PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Liam Harrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristofer Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dizzy Rascal - Sirens. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hong's choice of entrance music: It's my time. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Harrison
vs
Hong

172 cm
23
148 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

159 cm
24
147 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Liam Harrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kristofer Hong!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Hong.
Hong slips a jab from Harrison.
Hong misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Harrison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hong pushes Harrison away with a front kick.
Hong ducks under a wild hook from Harrison.
Hong throws an off balance right hand
and Hong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harrison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Harrison keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Harrison blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Harrison.
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hong was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.
Harrison lands with a shot to the body.
Harrison dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hong. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harrison moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick from Harrison lands but Hong takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hong to counter with a crisp jab.
Hong tries to land a front kick but Harrison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A telegraphed right hand from Hong misses the target.
Harrison checks a low kick from Hong.
Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Harrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hong.
Harrison throws a leg kick that misses.
Hong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Harrison thuds his right hand into Hong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Harrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hong misses with a body kick.
Harrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong tries to clinch there but Harrison circles away.
Hong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harrison.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hong. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Harrison misses the target.
Harrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hong was well out of range. Poor timing from Harrison.

Hong clinches up with Harrison and pushes him back against the ropes.
Hong lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Harrison with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harrison tries a body shot but Hong blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harrison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hong's brow.
Harrison lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Harrison is trying to break free.
Harrison is looking to break free of the clinch but Hong has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Harrison dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hong scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harrison is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Harrison tries to move into range but Hong moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Harrison throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hong blocks it with crossed arms.
Harrison takes a knee to the side of the body.
Harrison is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hong lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hong misses with an elbow strike.
Hong crunches a lovely knee into Harrison's ribcage.
Hong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harrisons head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Harrison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hong.
A right handed body shot lands from Hong.
Hong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harrison misses with the head strike.
Harrison tries to work over Hong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hong lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Harrison.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hong is keeping busy.
Harrison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Harrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrison throws a hook but Hong blocks it.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.
Hong scores with a jab. Harrison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Liam Harrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Hong scores with a spinning back kick!

Hong has Harrison up against the ropes in a clinch.
Hong keeps control of Harrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hong is keeping busy.
Hong misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hong tries to throw a body punch but Harrison avoids it by throwing Hong back against the ropes.
Hong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Harrison is defending well for now.
A short left from Harrison.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hong avoids it.
Hong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hong working Harrison over with knees to the body.
Harrison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hong.
A short left from Hong.
Harrison has a couple of punches blocked by Hong.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harrison.
Hong works on Harrison's body with a couple of short punches.
Hong landing knees to the body.
Harrison lands a nice uppercut.
Hong lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristofer Hong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hong has managed to clinch.
Harrison is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrison.
Hong lands a nice shot to the body.
Kristofer Hong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harrison blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Hong avoids the damage to the body.
Hong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Hong missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Harrison on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Hong scores with a shot to the side of Harrison's head.
Hong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Harrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harrison or not.
Hong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harrison's efforts to push away.
Harrison scores with a shot to the side of Hong's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Harrison breaks from the clinch.
Hong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheers as Hong lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harrison doesn't seem phased though.
Hong thows a body shot but no joy.
Hong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harrison.
Hong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Hong.
Harrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A good leg kick by Hong.
Hong throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harrison's head.
Hong lands a nice looking body shot.
Hong throws a looping overhand right but Harrison ducks down to avoid it.
Harrison misses with a looping right.
Hong missing with a left hand there. Harrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.
Hong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hong.
Hong cracks Harrison with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harrison moves away from the strike by Hong.
Harrison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harrison avoids the body shot from Hong.
Harrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hong.
Harrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harrison throws a hook to the side of Hong's head but Hong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrison misses with a wild body shot.
Hong tries a low kick but Harrison avoids it.
Hong lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristofer Hong really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hong tries to clinch up.
Harrison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hong in his tracks.
Hong throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hong wants to slow Harrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Hong's jab looks to have found its range, popping Harrison under the eye.
Hong is looking to chop away at Harrison's legs.
Hong's corner calls for a 1-2. Hong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Harrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Harrison lands with a hook. Hong tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hong misses with a body kick.
Harrison misses the shot to the body.
Hong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hong looks to throw a body kick
and Harrison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hong thinking.
Hong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harrison.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hong clinches with his opponent.
Hong trying to land knees to the body.
Harrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Hong.
Hong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harrison tries to stall but Hong uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harrison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Harrison lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hong.
Nice body punch from Hong.
Hong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Hong has Harrison pressed against the ropes, preventing Harrison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harrison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrison lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hong blocks a body shot from Harrison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison misses with an elbow strike.
Harrison prevents a body shot from Hong.

Harrison breaks the clinch.
Harrison misses the jab.
Harrison jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Harrison.
Harrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hong takes a swing at Harrison's ribcage but misses.
Harrison looks for the body kick but Hong saw that one coming.
Hong moves in looking to clinch but Harrison pushes him off.
Hong is looking to chop away at Harrison's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hong has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harrison finds it's way round the side to connect with Hong's head.
Harrison misses with an uppercut. Hong saw that one coming.
Harrison lands a jab to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Liam Harrison will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hong swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harrison.
Harrison throws a right and a left that Hong avoids nicely.
Hong throws a push kick but Harrison slaps the foot to one side.
Harrison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harrison.
Hong getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hong.
Hong lands a nice looking kick to the body. Harrison takes a step back to recover.
Harrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Harrison throws a leg kick
and Hong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Harrison misses its intended target.
Harrison misses with a wild body shot.
Hong takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hong connects with a right hand. Harrison shakes it off.
Hong wants to slow Harrison down by chopping away at his legs.
Hong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hong misses with a straight left.
Harrison throws a hook to the side of Hong's head but Hong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hong throws a head kick that misses
enabling Harrison to counter with a crisp jab.
Hong lands a leg kick that knocks Harrison off balance momentarily.
Hong avoids the body shot from Harrison.
Harrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hong misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison tries a low kick but Hong avoids it.
Harrison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kristofer Hong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harrison throws a hook but Hong blocks it.
Harrison takes a swing at Hong's ribcage but misses.
Harrison tries a low kick but Hong avoids it.

Hong drives through and clinches with Harrison against the ropes.
Hong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.
Harrison avoiding damage as Hong throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hong obliges.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Harrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hong blocks an elbow strike from Harrison.
Hong misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kristofer Hong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hong has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 47:48
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 47:48
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 47:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kristofer Hong!
A victorious Kristofer Hong thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.