PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Gregor (ranked 689 p4p, 532 weight class) and Sol Kwon (ranked 106 p4p, 86 weight class). Kwon has chosen Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gregor
vs
Kwon

178 cm
36
210
25 - 29 - 1

188 cm
36
215
19 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

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 25 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Gregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sol Kwon!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kwon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Kwon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kwon dodges the punch combination from Gregor.
Kwon slips under a jab.
Gregor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kwon.
A little feinted left hand from Gregor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gregor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kwon.
Kwon feints and then cracks Gregor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gregor down.
Gregor has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kwon misses with a straight left.
Kwon 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.
Gregor misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kwon ducks under a wild hook from Gregor.
Kwon scoring well with a low kick there.
Gregor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregor lands with a cross.

It looks like Sol Kwon has been cut.
Gregor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kwon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gregor misses with a wild combination.
Sol Kwon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kwon. Gregor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kwon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gregor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gregor misses with a wild body shot.
Kwon throws a fast counter high kick but Gregor manages to duck under it in time.
Sol Kwon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gregor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kwon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gregor was well out of range. Poor timing from Kwon.
Kwon slips a straight right by Gregor.
Kwon slips a jab and a cross from Gregor.
Gregor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kwon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kwon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Kwon looks to move away, Gregor throws a big counter combo but Kwon just gets out of the way.
Good exchange - Kwon coming out on top.

It looks like James Gregor has been cut.
Kwon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gregor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gregor misses with a left hand
and Kwon counters with a nice leg kick.
Gregor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kwon ducks under a wild hook from Gregor.
Gregor takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gregor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kwon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kwon's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gregor under the eye.
Kwon scores with a shot to the body.
Kwon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gregor.
It seemed like Kwon was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregor misses with a hook
and Kwon counters with an inside leg kick.
Kwon slips a jab from Gregor.
Gregor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A punch combination from Gregor misses.
Kwon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kwon throws a shot from downtown. Gregor moves away and avoids it.
Gregor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gregor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kwon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gregor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Gregor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kwon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kwon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gregor.
Gregor cracks Kwon with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gregor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregor walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gregor tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kwon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gregor throws out the jab.
Kwon misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Kwon misses the target.
Gregor throwing a counter right hand but Kwon manages to avoid it.
Gregor moves out of range of the body kick.
Kwon takes one to the side of the head.
Gregor throws a hook but Kwon avoids it easily.
Kwon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kwon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gregor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gregor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gregor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kwon.
Gregor throws an off balance right hand
and Kwon counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sol Kwon dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Kwon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gregor has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gregor throws a big shot that misses.
Gregor throws a right hand that misses
and Kwon counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kwon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gregor moves away from the strike by Kwon.
Gregor walks into a stiff left hand from Kwon.
Gregor ducks right into an uppercut from Kwon.
Kwon scores with a hook.
Kwon connects with a body shot that sends Gregor's belly button to the back.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Gregor might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kwon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gregor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gregor moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kwon throws out a loose jab but Gregor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gregor throws a big counter combination but Kwon scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kwon feints and then cracks Gregor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gregor down.
Gregor throws a jab but it's blocked by Kwon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregor blocks a head kick by Kwon.
Gregor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kwon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kwon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gregor misses with an uppercut.
Gregor blocks a jab.
Gregor staying out of range there.
Gregor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gregor throws a hook but Kwon avoids it easily.
Gregor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kwon wants to land a leg kick but Gregor is out of range.
James Gregor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gregor throws a right hand that misses
and Kwon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gregor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kwon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kwon throws a shot from downtown. Gregor moves away and avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gregor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gregor scores with a punch to the head.
Gregor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kwon.
Gregor checks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Gregor misses the target.
Kwon connects with a nice looking jab.

Gregor looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gregor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kwon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gregor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kwon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kwon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gregor is looking to work some ground and pound but Kwon has wrist control.
Kwon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gregor landing some decent shots from guard.
Gregor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kwon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gregor.
Kwon looking for a sweep. Not yet Kwon, not yet.
Gregor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kwon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gregor is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gregor landing some decent shots from guard.
Gregor throwing strikes but missing.
Gregor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kwon controlling the position.
Gregor lands a couple of elbows.
Gregor 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.
Gregor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gregor lands a couple of digs.
Kwon looking for a sweep. Not yet Kwon, not yet.
Gregor lands a couple of elbows.

Kwon is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that James Gregor will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A lazy left from Kwon finds it's target.
Kwon is still on wobbly legs! Can Gregor finish him?
Gregor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kwon seems to have recovered his senses.
Gregor throws a right hand that Kwon ducks under and follows up with a left that Kwon also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kwon! But no joy.
Kwon cracks Gregor with a good jab.
Gregor is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kwon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gregor swings widly with a right hand
and Kwon counters with a stiff right hand.
Kwon stuffs the takedown.
Kwon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kwon misses with a hook. Gregor ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kwon thumps Gregor with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Kwon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gregor misses with a wild body shot.
Gregor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kwon misses with a hook
letting Gregor counter with a right hand.
Gregor takes a swing at Kwon's ribcage but misses.
Kwon throws out a counter right but Gregor avoids it with no problem.
Gregor misses with a wild combination.
Gregor misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from Kwon.
Sol Kwon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gregor lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gregor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kwon. Kwon obviously looking to wear him down.
Gregor misses the jab.
Kwon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gregor walks into a jab.
Kwon misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Kwon.
Gregor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gregor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Kwon to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gregor misses with an uppercut. Kwon saw that one coming.
Gregor ducks under a wild hook from Kwon.
Gregor blocks a jab.
A left lands for Kwon.
Kwon jabs Gregor right on the nose. Gregor blinks but takes it well.
Kwon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kwon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gregor throws out the jab.
Gregor defending well as Kwon loads up on a big left hand.
A nice leg kick from Kwon, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kwon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gregor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kwon lands a lovely overhand right.
Gregor swings widly with a right hand
and Kwon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gregor misses with a takedown attempt
and Kwon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Gregor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kwon with the inside leg kick.
Kwon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gregor. That did some damage!
Kwon throws a good cross that connects.
Gregor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kwon. Kwon obviously looking to wear him down.
Kwon scores with a jab.
Kwon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gregor throws a hook but Kwon avoids it easily.
Gregor's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kwon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gregor scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kwon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gregor.
Gregor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kwon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kwon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gregor. Gregor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gregor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gregor misses the jab.
Kwon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gregor.
Kwon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kwon is looking to score with low kicks.
Gregor seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gregor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kwon scores with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Gregor. Beautiful body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sol Kwon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kwon 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sol Kwon!
Sol Kwon gave a mention to Voodoo Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).