PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Park Ji Sung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson mc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Park Ji Sung could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tyson mc's chin.

Ji Sung
vs
mc

175 cm
23
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
157 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Top Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Park Ji Sung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson mc!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ji Sung rushes mc and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ji Sung just misses with a elbow thrown towards mc's brow.
Ji Sung looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ji Sung is trying to work for a single leg takedown but mc pulls him back up using the underhooks.
mc tries to circle away but Ji Sung has him pinned against the cage.

mc manages to break the clinch.

Ji Sung has managed to clinch.
mc lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ji Sung backwards.
Ji Sung wants a takedown but no success here.
mc wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
mc stops a takedown attempt from Ji Sung.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Park Ji Sung. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ji Sung dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ji Sung has mc pressed against the cage, preventing mc from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ji Sung prevents mc from breaking the clinch.

mc escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ji Sung takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by mc!
Sloppy strikes from mc. Those never looked like landing.

Ji Sung closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. mc quickly recovers to half guard.
Ji Sung scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ji Sung working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ji Sung sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. mc defending well though.
Ji Sung is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
mc is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ji Sung trying to control from half guard but mc is working away.
mc tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Ji Sung manages to move to mount!
Ji Sung looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
mc is trying to stand up.
Ji Sung pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
mc is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ji Sung cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ji Sung connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
mc really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ji Sung. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ji Sung lands a nice shot to the head.

mc is rocked!
mc in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
mc is still in real trouble! Can Ji Sung finish him?
Ji Sung cracks mc with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've been hearing that Ji Sung has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Ji Sung with a couple of short strikes.
Ji Sung postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have mc in real trouble here! The ref calls for mc to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Park Ji Sung!
After winning the bout, Park Ji Sung thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.