Hodo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Let Ji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hodo comes to the cage accompanied by It's Ok.... Ji has chosen Anathema - Judgement as his entrance music. Let Ji has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hodo
vs
Ji

205 cm
22
130 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

174 cm
30
145 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

knocKOut Brand Fight Clothing
GMMA Supplements 160

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Hodo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Let Ji!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hodo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ji keeps Hodo at a distance using the push kick.
Hodo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ji is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hodo has closed the distance and engaged Ji in a clinch.
Hodo tries to land a knee to the head but Ji blocks with his arms.
Hodo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ji tries a knee to the head but Hodo blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Ji.
Ji throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hodo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ji lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hodo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ji doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ji tries to work over Hodo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ji trying to land knees to the body.
Ji gets through Hodo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hodo is rocked!
Hodo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ji misses with a knee to the head.
Oh Hodo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hodo lands a body punch.
Ji tries a knee to the head but Hodo blocks it.
Hodo seems to have got his legs back now.
Ji lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ji blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ji misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ji takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Hodo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hodo is trying to break free.
Ji fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hodo blocks an elbow strike.
Ji looking to throw knees to the head but Hodo is blocking nicely.

Hodo breaks the clinch.
Ji takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hodo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hodo duly obliges.
Ji walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Hodo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ji, pushing him back against the cage.
Ji with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ji misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ji swings wildly with an uppercut but Hodo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ji cracks Hodo with a nice body shot.
Ji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hodo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hodo prevents a body shot from Ji.
Hodo lands a knee to the body.
Ji looks gassed!
A short right from Hodo.

Hodo manages to break the clinch.
Hodo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ji.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hodo takes the fight into the clinch.
Hodo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hodo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ji.
Ji working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hodo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ji misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hodo blocks the elbow strike.
Hodo crunches a lovely knee into Ji's ribcage.

Hodo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hodo connects with a crisp jab.
Hodo scores with a body shot.
David Hodo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hodo gets a clinch.
Hodo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hodo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hodo is trying to maintain a safe position but Ji gets an underhook and turns Hodo into the cage.
Ji misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hodo blocking some punches.
Hodo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hodo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hodo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hodo.
Hodo avoiding damage as Ji throws knees to the body.

Hodo manages to break the clinch.
Hodo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hodo throws a sloppy head kick and Ji moves out of range easily.
Hodo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hodo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Hodo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ji backs up against the cage.
Jab by Hodo.
Hodo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Danga de danga de dang - Hodo scores with a four punch combination!
Ji throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hodo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hodo throws a nice looking combination but Ji bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hodo clinches up with Ji and pushes him back against the cage.
Hodo lands a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Hodo.
Hodo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hodo trying to land knees to the body.
Hodo tries to break free but Ji pushes him back against the cage.
Ji misses with a punch on the inside.
Hodo scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Hodo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hodo throws a head kick that misses.
Hodo throws a head kick that half lands.
Ji takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hodo blocks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hodo rushes Ji and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ji blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ji missing with knees to the body.
Hodo dodges an elbow strike from Ji.
Ji misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Hodo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hodo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hodo blocks an elbow strike from Ji.
Hodo tries to land a knee to the head but Ji blocks with his arms.
Ji is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hodo is defending well for now.
Ji throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hodo blocks it with crossed arms.
Ji looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ji throws a head punch that misses.
Ji lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Hodo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hodo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hodo throws a head kick but Ji moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ji.

Hodo moves into the clinch.
Ji tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Ji.
Ji avoids a wild elbow strike from Hodo.
Hodo misses with a punch on the inside.
Ji tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Hodo.
Hodo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hodo looking to throw knees to the head but Ji is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodo lands a knee to the head.
Ji tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ji creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hodo's defenses.

It looks like David Hodo has been cut.
Hodo can't break the clinch.
Hodo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jis head.
Hodo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hodo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ji is breathing heavily.
Hodo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ji lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hodo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ji's brow.
Ji looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hodo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ji lands a nice uppercut.
Hodo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hodo landing knees to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Hodo.
Hodo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ji blocks it with crossed arms.
Hodo misses with a knee strike.
Hodo looking to throw knees to the head but Ji is blocking nicely.
Ji struggles to land a body shot inside as Hodo controls his hands.
Hodo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ji 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.
Ji lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hodo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ji softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hodo avoids it.
Hodo blocks an elbow strike.
Hodo looking to throw knees to the head but Ji is blocking nicely.
Ji avoids the elbow strike from Hodo, against the cage.
Hodo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hodo blocks an uppercut.
Hodo throws a punch but it's blocked by Ji.
Ji landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A shot in the inside from Ji.
Hodo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ji using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hodo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hodo misses with the head strike.
Hodo lands a knee to the head.

