PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hae Ki Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by Apeman. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Lopez
vs
Ki Park

175 cm
31
146 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

171 cm
29
145 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alberto Lopez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hae Ki Park!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Hae Ki Park has been cut.
Park pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Park looks for the body kick but Lopez saw that one coming.
Lopez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Park with a hook.
Park misses with a straight left.
Lopez lands with an overhand left.
A jab from Park does it's job there.
Hae Ki Park seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Lopez misses with a leg kick.
Lopez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Park counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Park does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Park is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lopez.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Park slips a jab from Lopez.
Park throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws the left hand but Park avoids the punch easily.
Park misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot by Park.
Nice jab there from Park.
Park misses with a shot to the body
and Lopez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lopez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Park throws a right and a left that Lopez avoids nicely.
Lopez checks a low kick from Park.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Park does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lopez cracks Park with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lopez tests Park's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez throws a leg kick but Park moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Park blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Park does a little dance to reset his feet.
Park misses with a straight right.
Good standup being displayed there by Park as he connects with a hook.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Park misses the target.
Park throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
Lopez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lopez avoids the body shot from Park.
Hae Ki Park is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Park lands a really nice looking cross but Lopez seems unphased.
Lopez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Park wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lopez looks to land a right hand but Park moved out of range.
Park moves forwards but Lopez connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Park tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lopez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Lopez.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
Lopez scores with a nice body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Park checks a leg kick.
Park stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lopez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Park - that will leave a mark!
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Park.
A clash of legs there as Lopez blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez moves out of range of the body kick from Park.
A bone on bone clash there as Park blocks the leg kick.
Lopez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Park's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Park does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Park misses with a shot to the body
and Lopez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Park thinking.
Park throws a leg kick
and Lopez counters with a body kick that stops Park in his tracks momentarily.
Park jabs Lopez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Park throws a lazy head kick
and Lopez counters with a series of strikes. Park will be more careful next time no doubt.
Park blocks a head kick by Lopez.
A low kick from Park misses
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Park throws a head kick that misses
and Lopez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Park looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lopez moves forwards but Park connects with a nice, 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 Alberto Lopez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hae Ki Park's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lopez avoids a kick to the body.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Park slips the punch.
Lopez scores with a hook.
Park staying out of range there.
Nice jab there from Lopez.
Park blocks a low kick nicely.
Lopez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Park if he has to take too many more of those.
Lopez thows a body shot but no joy.
Park falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.
Lopez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lopez lands a head shot.
Park throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lopez counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Park misses with a low kick.
Park moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lopez cracks Park with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Park cracks Lopez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lopez slips under a jab.
Lopez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lopez is looking to chop away at Park's legs.
Lopez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lopez misses with a body kick.
Park looks to land a body kick but Lopez moved away.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.
Alberto Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Park avoids the body shot from Lopez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Park on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Park tries to land a body kick
and Lopez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Park dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lopez. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Park on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lopez. Lopez obviously looking to wear him down.
A low kick from Park misses

and Lopez counters with a single leg into guard. Park didn't expect that.
Lopez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lopez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lopez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Park working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lopez.
Lopez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lopez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Park is keeping the position for now.

