PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hung Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thorm Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dong comes to the cage accompanied by Lollipop - BIGBANG and 2NE1. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jackson's choice of entrance music: Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dong
vs
Jackson

170 cm
24
211 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

191 cm
22
221 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hung Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thorm Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dong fails with a takedown attempt.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dong takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Dong closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jackson circles away.
Jackson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jackson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Dong.
Jackson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jackson lands a jab to the nose.
Jackson misses with an uppercut.

Dong scores with a takedown into Jackson's guard.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet but Dong is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dong.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dong trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Dong has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dong wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.
Dong slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jackson keeping full guard, as Dong tries to pass.

That's two 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.
Jackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dong.
Dong might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dong trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No joy there for Dong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Dong gets a clinch.
Jackson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dong slowing the pace effectively.
Jackson lands with a short shot to the head.
Jackson lands with a light punch inside.
Dong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jackson lands a right hand.
Dong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jackson misses with a punch to the body.
Dong tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hung Dong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Dong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jackson or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong lands an elbow inside.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Dong - that landed with a thud.
Jackson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dong's elbow.
Dong stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dong for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dong lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dong lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Jackson.
A bit of stalling here from Dong.
Dong gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hung Dong.
Dong takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Dong misses with an uppercut.
Jackson blocks a leg kick.

Dong rushes Jackson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dong backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dong lands a shot to the body.
Dong blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jackson struggles to land a body shot inside as Dong controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Dong scores with a hook to the body.
Dong is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hung Dong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jackson blocks the body kick.
Jackson checks a low kick from Dong.
Jackson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dong counters with a low kick, right behind Jackson 's knee.
Good leg kick by Dong there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jackson.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Dong.
Dong tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
Dong lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jackson takes a step back to recover.

Jackson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dong stands and throws Jackson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dong staying calm.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jackson keeps working.
Check out the look on Dong's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
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.

Dong working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dong wants to control for a moment but Jackson uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong is trying to control the action in half guard but Jackson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dong thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dong missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dong tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jackson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dong throwing shots but Jackson is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong stalling away here and it's allowed Jackson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Dong stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jackson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dong seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dong working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dong won't allow Jackson to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dong wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

We're going to have a standup here because Hung Dong wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Dong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jacksons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dong is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
Dong moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Hung Dong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Dong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Dong.
Dong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jackson sizes up Dong with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jackson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dong in his tracks.
The fighters circling - Dong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hung Dong dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dong lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Dong.
Dong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Dong throws a low kick but Jackson moves out of range easily.
Dong explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Dong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dong fails with a takedown attempt.
Dong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Dong throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.
Dong throws the kick towards the body but Jackson avoids it.
Dong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Dong tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson takes a swing at Dong's ribcage but misses.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Dong throws a push kick but Jackson slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick from Dong.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dong.
Thorm Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dong moves away.
Dong's corner calls for a 1-2. Dong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dong shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Dong.
Dong misses with a low kick.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dong.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hung Dong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dong shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jackson as he avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Dong drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jackson keeping full guard, as Dong tries to pass.
Dong postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet but Dong is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dong throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jackson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dong pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
Dong not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood 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.
Jackson stuffs the takedown attempt from Dong. Dong gets slowly back to his feet.
Dong feints and then cracks Jackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jackson down.
Jackson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jackson moves out of range as Dong throws a body kick.
Dong tries to clinch up.
Jackson throws out a powerful jab.
Dong throws a wild body kick that Jackson sees coming a mile off.
Dong misses with a leg kick.
Dong feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jackson's calf.
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jackson lands with an uppercut that bounces Dong off the cage and back into rage.
Dong missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jackson wants it to stay on the feet.
Dong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jackson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Dong.
Jackson blocks a low kick nicely.
Jackson lands a body shot.
Hung Dong is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dong. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dong misses with a shot to the body
and Jackson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jackson stuffs the takedown.
Jackson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dong rather than just go for the knockout.
Dong misses with a head kick.
Dong moves forwards but Jackson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
Dong takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jackson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dong can pounce on him.
Dong thows a leg kick but Jackson checks it
and Jackson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dong takes one to the chin there.
Dong throws a solid leg kick but Jackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dong.
Dong throws a head kick that misses
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson moves out of range of the leg kick from Dong.
Jackson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Thorm Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson swings for the body but Dong moves out of range.

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 Hung Dong.
Well Dong 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hung Dong!