PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kris Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hong comes into the arena with Hong Entrance Song blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hong
vs
Sanchez

180 cm
28
171 lbs
18 - 5 - 2

188 cm
34
167 lbs
39 - 18 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 18 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kris Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a low kick as Hong jumps back.
Hong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Hong avoids it with no problem.
Hong swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Hong checks a low kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hong is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Hong moves out of range easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sanchez. Hong shrugs it off though.
Hong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hong connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hong looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.
Hong defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong drops his hands momentarily and Sanchez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sanchez jabs Hong to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanchez lands a jab to Hong's midsection.
Sanchez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hong. Hong circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sanchez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez connects with a crisp jab.
Hong throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Hong misses with a hook.
Hong takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez cracks Hong with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That kick from Hong tenderised Sanchez's leg. Sanchez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hong throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanchez.
Sanchez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Hong uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sanchez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hong tried to score with a low kick but Sanchez checks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hong checks it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hong.
Hong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong takes one on the button.
Hong takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanchez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hong takes a step back to recover.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
A good leg kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Hong moved out of range.
Sanchez scores with a nice body kick.
Hong thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Hong moves out of range of the leg kick from Sanchez.
Hong throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Hong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hong had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Hong counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
Sanchez tries to land a leg kick but Hong saw it coming and moves away.
Hong throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Hong moves out of range.
Hong misses with a low kick.
Hong misses with a hook.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Hong slips the punch.
Hong scores with a kick to the body.
A low kick from Sanchez misses
letting Hong counter with a right hand.
Hong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Hong down.
Hong moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Hong throws a leg kick but Sanchez checks it.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong checks a low kick from Sanchez.
Hong fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sanchez just manages to avoid it.
Hong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez cracks Hong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Hong blocks a jab.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hong with a body shot.
Hong moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Hong.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Hong moves away and avoids it.
Hong thinks about countering with a body kick.
Sanchez catches Hong with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hong throws a big counter combination but Sanchez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez lands with a hook. Hong tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Sanchez dominated that round.
That's time! Hong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A telegraphed right hand from Hong misses the target.
Sanchez checks a low kick from Hong.
Jab from Hong.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hong throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanchez thuds his right hand into Hong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sanchez swings for the body but Hong moves out of range.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Hong throws a leg kick but Sanchez moved away.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sanchez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez misses with a low kick as Hong jumps back.
A little feinted left hand from Hong on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hong is looking to chop away at Sanchez's legs.
Hong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hong takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Hong counters with a nice uppercut.
Hong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez lands with a hook. Hong tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Hong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diego Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hong misses with a hook to the body
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
Sanchez checks a leg kick nicely.
Sanchez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Hong tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
Hong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
A little feinted left hand from Hong on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hong moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a wild body kick that Hong sees coming a mile off.
Sanchez is looking to score with low kicks.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Hong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Hong down.
Hong slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hong cracks Sanchez with a good jab.
Hong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez connects with the punch.
Hong is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hong throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Hong.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Hong misses the target.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hong might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Sanchez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sanchez throws out a leg kick but Hong moves out of range and Sanchez only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Hong tries to score with a low kick but Sanchez moves his leg out of the way.
Hong ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Hong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hong's sensitive parts.
Hong throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sanchez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hong has time to react.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanchez.
Hong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Hong moves away and avoids it.
Hong checks a leg kick nicely.
Hong is looking to counter punch.
Sanchez looks for the body kick but Hong saw that one coming.
Hong's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hong scrambles back to his feet.
Sanchez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Hong quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Hong.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hong throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick.
Hong ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hong stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanchez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sanchez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hong takes one on the button.
Hong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hong's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
Hong tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
Hong scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanchez doesn't seem bothered though.
Hong has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hong there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Diego Sanchez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hong lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hong throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Hong.
Sanchez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hong checks it well.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Hong moves away and avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanchez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
An inside leg kick from Hong misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws the kick towards the body but Hong avoids it.
Hong slips under a jab.
A left lands for Sanchez.
Hong misses the shot to the body.
Hong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
A jab from Hong finds it's way through Sanchez's defenses.
A lazy body kick from Hong
and Sanchez counters with a nice body kick.
Hong fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Hong throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hong misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Sanchez flicks out a counter leg kick but Hong steps away.
Hong takes one to the chin there.
Hong slips under a jab.
Hong misses with a leg kick.
Sanchez thuds his shin into the meat of Hong's side.
Hong misses with a body kick.
Hong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
Hong misses with a low kick as Sanchez jumps back.
Kris Hong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Hong. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hong.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Good leg kick by Hong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hong tries to score with a low kick but Sanchez moves his leg out of the way.
Sanchez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hong if he has to take too many more of those.
A telegraphed right hand from Hong misses the target.
Hong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hong walks into a jab.
Hong throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
Hong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hong tried to counter with a leg kick but Sanchez avoided it.
An inside leg kick from Hong misses.
Sanchez feints a counter leg kick.
Hong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sanchez counters with a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Hong 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hong is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Diego Sanchez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hong will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hong throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Hong ducked under it nicely.
Hong checks a leg kick nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Hong misses the target.
Sanchez lands with an uppercut that bounces Hong off the cage and back into range.
Hong missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Hong throws a leg kick that misses.
Sanchez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Hong misses the target.
Hong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Hong jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Hong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Hong's shoulder, as Hong tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hong.
Sanchez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sanchez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hong to score with a decent uppercut.
Hong scores with a body shot.
Sanchez lands a jab to the head.
Hong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hong misses with a jab to the body
and Sanchez counters with a nice leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Sanchez!
After winning the bout, Diego Sanchez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Kris Hong stepped up to the mic, saying 'My apologies. I had a problem with the jet schedule.'.