PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ejnar Thorsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kris Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hong has chosen Hong Entrance Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Thorsen
vs
Hong

180 cm
32
195 lbs
20 - 4 - 1

180 cm
25
186 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ejnar Thorsen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kris Hong!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorsen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hong takes a swing at Thorsen's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Thorsen does no damage.
Hong fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Thorsen on the side of the head.
Thorsen looks to land a left hand but Hong moved out of range nicely.
Thorsen tests Hong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thorsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hong.
Thorsen tries a head kick but it misses.
Hong has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Thorsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Thorsen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hong uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorsen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hong lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Thorsen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thorsen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Both fighters circling a little - Hong finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thorsen checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thorsen.
Thorsen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Ejnar Thorsen has been cut.
Hong throws an off balance right hand
letting Thorsen counter with a right hand.
Hong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thorsen.
Hong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Thorsen finds it's way through Hong's defenses.
Hong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thorsen.
Thorsen moves out of range of the body kick.
Thorsen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thorsen lands a nice looking body kick.

Hong forces Thorsen back against the cage and clinches.
Hong missing with knees to the body.
Hong throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Hong struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorsen controls his hands.
Hong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thorsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thorsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thorsen wants to get back to striking at distance but Hong won't allow it.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thorsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thorsen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Thorsen pushes Hong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Thorsen breaks from the clinch.
Thorsen throws a front kick that sends Hong stumbling back into the cage.
Hong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thorsen manages to avoid it.
Thorsen lands the left hand.
Thorsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Thorsen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thorsen slips under a jab from Hong.
Thorsen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thorsen throws a sloppy body shot

and Hong moves into the clinch.
Hong keeps control of Thorsen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hong prevents a body shot from Thorsen.
I was talking to Thorsen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thorsen lands a nice uppercut.
Thorsen misses with some punches.
Hong misses with the head strike.
Thorsen misses with a body punch.
Thorsen cracks Hong with a nice body shot.
Thorsen lands a body punch.
Thorsen tries a body shot but Hong blocks it.
Thorsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hong's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Thorsen fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thorsen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Thorsen breaks from the clinch.
Thorsen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hong moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hong.
A head kick misses from Thorsen.
Hong misses with an uppercut.
Thorsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hong misses with a left hand
and Thorsen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thorsen throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hong is looking to clinch but Thorsen is avoiding it.
Hong jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hong digs a good body shot into Thorsen's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ejnar Thorsen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ejnar Thorsen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hong throws a front kick aimed at Thorsen's knee but Thorsen avoids it well.
A good leg kick by Hong.

Thorsen gets tackled into the cage by Hong. Hong maintains the clinch.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorsen.

Thorsen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hong lands with a good body shot.
Thorsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thorsen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thorsen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hong tries to close the distance and clinch but Thorsen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hong throws a body shot but no joy.
Hong misses with a left hand
enabling Thorsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Hong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thorsen manages to avoid it.

Hong closes the distance and pushes Thorsen back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Thorsen's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Thorsen.
Hong scores with a shot to the side of Thorsen's head.
Thorsen blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Thorsen.
Thorsen is looking to break free of the clinch but Hong has double underhooks.
Thorsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hong's elbow.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Thorsen controls the action.
Thorsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thorsen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hong blocking some punches.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thorsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hong's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thorsen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thorsen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thorsen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hong darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thorsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hong is looking to clinch but Thorsen is avoiding it.
Hong takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thorsen lands the left hand.
Hong cracks the inside of Thorsen's front leg.
Hong throws a low kick but Thorsen moves out of range easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice body punch from Thorsen.
Thorsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Hong.
Thorsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hong throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a right hand
and Thorsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hong. Thorsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thorsen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hong.
Hong slips under a jab from Thorsen.
Hong keeps Thorsen at a distance using the push kick.
Hong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Hong misses
and Thorsen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hong really felt that one!
Nice straight punches there by Hong. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hong.
Hong throws a right hand that Thorsen ducks under and follows up with a left that Thorsen also avoids with ease.
Kris Hong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thorsen fails to land the takedown.
Thorsen lands a nice shot that snaps Hong's head back.
Thorsen missing with a left hand there. Hong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Thorsen!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thorsen scores with a push kick.
Thorsen moves out of range as Hong strikes.
Thorsen throws a low kick, looking for Hong's leg but Hong calmly moves out of range.
Hong misses with an uppercut
and Thorsen counters with an inside leg kick.
Hong lands a front kick.
Hong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thorsen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hong on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hong looks to land a left hand but Thorsen moved out of range nicely.
Hong doesn't manage to clinch there - Thorsen circles away.
Hong throws a hook but Thorsen avoids it easily.
Thorsen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kris Hong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ejnar Thorsen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thorsen misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Hong misses its intended target.
Thorsen takes a swing at Hong's ribcage but misses.
A head kick by Hong misses
and Thorsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hong misses with a lunging right hand
and Thorsen counters with a solid body kick.
Thorsen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good work by Hong as he checks the leg kick.
Thorsen slips a jab from Hong.
Thorsen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thorsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Thorsen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hong digs a good body shot into Thorsen's ribs.
Hong throws a chopping leg kick but Thorsen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorsen is looking to score with low kicks.
Thorsen misses with a looping left.
Thorsen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hong. That did some damage!
Thorsen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hong takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A head kick from Hong lands but Thorsen takes it in his stride.
Hong throws the left hand but Thorsen avoids the punch easily.
Thorsen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thorsen lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bone on bone clash there as Thorsen blocks the leg kick.
Thorsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Hong connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Thorsen misses.
Hong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thorsen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hong has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Thorsen.
Thorsen scores with a jab. Hong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thorsen slips a jab from Hong.
Thorsen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kris Hong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thorsen scores with a jab. Hong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thorsen.
Hong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thorsen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorsen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thorsen misses with a few strikes there.
Hong misses with a head kick.
Thorsen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hong moves forwards but Thorsen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hong misses with a wild body shot.
Thorsen avoids the head kick by Hong.
Hong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thorsen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hong misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thorsen. Hong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Thorsen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong cracks the inside of Thorsen's front leg.
Hong takes one to the chin there.
Thorsen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Hong.
Crunch! Thorsen slams his shin into Hong's torso.
Hong moves out of range as Thorsen strikes.
Thorsen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hong throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorsen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hong throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thorsen.
Thorsen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Ejnar Thorsen did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Ejnar Thorsen'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.

Thorsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Hong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thorsen thuds a left hand into Hong's body.
Hong misses with a head kick.
Thorsen throws a body shot but no joy.
Hong throws a body kick that misses.
Hong throws a sloppy head kick
and Hong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thorsen misses with an uppercut. Hong saw that one coming.
Thorsen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thorsen scores with a body shot.
Hong lands a leg kick that knocks Thorsen off balance momentarily.
Hong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A combination from Hong does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorsen misses with a few strikes there.
Hong misses with an uppercut
and Thorsen counters with a left to the body.
Thorsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hong throws out the jab.
Thorsen misses with a wild body shot.
Thorsen scores with a leg kick.
Hong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Hong takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hong keeps control of Thorsen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short left from Thorsen.
Thorsen lands a shot to the body.
Thorsen scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a body punch.
Hong misses with a punch to the body.
Ejnar Thorsen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Thorsen.
A short uppercut from Thorsen.
Thorsen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thorsen misses with a punch to the body.
Hong lands a shoulder strike.
Hong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thorsen's elbow.
Thorsen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Thorsen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thorsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thorsen.
Thorsen has a couple of punches blocked by Hong.

Thorsen manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thorsen throws a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Hong does no damage.
Thorsen jabs at Hong's body.
Thorsen tries a head kick but it misses.
Thorsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thorsen connects with an inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Hong misses the target.
Thorsen lands with a nice body punch.
Hong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thorsen misses with an uppercut.
Hong lets loose with a powerful body kick. Thorsen will feel that in the morning.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong throws a jab when Thorsen was well out of range.
A slow jab from Thorsen misses its intended target.
Hong moves out of range as Thorsen throws a body kick.
Hong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thorsen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thorsen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thorsen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thorsen takes a swing at Hong's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Hong.
Thorsen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorsen moves forwards but Hong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hong jabs Thorsen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hong doesn't manage to clinch there - Thorsen circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Kris Hong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ejnar Thorsen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Thorsen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thorsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Hong wants to clinch.
Hong misses with a leg kick
and Thorsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Hong misses with a low kick.
Hong misses the jab.
Thorsen throws a combination. Hong tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hong cracks the inside of Thorsen's front leg.
Thorsen lands a head shot.
Hong moves away from the strike by Thorsen.
Hong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thorsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hong.
Thorsen is looking to chop away at Hong's legs.
Hong connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hong fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thorsen is out of range.
Thorsen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hong buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hong staying out of range there.
Hong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thorsen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Thorsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Thorsen swats away the attempt to clinch by Hong.
Hong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hong misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong looks to score with a jab to the body but Thorsen is just out of range.
Hong is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Hong there.
Thorsen scores with a nice strike.
Thorsen digs a good hook to Hong's body.
Hong slips a straight right by Thorsen.
Hong throws a right and a left that Thorsen avoids nicely.
Hong throws out a loose jab but Thorsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thorsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thorsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hong throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a low kick.
Thorsen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Hong.
Hong looks to land a combination but Thorsen avoids it well.
Thorsen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thorsen thuds a left hand into Hong's body.
Thorsen throws a body punch but Hong moves out of range.
Thorsen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good leg kick by Hong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thorsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hong.
Hong looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong blocks a low kick nicely.
Thorsen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice cross by Thorsen.
Thorsen looks to land a body kick but Hong moved away.
Thorsen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hong throws an off balance right hand
and Thorsen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hong cracks the inside of Thorsen's front leg.
Thorsen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hong tries a low kick but Thorsen avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thorsen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thorsen avoids the body shot from Hong.
An inside leg kick lands from Hong.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kris Hong.
I think Hong has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 47:49
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 49:46
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a draw!
Ejnar Thorsen retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!