PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fjodor Fedja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedja comes to the cage accompanied by Oy, to ne vecher. Parsons has chosen Call Me The Breeze as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fedja
vs
Parsons

192 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

189 cm
24
218 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Fjodor Fedja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Charlie Parsons!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parsons punishes Fedja's body with a nice straight punch.
Parsons scores with a shot to the body.
Charlie Parsons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parsons throws a right hand that Fedja ducks under and follows up with a left that Fedja also avoids with ease.
Parsons lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fedja circles away quickly and effectively.
Fedja moves away from the strike by Parsons.
Parsons swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fedja.
Parsons looks to land a combination but Fedja avoids it well.
Fedja doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Parsons missing with a left hand there. Fedja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fedja takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Parsons, right into the meat.
Parsons looks to score with a jab to the body but Fedja is just out of range.
Parsons slips a jab from Fedja.
Parsons lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fedja throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Parsons on the side of the head.
Parsons bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fedja's head backwards.
Parsons missing with a left hand there. Fedja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Parsons looks to throw the jab but Fedja is out of range.
Fedja keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Parsons.
Fedja uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parsons.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parsons lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big right from Parsons misses.
Fedja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parsons was well out of range. Poor timing from Fedja.
Fedja shoots for a takedown but Parsons saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Parsons is looking to score with low kicks.
Parsons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fedja manages to avoid it.
Fedja takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fedja ducks under a wild hook from Parsons.
Fedja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fedja avoids the body shot from Parsons.
Fedja moves out of range as Parsons strikes.
Fedja needs to keep his hands up - Parsons had a free shot at his head there.
Some wild striking there from Parsons.
Parsons moves out of range of the strikes.
Parsons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parsons displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fedja.
Fedja on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedja scores with a nice strike.
Parsons looks to land a left hand but Fedja moved out of range nicely.
Parsons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Parsons throws a head kick but Fedja moves out of range.
Fedja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fedja throws a jab but it's blocked by Parsons.
Fedja slips a straight right by Parsons.
Parsons swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Parsons takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Parsons ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Parsons jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Parsons swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Parsons misses its intended target.
Parsons uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fedja.
Parsons scores with the left hand. Fedja knows he should have avoided that one.
Parsons fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fedja manages to avoid it.
Parsons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Parsons slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parsons throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fedja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parsons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fedja throws an overhand right that lands on Parsons's shoulder, as Parsons tries to avoid the shot.
Parsons scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Parsons uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fedja.
Fedja lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Parsons works over Fedja's head and body with a nice combination.
Parsons throws a series of strikes that have Fedja backpedaling.
Fedja is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fedja missing with a left hand there. Parsons was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Parsons throws a shot from downtown. Fedja moves away and avoids it.
Fedja keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Parsons.
Parsons works the jab nicely.
Parsons thuds his right hand into Fedja's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fedja moves out of range of the strikes.
Fedja uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parsons.
Fedja misses with a few strikes there.
Fedja moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedja dodges the punch combination from Parsons.
Parsons misses the body punch

