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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bambang Pamungkas (ranked 5556 p4p, 24526 weight class) and Hendrik Van Tonder (ranked 469 p4p, 473 weight class). Van Tonder has chosen Orkney snork nie as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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178 cm 21 160 0 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm 22 155 0 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt Decent boxing Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bambang Pamungkas! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hendrik Van Tonder! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pamungkas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pamungkas connects with a looping right hand.
Van Tonder misses with a head kick.
Pamungkas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Van Tonder throws a right and a left that Pamungkas avoids nicely. Pamungkas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Tonder has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Van Tonder takes a body punch but keeps moving. Pamungkas feints and then cracks Van Tonder's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Tonder down. Pamungkas looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Van Tonder misses with a few strikes there.
Van Tonder takes a shot right to the bread basket. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Van Tonder gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pamungkas tests Van Tonder's chin there with a solid looking shot. Pamungkas scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Pamungkas with a hook. Van Tonder tries to clinch up. The fighters circle momentarily. Pamungkas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. Pamungkas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Van Tonder has time to react.
Van Tonder is rocked! Hendrik Van Tonder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Pamungkas drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Van Tonder right on the button. Van Tonder goes down! Pamungkas follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Pamungkas gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bambang Pamungkas! Hendrik Van Tonder was interviewed post fight and said 'Jis dit was amper'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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98% |
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