Park working for submissions but it's allowed Lopez to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lopez decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Lopez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lopez misses with a straight right.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Park.
Lopez cracks the inside of Park's front leg.
Park connects with a leg kick. Lopez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Park slips a straight right by Lopez.
Lopez lands with a good body shot.
A big right from Park misses.
Park avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Park tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Park checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Lopez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lopez connects with an inside leg kick.
Park turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Lopez.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Park throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lopez checks a low kick from Park.
Lopez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hae Ki Park's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A lazy left from Lopez finds it's target.
Lopez thows a leg kick but Park checks it
letting Park counter with a right hand.
Park looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Park scores with a leg kick.
Park keeps Lopez at a distance using the push kick.
Park slips a jab from Lopez.
Park misses with a body kick.
Park's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Park takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Park takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Park goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lopez misses with a lunging right hand
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lopez lands with a nice body punch.
Lopez catches Park with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Park moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.
Lopez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lopez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lopez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Park changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Park misses.
Lopez tries to land a front kick but Park steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Park throws a push kick but Lopez slaps the foot to one side.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Park moves out of range.
Park misses with a kick to the body.
Park thows a leg kick but Lopez checks it
and Lopez counters with an outside leg kick.
Lopez throws a push kick but Park slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Park.
Park connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lopez's hands.
Park misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Park moves away from the strike by Lopez.
Good shot there by Lopez.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Lopez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Park swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Park lands a high kick!
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Park is looking to slow Lopez down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez slips a straight right by Park.
Park misses with a body shot.
Park uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lopez.
Park lands a lovely overhand right.
Park has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Park thows a body shot but no joy.
Park tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Park goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Park manages to avoid it.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Park is just out of range.
Park throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
Lopez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Park misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Park misses with a low kick.
Park tries to clinch up.
Park thuds his right hand into Lopez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Park tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Lopez misses.
Park throws a leg kick but Lopez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Park scores with the left hand. Lopez knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lopez scoring well with a low kick there.
Park throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lopez makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Park really felt that one!
Park misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Hae Ki Park just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Hae Ki Park's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Park takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Park tries to move into range but Lopez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Park lands with a good body shot.
Park looks to land a body kick but Lopez moved away.
Lopez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Park slips a jab from Lopez.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Park.
Lopez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Park is able to avoid easily.
Park throws a lazy head kick
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.
Lopez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lopez.
Park throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Lopez there.
Lopez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Park misses with a leg kick.
Park tries to land a body kick
and Lopez counters with a two punch combo.
Park throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Park has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lopez.
Park lands with a cross.
Park misses with a wild body shot.
Park on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Park.
Park with a jab.
Park swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Park throws a wild body kick that Lopez sees coming a mile off.
Lopez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Park. Park circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Park has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lopez.
Park 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!
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Park uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lopez.
Park feints and then cracks Lopez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lopez down.
Park tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Park.
A cross from Park lands.
Park misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lopez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A shot to the liver by Lopez. Beautiful body shot.
Park tries to score with a low kick but Lopez moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Park.
Park throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Park is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Park.
Park swings widly with a right hand
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lopez.
Lopez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick from Park lands but Lopez takes it in his stride.
Park fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lopez is out of range.
Park takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lopez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lopez connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park misses with a low kick.
That kick from Lopez tenderised Park's leg. Park is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Park.
Lopez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Park on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez scores with the left hand. Park knows he should have avoided that one.
Park scores with a kick to the body.
Park with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lopez to score with a decent uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lopez. That's going to slow Park down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Park closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lopez walks into a left hand.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Park.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Lopez had his way with Hae Ki Park in that round.
The cut man is working on Hae Ki Park's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Park feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lopez's calf.
Park scores with a nice body kick.
Park digs a good body shot into Lopez's ribs.
Park throws a lazy uppercut
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Park takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Park moves out of range as Lopez strikes.
Lopez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lopez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good shot there by Lopez.
A good leg kick by Park.
Lopez misses with an uppercut. Park saw that one coming.
Park takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lopez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Park avoids it really well and circles away.
Lopez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Park throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good shot there by Park.
Park will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Park bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lopez wants to land a leg kick but Park is out of range.
Park cracks a nice hook into Lopez's ribs.
Hae Ki Park has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Lopez misses.
Lopez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Park.
A head kick misses from Park.
Park takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lopez scores with a shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lopez.
Lopez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Park does a little dance to reset his feet.
Park moves away from the strike by Lopez.
Park scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lopez doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez throws a leg kick which misses Park's front leg but catches the back leg as Park tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez lunges at Park with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Park's hand.
Lopez misses with a kick to the body.
Park looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.
Lopez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Park.
Park throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Park lands a right hook to the body.
Lopez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Park avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Park throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Lopez finds it's way through Park's defenses.
Park rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lopez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Park's knee momentarily.
Park avoids a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Park.
Park swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lopez counters with an inside leg kick.
Lopez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lopez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Park misses with a leg kick.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Park throws out the jab.
Lopez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Park.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Park throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
Park misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Park takes one to the chin there.
Lopez scoring well with a low kick there.
Park walks into a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hae Ki Park.
Well Lopez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 49:47
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 49:46
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Lopez!
Alberto Lopez retains his bantamweight title!
A very excited looking Alberto Lopez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.