PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duke Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Parise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan Parise will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Davis
vs
Parise

170 cm
22
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
158 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Duke Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jordan Parise!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis tries to bum rush Parise with a series of wild strikes but Parise uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parise looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Davis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Parise momentarily.
A head kick misses from Davis.

Parise looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Davis!
Davis is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Davis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Davis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Parise on the ground.
Parise landing shots from mount.
Parise controlling from mount.
Davis really wants to buck Parise off and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parise has hold of Davis's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Davis manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.

Parise jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Davis manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Davis is pushing Parise's head away, looking to escape. Parise manages to hold on to the position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A solid body kick from Davis.

Parise tries to keep at a distance but Davis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Davis cracks Parise with a nice body shot.
Davis scores with a nice hook to the head.

Davis breaks from the clinch.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duke Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parise shoots for a takedown but Davis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A punch combination from Davis misses.
Parise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Davis.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Parise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Parise circles away.
Parise tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Davis swivels and escapes.
Davis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Parise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.

Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Davis controlling the action here for a moment.

Davis manages to break the clinch.
Davis lands with a straight right. Parise didn't see that one coming.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Parise swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parise tries to move into range but Davis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Davis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Parise avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a series of strikes that have Parise backpedaling.
Davis looks to land a combination but Parise avoids it well.
Parise throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davis's waist but Davis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Parise off to one side.
Duke Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jordan Parise.
Davis is looking to clinch but Parise is avoiding it.
Davis stuffs the takedown attempt from Parise. Parise gets slowly back to his feet.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis throws a head kick but Parise moves out of range.
Parise dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis throws a series of punches but Parise avoids them all with ease.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Davis. Parise shrugs it off though.
Davis throws a head kick but Parise moves out of range.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Davis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Parise's sensitive parts.
Davis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Davis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Davis is looking to clinch but Parise is avoiding it.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Parise displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.

Davis has Parise up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Parise's ribcage.
Davis wants to stall.
A right hook to the body lands for Davis.
Parise drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Davis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Parise has Davis pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Davis manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The is referee keeping an eye on Davis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Davis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Parise manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Parise pulls Davis in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davis gets to his feet - Parise follows without any prompting.
Parise avoids the head kick by Davis.
Horrible takedown by Parise or perhaps it was just good defense by Davis which made him look bad.
Duke Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jordan Parise.
Davis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Davis rushes Parise and presses him up against the cage.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Parise backwards.
Nice body punch from Davis.
Davis crunches a lovely knee into Parise's ribcage.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice combination there by Davis.

It looks like Jordan Parise has been cut.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis scores with a one two! Parise had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Parise is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
BOOM! Davis lands a beautiful left hook that drops Parise. Parise tries to recover but Davis is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Parise lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duke Davis!