and Fedja counters with a nice double leg into side control. Parsons won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parsons is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fedja off and has taken his back!
Fedja looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
A lull in the action here.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Parsons. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Parsons is trying to stick to Fedja's back but Fedja is turning into Parsons. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Parsons's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Fedja.
Parsons wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Parsons is on top in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parsons trying to control but Fedja is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fedja shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Parsons defends it nicely.
Parsons slips under a jab from Fedja.
Parsons misses with an uppercut.
Fedja has a takedown stuffed.
Parsons cracks Fedja with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fedja uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parsons.
Fedja thuds his right hand into Parsons's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Parsons lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fedja misses with a straight right.
Parsons thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parsons lands with an overhand left.
Parsons smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Parsons stuns Fedja with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Parsons dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parsons bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fedja's head backwards.
Parsons fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Parsons fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fedja looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fedja misses with a looping right.
Parsons throws a right hand that Fedja ducks under and follows up with a left that Fedja also avoids with ease.
Parsons lands an overhand right.
Parsons throws out a loose jab but Fedja uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Parsons throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Parsons clobbers Fedja with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A head kick misses from Parsons.
Parsons lands a nice shot that snaps Fedja's head back.
Fedja looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Parsons throws a nice looking combination but Fedja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Fedja looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Parsons!
Parsons regains half guard.
Parsons is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parsons is looking to improve his position.
Fedja wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parsons keeps working.
Parsons gets back to full guard.
Fedja cracks Parsons with a solid left hand.
Fedja wants to control from the top but Parsons keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parsons looking for a sweep. Not yet Parsons, not yet.
Fedja trying to control the position from guard on top but Parsons is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Parsons is on top in guard.
Parsons has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Fedja is proving hard to escape from.
Parsons wants to pass the guard but Fedja is keeping the position.
Parsons stopping the sweep attempt from Fedja.
Fedja manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Parsons manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Parsons is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fedja is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Parsons works his way into side control.
Parsons wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fedja keeps working.
Fedja is trying to improve his position.
Parsons wants to control but Fedja is keeping him busy.
Parsons laying and praying for a moment but Fedja takes advantage and regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parsons passes to full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Parsons showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Fedja takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fedja is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fedja misses with a straight right.
Parsons lands with an overhand left.
Parsons swings for the body but Fedja moves out of range.
Parsons keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A swing and a miss from Parsons.
A big right from Fedja misses.
Parsons lands a really nice looking cross but Fedja seems unphased.
Parsons misses with a straight left.
Parsons misses with a wild body shot.
Parsons misses the jab.
Parsons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Parsons. That snapped Fedja's head back.
Parsons fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fedja looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Parsons misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parsons displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fedja.
Charlie Parsons seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fedja walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fedja cracks Parsons with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Parsons misses with a series of wild punches.
Fedja throws a nice looking combination but Parsons bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fedja misses with a body punch
and Parsons counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fedja on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fedja staying out of range there.
Fedja is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parsons.
Parsons misses with the combination.
Parsons pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Charlie Parsons is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheers as Fedja lands an impressive looking overhand right. Parsons doesn't seem phased though.
Parsons loads up on a big right hand but Fedja slips the punch.
Nice jab there from Fedja.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedja missing with a left hand there. Parsons was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fedja misses with a wild combination.
Parsons misses with a double jab
and Fedja counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Parsons scores with the left hand. Fedja knows he should have avoided that one.
Parsons throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parsons misses with a body shot.
Parsons throws a combination that misses

and Fedja counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parsons wants to sweep here but Fedja controlling him for the moment.
Parsons is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fedja's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Fedja stopping the sweep attempt from Parsons.
Parsons utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Parsons is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A swing and a miss from Parsons.
Fjodor Fedja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fedja thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parsons scores with a sloppy right hand. Fedja should have avoided that one.
Fedja shoots in looking for a takedown. Parsons tries to sprawl out of it but Fedja keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Parsons manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fjodor Fedja. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fedja ducks under a wild hook from Parsons.
Parsons throws a looping overhand right but Fedja ducks down to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Parsons tries to bum rush Fedja with a series of wild strikes but Fedja uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parsons defending well as Fedja loads up on a big left hand.
Parsons throws a looping overhand right but Fedja ducks down to avoid it.
Fedja moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fedja lands a lovely overhand right.
Parsons moves in looking to clinch but Fedja pushes him off.
Fedja uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Parsons has time to react.
A shot to the body from Parsons misses
and Fedja counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Parsons swings for the body but Fedja moves out of range.
Parsons looks to throw the jab but Fedja is out of range.
Parsons misses with a few strikes there.
Fedja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parsons sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fedja connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fedja throws a lazy right hand but Parsons sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fedja blocks a jab.
Fedja looks to throw the jab but Parsons is out of range.
Parsons misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fjodor Fedja showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Parsons 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Parsons!