PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Cormier (ranked 4090 p4p, 4025 weight class) and Ridley Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cormier
vs
Park

180 cm
25
207
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
213
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

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 Helsinki, Ben Cormier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ridley Park!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Park fails with a takedown attempt.

Cormier bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Park tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cormier looks up at the clock and then as Park takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cormier smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Park is looking to reverse the position.
Cormier is looking to take a break and control but Park is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cormier scores with a couple of short elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cormier working the ground and pound from side control.
Park is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cormier connects with a decent elbow.

Park is rocked!
Park is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Park is still in real trouble! Can Cormier finish him?
Park struggling a bit here.
Park seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Park is looking to regain half guard here but Cormier keeps moving and retains side control.
Park takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Cormier working the ground and pound.
Park is trying to get back to half guard.
Cormier lands an elbow.
Cormier in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Park looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Cormier turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Cormier!