PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Kong (ranked 3824 p4p, 3739 weight class) and Mario Juana (ranked 426 p4p, 416 weight class). Kong comes to the cage accompanied by X Gonna Give it To ya. Mario Juana will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Kong
vs
Juana

191 cm
25
265
2 - 1 - 0

205 cm
25
278
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Kong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mario Juana!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kong wants to land a leg kick but Juana is out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A bone on bone clash there as Kong blocks the leg kick.
Juana chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Oooooh!!! Juana has knocked Kong down with a huge combo! Juana steps away and waves a wobbly Kong back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like David Kong has been cut.
Juana throws a series of punches but Kong avoids them all with ease.
Juana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Juana blocks a head kick by Kong.

Kong moves into the clinch.

Kong manages to break the clinch.

Kong closes the distance and clinches.
Juana scores with a shot to the side of Kong's head.

Juana breaks from the clinch.
Juana thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kong if he has to take too many more of those.
Kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Juana fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Juana tries to close the distance and clinch but Kong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kong shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Kong was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Kong stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Mario Juana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juana misses with a two punch combination.
Kong keeps the fight on the outside.
Kong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kong throws a solid leg kick but Juana takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kong.
Juana throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Juana throws a solid leg kick but Kong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Juana.
Kong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Juana.
Juana throws a nice inside leg kick.

Kong drives through and clinches with Juana against the cage.
Kong drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Juana gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Kong breaks from the clinch.
Juana moves away from the strike by Kong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Juana looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Juana tries to clinch there but Kong circles away.
Kong swats away the attempt to clinch by Juana.
Juana tries to clinch up but Kong circles away and keeps his distance.

Kong is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Juana's half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Juana trying to control here.
Kong landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Juana is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kong scores with a couple of nice shots.

Kong has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Juana defend it? Kong steps over the head and cranks it - Juana is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Kong!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Kong!
David Kong really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hotrod Express MMA and Sports Apparel logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.