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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yung Hung Dong (ranked 2689 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Kovalev (ranked 5972 p4p, 0 weight class). Yung Hung Dong could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Kovalev's chin.
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145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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150 cm
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135 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yung Hung Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Kovalev!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Dong.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dong.
Kovalev moves in looking to clinch but Dong pushes him off.
Kovalev misses with an uppercut
and Dong counters with a solid body kick.
Kovalev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick by Kovalev misses
and Dong counters with an inside leg kick.
Dong lands the left hand.
Kovalev throws a sloppy head kick
and Dong moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Dong's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kovalev decides to pull guard.
Dong stops Kovalev from standing up.
Dong advances to half guard.
Dong is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kovalev defends it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dong has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dong lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong with good strikes from the mount here!
Kovalev is rocked!
Dong connects with a bit shot that sees Kovalev covering up! More strikes from Dong and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dong is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yung Hung Dong!
Yung Hung Dong decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
72% |
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