PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arnold Schwarzeneggar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fredo Parish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Schwarzeneggar
vs
Parish

189 cm
26
240 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
263 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arnold Schwarzeneggar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fredo Parish!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarzeneggar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Parish gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Parish lands some strikes from the bottom.

Parish has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Schwarzeneggar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Parish keeping full guard, as Schwarzeneggar tries to pass.
Schwarzeneggar has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Parish is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Schwarzeneggar is aware though and is defending well.
Parish looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Schwarzeneggar advances to half guard.
Schwarzeneggar blocks the strikes from Parish.
The fighters are battling for position here. Parish manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Parish had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Schwarzeneggar defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schwarzeneggar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Parish swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Schwarzeneggar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Parish has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Schwarzeneggar trying to control the position from guard on top but Parish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schwarzeneggar is breathing heavily.

Parish looking for a guillotine here but Schwarzeneggar defends easily.
Parish looking for a sweep. Not yet Parish, not yet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Schwarzeneggar looking to pass the guard.

Schwarzeneggar has gone for a leg lock! Parish slips out almost immediately though and dives into Schwarzeneggar's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Parish got a little sloppy there for a moment and Schwarzeneggar has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Parish has managed to get both his arms back between Schwarzeneggar's legs - danger averted.
Parish keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Schwarzeneggar's head.
Parish stands up over Schwarzeneggar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Parish pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Schwarzeneggar is keeping the position for now.
Parish working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Schwarzeneggar's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Parish's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Parish with a nice head shot there.
Parish lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Schwarzeneggar has momentary wrist control but Parish slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parish stopping the sweep attempt from Schwarzeneggar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parish postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Schwarzeneggar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Parish can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Parish postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Parish lands a couple of digs.
Parish works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Parish frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Parish looking to secure an arm triangle but Schwarzeneggar defends it well.
Parish dominating with strikes here.
Parish scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parish working the ground and pound effectively.
Schwarzeneggar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parish is landing with some decent strikes but Schwarzeneggar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Parish working for a submission but Schwarzeneggar is keeping him at bay.
Parish lands a big shot there that rocks Schwarzeneggar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Schwarzeneggar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Parish fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Parish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Schwarzeneggar?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Parish.
Parish is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Schwarzeneggar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Parish with good strikes from the mount here!
Parish punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredo Parish dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Parish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Parish scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Parish scoring with punches and elbows.
Parish cracks Schwarzeneggar with a big elbow.
Parish is working Schwarzeneggar over with some ground and pound from side control.
Parish scoring with punches from side control.
Parish works to advance to full mount. Schwarzeneggar defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Parish with good strikes from the mount here!
Parish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Schwarzeneggar?
Fredo Parish has got the better of the ground game so far.
Schwarzeneggar tries to hold on but Parish pushes him away.
Parish punishing his opponent with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parish lands a big elbow.
Parish has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Parish looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Parish has hold of Schwarzeneggar's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Schwarzeneggar manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Schwarzeneggar is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parish with good strikes from the mount here!
Parish lands with some strikes.
Schwarzeneggar is working to get back to half guard.
Parish working Schwarzeneggar over with strikes here.
Schwarzeneggar is working to get back to half guard.
Parish landing punches.
Parish working the ground and pound effectively.
Parish working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Schwarzeneggar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneggar is looking to improve his position but Parish isn't that keen on the idea.
Parish lands with some strikes.
Schwarzeneggar is desperately trying to improve his position but Parish has a good base and remains in mount.
Schwarzeneggar is in a horrible position here. Parish smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Schwarzeneggar has left one of his arms exposed and Parish doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Schwarzeneggar screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fredo Parish!