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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Junk (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. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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211 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Simon Junk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 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!
Junk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Homaychonk.
Homaychonk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Junk throws a low kick, looking for Homaychonk's leg but Homaychonk calmly moves out of range.
Homaychonk instigates a clinch.
Homaychonk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Simon Junk has been cut.
Homaychonk tries a knee to the head but Junk blocks it.
Homaychonk lands an elbow just above Junk 's eye.
Homaychonk missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Homaychonk.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Homaychonk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Homaychonk tries to land knees in the clinch but Junk avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Homaychonk.
Junk managing to block the knees to the body from Homaychonk.
Homaychonk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Junk or not.
Homaychonk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Homaychonk holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Junk is trying to break free.
Homaychonk avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Homaychonk gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Homaychonk missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Homaychonk throws an elbow but misses.
Junk is trying to force a seperation but Homaychonk has the dominant position.
Junk takes an elbow to the temple.
Homaychonk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Junk.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Homaychonk.
Homaychonk throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Homaychonk lands a damaging elbow.
Simon Junk's cut is getting worse.
Junk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Homaychonk tries to clinch up but Junk circles away and keeps his distance.
Homaychonk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Junk.
Homaychonk wants to clinch up but Junk keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junk takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Junk is breathing heavily.
Homaychonk is looking to clinch.
Junk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Homaychonk tries to clinch up.
Homaychonk tries a head kick but it misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Homaychonk.
Junk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Homaychonk circles away quickly and effectively.
Junk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Homaychonk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Homaychonk clinches.
Junk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Homaychonk has Junk pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Homaychonk.
Homaychonk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homaychonk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Junk avoids it.
Homaychonk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Homaychonk stalls.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Homaychonk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Junk's brow.
Junk changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Homaychonk fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Junk tests Homaychonk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Junk slips under a jab from Homaychonk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Homaychonk tries to clinch but Junk moves out of range.
Junk smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Junk misses with the combination.
Junk shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Junk checks the leg kick nicely there.
Both fighters circling a little - Homaychonk finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Junk looks to land a combination but Homaychonk avoids it well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Junk checks a leg kick.
Junk throws a series of punches but Homaychonk moves out of range.
Junk throws a right and a left that Homaychonk avoids nicely.
Junk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Homaychonk tries to clinch there but Junk circles away.
Homaychonk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Junk scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Junk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Homaychonk.
Homaychonk moves in looking to clinch but Junk pushes him off.
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 Simon Junk's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Decent striking displayed by Junk there.
Junk throws out a powerful jab.
Homaychonk closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Junk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Homaychonk drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Junk lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Junk.
Homaychonk looks to score with a jab to the body but Junk is just out of range.
Jab, jab by Junk - just one landing.
Junk moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Junk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Homaychonk's head.
Junk keeps the fight on the outside.
Junk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Simon Junk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Junk misses with a few strikes there.
Junk throws a lazy head kick
and Homaychonk counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Junk misses.
A cross from Junk lands.
Junk misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Junk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Homaychonk at a distance.
Junk misses with a few strikes there.
Junk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Homaychonk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Homaychonk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Junk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Homaychonk clinches with his opponent.
Homaychonk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Junk is defending well for now.
Homaychonk stalling.
Junk trying to control the position but instead, Homaychonk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Junk into the cage.
Homaychonk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Junk is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Homaychonk - that landed with a thud.
Homaychonk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Homaychonk tries to throw a body punch but Junk avoids it by throwing Homaychonk back against the cage.
Homaychonk tries to land knees in the clinch but Junk avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homaychonk has Junk pressed against the cage, preventing Junk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Homaychonk tries to land knees in the clinch but Junk avoids the damage to the body.
Homaychonk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Junk lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Homaychonk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Junk avoids it.
Homaychonk missing with knees to the body.
Homaychonk lands a damaging elbow.
Junk is trying to break the clinch but Homaychonk is controlling him.
