PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chu Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Park
vs
Dos Santos

185 cm
23
180 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chu Park!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dos Santos clinches with his opponent.
Dos Santos lands a shoulder strike.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Park tries to pull guard but Dos Santos forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Park lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A left lands for Dos Santos.
Park shoots in but no luck this time.
No joy there for Dos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Park tries to clinch there but Dos Santos circles away.

Dos Santos closes the distance and pushes Park back into the cage.
Park changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dos Santos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chu Park. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos throws the kick towards the body but Park avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Dos Santos closes the distance and pushes Park back into the cage.
Dos Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Park lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dos Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Park blocks it.
Dos Santos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to push Park away but Park has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Park keeps it at a distance.
Dos Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Park.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Park shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos defends it nicely.

Dos Santos closes the distance and pushes Park back into the cage.
Dos Santos prevents Park from breaking the clinch.
Dos Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Dos Santos holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Park shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.
Park fails with a takedown attempt.
Dos Santos throws a jab when Park was well out of range.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Dos Santos is looking to slow Park down with leg kicks.

Park closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Dos Santos's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Park stops Dos Santos from standing up.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Park slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dos Santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Park is controlling him well.
Park trying to control the action but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet but Park drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Park has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Park moves in looking to clinch but Dos Santos pushes him off.
A right-left combo lands from Park.

It looks like Thiago Dos Santos has been cut.
Park shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.

Park gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Park escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Park fails with a takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Park fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Park looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park moves to clinch but Dos Santos breaks away
and Park takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Park fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Park throws a nice head kick!
Dos Santos tries to work over Park's front leg with a kick but Park checks it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Park is defended easily by Dos Santos.
Thiago Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Park shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dos Santos pinned against the cage. Dos Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Park avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chu Park dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Dos Santos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dos Santos throws a right and a left that Park avoids nicely.
Dos Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Park circles away.
Dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Park dodges the punch combination from Dos Santos.
Park shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dos Santos sprawls well. Dos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Park gets slowly back to his feet.
Park avoids a punch combination nicely.
Park misses with a takedown attempt - Dos Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Park shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dos Santos but Dos Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chu Park. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos misses with a leg kick
enabling Park to counter with a crisp jab.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Park cracks the inside of Dos Santos's front leg.
Park misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Park tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chu Park is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good exchange - Dos Santos coming out on top.
Dos Santos misses with a kick to the body.
Horrible takedown by Park or perhaps it was just good defense by Dos Santos which made him look bad.
Park tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dos Santos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Park tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Park scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Park lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Park sits in half guard.

Park has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Dos Santos defend it? Park steps over the head and cranks it - Dos Santos is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Park!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chu Park!