PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hae Ki Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Rankinstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rankinstein comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Going Back To Cali by LL Cool J kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Ki Park
vs
Rankinstein

171 cm
26
145 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

169 cm
25
147 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hae Ki Park!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Derrick Rankinstein!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rankinstein misses with an uppercut. Park saw that one coming.
Rankinstein lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Park backs up against the cage.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rankinstein crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Park - the referee stops the clock and Rankinstein gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Park. Rankinstein manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Park moves in looking to clinch but Rankinstein pushes him off.
A punch combination from Rankinstein misses.

Rankinstein closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Park to the mat! Park manages to get full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rankinstein's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Rankinstein sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Park doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Rankinstein paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Park - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Hae Ki Park!
A relieved looking Hae Ki Park thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.