PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Onichi Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Loosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Loosa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hong
vs
Loosa

175 cm
20
171 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

181 cm
26
179 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Onichi Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Loosa!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hong misses with a takedown
and Loosa counters with a straight right hand.
Loosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hong moves away.
Hong avoids the body shot from Loosa.
Hong has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mandirigmang Pilipino in the buildup to the fight.
Loosa misses with a wild body shot.
Onichi Hong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Hong throws a leg kick

and Loosa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Loosa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong misses with the head strike.
Hong digs a right hand into Loosa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Loosa's gas tank.
Hong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hong tries to throw a body punch but Loosa avoids it by throwing Hong back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Loosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loosa misses with the head strike.
Loosa lands a body punch.
Loosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Loosa prevents a body shot from Hong.
Hong taking a breather.
A short right from Loosa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong tries to work over Loosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Loosa working aggressively here.
Loosa tries a body shot but Hong blocks it.
Hong tries to throw a body punch but Loosa avoids it by throwing Hong back against the cage.
Loosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Hong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Loosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loosa pushes Hong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hong has a couple of punches blocked by Loosa.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Loosa controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong gets through Loosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Loosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Loosa.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
Loosa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Loosa up against the cage.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Hong lands a shot to the body.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Loosa controls the action.
Hong working aggressively here.
Hong lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Hong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hong misses with a punch to the body.
Hong struggles to land a body shot inside as Loosa controls his hands.
Hong misses with the head strike.
Loosa has a couple of punches blocked by Hong.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loosa blocks an uppercut.
Hong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Loosa blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hong's elbow.
Loosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Onichi Hong will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A low kick from Hong is predictable there
and Loosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Onichi Hong has been cut.
Hong is looking to chop away at Loosa's legs.
Loosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hong.
Hong connects with a leg kick. Loosa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Loosa looks to land a left hand but Hong moved out of range nicely.
Good shot there by Loosa.
Loosa takes a swing at Hong's ribcage but misses.
Hong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loosa's sensitive parts.
Nice jab there from Hong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong lands a jab to the nose.
Hong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Loosa.
Hong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hong pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hong sets himself, and Loosa steps forward looking for the clinch! Hong avoids it this time.
Loosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Loosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hong tries to counter with a takedown but Loosa is quick to defend against it.
Loosa checks the leg kick.
Loosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Loosa checks a leg kick.
Loosa 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.
Hong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Loosa looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Loosa misses with an uppercut.
Hong with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Loosa to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loosa misses with a looping right.
Loosa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Loosa moves away from the strike by Hong.
Loosa lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Loosa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab lands there for Loosa.
Hong throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Loosa counters with a nice uppercut.
Hong throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hong connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Loosa momentarily.
Hong shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Loosa as he avoids it easily.
Hong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Loosa.
Loosa cracks Hong with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hong lands a leg kick that knocks Loosa off balance momentarily.
Loosa cracks Hong with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hong misses with a low kick.
Hong misses with a kick to the body.
Loosa is looking to clinch but Hong is avoiding it.
Hong throws a hook but Loosa blocks it.
Loosa connects with a body shot.
Hong blocks a jab.
Loosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hong.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Loosa! But no joy.
Hong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong keeps the fight on the outside.
Hong shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Loosa defends it nicely.
Victor Loosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Loosa staying out of range there.
Hong throws a leg kick
and Loosa counters with a straight right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hong.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hong with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Loosa to score with a decent uppercut.
Loosa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Loosa scores with a jab to the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hong checks a leg kick.
Loosa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Hong is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Victor Loosa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Onichi Hong's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hong throws a leg kick which misses Loosa's front leg but catches the back leg as Loosa tries to avoid it.
Donk. Hong catches Loosa right on the button with a cross.
Hong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Hong misses
and Loosa counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Hong.
A telegraphed right hand from Loosa misses the target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Loosa.
Loosa avoids the body shot from Hong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong misses with a leg kick
and Loosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hong throws a body punch but Loosa moves out of range.
Loosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Loosa stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong walks into a stiff left hand from Loosa.
Hong lands with a thumping leg kick.
Victor Loosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hong dives in and grabs Loosa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Loosa pushes down on Hong's head and hops out.
Hong misses with a leg kick
and Loosa counters with a crisp right that sends Hong to the canvas! Loosa follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Loosa!
After winning the bout, Victor Loosa thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.