Video: Mark Hominick proves gracious in defeat

This has to be the toughest interview Mark Hominick has ever given but he handles it with poise, grace and sincerity. A real class act. Of course he’s going to be asked about whether the loss of his coach, Shawn Tompkins, figured into his seven-second knockout loss to Chan Sung Jung (aka the Korean Zombie), and of course he’s going to say it had no affect. What’s he going to say? Of course, when he gets a bit choked up late in the interview, you know it did play some part in his preparation and thinking going into the fight. How could it not?

As for what he did say, he blamed the loss on having “fought out of character. I don’t think anyone’s ever seen me coming out with a big wild left look lead in a fight. I fought not as composed as I normally am. I just came out too aggressive and paid the consequences.” And for those wondering whether the referee might’ve called a halt to the bout a bit to quickly, Hominick makes it clear it was a good stoppage.