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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Salva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hok Chook Homaychonk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Homaychonk has chosen The Inspired Warrior as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Salva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hok Chook Homaychonk!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salva rushes Homaychonk and presses him up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Homaychonk.
It looks like Tim Salva has been cut.
Homaychonk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Homaychonk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Homaychonk wants to control from the top but Salva keeps moving.
Salva is looking for a triangle here but Homaychonk uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Homaychonk decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Salva shoots in for a takedown but Homaychonk shows good takedown defense.
Homaychonk rushes Salva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Homaychonk on the inside.
Homaychonk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Salva tries to score a body lock takedown but Homaychonk shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Homaychonk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salva is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salva breaks from the clinch.
Homaychonk throws a leg kick which misses Salva's front leg but catches the back leg as Salva tries to avoid it.
Homaychonk has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Homaychonk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Homaychonk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salva avoiding damage as Homaychonk throws knees to the body.
Salva takes an elbow to the temple.
Salva managing to block the knees to the body from Homaychonk.
Homaychonk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Homaychonk lands with a thumping leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Homaychonk.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Salva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Homaychonk.
Hok Chook Homaychonk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Homaychonk moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nice cross by Homaychonk.
A nice inside leg kick there by Homaychonk. That's going to slow Salva down.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Homaychonk and Salva goes tumbling to the canvas! Homaychonk follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Homaychonk controlling the action here.
Salva could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homaychonk's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Homaychonk works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homaychonk goes for an armbar but Salva turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Salva.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Homaychonk keeping moving, preventing Salva from controlling successfully.
Homaychonk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Homaychonk looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Despite being in the dominant position, Hok Chook Homaychonk just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Homaychonk clinches up against the cage.
Homaychonk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Homaychonk lands a knee to the body.
Salva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Homaychonk walks away with a smile on his face. Salva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Salva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Homaychonk.
Salva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Homaychonk pushes Salva away with a front kick.
Salva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Salva blocks the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Homaychonk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Homaychonk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Homaychonk closes the distance but Salva moves to the side
and Salva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hok Chook Homaychonk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Salva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Salva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Homaychonk can pounce on him.
Homaychonk clinches with his opponent.
Homaychonk lands a shoulder strike.
Homaychonk lands a damaging elbow.
Salva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Salva has had enough of the clinch but Homaychonk keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Homaychonk.
Salva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Salva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Homaychonk walks away with a smile on his face. Salva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Homaychonk wants to clinch
and Salva counters with a nice body kick.
Homaychonk lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Homaychonk tries to close the distance and clinch but Salva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salva tries to clinch up but Homaychonk circles away and keeps his distance.
Salva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Homaychonk looks to land a right hand but Salva moved out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Homaychonk throws a head kick but Salva moves out of range.
Homaychonk throws a wild body kick that Salva sees coming a mile off.
Salva misses with a takedown attempt - Homaychonk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Homaychonk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Salva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Salva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Homaychonk tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Salva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Salva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Homaychonk is pulling down on Salva's head. It's preventing any offense from Salva, at least for the moment.
Homaychonk working for a triangle but Salva defends it easily.
Homaychonk looking for a guillotine here but Salva defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Homaychonk is keeping the position for now.
Homaychonk trying to control the position here.
Homaychonk is trying to control the position but Salva postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Salva throws a combination that misses
and Homaychonk counters with a nice body kick.
Homaychonk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Salva avoids a kick to the body.
Homaychonk scores with a kick to the midsection.
Salva swats away the attempt to clinch by Homaychonk.
Homaychonk forces Salva back against the cage and clinches.
Salva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Homaychonk pulls his leg out and moves away.
Homaychonk tries to clinch but Salva moves out of range.
Homaychonk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Homaychonk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Homaychonk clinches up against the cage.
Homaychonk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Homaychonk scores with a shot to the side of Salva's head.
Homaychonk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Homaychonk looks to throw the jab but Salva is out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Homaychonk.
Salva clinches up with Homaychonk and pushes him back against the cage.
Salva is trying to break the clinch but Homaychonk has him pressed against the cage.
Salva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Homaychonk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Salva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Salva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Salva takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees to the body from Homaychonk.
Homaychonk lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salva avoiding damage as Homaychonk throws knees to the body.
Homaychonk keeps control of Salva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Homaychonk creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Salva's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Homaychonk moves in looking to clinch but Salva pushes him off.
Homaychonk lands a nice shot to the body.
Salva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hok Chook Homaychonk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tim Salva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Salva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Homaychonk circles away.
Homaychonk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Homaychonk misses with a double jab.
Salva will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Homaychonk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Homaychonk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Homaychonk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tim Salva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Salva gets a clinch.
Salva has had enough of the clinch but Homaychonk keeps him there for the moment.
Salva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salva managing to block the knees to the body from Homaychonk.
Salva successfully pulls guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salva is trying to control the position but Homaychonk postures up.
Homaychonk is looking to stand up but Salva won't let him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Homaychonk wants to control from the top but Salva keeps moving.
Salva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Homaychonk manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Homaychonk is proving hard to escape from.
Homaychonk wants to stand up but Salva is controlling him.
Salva stands up from Homaychonk's guard - Salva perhaps looking for a knockout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Salva.
Homaychonk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Salva. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Homaychonk clinches up against the cage.
Homaychonk missing with knees to the body.
Salva breaks the clinch.
Homaychonk clinches but Salva breaks the clinch
and Salva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Homaychonk is looking for a sweep. Salva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Homaychonk trying to control but Salva postures up.
Salva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Homaychonk keeps working.
Salva is looking for a kimura but Homaychonk is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Salva to get the leverage.
Homaychonk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Homaychonk keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salva is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salva is looking to stall here but Homaychonk recovers full guard.
Salva drops back looking for a leg! Homaychonk is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Homaychonk manages to kick Salva off! Salva jumps back into Homaychonk's guard.
Homaychonk is controlling Salva's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Salva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Salva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Homaychonk, up you get!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Salva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Homaychonk - the referee stops the clock and Salva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Homaychonk. Salva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tim Salva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hok Chook Homaychonk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Homaychonk lands a nice looking kick to the body. Salva takes a step back to recover.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Salva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Homaychonk has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hok Chook Homaychonk!
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hype
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