A short right from Homaychonk.
Junk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Homaychonk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Homaychonk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Homaychonk looks to land a left hand but Junk moved out of range nicely.
Junk throws a good cross that connects.
Junk throws a combination that misses
and Homaychonk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for Junk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Junk scores with a punch to the head.
Homaychonk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Junk can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junk cracks Homaychonk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Junk misses with a double jab.
Junk misses with a few strikes there.
Homaychonk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Simon Junk is winning the standup battle so far.
Homaychonk checks the leg kick nicely there.
Homaychonk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Junk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Junk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Junk throws a nice looking combination but Homaychonk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Junk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Junk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Homaychonk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Homaychonk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Junk.
Junk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Homaychonk momentarily.
Junk misses with a series of wild punches.
Homaychonk looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Junk lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Junk staying out of range there.
A good leg kick by Junk.
The fighters circling - Homaychonk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Junk throws a series of strikes that have Homaychonk backpedaling.
Junk misses with a series of wild punches.
Junk moves away from the strike by Homaychonk.
Junk cracks Homaychonk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Junk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Junk lands with an uppercut that bounces Homaychonk off the cage and back into rage.
Junk throws a series of punches but Homaychonk avoids them all with ease.
Homaychonk wants to clinch up but Junk keeps it at a distance.
Junk lands the left hand.
Homaychonk walks into a stiff left hand from Junk.
Junk lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Junk.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Homaychonk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Junk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Simon Junk'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!
Junk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Simon Junk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Homaychonk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Homaychonk takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Junk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Homaychonk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Homaychonk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Homaychonk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Junk's head.
Homaychonk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Junk throws a leg kick which misses Homaychonk's front leg but catches the back leg as Homaychonk tries to avoid it.
Junk defending well as Homaychonk loads up on a big left hand.
Junk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Junk lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Homaychonk scoring well with a low kick there.
Junk throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Homaychonk is looking to clinch.
Junk connects with a looping right hand.
Homaychonk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Junk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Junk tries to bum rush Homaychonk with a series of wild strikes but Homaychonk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Homaychonk misses with a body kick.
Junk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Junk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Homaychonk.
Junk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Homaychonk circles away quickly and effectively.
Junk swinging wilding here.
Junk lands with a hook. Homaychonk tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Junk does it's job there.
Junk thows a body shot but no joy.
Junk misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Homaychonk throws a nice head kick!
Junk lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Junk.
Junk misses with a wild combination.
Junk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Junk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A telegraphed right hand from Homaychonk misses the target.
Homaychonk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Junk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Homaychonk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Left hook, right uppercut from Junk.
Junk misses with a double jab
and Homaychonk counters with a low kick, right behind Junk 's knee.
Junk keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Homaychonk tries to close the distance and clinch but Junk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homaychonk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Junk throws a nice looking combination but Homaychonk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Junk moves out of range as Homaychonk throws a body kick.
Junk lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Homaychonk tries to clinch there but Junk circles away.
Homaychonk throws a big shot that misses.
Homaychonk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Junk throws a series of punches but Homaychonk avoids them all with ease.
Junk lands with a nice combination. Homaychonk backs away looking to recover.
Homaychonk throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good work by Junk as he checks the leg kick.
Junk connects with a high kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Homaychonk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Junk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Homaychonk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Homaychonk takes one to the side of the head.
Junk lands with a nice combination. Homaychonk backs away looking to recover.
Junk throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Homaychonk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Junk.
Junk is working the combinations to good effect here.
Junk lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A shot to the body from Homaychonk misses
letting Junk counter with a right hand.
Junk throws a head kick that Homaychonk semi-blocks.
Junk misses with a double jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Homaychonk, right into the meat.
Junk avoids the head kick by Homaychonk.
Homaychonk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Junk manages to avoid it.
Junk tests Homaychonk's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Junk lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Simon Junk.
I think Junk has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Junk!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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