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). Chooooooooon! I think Harrison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dizzy Rascal - Sirens. 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 - 2 - 1

159 cm
23
147 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kristofer Hong!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrison lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Harrison.
Hong scores with a kick to the midsection.
Harrison throws a big shot that misses.
Hong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hong is looking to land body kicks.
Hong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Hong misses the target.
Harrison throws a hook to the side of Hong's head but Hong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hong swings for the body but Harrison moves out of range.
Hong looks to score with a jab to the body but Harrison is just out of range.
Harrison throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Harrison checks a leg kick nicely.
Hong throws a sloppy head kick and Harrison moves out of range easily.
Hong feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harrison's calf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Harrison.
Hong misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harrison lunges at Hong with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hong's hand.
Harrison takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hong tries to land a body kick
and Harrison counters with a left to the body.
Hong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harrison lands with a shot to the body.
Harrison throws a looping overhand right but Hong ducks down to avoid it.
Hong staying out of range there.
A big left from Hong misses.
Hong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Harrison moves into range and clinches up with Hong.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harrison's brow.
Harrison takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrison misses with a knee strike.
Harrison takes an elbow to the temple.
Hong scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Hong controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harrison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hong's brow.
Hong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hong blocks the elbow strike.
Hong looking to throw knees to the head but Harrison is blocking nicely.
Hong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Hong.
Hong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Hong blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrison.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrison.
Hong blocks an elbow strike from Harrison.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hong avoids it.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hong avoids it.
Hong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hong tries a body shot but Harrison blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrison dodges an elbow strike from Hong.
Harrison avoiding damage as Hong throws knees to the body.
Harrison tries to land knees in the clinch but Hong avoids the damage to the body.
Harrison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hong is defending well for now.
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hong lands with a left to the head.
Hong blocks an elbow strike from Harrison.
Harrison digs a right hand into Hong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hong's gas tank.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hong.
Hong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harrison has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harrison pushes off an throws an elbow but Hong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harrison's elbow.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hong is keeping busy.
Harrison can't break the clinch.
Hong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harrison misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hong is keeping busy.
Harrison throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Hong.
Hong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Hong.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hong tries to throw a body punch but Harrison avoids it by throwing Hong back against the ropes.
Hong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hong managing to block the knees to the body from Harrison.
Hong blocks the elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harrison avoids the elbow strike from Hong, against the ropes.
Harrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hong lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch but Hong keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Liam Harrison will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A cross from Harrison lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hong. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hong - that will leave a mark!

Harrison closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrison.
Harrison throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harrison working aggressively here.
Hong missing with knees to the body.
Hong avoids the elbow strike from Harrison, against the ropes.
Harrison lands a nice elbow.
Harrison looking to slow down the pace here.
Hong presses Harrison against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harrison blocking some punches.
Harrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Hong won't want to take too many of those.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Hong.
Hong blocks an elbow strike from Harrison.
Hong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hong.
Hong pushes Harrison back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harrison tries to break the clinch but Hong is controlling the position.
Harrison is trying to break free.
Hong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Harrison managing to block the knees to the body from Hong.
Harrison can't break the clinch.
Hong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harrison trying to control the position but instead, Hong has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harrison into the ropes.
Hong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harrison.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Hong throws an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Hong.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hong is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harrison.
Hong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Hong gets through Harrison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harrison misses with a body punch.
Harrison has had enough of the clinch but Hong keeps him there for the moment.
Hong lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harrison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harrison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harrison pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harrison just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hong's brow.
Harrison tries to work over Hong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hong.
A knee to the head by Hong.
Hong blocks an elbow strike from Harrison.
Harrison creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hong's defenses.
Harrison is looking to break free of the clinch but Hong has double underhooks.
Hong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Harrison backwards.
Harrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Hong blocks an elbow strike.
Harrison gets through Hong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hong scores with a shot to the side of Harrison's head.
Hong avoids the elbow strike from Harrison, against the ropes.
Harrison looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harrison wants to break free but Hong has control.
Kristofer Hong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrison misses with a punch to the body.
Hong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Harrison missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Harrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harrison misses with a wild body shot.
Hong swinging wildly here.
Hong moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Hong is just out of range.
Hong shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hong misses with a wild body shot.
Hong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hong throws a lazy right hand but Harrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
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.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Some bone on bone action there as Harrison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Harrison is looking to land body kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Hong there.
Liam Harrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Harrison chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hong throws a half hearted mid kick.

Harrison pushes Hong up against the ropes in a clinch.
Harrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Hong controls his hands.
Hong prevents a body shot from Harrison.
Harrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hong managing to block the knees to the body from Harrison.
Harrison is trying to stall.
Hong digs a right hand into Harrison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harrison's gas tank.
Harrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hong blocks an elbow strike from Harrison.
Harrison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hong is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong lands a damaging elbow.
Hong lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Hong lands with a left to the head.
Harrison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hong is defending well for now.
Hong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hong.
Harrison is working Hong over against the ropes.
Hong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Harrison misses with a body punch.
Hong lands a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Hong.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harrison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Hong.
Harrison prevents a body shot from Hong.
Hong lands an elbow just above Harrison 's eye.
Hong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong lands with a light punch inside.
Hong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hong keeps control of Harrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harrison lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hong.
Hong is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hong prevents Harrison from breaking the clinch.
Hong has a couple of punches blocked by Harrison.
Hong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hong avoids it.
Hong scores with a hook to the body.
Hong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harrison tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hong avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hong.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Harrison.
Harrison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hong.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Hong.
Harrison lands a body punch.
Harrison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hong is defending well for now.
Harrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Harrison blocks an elbow strike.
Hong digs a right hand into Harrison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Harrison's gas tank.
Hong creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harrison's defenses.
Hong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hong is leaning against Harrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Harrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hong. Harrison does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong throws a leg kick but Harrison checks it.
Harrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hong.
Hong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harrison has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hong tries to score with a low kick but Harrison moves his leg out of the way.
Hong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harrisons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hong is looking to clinch but Harrison is avoiding it.
Harrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harrison moves out of range as Hong throws a body kick.
Harrison takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Hong moves into range and clinches up with Harrison.
Harrison tries to circle away but Hong has him pinned against the ropes.
Hong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kristofer Hong!
Kristofer Hong tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.