PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tonton Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Newmark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hong comes to the cage accompanied by Hong Entrance Song. Newmark has chosen On the run as his entrance music. Bobby Newmark acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hong
vs
Newmark

188 cm
31
206 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

194 cm
35
221 lbs
29 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!
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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 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tonton Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Newmark!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newmark moves away from the strike by Hong.
Newmark cracks Hong with an open hand slap.
Newmark misses with a kick to the body.
Newmark throws a low kick but Hong avoids it.
Newmark looks for the body kick but Hong saw that one coming.
We've been told by Hong's head coaches at Mandirigmang Pilipino that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Newmark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Newmark throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Newmark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Newmark gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hong to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Newmark manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newmark lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hong misses with the head strike.
Newmark lands a nice knee to the body.
Newmark misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Newmark scores a nice knee to the body.
Hong misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newmark gets through Hong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Newmark struggles to land a body shot inside as Hong controls his hands.
Hong lands an uppercut.
Newmark blocks an uppercut.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Newmark.
Newmark prevents a body shot from Hong.
Newmark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Newmark scores a nice knee to the body.
Hong is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hong working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Newmark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hong avoids it.
Hong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Newmark has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hong seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Newmark can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newmark.
Newmark working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong tries to work over Newmark's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Newmark controls the action.
Newmark blocks a body shot from Hong.
Newmark's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong misses with a body punch.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Newmark controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Hong.
A short uppercut from Hong.
A head punch on the inside from Newmark fails to land.
Newmark lands a body punch in the clinch.
Newmark tries a knee to the head but Hong blocks it.
Hong struggles to land a body shot inside as Newmark controls his hands.
Hong lands with a light punch inside.
Hong struggles to land a body shot inside as Newmark controls his hands.
Newmark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong managing to block the knees to the body from Newmark.
A short left from Hong.
Newmark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong misses with a body punch.
Newmark digs a right hand into Hong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hong's gas tank.
Newmark with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Newmark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Newmark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Newmark tries a knee to the head but Hong blocks it.
Newmark missing with knees to the body.
Hong misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Hong.
Hong tries to throw a body punch but Newmark avoids it by throwing Hong back against the cage.
Hong misses with a body punch.
Newmark blocking some punches.
Newmark working aggressively here.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Newmark controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Newmark.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong can't find room to land a body shot as Newmark controls the action.
Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Hong working aggressively here.
Newmark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hong's elbow.
Newmark has a couple of punches blocked by Hong.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Newmark working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Newmark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Newmark creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Newmark blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Newmark.
Newmark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hong blocks it with crossed arms.
Newmark throws a punch but it's blocked by Hong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bobby Newmark will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Newmark swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Hong - just one landing.
Hong connects with a solid leg kick.
Newmark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Newmark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Newmark misses with a kick to the body.
Newmark connects with a solid leg kick.
Hong rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Newmark to counter with a crisp jab.
Hong misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from Hong.
Newmark misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newmark connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hong momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Newmark misses the target.
Hong takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Newmark misses with an uppercut
and Hong counters with a nice uppercut.
Hong thuds his right hand into Newmark's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Newmark sends Hong crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Newmark is motioning to the referee to let Hong up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Hong is rocked!

It looks like Tonton Hong has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newmark lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Hong up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Newmark from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Hong's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bobby Newmark!
A relieved looking Bobby Newmark thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.