PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between SB Yol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonton Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yol comes to the cage accompanied by Spectre: Scorpion Intro. Hong is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hong Entrance Song. SB Yol could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tonton Hong's chin.

Yol
vs
Hong

193 cm
27
194 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
38
196 lbs
34 - 15 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, SB Yol!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tonton Hong!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Hong.
We've been hearing reports that Yol has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Yol misses the shot to the body.

Yol moves into the clinch.
Yol throws a punch but it's blocked by Hong.
Yol lands with a short shot to the head.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong blocks a body shot from Yol.
Yol blocks an uppercut.
Yol tries to stall but Hong uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hong.
Yol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hong has a couple of punches blocked by Yol.
A short left from Hong.
Yol goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yol is trying to maintain a safe position but Hong gets an underhook and turns Yol into the cage.
Yol tries to throw a body punch but Hong avoids it by throwing Yol back against the cage.
A short left from Hong.
Yol tries to work over Hong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yol works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Yol misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yol misses with a punch to the body.
Yol lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Yol controls the action.
Yol misses with a punch to the body.
Yol blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Yol.
Yol goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Yol breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yol throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hong on the side of the head.

Yol clinches up against the cage.
Yol tries to work over Hong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong prevents a body shot from Yol.
Yol blocks a body shot from Hong.
Hong lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yol tries a body shot but Hong blocks it.
Hong misses with the head strike.
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 misses with a punch to the body.
Yol misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hong tries to throw a body punch but Yol avoids it by throwing Hong back against the cage.
Yol throws a head punch that misses.
Yol blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Yol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yol tries to work over Hong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yol blocks a body shot from Hong.
Yol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hong misses with a punch to the body.
Yol avoiding damage.
Yol lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yol lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with some punches.

Yol escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yol throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hong is looking to land body kicks.
A counter left hand to the body from Yol misses its target.
Hong scores with a head kick. Yol tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yol is looking to slow Hong down with leg kicks.
Hong tries a head kick but it misses.
Hong doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hong's corner calls for a 1-2. Hong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hong doesn't manage to clinch there - Yol circles away.
Hong has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yol.
Yol circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hong throws a right hand that misses
and Yol counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yol.
SB Yol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yol scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hong doesn't seem bothered though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a body shot.

Hong closes the distance and clinches.
Yol doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yol tries to throw a body punch but Hong avoids it by throwing Yol back against the cage.
Yol lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Yol.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hong.
Yol tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hong tries to work over Yol's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yol.
Hong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yols head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hong.
Hong lands a left hand.
Yol swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yol misses with a body punch.
Hong misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that SB Yol will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Yol looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Yol throws an off balance right hand
and Hong counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Yol! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tonton Hong!
Tonton Hong is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Tonton Hong thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated SB Yol had this to say: 'Vengeance will be mine'.