PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tonton Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hong comes to the cage accompanied by Hong Entrance Song. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gunn's choice of entrance music: Slim Thug Feat T.I. & Bun B - 3 Kings. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Hong
vs
Gunn

188 cm
30
206 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

188 cm
36
201 lbs
30 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tonton Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nelson Gunn!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hong scores with a head kick.
Gunn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gunn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hong throws a body shot but no joy.
Gunn tries to counter by closing the distance.
Hong lands a nice looking body kick.
Hong looks to land a combination. Gunn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hong throws the kick towards the body but Gunn avoids it.
Hong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hong takes one to the chin there.
Gunn 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.
Hong misses with a wild combination.
Gunn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hong looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Hong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gunn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gunn blocks a low kick nicely.
Gunn tries to counter with a clinch but Hong shakes him off and moves away.
Hong blocks a leg kick.
Hong throws a sloppy head kick and Gunn moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gunn.
Gunn ducks under a wild hook from Hong.
Gunn lands with a right hand.
An inside leg kick from Gunn misses.
Hong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gunn throws a leg kick
and Hong cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gunn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gunn.
Gunn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hong on the side of the head.
Hong connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gunn's hands.
Hong checks the leg kick.
Gunn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hong will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hong looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hong lands with a hook. Gunn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gunn looks for the body kick but Hong saw that one coming.
Good work by Gunn as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn scores with a body shot.
Hong with a jab.
Gunn takes a swing at Hong's ribcage but misses.
Hong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gunn throws a body shot but no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Gunn blocks the leg kick.
Hong throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gunn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hong. Gunn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gunn connects with a solid leg kick.
Gunn throws a leg kick
and Hong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hong moves away.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Hong moved out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Hong.
Nice takedown defense from Gunn. No joy for Hong on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn throws the kick towards the body but Hong avoids it.
Hong throws a leg kick but Gunn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gunn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gunn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hong checks it well.
Hong bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gunn's head.
Gunn needs to keep his hands up - Hong had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Nelson Gunn has been cut.
Hong moves out of range as Gunn throws a body kick.
Hong attempts a counter takedown but Gunn avoids it well and moves away.
Gunn feints and then cracks Hong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hong down.

Gunn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gunn has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gunn wants to get back to his feet but Hong is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong is looking to work some ground and pound but Gunn has wrist control.
Hong with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hong has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hong throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gunn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hong wants to control from the top but Gunn keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gunn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong connects with a leg kick. Gunn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gunn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hong tries to counter with a takedown but Gunn is quick to defend against it.
Gunn misses with the body kick

and Hong counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonton Hong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nelson Gunn's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hong shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gunn pinned against the cage. Gunn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hong dodges the punch combination from Gunn.
Hong throws a wild body kick that Gunn sees coming a mile off.
Gunn motions for Hong to come forward. Gunn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hong connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gunn is looking to chop away at Hong's legs.
A clash of legs there as Gunn blocks the low kick.
Hong sets himself, and Gunn steps forward looking for the clinch! Hong avoids it this time.
Gunn lands a jab to Hong's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong throws a leg kick but Gunn moved away.
Gunn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hong.
Hong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hong defending well as Gunn loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gunn stuffs the takedown attempt from Hong. Hong gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tonton Hong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gunn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
As Gunn backs away, Hong returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Gunn scores with a push kick.
Hong scores with a nice strike.
Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hong moves away.
Hong changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Gunn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gunn wants to counter with a clinch but Hong pushes him away.
Hong has a takedown stuffed.
Gunn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hong. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gunn.
Hong throws a quick counter head kick but Gunn was just out of range.
Gunn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hong connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gunn momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gunn momentarily.
Gunn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hong rather than just go for the knockout.
Gunn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gunn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson Gunn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hong misses with a low kick as Gunn jumps back.
Gunn misses with a leg kick.
Gunn takes a swing at Hong's ribcage but misses.
Hong throws a leg kick but Gunn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hong throws a solid leg kick but Gunn takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hong.
Hong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gunn was well out of range. Poor timing from Hong.
Hong sets himself, and Gunn steps forward looking for the clinch! Hong avoids it this time.
Nice defenses there by Hong.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hong was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
Hong shoots in for a double leg but Gunn sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hong is looking to land body kicks.
Good work by Hong as he checks the leg kick.
Gunn swings widly with a right hand
and Hong counters with a stiff right hand.
Gunn throws a shot to the body.
Gunn feints and then cracks Hong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hong down.
Gunn scores with a shot to the body.
Tonton Hong is winning the standup battle so far.
Hong misses the jab.
Gunn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gunn.
A slow jab from Gunn misses its intended target.
Gunn blocks a low kick nicely.
Gunn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hong throws a looping overhand right but Gunn ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Gunn.
Gunn ducks under a wild hook from Hong.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hong scores with a nice right hand.
Hong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hong appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunn.
Gunn throws a body punch but Hong moves out of range.
Gunn throws a leg kick that misses.
Hong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gunn throws a wild body kick that Hong sees coming a mile off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gunn 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 Hong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gunn checks a leg kick nicely.
Hong scores with a hook.
Gunn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gunn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tonton Hong will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nelson Gunn's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.

A good leg kick by Gunn.
Gunn scores with a leg kick.
Hong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hong lands a slapping body shot.
Hong checks a low kick from Gunn.
Gunn motions for Hong to come forward. Gunn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hong is looking to counter punch.
Hong scores with a jab. Gunn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gunn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Hong.
Gunn moves out of range of the body kick from Hong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunn checks a leg kick.
Gunn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hong throws out the jab.
Gunn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hong.
Gunn scores with the left hand. Hong knows he should have avoided that one.
Gunn throws a leg kick but Hong sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hong.
Hong looks to land a left hand but Gunn moved out of range nicely.
Gunn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hong uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gunn has time to react.
Hong avoids the head kick by Gunn.
Gunn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hong manages to avoid it.
Hong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gunn.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.
Hong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hong misses the jab.
Hong misses with a straight left.
Gunn steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hong.
Gunn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hong throws a hook to the side of Gunn's head but Gunn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hong. That's going to slow Gunn down.
Hong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nelson Gunn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gunn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn with a nice cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gunn connects with a solid leg kick.
Hong looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Hong misses its target.
Gunn misses with a right hand

so Hong counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hong content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hong throwing strikes from guard but Gunn blocks nicely.
Gunn throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Gunn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hong is controlling him.

Gunn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn trying to keep a closed guard but Hong is proving a slippery customer.
Hong working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gunn keeping moving, preventing Hong from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Gunn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hong doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hong manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gunn moves out of range of the leg kick from Hong.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gunn.

Hong shoots in and bounces Gunn off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hong trying to control but Gunn is working from the bottom.
Hong lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hong throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Gunn looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hong passes Gunn's left leg - he's now in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tonton Hong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hong 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tonton Hong!
Tonton Hong decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Nelson Gunn stepped up to the mic, saying 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.