PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Barford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralphie Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ralphie Parker was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Barford
vs
Parker

198 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Barford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ralphie Parker!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barford moves into the clinch.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.
Barford has Parker pressed against the cage, preventing Parker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barford will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Parker up against the cage.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Barford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barford stalling.
Barford lands a knee to the head.
Parker takes a knee right on the jaw!
A bit of stalling here from Parker.
Barford slowing the pace effectively.
Parker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Barford.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barford.
Parker has had enough of the clinch but Barford keeps him there for the moment.
Barford scores with a knee to the head.
Parker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barford lands a knee to the head.
Parker wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barford misses with a knee strike.
Barford connects with a knee to the head.
Barford is breathing heavily.
Barford is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Barford lands a knee to the body.
Barford has Parker pressed against the cage, preventing Parker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barford pushes Parker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parker tries to break free but Barford pushes him back against the cage.
Parker tries to circle away but Barford has him pinned against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Barford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.
Barford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Parker can't break the clinch.
Barford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parker is defending well for now.
Parker tries to circle away but Barford has him pinned against the cage.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barford unloads a knee to the mid-section. Parker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barford is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Parker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Parker tries to break free but Barford pushes him back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Barford landing knees to the body.
Parker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barford has Parker pressed against the cage, preventing Parker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barford has Parker pressed against the cage, preventing Parker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
Barford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Barford has Parker pressed against the cage, preventing Parker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parker tries to circle away but Barford has him pinned against the cage.
Barford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker tries to break the clinch but Barford is controlling the position.
Parker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Barford.
Barford misses with a knee to the head.
Barford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parker's efforts to push away.
Barford prevents Parker from breaking the clinch.
Parker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Barford keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parker is trying to break free.
Barford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barford tries to land a knee to the head but Parker blocks with his arms.
Parker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Parker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barford's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Barford trying to control the position but instead, Parker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barford into the cage.

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.
Parker tries to break free but Barford pushes him back against the cage.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parker blocks it with crossed arms.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
Parker is looking to control Barford's arms but Barford gets an underhook and turns him. Now Parker has his back to the cage.
Parker has had enough of the clinch but Barford keeps him there for the moment.
Parker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Parker avoiding damage as Barford throws knees to the body.
Barford is looking to control Parker's arms but Parker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barford has his back to the cage.
Parker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parker tries to break the clinch but Barford is controlling the position.
Parker avoiding damage as Barford throws knees to the body.
Barford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parker's efforts to push away.
Parker is trying to break free.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Barford dominated that round.
That's time! Barford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Barford gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Parker.
Barford tries to clinch up.
Barford tries to clinch but Parker is having none of it.
Parker throws a lazy right hand but Barford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dan Barford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Parker works the jab nicely.
Parker leaves Barford with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Parker connects with the punch.

It looks like Dan Barford has been cut.
Barford moves forwards but Parker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Parker connects with a nice looking jab.
Dan Barford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barford fails in his attempt to clinch.

Barford has managed to clinch.
Barford keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barford slows down the pace here.
Barford tries a knee to the head but Parker blocks it.
Barford tries to land a knee to the head but Parker blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barford prevents Parker from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Parker misses with a punch to the body.
Come on Barford - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Parker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barford keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parker has had enough of the clinch but Barford keeps him there for the moment.
Barford connects with a knee to the head.
Barford prevents Parker from breaking the clinch.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barford is pushing Parker up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Barford missing with knees to the body.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Parker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Barford is controlling him.
Parker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
Barford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Parker wants to get back to striking at distance but Barford won't allow it.
Parker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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.
Parker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Barford is controlling him.
Parker is trying to break free.
Parker wants to get back to striking at distance but Barford won't allow it.
Parker wants to break free but Barford has control.
Barford tries to land a knee to the head but Parker blocks with his arms.
Barford trying to land knees to the body.
Parker looking to slow down the pace here.
Parker wants to break free but Barford has control.
Parker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parker blocks it with crossed arms.
Parker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
Barford tries a knee to the head but Parker blocks it.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Barford is controlling him.
Parker is trying to break free.
Barford keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Parker wants to break free but Barford has control.
Barford is trying to stall.
Barford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker working hard to break the clinch.
Barford scores with a knee to the head.
Barford keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parker blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Parker is looking to break free of the clinch but Barford has double underhooks.
Barford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parker avoids it.
Barford looking to throw knees to the head but Parker is blocking nicely.
Barford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barford keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parker is trying to maintain a safe position but Barford gets an underhook and turns Parker into the cage.
Parker is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Barford has denied him.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parker blocks it with crossed arms.
Barford looking to slow down the pace here.
Parker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Barford tries to land a knee to the head but Parker blocks with his arms.
Parker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.
Parker wants to break free but Barford has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Parker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
Parker tries to break free but Barford pushes him back against the cage.
Barford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parker's efforts to push away.
Parker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barford tries to stall but Parker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Barford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parker.
Barford has Parker pressed against the cage, preventing Parker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parker is trying to force a seperation but Barford has the dominant position.
Barford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parker is defending well for now.
Parker wants to break free but Barford has control.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Barford has him pressed against the cage.
Parker wants to break free but Barford has control.
Barford misses with a knee to the head.
Barford has Parker pressed against the cage, preventing Parker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Parker working hard to break the clinch.
Parker wants to get back to striking at distance but Barford won't allow it.
Parker tries to break free but Barford pushes him back against the cage.
Parker managing to block the knees to the body from Barford.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralphie Parker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Barford's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Parker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Parker misses with an uppercut. Barford saw that one coming.
Barford tries to clinch up.
A big left from Parker misses.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barford tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Barford needs to keep his hands up - Parker had a free shot at his head there.
Barford throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Parker's waist but Parker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barford off to one side.
Parker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Parker lands a nice shot to the body.
Parker's corner calls for a 1-2. Parker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Barford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice jab there from Parker.
Parker lands a nice looking body shot.
Parker scores with a shot to the body.
Parker scores with the left hand. Barford knows he should have avoided that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barford takes one to the side of the head.
Parker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Barford is rocked!
Parker drops Barford with a huge uppercut! Barford drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Parker is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralphie Parker!