PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Barry McLean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhyks Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Park has chosen Bring me the horizon - Pray for Plagues as his entrance music. The key to victory for Barry McLean has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

McLean
vs
Park

170 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry McLean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rhyks Park!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McLean rushes Park and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
McLean lands a knee to the body.
McLean tries a knee to the head but Park blocks it.
McLean is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Park pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

McLean has closed the distance and engaged Park in a clinch.
Park tries a knee to the head but McLean blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McLean as Park tries to tie him up.
Park looks winded!
Park has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Park is trying to break the clinch but McLean has him pressed against the ropes.
Park has a couple of punches blocked by McLean.
McLean misses with a knee to the head.
McLean misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Park.
Park takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Rhyks Park has been cut.
McLean tries a knee to the head but Park blocks it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, McLean throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, McLean just misses with a elbow thrown towards Park's brow.
McLean throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLean wants to stall.
Park takes a knee to the side of the body.
McLean crunches a lovely knee into Park's ribcage.
McLean tries a knee to the head but Park blocks it.
McLean lands a good knee to the midsection. Park won't want to take too many of those.
McLean stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McLean is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Park is keeping busy.
Park avoiding damage as McLean throws knees to the body.
McLean throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLean looking to slow down the pace here.
McLean can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on McLean - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Barry McLean.
McLean misses with a low kick as Park jumps back.
McLean misses with a head kick.

McLean moves into the clinch successfully.
McLean is looking to control Park's arms but Park gets an underhook and turns him. Now McLean has his back to the ropes.
Park wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McLean has him pressed against the ropes.
McLean is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
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!
McLean lands a knee to the body.
McLean throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McLean obliges.
Park takes a knee to the side of the body.
McLean scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLean tries to land a knee to the head but Park blocks with his arms.
McLean looking to stall.
McLean throws an elbow but it's blocked.
McLean connects with a knee to the head.
McLean managing to block the knees to the body from Park.
McLean taking a breather.
McLean is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Park is keeping busy.
McLean lands a knee to the head.
Park is trying to push McLean away but McLean has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
McLean unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McLean misses with a knee to the head.
McLean using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Park has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park controlling the action here for a moment.
McLean will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Park up against the ropes.
McLean misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Park.

Park pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McLean pivots, looking for a leg kick but Park is out of range and McLean settles back down.

McLean gets tackled into the ropes by Park. Park maintains the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Park is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McLean creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McLean with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Park is trying to force a seperation but McLean has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry McLean dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rhyks Park's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

McLean moves into range and clinches up with Park.
McLean is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
McLean scores with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Park takes a knee to the side of the body.
Park throws a head punch that misses.
McLean unloads a knee to the mid-section. Park lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for McLean.
McLean tries to land a knee to the head but Park blocks with his arms.
McLean pushes off an throws an elbow but Park leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
McLean tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McLean is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McLean landing knees to the body.
Park is trying to push McLean away but McLean has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McLean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean is pushing Park up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
McLean lands a knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Park as McLean tries to tie him up.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, McLean just misses with a elbow thrown towards Park's brow.
McLean using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Park has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
McLean tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McLean landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McLean scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Park.
McLean missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Park breaks from the clinch.

McLean moves into range and clinches up with Park.
Park tries to land a knee to the head but McLean blocks with his arms.
McLean throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Park blocks it with crossed arms.
Park blocks an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Park as McLean tries to tie him up.
Park lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Park breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

McLean moves into the clinch successfully.
McLean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Park's face.
McLean creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Park on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McLean pushes off an throws an elbow but Park leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
McLean is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLean keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Park's efforts to push away.
McLean throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLean's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Park lands a left hand.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Park managing to block the knees to the body from McLean.
Park wants to break the clinch but can't.
McLean tries to land a knee to the head but Park blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Park.
McLean is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Park is defending well for now.
Park looking to throw knees to the head but McLean is blocking nicely.
Park is trying to break the clinch but McLean has him pressed against the ropes.
McLean misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLean keeps control of Park as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barry McLean has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Park blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McLean is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Park is defending well for now.
McLean is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Park lands an uppercut.
McLean tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Park avoids it.
Park looking to throw knees to the head but McLean is blocking nicely.
Park is trying to break free.
McLean tries a knee to the head but Park blocks it.
McLean looking to throw knees to the head but Park is blocking nicely.
Park avoiding damage as McLean throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Park misses with a knee to the head.
McLean tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Park avoids a wild elbow strike from McLean.
Park landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry McLean dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rhyks Park's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

McLean fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Park, pushing him back against the ropes.
McLean trying to control the position but instead, Park has worked for underhooks and has pushed McLean into the ropes.
McLean tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Park avoids it.
Park working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Park looking to slow down the pace here.
McLean trying to stall but Park improves his position.
McLean connects with a knee to the head.

Park breaks from the clinch.

McLean clinches up against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McLean scores with a knee to the head.
McLean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McLean misses with a knee strike.
McLean gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean being controlled against the ropes.
Park is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
McLean is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Park is trying to maintain a safe position but McLean gets an underhook and turns Park into the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Park as McLean tries to tie him up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McLean tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Park is looking to break free of the clinch but McLean has double underhooks.
McLean landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McLean looking to throw knees to the head but Park is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Park - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McLean connects with a knee to the head.
Park tries to stall but McLean uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McLean tries to stall but Park uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Park looking to stall.
McLean misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Park.
Park takes a knee right on the jaw!
McLean scores with a knee to the head.
Park working hard to break the clinch.
Park looking to slow down the pace here.
McLean misses with a knee strike.
Park has had enough of the clinch but McLean keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLean tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McLean scores with a knee to the head.
Park stalling against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McLean tries to land a knee to the head but Park blocks with his arms.

Park breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

McLean has closed the distance and engaged Park in a clinch.
Park is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McLean throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Park missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Park wants to get back to striking at distance but McLean won't allow it.
Park using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McLean has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by McLean.
Park is trying to force a seperation but McLean has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McLean misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Park.
Park has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McLean throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLean takes a knee to the side of the body.
McLean throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLean tries to land knees in the clinch but Park avoids the damage to the body.
Park looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Park can't break the clinch.
McLean lands a good knee to the midsection. Park won't want to take too many of those.
McLean is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Park is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McLean just leaning against Park, taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Park lands an elbow just above McLean 's eye.
McLean tries a knee to the head but Park blocks it.
Rhyks Park has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barry McLean is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Park working McLean over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barry McLean showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McLean 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barry McLean!