PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Parmalee Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonton Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is RATM: Know Your Enemy. Hong has chosen Hong Entrance Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sackett
vs
Hong

190 cm
25
215 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
206 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Just Fight (Everything 7$)
The Big Kabosh

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
VICIOUS FIGHT GEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Parmalee Sackett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tonton Hong!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sackett blocks a leg kick.
Hong fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hong swats away the attempt to clinch by Sackett.
Hong comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sackett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hong is out of range.
Hong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hong misses with a body kick.
Hong feints and then cracks Sackett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sackett down.
A clash of legs there as Hong blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett checks the leg kick nicely there.

Sackett looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sackett not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sackett passes to full mount!
Hong manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sackett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sackett is keen to just control but Hong is a slippery customer.
Sackett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hong's head.
Hong keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sackett is thwarting Hong's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sackett wants to pass the guard but Hong is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett is trying to control. Hong wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sackett not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sackett trying to mount his opponent but Hong defends it.
Sackett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hong defending well though.
Hong is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sackett's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sackett's back!
Hong slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
I really don't envy Sackett right now.
Hong is not going to allow Sackett to sit and survive in this position.
Even with his hooks in, Hong manages to miss with strikes from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett trying to control the action but Hong just sinks the hooks in.
Hong controlling well, preventing Sackett from escaping the position.
Hong misses with an elbow to the head.
Hong has good solid back control here.
Sackett is in bad spot here.
Sackett is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Broken Halo Vegas, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Hong punches the canvas rather than the man.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sackett is in bad spot here.
Hong is punishing Sackett with strikes - can he finish him?!
Hong throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong controls the position.
Sackett wants to escape the position.
Sackett tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sackett manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hong missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sackett controlling the position well.
Sackett gets back to full guard.
Hong 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tonton Hong will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sackett. That did some damage!
Hong fails with a takedown attempt.
Tonton Hong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hong thuds his right hand into Sackett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hong.
Hong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hong to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Parmalee Sackett has been cut.
Hong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hong looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hong lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong has his takedown stuffed

and Sackett counters with a single leg into guard. Hong didn't expect that.
Sackett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hong utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sackett trying to control the position from guard on top but Hong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sackett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sackett throws a strike but Hong rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Hong stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sackett swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sackett working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hong working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sackett trying to control the position.
Hong wants to control from the top but Sackett keeps moving.
Hong pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sackett is keeping the position for now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sackett looking for a sweep. Not yet Sackett, not yet.
Hong stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sackett swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hong misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sackett blocks a leg kick.
Hong changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sackett tries to avoid it but Hong manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sackett to the ground. Sackett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Parmalee Sackett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tonton Hong.
Sackett checks a low kick from Hong.
Hong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sackett avoids a kick to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hong.
Hong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hong lands a nice hook to Sackett's body. Sackett takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sackett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hong dives in for a single leg takedown but Sackett sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sackett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hong looks to land a right hand but Sackett moved out of range.
Sackett closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A clash of legs there as Sackett blocks the low kick.
Hong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Hong.
Sackett throws a leg kick which misses Hong's front leg but catches the back leg as Hong tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hong moves out of range as Sackett throws a body kick.
Nice sprawl there from Sackett as Hong shoots in.
Sackett connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonton Hong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Parmalee Sackett's cut.
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.

Sackett connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Tonton Hong has been cut.
Hong looks to land a left hand but Sackett moved out of range nicely.
Hong moves out of range of the body kick from Sackett.
Hong looks to land a left hand but Sackett moved out of range nicely.
Hong throws a good cross that connects.
Sackett moves out of range of the body kick.
Tonton Hong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Hong.
Sackett digs a good body shot into Hong's ribs.
Hong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett tries to score with a low kick but Hong moves his leg out of the way.
Hong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hong ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Hong.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.

Hong gets caught flat footed, as Sackett shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hong controlling Sackett's posture.
Sackett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sackett stays in close to Hong's body and controls the position.
Sackett looking to sit in guard and control but Hong gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sackett looking to control.
Hong wants to pass the guard but Sackett is keeping the position.
Hong postures up.
Hong wants to control from the top but Sackett keeps moving.
Sackett pulls Hong in close to his closed guard and prevents Hong from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sackett wants to sweep here but Hong controlling him for the moment.
Sackett keeping moving, preventing Hong from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sackett scores with a shot to the body.
Hong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hong throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sackett slaps away a takedown attempt from Hong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hong looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sackett throws an overhand right that lands on Hong's shoulder, as Hong tries to avoid the shot.
Sackett is looking to slow Hong down with leg kicks.
Hong misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hong misses with a hook. Sackett ducked under it nicely.
Sackett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sackett.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hong keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hong is defended easily by Sackett.
Sackett is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Parmalee Sackett clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sackett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hong throws the left hand but Sackett avoids the punch easily.
Sackett is looking to wear down Hong with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab lands there for Sackett.
Hong walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hong throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hong takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Hong is rocked!
Hong shoots and misses

and Sackett counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hong!
Hong is still in real trouble! Can Sackett finish him?
Sackett in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Hong looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Sackett turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Parmalee Sackett!
Parmalee Sackett is the new light heavyweight champion!
Parmalee Sackett took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hellraiser FightGear for their support in the buildup to the fight.