PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Albert Gonzalez (ranked 3848 p4p, 1828 weight class) and Heung Min Choi (ranked 367 p4p, 199 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Heung Min Choi enters the cage!

Gonzalez
vs
Choi

177 cm
25
146
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
148
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Albert Gonzalez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heung Min Choi!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gonzalez.
Choi throws out a counter right but Gonzalez avoids it with no problem.
Choi misses with a hook.
Choi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gonzalez looks to land a body kick but Choi moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Choi misses.
Choi loads up on a big right hand but Gonzalez slips the punch.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Choi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Albert Gonzalez has been cut.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick
and Choi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Albert Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Choi counters with a nice right hand that sends Gonzalez toppling to the canvas! Gonzalez scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Choi finish him?!

Gonzalez is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Choi sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Gonzalez's defenses. It connects perfectly with Gonzalez's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Heung Min Choi!
Heung Min Choi is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Heung Min Choi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.