PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and josh kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). josh kong will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hansen
vs
kong

200 cm
24
224 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Supreme Nutrition - Q154 Muscle!
Legal High's [CBK]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, josh kong!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
kong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
kong looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
kong checks a leg kick.
Hansen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Hansen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. kong looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hansen taking a breather here.
kong dodges the ground and pound from Hansen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Hansen lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hansen remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Hansen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen taking a breather here.
Hansen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear kong down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jon Hansen.

Hansen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming kong to the mat! kong manages to get full guard.
Hansen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hansen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Hansen dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

kong blocks a leg kick.
Hansen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hansen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hansen throws a low kick, looking for kong's leg but kong calmly moves out of range.
kong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hansen.
Hansen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
kong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
kong checks a leg kick.
Hansen misses with a low kick.

Hansen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. kong did well to prevent Hansen getting side control.
Hansen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
kong is breathing heavily.
Hansen is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kong taking some punishment here, with Hansen in his half guard.
kong blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hansen.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hansen controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hansen throwing shots but kong is blocking nicely.
Hansen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed kong's head.
Still in half guard, Hansen seems content to control.
Hansen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed kong's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hansen scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hansen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hansen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hansen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hansen is landing with some decent strikes but kong is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Hansen dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

kong checks a leg kick nicely.
josh kong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hansen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hansen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and kong is able to avoid easily.
A bone on bone clash there as kong blocks the leg kick.
Good work by kong as he checks the leg kick.

Hansen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hansen winds up and cracks kong with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
kong is in trouble now - Hansen has advanced to mount!
kong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hansen controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
josh kong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hansen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hansen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hansen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of kong's face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Hansen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hansen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Hansen!