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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ante Delija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Jung Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delija comes to the cage accompanied by Bojna Čavoglave. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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268 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ante Delija!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Jung Park!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Delija clinches up with Park and pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Delija.
Delija tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Park just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Delija has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Delija lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Park backwards.
A short right from Delija on the inside.
Delija stalling in the clinch.
Park jumps guard.
Delija could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Delija is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delija continues to stall.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Delija is looking to advance position but Park has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Delija's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Park working Delija over with strikes here.
Park lands a nice shot to the head.
Park is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Delija can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Park dominating with strikes here.
Delija is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The referee warns Delija that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Delija is rocked!
Park softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Delija is out cold! Park jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Jung Park!
A relieved looking Lee Jung Park thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Ante Delija was interviewed post fight and said 'Its not my day..'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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