PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bogdan Vrinceanu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Park's entrance music is Nightmare. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Vrinceanu's choice of entrance music: The Foggy dew. Bogdan Vrinceanu is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Park
vs
Vrinceanu

190 cm
25
147 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
154 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Park!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bogdan Vrinceanu!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Park closes the distance and pushes Vrinceanu back into the cage.

Vrinceanu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Park uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vrinceanu has time to react.
Park lands a jab to Vrinceanu's midsection.
Vrinceanu is looking to land body kicks.
Park tries to close the distance and clinch but Vrinceanu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vrinceanu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Park lands with a nice body punch.
Vrinceanu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Park gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Vrinceanu turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Vrinceanu tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vrinceanu has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Vrinceanu is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Park is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Park is trying to control Vrinceanu's posture but Vrinceanu avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vrinceanu decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Vrinceanu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vrinceanu tries for a takedown but Park sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Park is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Vrinceanu.

Park fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vrinceanu, pushing him back against the cage.
Park is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vrinceanu to keep the fight standing.
Park dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vrinceanu tries for a takedown but Park manages to get underhooks.
Richard Park has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bogdan Vrinceanu.
Park prevents the takedown attempt.
Park tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Park is trying to stall.
Park can't find room to land a body shot as Vrinceanu controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Park letting Vrinceanu take a breather here.

Vrinceanu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Park ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vrinceanu moves away.
Vrinceanu throws a head kick that misses.
As Vrinceanu looks to move away, Park throws a big counter combo but Vrinceanu just gets out of the way.
Vrinceanu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Park looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Park slaps away a takedown attempt from Vrinceanu, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Vrinceanu tries a head kick but it misses.
Park throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vrinceanu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vrinceanu throws a wild body kick that Park sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park wants to clinch up but Vrinceanu keeps it at a distance.

Park drives through and clinches with Vrinceanu against the cage.

Vrinceanu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Park dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vrinceanu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Park clinches up with Vrinceanu and pushes him back against the cage.

Vrinceanu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Park.
No joy there for Vrinceanu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've been informed that Vrinceanu has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Park connects with the punch.
Park tries to clinch but Vrinceanu moves out of range.
Park looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Park is looking to wear down Vrinceanu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vrinceanu throws a front kick aimed at Park's knee but Park avoids it well.
Vrinceanu throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Park connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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 tries to clinch but Vrinceanu is having none of it.
Vrinceanu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Park clinches up against the cage.
Park pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vrinceanu misses with a punch on the inside.
Vrinceanu goes for a takedown attempt but Park pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vrinceanu scores with a leg kick.
Park sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vrinceanu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vrinceanu throws a sloppy head kick and Park moves out of range easily.
Park shoots for a double leg takedown but Vrinceanu sprawls well. He's pushed Park's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Park misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Park dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Park gets a clinch.

Vrinceanu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Park lands a glancing blow to the side of Vrinceanu's head.
Park misses with a jab to the body
and Vrinceanu counters with a head kick. That will keep Park thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Park on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Park crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vrinceanu - the referee stops the clock and Park gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vrinceanu. Park manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vrinceanu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vrinceanu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Park fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Vrinceanu tries to counter it with a takedown but Park pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Park ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bogdan Vrinceanu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Park throws a body shot but no joy.
Park really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vrinceanu throws a head kick that misses
and Park counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vrinceanu just misses with a punch to the body.
Park doesn't manage to clinch there - Vrinceanu circles away.
Vrinceanu circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Park drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Vrinceanu follows Park to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bogdan Vrinceanu!
A victorious Bogdan Vrinceanu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.