PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grigor Borisov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Parga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Borisov
vs
Parga

185 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grigor Borisov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo Parga!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borisov stuffs the takedown.
Borisov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parga moves away.
Parga lands a jab.

Parga fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Borisov, pushing him back against the cage.
Borisov tries to circle away but Parga has him pinned against the cage.
Borisov tries to break the clinch but Parga is controlling the position.
Borisov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Parga drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Parga tries to score a body lock takedown but Borisov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Grigor Borisov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Parga.

Parga is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Borisov can't fight it off and eventually Parga manages to take the fight to the floor. Borisov looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Parga sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Borisov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Parga manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borisov stopping the sweep attempt from Parga.
Parga wants to stand up but Borisov is controlling him.
Borisov trying to control but Parga is working from the bottom.
Parga wants to stand and escape but Borisov is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borisov won't allow Parga to sweep him here.
Borisov is in close to Parga's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Parga is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Borisov is controlling him.
Borisov trying to control the position from guard on top but Parga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Parga swinging wilding here.
Borisov lands with a nice body punch.
Borisov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Parga scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Grigor Borisov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Parga looks gassed!
Borisov with a hook.
Borisov slaps away a takedown attempt from Parga, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Grigor Borisov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Borisov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borisov takes a swing at Parga's ribcage but misses.
Borisov looks to land a left hand but Parga moved out of range nicely.
Borisov throws a right and a left that Parga avoids nicely.
Parga moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Borisov throws a jab when Parga was well out of range.
Parga digs a good body shot into Borisov's ribs.
Parga takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Borisov misses with a shot to the body
and Parga counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parga lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Borisov circles away quickly and effectively.

Borisov lands a left and a right that send Parga crashing to the mat, dazed. Borisov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Parga is rocked!

It looks like Rodrigo Parga has been cut.
Borisov is looking to wear down Parga with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Parga is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Parga is still on wobbly legs! Can Borisov finish him?
Borisov takes a swing at Parga's ribcage but misses.
Parga seems to have recovered his senses.
Borisov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parga moves away.
Borisov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parga moves away.
A cross from Parga lands.
Parga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borisov.
Parga is trying hard to land a takedown here. Borisov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Parga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parga moves out of range as Borisov strikes.
Borisov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Borisov stalks Parga and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Parga's face. Parga staggers backwards, shaken.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borisov lands a slapping body shot.
Borisov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Borisov misses the shot to the body.
Borisov lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borisov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Borisov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parga.
Borisov thows a body shot but no joy.
Borisov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Borisov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Borisov.
Parga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parga dives in and grabs Borisov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Borisov pushes down on Parga's head and hops out.
Borisov cracks Parga with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Borisov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Borisov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Parga does no damage.
Danga de danga de dang - Borisov scores with a four punch combination!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borisov misses with a wild body shot.
Borisov swings for the body but Parga moves out of range.
Parga ducks under a wild hook from Borisov.
Borisov throws a looping overhand right but Parga ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grigor Borisov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Parga's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Borisov swings for the body but Parga moves out of range.
Parga lands a slapping body shot.
Borisov misses with a wild body shot.
Parga avoids the body shot from Borisov.
Borisov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Parga counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parga misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Borisov misses with a wild combination.
Parga thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parga takes one to the chin there.
Borisov misses with a wild body shot.
Parga throws a sloppy body shot
and Borisov counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Borisov misses with a body shot
and Parga counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parga fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Some wild striking there from Parga.
Borisov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Parga or perhaps it was just good defense by Borisov which made him look bad.
Grigor Borisov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Parga.
Borisov lands a jab to the nose.
Grigor Borisov is winning the standup battle so far.
Parga misses with a wild combination.
Borisov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Parga looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Borisov slips a jab from Parga.
Borisov lands a jab to Parga's midsection.
Parga connects with the punch.
A left lands for Borisov.
Borisov throws a hook to the side of Parga's head but Parga sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Parga throws a nice looking combination but Borisov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Parga avoids the body shot from Borisov.
Borisov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borisov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Parga makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Borisov throws the kick towards the body but Parga avoids it.
Borisov thows a body shot but no joy.
Parga is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Parga moves away from the strike by Borisov.
Borisov scores with a jab.
Borisov misses with a shot to the body

and Parga counters with a shoot takedown. Borisov fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Borisov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Parga defends well.
Borisov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parga is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borisov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Parga decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Borisov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Borisov throws a shot from downtown. Parga moves away and avoids it.
Borisov scores with a shot to the body.
Borisov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Parga getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Borisov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parga.
Jab from Parga.
A slow jab from Borisov misses its intended target.
Good exchange - Parga coming out on top.
Borisov looks to land a left hand but Parga moved out of range nicely.
Borisov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parga moves away.
Parga misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Parga has Borisov up against the cage in a clinch.
Borisov taking a breather.
Borisov is trying to break free.
Borisov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Parga has him pressed against the cage.
Parga will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Borisov up against the cage.
Borisov can't break the clinch.
Borisov is trying to force a seperation but Parga has the dominant position.
Borisov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Borisov gets underhooks to prevent Parga's takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parga is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Borisov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Borisov being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Parga showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Parga'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. And we move into the final round!

Borisov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Borisov tries to move into range but Parga moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Parga connects with a crisp jab.
Borisov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rodrigo Parga is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Parga connects with a jab.
Borisov misses with a hook.
A jab from Parga does it's job there.
Parga throws a one two combo.

It looks like Grigor Borisov has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horrible takedown by Parga or perhaps it was just good defense by Borisov which made him look bad.
Parga ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Parga scores with a jab.
Parga works over Borisov's head and body with a nice combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice combination there by Parga.
A lazy left from Parga finds it's target.
Parga throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parga uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Borisov.
Danga de danga de dang - Parga scores with a four punch combination!
Borisov misses the body punch
and Parga counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Borisov swings away with a body shot that misses

and Parga counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Parga.
Parga has Borisov pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Borisov manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Borisov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The referee calls for Parga to work.
Borisov is trying to break free.
Borisov is trying to maintain a safe position but Parga gets an underhook and turns Borisov into the cage.

Parga has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Borisov clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Borisov turns into Parga and is now in his guard.
Parga looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Borisov stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nice sprawl there from Borisov as Parga shoots in.
Grigor Borisov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Parga.
Parga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borisov.
Parga misses with a double jab.
Borisov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Parga misses with a wild body shot.
Parga doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Parga on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Borisov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Borisov connects with a body shot.
Parga closes the distance and clinches up with Borisov, looking for a takedown. Parga pushes Borisov against the cage but Borisov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Borisov scores with a four punch combination!
Parga tries to close the distance and clinch but Borisov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Borisov throws a shot to the body.
Parga connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Borisov connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parga fails with a takedown attempt.
Parga throws a right and a left that Borisov avoids nicely.
Parga throws a big shot that misses.
Parga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borisov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Parga misses the jab.
Parga closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Parga has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Borisov cracks Parga with a good jab.
Borisov misses the shot to the body.
Parga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Borisov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Parga tries to close the distance and clinch up but Borisov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Borisov moves out of range as Parga strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Borisov throws a right and a left that Parga avoids nicely.
Parga tries to clinch up.
Borisov misses with an uppercut.
Parga moves away from the strike by Borisov.
Parga shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Parga scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borisov wants to get back to full guard.
Parga perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Parga comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Parga has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Parga!