PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hyonjo Joung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mark kronenberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Joung
vs
kronenberg

190 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyonjo Joung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, mark kronenberg!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
kronenberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Joung closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Joung is looking to take a break and control but kronenberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

kronenberg is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Joung pulls his head out easily.
kronenberg regains full guard. Nicely done.
Joung lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Joung has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

kronenberg is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
kronenberg keeping moving, preventing Joung from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Joung's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

kronenberg working for a triangle but Joung defends it easily.
Joung chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joung is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Joung's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
kronenberg keeping moving, preventing Joung from controlling successfully.

kronenberg working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Joung doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Joung manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Joung lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Joung 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.

kronenberg looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Joung throwing strikes from guard but kronenberg blocks nicely.
Joung with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joung landing some decent shots from guard.
Joung working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of kronenberg's head.
Joung sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Joung looking to sit in guard and control but kronenberg gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Joung working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. kronenberg doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. kronenberg manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

kronenberg postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Joung is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of kronenberg, into his guard.

kronenberg looking for a guillotine here but Joung defends easily.
kronenberg looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joung trying to control the position from guard on top but kronenberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Joung thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Joung scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Joung trying to control the position from guard on top but kronenberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

kronenberg has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Joung can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Joung thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Joung postures up and lands a big shot to kronenberg's brow.
kronenberg working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Joung.
Joung trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
kronenberg wants to sweep but no luck.
kronenberg keeping moving, preventing Joung from controlling successfully.

Joung gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Joung scores with a takedown into kronenberg's guard.

kronenberg is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

kronenberg looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Joung trying to control but kronenberg is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Joung shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Joung missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Joung is looking to take a break and control but kronenberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Joung lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Joung not doing much here.

Joung seems to be working for a kimura but kronenberg defends the submission attempt.
kronenberg is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kronenberg is pressing down on Joung's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Joung throwing strikes but missing.

kronenberg escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Joung gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
kronenberg is breathing heavily.

kronenberg has his foot on Joung's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Joung works his way back into a safe position though.
Joung landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joung content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Joung trying to control the position from guard on top but kronenberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joung pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. kronenberg is keeping the position for now.
Joung throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

kronenberg looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

kronenberg looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Joung passes into side control.

Joung tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Joung has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Joung lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joung is looking to take a break and control but kronenberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Joung's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Joung looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
kronenberg tries to buck Joung off but Joung is having none of it.
Joung trying to control the position but kronenberg is working away.
Joung working the head with strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Joung working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
kronenberg is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Joung's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Joung lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Joung is keen to just control but kronenberg is a slippery customer.
Joung missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Joung prevents kronenberg from improving his position.

kronenberg looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Joung winds up and cracks kronenberg with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Joung closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Joung lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hyonjo Joung dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Joung decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

kronenberg actively working from the bottom here.
Joung passes the guard and advances to mount!
kronenberg taking shots to the head.

Joung with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
kronenberg is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Joung fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
kronenberg in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
kronenberg really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joung can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as kronenberg is looking to escape.
Joung landing strikes from the mount and kronenberg is in trouble!
Joung lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Joung landing strikes from the mount and kronenberg is in trouble!
Joung putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
kronenberg taking shots to the head.

Joung is working for a guillotine from mount but kronenberg frees his head quite easily.
kronenberg working to try and regain half guard.
kronenberg avoids a series of strikes thrown by Joung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joung unloading with bombs!
kronenberg slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Joung is keen to just control but kronenberg is a slippery customer.

kronenberg is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Joung pulls his head out easily.

kronenberg looking for submissions off his back.
Joung landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Joung looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
kronenberg avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Joung.
Joung is looking to take a break and control but kronenberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Joung takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
kronenberg has his takedown stuffed

and Joung counters with a shoot takedown. kronenberg fights it but they end up in guard.
Hyonjo Joung overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

kronenberg is looking for a triangle but Joung pushes his legs off easily.

kronenberg isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Joung stacks kronenberg on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Joung!
Joung creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Joung tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Joung sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but kronenberg is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
kronenberg manages to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joung working kronenberg over with strikes.

Joung seems to be working for a kimura but kronenberg defends the submission attempt.

Joung is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
kronenberg is pressing down on Joung's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

kronenberg working for a triangle but Joung defends it easily.

kronenberg throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
mark kronenberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joung is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hyonjo Joung showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Joung has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hyonjo Joung!