PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Long Hung Dong (ranked 3671 p4p, 381 weight class) and Aku Serronen (ranked 4429 p4p, 448 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hung Dong
vs
Serronen

188 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Long Hung Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aku Serronen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serronen misses with an uppercut.
Dong looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Serronen throws a head kick that Dong semi-blocks.
Serronen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Serronen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Serronen lands a jab.
Dong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Serronen.
Serronen misses with a series of wild punches.
Aku Serronen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dong misses with a leg kick
and Serronen counters with a nice uppercut.
Dong moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Serronen lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dong looks for the body kick but Serronen saw that one coming.
A big right from Serronen misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serronen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Serronen lands with a good body shot.
Dong misses with a kick to the body.
Serronen throws a poor cross that misses
and Dong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Serronen thinking.
Serronen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dong fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Serronen is out of range.
Dong blocks a jab.
As Serronen backs away, Dong returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Serronen scores with a nice strike.
Dong thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Serronen if he has to take too many more of those.
Serronen lands with a right hand.
Serronen lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dong tries to land a body kick
and Serronen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Serronen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serronen misses with a lunging right hand
and Dong counters with a nice body kick.
Serronen misses with an uppercut. Dong saw that one coming.
Dong takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Serronen lands the left hand.
Dong throws a sloppy body shot
and Serronen counters with a stiff right hand.
Dong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Serronen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Serronen lands with a right hand.
Serronen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Serronen misses with a left hand
and Dong counters with a nice body kick.
Serronen throws a hook but Dong blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dong is looking to counter with a body kick.
Serronen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Serronen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dong checks a leg kick.
Serronen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Serronen misses with a hook
and Dong counters with an inside leg kick.
Serronen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It appears Dong was looking to counter with a kick there.
Serronen scores with a nice head shot.
Dong misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from Serronen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Serronen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serronen cracks a nice hook into Dong's ribs.
Dong throws a chopping leg kick but Serronen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A low kick from Dong is predictable there
and Serronen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dong slips a straight right by Serronen.
Dong fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!
Serronen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Serronen moves out of range as Dong throws a body kick.
Serronen scores with a jab.
Dong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serronen.
Dong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Serronen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Serronen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dongs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aku Serronen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Serronen.
Dong takes a swing at Serronen's ribcage but misses.
Dong looks to throw a body kick
and Serronen counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dong.
Dong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Serronen throws out the jab.
Serronen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Serronen was well out of range. Poor timing from Dong.
Dong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Serronen misses its intended target.
Dong thinks about countering with a body kick.
Serronen throws the left hand but Dong avoids the punch easily.
Serronen misses with a jab to the body
and Dong counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Serronen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serronen throws an off balance right hand
and Dong counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big right from Serronen misses.
Nice straight punches there by Serronen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Serronen.
Serronen throws an off balance right hand
and Dong counters with a thumping low kick.
Dong takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Serronen misses the shot to the body.
Aku Serronen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dong misses with a shot to the body
and Serronen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Dong might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Dong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Serronen manages to avoid it.
Serronen misses with a hook
and Dong counters with a leg kick.
Serronen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dong is looking to slow Serronen down with leg kicks.
Serronen misses with a shot to the body
and Dong makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serronen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dong tried to counter with a leg kick but Serronen avoided it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Serronen misses with a straight left.
Dong throws a counter high kick but Serronen was just alert enough to avoid it.
Dong throws a leg kick but Serronen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Serronen lands a jab to the head.
A shot to the liver by Serronen. Beautiful body shot.
Serronen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dong is out of range and Serronen settles back down.
Dong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fighters circling - Serronen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dong was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dong has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A clash of legs there as Dong blocks the low kick.
Dong looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Nice uppercut lands for Serronen. That snapped Dong's head back.
Serronen lands with a straight right. Dong didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serronen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dong misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Serronen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Serronen throws a jab when Dong was well out of range.
It looked like Dong was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Serronen.
Serronen throws a leg kick
and Dong counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dong avoids the head kick by Serronen.
Dong swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dong slips under a jab.
Serronen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Serronen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Serronen misses.
Dong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dong jabs Serronen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dong takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong throws the left hand but Serronen avoids the punch easily.
Dong slips under a jab.
Serronen misses with an uppercut.
Dong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Serronen throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Serronen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Serronen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dong swings widly with a right hand
and Serronen counters with a good low kick that Dong was not able to check.
Serronen misses with a lunging right hand
letting Dong counter with a right hand.
Serronen misses the shot to the body.
Dong misses with an uppercut. Serronen saw that one coming.
Serronen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dong is looking to wear down Serronen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Serronen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dong takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Serronen misses with a looping right.
Dong is looking to counter with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aku Serronen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Serronen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Serronen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dong tries to clinch up.
Dong connects with a looping right hand.
Serronen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A decent looking cross lands there for Serronen.
Some bone on bone action there as Serronen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dong moves out of range as Serronen strikes.
Serronen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Serronen.
Dong takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Serronen misses with an uppercut
and Dong counters with a head kick. That will keep Serronen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serronen scores with a sloppy right hand. Dong should have avoided that one.
Dong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That kick from Serronen tenderised Dong's leg. Dong is trying to keep his angry face on.
Serronen misses with a body kick.
Serronen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dong counters with a nice leg kick.
Serronen misses with a lunging right hand
and Dong counters with a thumping low kick.
Serronen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dong feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Serronen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dong.
Serronen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Serronen throws a hook but Dong blocks it.
Dong throws a lazy head kick
and Serronen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Long Hung Dong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Serronen lands with a straight right. Dong didn't see that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serronen misses with a body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A good leg kick by Serronen.
Serronen lands with a cross.
Serronen misses with an uppercut
and Dong makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Serronen throws a hook to the side of Dong's head but Dong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dong takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dong throws a leg kick but Serronen moved away.
Good standup being displayed there by Serronen as he connects with a hook.
Dong defending well as Serronen loads up on a big left hand.
Dong throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Serronen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serronen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dong moves away.
Serronen throws a poor cross that misses

and Dong counters by clinching up.
A hook to the body from Serronen.
Dong blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dong.
Serronen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dong backwards.

Serronen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crunch! Dong slams his shin into Serronen's torso.
Serronen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dong looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Serronen misses with a head kick.
Serronen misses with an uppercut
and Dong counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Serronen connects with a leg kick. Dong looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serronen.
Dong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Serronen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dong counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dong fakes the leg kick and cracks Serronen in the body.
Serronen misses with a hook. Dong ducked under it nicely.
Dong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Dong closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Serronen misses with some punches.
Serronen blocks a body shot from Dong.
Dong is working Serronen over against the cage.
Serronen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Dong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Serronen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serronen.
Dong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aku Serronen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Serronen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aku Serronen!
A victorious Aku Serronen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.