PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Konet Parast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Konet Parast has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Parast
vs
Cullen

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
188 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Konet Parast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Cullen!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parast looks to land a combination but Cullen avoids it well.
Cullen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Parast wants to clinch.
Parast wants to clinch up but Cullen keeps it at a distance.
A solid body kick from Cullen.

Cullen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cullen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cullen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cullen in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Cullen is chipping away with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cullen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cullen takes a little break here. Parast wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Parast knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cullen on the ground.
Cullen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Parast is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Cullen stalls from top position.
Parast is breathing heavily.
Cullen grinds an elbow into Parast's temple.
Cullen controlling from side mount.
Cullen advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Cullen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cullen is landing with some decent strikes but Parast is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Parast is rocked!
Cullen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Parast in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Parast is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cullen breaks from Parast's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cullen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Parast is in a horrible position here. Cullen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Cullen.
Cullen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Parast?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen working Parast over with strikes here.
Cullen controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cullen landing shots from mount.
Cullen controlling the position easily from mount.
The referee warns Parast that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parast is looking to get to half guard.
Parast seems to have got his legs back now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Cullen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Parast tries to clinch there but Cullen circles away.
Parast looks to land a combination but Cullen avoids it well.
Parast swats away the attempt to clinch by Cullen.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cullen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Parast wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cullen has him pressed against the cage.
Parast tries for a takedown. No joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Parast on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Parast.
Cullen works on Parast's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Come on Cullen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Parast breaks from the clinch.

Cullen drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen chips away with some ground and pound.
Dan Cullen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cullen landing some decent shots from guard.
Parast can't keep his opponent in guard - Cullen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cullen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cullen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cullen controlling the action here.
Ground and pound from Cullen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cullen wants to pass to mount but Parast is defending the position.
Cullen controlling the action here.
Cullen trying to control the action but Parast is working from the bottom.
Cullen content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Parast wants to control but Cullen passes into side.
Parast takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Cullen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Check out the look on Cullen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Cullen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cullen misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cullen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cullen scoring with punches and elbows.
Parast takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen advances nicely into full mount.
Cullen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cullen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Parast looks a forlorn figure.
Cullen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cullen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cullen is landing with some decent strikes but Parast is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Parast can't escape the position.
Cullen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Parast's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cullen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Cullen with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Cullen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Parast looks to clinch

and Cullen goes for a counter takedown and lands it with interest - it's knocked his opponent senseless! It looks like Cullen 's shoulder did the damage as the two fighters hit the mat.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Dan Cullen!