PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean Conroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lee park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conroe's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I got a Feeling. Sean Conroe has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Conroe
vs
park

183 cm
22
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Conroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, lee park!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

park looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
park is controlling the pace.
Conroe trying to hold on to park's head to control him but park postures up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with park in particular looking to stall.
Conroe is looking for a sweep. park is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Conroe is breathing heavily.
park with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Conroe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
park lands with a punch from half guard.
park lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conroe trying to control from the bottom.
park looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
park keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Conroe actively working from the bottom here.
park not doing much here.
Conroe has hold of park's hands but park slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Conroe has hold of park's hands but park slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
park not doing much here.

Conroe looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and park pushes past his half guard into mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conroe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
park looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
park controlling the pace for now.
park is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Conroe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
park controlling the pace for now.
Conroe is bucking up trying to escape but park cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
park lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
park tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
I looks like park might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Let's hope that park has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Despite being in the dominant position, lee park just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Conroe shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and park counters with a nice double leg into guard.
park content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
park stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Conroe swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Conroe will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
park is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
park pushes down on Conroe's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lee park dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

park closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
park lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
A lull in the action here.
park connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Conroe some visible discomfort.
park happy to just control the position for now.

Despite being in the dominant position, lee park just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Conroe gets caught flat footed, as park shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
park's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Conroe is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
lee park has got the better of the ground game so far.
park scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
park cracks Conroe with a solid left hand.
park showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
park forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
park content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Conroe is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
park looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
park seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Despite being in the dominant position, lee park just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

park shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
park drops an elbow to the side of Conroe's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, park seems content to control.
park really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Conroe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
park is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
park looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Conroe looking for submissions off his back.

Conroe looking for submissions off his back.
park content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

lee park showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

park fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Conroe sprawls well initially but park persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with park in particular looking to stall.
park frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
park takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
park lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
park controlling from mount.

Despite being in the dominant position, lee park just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

park looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Conroe working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because park has passed into half guard!
park prevents Conroe from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
park sitting and controlling from the half guard.
park looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Conroe looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from park there.
park slips a nice elbow through Conroe's hands, connecting with Conroe's forehead.
Conroe is looking to control park's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Conroe avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
park is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
park tries to pass to full mount but Conroe defends it.
park not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Conroe looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
park is controlling the pace.
park takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Conroe wants to get back to full guard but park has mounted him!
Sean Conroe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
lee park is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
park takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
lee park comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well park has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... lee park!