Hodo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hodo checks a leg kick.
Ji misses with a leg kick
and Hodo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ji takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hodo lands a head kick. Ji smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ji takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hodo lunges at Ji with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ji's hand.
Hodo checks a leg kick nicely.
David Hodo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hodo lands with an uppercut that bounces Ji off the cage and back into rage.
Ji takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ji doesn't manage to clinch there - Hodo circles away.
Ji throws a push kick but Hodo slaps the foot to one side.

Hodo darts in and clinches Ji up against the cage.
Hodo takes a shot to the head.
Hodo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hodo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ji throws a head punch that misses.
Hodo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ji backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hodo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ji's brow.
Ji blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ji misses with a punch on the inside.
Ji throws an elbow but it misses.
Ji tries a knee to the head but Hodo blocks it.
Ji working aggressively here.
Ji fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Hodo manages to break the clinch.
Hodo throws a shot to the body.
Hodo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ji on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hodo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hodo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Hodo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hodo is working Ji over against the cage.
Ji avoiding damage as Hodo throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hodo.
Hodo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Hodo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Hodo's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Hodo has closed the distance and engaged Ji in a clinch.
Hodo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ji's face.
Ji working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ji misses with a knee to the head.
Hodo dodges an elbow strike from Ji.
David Hodo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hodo lands a shoulder strike.
Ji lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hodo backwards.
Ji digs a right hand underneath Hodo's ribcage. Hodo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hodo lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Hodo.
Hodo lands a right hand.
Ji's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hodo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hodo with a knee to the head.
Hodo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ji with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ji tries to throw a body punch but Hodo avoids it by throwing Ji back against the cage.
Ji takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hodo is pushing Ji up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hodo lands a right hand.
Ji managing to block the knees to the body from Hodo.
Hodo blocking some punches.
Ji swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hodo is looking to control Ji's arms but Ji gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hodo has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hodo lands a good knee to the midsection. Ji won't want to take too many of those.
Hodo is looking to break free of the clinch but Ji has double underhooks.
Hodo lands a body punch.
Hodo scores with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Hodo.
Hodo blocking some punches.
Hodo dodges an elbow strike from Ji.
Ji gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hodo landing knees to the body.
Hodo trying to stall but Ji improves his position.
Hodo landing knees to the head.
Ji tries to land a knee to the head but Hodo blocks with his arms.
Hodo with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hodo.
Hodo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hodo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ji scores with a knee to the head.
Hodo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ji has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ji has a couple of punches blocked by Hodo.
Knees to the body from Hodo.
A short right from Hodo on the inside.
Hodo avoiding damage.
Ji softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hodo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ji lands a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Hodo.
Ji takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ji works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ji misses with some punches.
Ji gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Hodo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A lazy body kick from Ji
and Hodo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ji is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ji takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Hodo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ji takes an elbow to the temple.
Hodo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ji throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hodo blocks it with crossed arms.
Hodo digs a right hand underneath Ji's ribcage. Ji let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hodo connects with a knee to the head.
Hodo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hodo is pushing Ji up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ji fails to land.
Ji unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Hodo.
Hodo with a knee to the head.
Hodo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ji is defending well for now.
Ji misses with the head strike.
Ji tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hodo's elbow.
Hodo lands with a right to the head.

Hodo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Hodo clinches up with Ji and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ji.
Ji looking to throw knees to the head but Hodo is blocking nicely.
Ji swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hodo blocks a body shot from Ji.
Ji tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hodo's elbow.
Ji has Hodo pressed against the cage, preventing Hodo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hodo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ji's face.
Hodo is trying to stall.
Ji doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hodo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jis head.
Hodo managing to block the knees to the body from Ji.
Hodo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Hodo breaks the clinch.

Hodo rushes Ji and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
David Hodo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Hodo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hodo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Let Ji has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice inside leg kick there by Hodo. That's going to slow Ji down.
Hodo scores with a three punch combo!
Hodo lands a jab to the nose.
A nice combination there by Hodo.
Ji has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ji tries to land a body kick
and Hodo counters with a two punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Hodo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hodo 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Hodo!