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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between River Castaneda (ranked 4043 p4p, 2903 weight class) and Jonathan Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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173 cm 25 144 0 - 0 - 0 |
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225 cm 25 130 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Basic striking Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, River Castaneda! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonathan Hong! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Castaneda dodges the punch combination from Hong.
Castaneda is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Hong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Castaneda moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Hong steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Castaneda. That one must have hurt. Hong takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Castaneda misses with a two punch combination.
Castaneda scores with a nice body kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hong!
Hong clinches up against the cage. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hong lands a hook that snaps the head of Castaneda backwards. Hong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Castaneda backwards. Hong lands with a short shot to the head. Castaneda working Hong over with knees to the body. Hong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Castaneda trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Castaneda putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hong in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Hong misses with a hook from the clinch. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Castaneda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. River Castaneda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Castaneda turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Hong lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Castaneda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hong throws out the jab. Castaneda tries to clinch but Hong is having none of it. Castaneda misses with an attempted mid kick.
A combination from Castaneda does no damage. Hong throws a counter combo. Castaneda connects with an inside leg kick. Castaneda moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hong dodges the punch combination from Castaneda.
As Castaneda backs off Hong throws a huge counter combo but Castaneda manages to avoid it all.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Castaneda scores with a nice body kick.
Castaneda throws a lazy head kick and Hong counters with a series of strikes that sends Castaneda to the canvas! Hong follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Castaneda is rocked! Hong throws a big right hand that misses. Oh Castaneda is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Hong gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Castaneda throws a leg kick which misses Hong's front leg but catches the back leg as Hong tries to avoid it. Castaneda tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Hong counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jonathan Hong!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
69% |
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