PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roman Hercules (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jung Woo Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Park comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Psy - Gentleman M/V kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Roman Hercules had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Hercules
vs
Woo Park

173 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
162 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Sun-Tzu

Supreme Nutrition
GREEN!160

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roman Hercules!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jung Woo Park!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hercules looks to score with a jab to the body but Park is just out of range.
Hercules fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hercules dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hercules misses with a jab, cross combination.
Park looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Park stuffs the takedown attempt from Hercules. Hercules gets slowly back to his feet.
Hercules throws a predictable looking body shot
and Park counters with a body kick that stops Hercules in his tracks momentarily.

Park forces Hercules back against the ropes and clinches.
Park blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hercules misses with some punches.
Park can't find room to land a body shot as Hercules controls the action.
Park tries to land knees in the clinch but Hercules avoids the damage to the body.
Park gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hercules.
Hercules definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hercules lands a right hand that snaps the head of Park backwards.
Hercules lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Park as the two fighters clinch.
Park tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hercules avoids it.
Hercules blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hercules lands a body punch.
Hercules lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hercules.
Hercules pushes Park back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Park misses with an elbow strike.

Hercules has hold of one of Park's legs. Park is fighting the takedown attempt but Hercules gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Park has his feet on Hercules's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Park's coach down at Lock and Roll Grappling Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Park's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Hercules.
Park is looking to land body kicks.
Hercules misses with a right hand
and Park counters with a nice body kick.
Roman Hercules seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Park lands a head shot.
Hercules throws the left hand but Park avoids the punch easily.
As Hercules backs off Park throws a huge counter combo but Hercules manages to avoid it all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hercules misses with an uppercut. Park saw that one coming.
Hercules will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Park with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hercules takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hercules misses with a few strikes there.
Park lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hercules throws a right hand that misses
and Park counters with a body kick.
Park misses with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Hercules.
Hercules shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Hercules. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Park moves into the clinch successfully.
Park tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hercules's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park tries to land knees in the clinch but Hercules avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hercules.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hercules.
Park throws an elbow that misses.
Hercules struggles to land a body shot inside as Park controls his hands.
Park tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hercules's elbow.
Park doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hercules misses with a punch to the body.
Park's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Park misses with a punch to the body.
Park tries to throw a body punch but Hercules avoids it by throwing Park back against the ropes.
Park blocks an uppercut.
Hercules fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Hercules has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Park clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Park trying to control the action but Hercules just sinks the hooks in.
Hercules is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Hercules gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Hercules gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Hercules apologises and we restart here on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Park slips a straight right by Hercules.
A little jabbing left from Park on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Park lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hercules will feel that in the morning.
Park avoids the body shot from Hercules.
Park avoids the body shot from Hercules.
Hercules throws a jab but it's blocked by Park.
Hercules throws a body shot but no joy.
Jung Woo Park is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Park ducks under a wild hook from Hercules.
Park throws a lazy right hand but Hercules sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hercules tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Park was well out of range. Poor timing from Hercules.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Park - that will leave a mark!
Hercules lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hercules misses with a combination
enabling Park to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roman Hercules will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hercules will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Park bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Park slips a jab and a cross from Hercules.
Park defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hercules.
Park scores with a jab to the head.
Hercules fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hercules rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Park finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Roman Hercules is winning the standup battle so far.
Park ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Park misses with a hook. Hercules ducked under it nicely.
Hercules was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hercules takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Park avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Hercules does no damage.
Park appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Park moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hercules misses with a body shot.
Park tries to counter with a clinch but Hercules shakes him off and moves away.
Good leg kick by Park there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Park fails with an attempt to clinch.
Park lands a two punch combo.
Nice body kick from Park.
Hercules swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Park throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hercules swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hercules misses with a two punch combination.
Park blocks a jab.
Park is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hercules with a body shot.
Hercules throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Park sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Park looks to land a body kick but Hercules moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hercules fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Park is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Hercules. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hercules misses with the combination.
Park only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hercules takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hercules avoids the head kick by Park.
A punch combination from Hercules misses.
Park ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hercules will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hercules takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hercules shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Park sprawls well. Park wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hercules gets slowly back to his feet.
Park dodges the punch combination from Hercules.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park scores with a jab to the jaw.

Hercules is rocked!
A good leg kick by Park.
Oh Hercules is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hercules is holding his hands too far apart here. Park throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Hercules is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jung Woo Park!
Jung Woo Park decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.