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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Steve Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hae Ki Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hae Ki Park!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Park throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Park throws a leg kick that misses.
Park throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martin throws the left hand but Park avoids the punch easily.
Martin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Park.
Park is looking to slow Martin down with leg kicks.
Steve Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Martin. Those never looked like landing.
Park looks to land a combination. Martin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Martin misses with a series of wild punches.
Park throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Park.
Martin takes a swing at Park's ribcage but misses.
Park defending well as Martin loads up on a big left hand.
Martin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Park's head backwards.
Martin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Park eats them both and turns towards Martin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Hae Ki Park has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Park connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Park pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Martin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Park throws a shot to the body.
Park ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Park avoids the body shot from Martin.
Park scores with a leg kick.
Martin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Martin throws a combination. Park tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Martin thows a body shot but no joy.
Park slips a jab and a cross from Martin.
Park thows a body shot but no joy.
Martin throws a right hand that Park ducks under and follows up with a left that Park also avoids with ease.
Park pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big right from Martin misses.
Park takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Park throws a head kick that misses.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
Martin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martin defending well as Park loads up on a big left hand.
Martin misses with a double jab
and Park counters with a low kick, right behind Martin 's knee.
The fight stays on the outside here - Park looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Park tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Park connects with a right hand. Martin shakes it off.
Park throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Park listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Martin throws a nice looking combination but Park bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Park throws an off balance right hand
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Park's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park lands a nice looking kick to the body. Martin takes a step back to recover.
Park throws a lazy uppercut
and Martin counters with a straight right hand.
Park throws a leg kick which misses Martin's front leg but catches the back leg as Martin tries to avoid it.
Martin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Park moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martin looks to throw the jab but Park is out of range.
Martin throws a right hand that Park ducks under and follows up with a left that Park also avoids with ease.
Martin takes a swing at Park's ribcage but misses.
Martin misses with a few strikes there.
Park fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martin is out of range.
Park throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Martin on the side of the head.
Park takes one on the button.
A combination from Martin does no damage.
Park connects with a high kick.
Park lunges at Martin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Martin's hand.
Park swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping leg kick lands for Park.
Park takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands a jab to Park's midsection.
A left lands for Martin.
Park uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Park moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Martin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Park.
Martin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Park.
Nice shot by Martin.
Martin throws a lazy right hand but Park sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Martin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Park counters with a nice kick to the body.
Martin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Park gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Park leaning his opponent against the cage.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hae Ki Park will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hae Ki Park's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Park misses with the combination.
Park looks for the body kick but Martin saw that one coming.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Martin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Martin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Martin looks to land a combination but Park avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Park. Martin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Martin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Park.
Park connects with a solid leg kick.
Park looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Park instigates a clinch.
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 trying to land knees to the body.
Martin avoiding damage as Park throws knees to the body.
Park pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martin is looking to control Park's arms but Park gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martin has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Park taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Park just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martin's brow.
Park taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin throws a head punch that misses.
Park tries to throw a body punch but Martin avoids it by throwing Park back against the cage.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Park backwards.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but Park avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Park misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Park struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Martin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Park backwards.
Park lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Park misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martin.
With the fighters up against the cage, Park throws an elbow but misses.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from Park.
Park scores with a shoulder strike.
Martin is leaning against Park and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Park uses good head movement to avoid it.
Park lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Park is leaning against Martin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin misses with some punches.
Park prevents a body shot from Martin.
Martin prevents a body shot from Park.
Park misses with an elbow strike.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Park uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Steve Martin has been cut.
Park stalling against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
Martin working aggressively here.
Park has Martin pushed against the cage.
Park lands a body shot in the clinch.
Park is trying to stall.
Martin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Park blocking some punches.
Martin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Martin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Martin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Park misses with a hook to the ribs.
Park working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Martin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Park lands with a right to the head.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Martin avoids a wild elbow strike from Park.
Hae Ki Park seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Park blocks an uppercut.
Martin misses with the head strike.
Park working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Park misses with an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Park - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hae Ki Park will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Park will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Park takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steve Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Park throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Park gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Martin throws a right and a left that Park avoids nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Martin!
Martin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Martin moves out of range of the body kick.
Park smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Park throws a hook to the side of Martin's head but Martin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Park takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin throws a body punch but Park moves out of range.
Park scores with a crisp jab that stopped Martin in his tracks.
Hae Ki Park seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Park keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Martin throws a hook but Park blocks it.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
Park tries to score with a low kick but Martin moves his leg out of the way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Park.
Park scores with a shot to the body.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Park throws a leg kick but Martin moved away.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
Martin cracks Park with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Park blocks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a nice looking combination but Park bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That kick from Park tenderised Martin's leg. Martin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Park tried to score with a low kick but Martin checks it.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Park counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martin throws a right hand that Park ducks under and follows up with a left that Park also avoids with ease.
Park throws a leg kick which misses Martin's front leg but catches the back leg as Martin tries to avoid it.
Martin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Park.
Park lands an overhand right.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Park moves away.
Park dodges the punch combination from Martin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Park moves out of range as Martin strikes.
Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Park.
Steve Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hae Ki Park is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Park lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Park counters with a body kick.
Park steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Martin misses with an uppercut
and Park counters with a big head kick but Martin shrugs it off.
Martin needs to keep his hands up - Park had a free shot at his head there.
Martin is rocked!
Martin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Park throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martin.
Martin missing with a left hand there. Park was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martin throws a jab but it's blocked by Park.
Park throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Martin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Park to score with a decent uppercut.
Park keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Park is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin sizes up Park with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Park scores with a hook to the body. Martin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Martin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Martin connects with a body shot that sends Park's belly button to the back.
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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Park looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Martin misses with a wild combination.
Donk. Park catches Martin right on the button with a cross.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Park circles away quickly and effectively.
Martin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Martin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Park slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hae Ki Park.
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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hae Ki Park!
Hae Ki Park managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, BeastMode, into his post fight interview.
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