PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Oluwadare Kwande (ranked 3788 p4p, 3267 weight class) and Jung Ho Park (ranked 367 p4p, 327 weight class). Jung Ho Park will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Kwande
vs
Park

160 cm
20
146
4 - 2 - 0

172 cm
20
150
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hot Spunk
Conviction

Savage Fightwear

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oluwadare Kwande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jung Ho Park!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kwande takes one on the button.
Kwande moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kwande missing with a left hand there. Park was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kwande scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oluwadare Kwande seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kwande on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Kwande.
Kwande lands a jab-cross combination.
Park ducks under a wild hook from Kwande.
Park throws a right and a left that Kwande avoids nicely.
Kwande appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kwande fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kwande misses the jab.
Kwande swings away with a body shot that misses
and Park connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Park moves out of range of the leg kick from Kwande.
Park takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kwande fails to land with a series of punches.
Kwande connects with a body shot.
Kwande gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Kwande misses.
Kwande is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Park's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Park moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Park feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kwande sprawling to the canvas! Kwande rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Park finish him?!

Kwande is rocked!
Kwande misses with a left hand
and Park counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kwande thinking.
Oh Kwande is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kwande is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Park shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Kwande takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Park sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Kwande bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jung Ho Park!
Jung Ho Park was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.