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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chan-Sung Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jung comes to the cage accompanied by Waiting Room. Lopez has chosen Apeman as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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150 cm
35
130 lbs
38 - 15 - 0 |
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175 cm
38
146 lbs
35 - 12 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
38 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chan-Sung Jung! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
35 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alberto Lopez! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jung buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lopez throws a leg kick which misses Jung's front leg but catches the back leg as Jung tries to avoid it. Lopez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jung. Lopez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Lopez looks to land a left hand but Jung moved out of range nicely. Lopez is looking to score with low kicks. Jung thows a leg kick but Lopez checks it and Lopez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Lopez throws a poor cross that misses
and Jung counters with an outside leg kick.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jung manages to avoid it. Lopez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jung has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Jung looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jung moves away. Jung throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Jung rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lopez moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Jung scores with a leg kick.
Lopez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slow jab from Jung misses its intended target. Lopez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. Jung will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jung throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Lopez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Lopez misses with a lunging right hand
and Jung counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Alberto Lopez has been cut. Lopez cracks Jung with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Lopez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Jung scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Lopez avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Lopez throws a counter combo. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jung lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lopez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lopez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Jung tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lopez is able to avoid easily. Lopez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Jung shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Jung looks to land a body kick but Lopez moved away. Jung looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Lopez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lopez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jung clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage. Jung scores with a nice hook to the head. Jung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jung lands a shoulder strike. A short right from Jung on the inside. Lopez misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez lands a hook that snaps the head of Jung backwards. Lopez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. A head punch on the inside from Lopez fails to land. Jung lands a shoulder strike. A head punch blocked on the inside by Lopez. Jung misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jung. Jung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jung tries a body shot but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses. Lopez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Lopez misses with the head strike.
Lopez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Jung is working Lopez over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jung scores with a shot to the side of Lopez's head. Jung lands with a left to the head. Jung lands a body punch in the clinch. Jung blocking some punches.
Lopez misses with some punches.
Jung blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jung lands a nice uppercut. Lopez looking to stall.
Jung has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lopez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Jung.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Jung scores with a hook to the body. Jung scores with a shoulder strike. Lopez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lopez lands a left hand.
Jung throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez. A hook to the body from Jung.
Jung misses with a body punch.
Jung blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jung lands on the inside with an uppercut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Jung.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lopez. Lopez lands with a right to the head. A short right from Lopez. Lopez throws a head punch that misses. Lopez lands with a right to the head. Jung misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Jung.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
Lopez looking to stall.
A body shot lands from Jung.
Nice body punch from Jung - that landed with a thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Jung is controlling him. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jung. Lopez misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Jung.
Jung misses with some punches.
Lopez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jung pulls him back up using the underhooks. 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 Chan-Sung Jung will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Alberto Lopez's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jung shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jung was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Lopez tries to bench press Jung off him but Jung keeps the position. Lopez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Jung misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Jung postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jung is working Lopez over with some ground and pound from side control. Lopez defending against the ground and pound. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jung tries to move to full mount but Lopez actually manages to regain half guard. Jung thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Lopez is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Jung has latched onto it... Big trouble! Jung pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Lopez is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Jung!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chan-Sung Jung! During a confident post fight interview, Chan-Sung Jung thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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