PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frank Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Parker
vs
Claude Van Damme

170 cm
24
162 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

172 cm
26
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

The Perfect Bloodline Laboratories

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jean Claude Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Van Damme.

Parker closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Van Damme did well to prevent Parker getting side control.
Van Damme is trying to stand up here but Parker is controlling him well.
Parker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Parker lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Van Damme is not content to let Parker control the position.
Parker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Van Damme is trying to stand up here but Parker is controlling him well.
Parker trying to control the action but Van Damme is working from the bottom.
Parker with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Van Damme is not content to let Parker control the position.
Ground and pound from Parker.
Parker thows a huge punch but Van Damme dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Damme is trying to stand.
Parker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Van Damme is trying to stand up here but Parker is controlling him well.
Parker throws a strike but Van Damme avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Parker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Parker won't allow Van Damme to get back to his feet.
Parker tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Damme is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Damme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Parker controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Van Damme wants to stand up but Parker is controlling him.
Van Damme preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Parker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Parker slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Parker is in close to Van Damme's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Parker stops Van Damme from standing up.
Van Damme preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker throws a big right hand that misses.
Parker distracts Van Damme with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Parker chips away with some ground and pound.
Parker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Parker passes Van Damme's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Van Damme keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Van Damme wants to get back to his feet.
Van Damme has hold of Parker's hands but Parker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Parker is controlling the pace.
Parker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands with a punch from half guard.
Parker tries to pass the half guard into mount. Van Damme knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Parker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Parker not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Parker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Van Damme's head.
Parker slips a nice elbow through Van Damme's hands, connecting with Van Damme's forehead.
Parker is looking to take a break and control but Van Damme is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Parker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Parker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Jean Claude Van Damme has been cut.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses.
Van Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Damme tries to clinch there but Parker circles away.
Parker swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Damme.

Parker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Parker is trying to ground and pound but Van Damme uses the momentary lack of control by Parker to regain half guard.
Parker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Parker is trying to control. Van Damme wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Parker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Parker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Van Damme with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Van Damme is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme is breathing heavily.
Parker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Van Damme is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Parker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Parker stops Van Damme from getting back to his feet.
Parker tries to pass the half guard into mount. Van Damme knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Parker is trying to control the action in half guard but Van Damme is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Parker moves into full mount! Van Damme won't be happy about that!
Parker landing strikes from the mount and Van Damme is in trouble!
Van Damme is bucking up trying to escape but Parker cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Parker takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Frank Parker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Parker won't let Van Damme get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Parker working Van Damme over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parker landing strikes from the mount.
Parker working the ground and pound effectively.
Parker is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Parker working Van Damme over with strikes here.
BOOM! Parker connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker with a couple of short strikes.
Parker sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Parker working the ground and pound effectively.
Parker raining down hammerfists from mount.
Parker cracks Van Damme with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Parker connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Parker lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Parker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Van Damme?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Van Damme's face.
Parker dominating with strikes here.
Parker landing strikes from the mount.

Van Damme is rocked!
Parker unloading with bombs!
Van Damme is still in real trouble! Can Parker finish him?
Parker working Van Damme over with strikes here.
Parker punishing his opponent with strikes.
Van Damme seems to have recovered his senses.
Parker is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Van Damme can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Parker raining down hammerfists from mount.
Parker looking to finish Van Damme with some ground and pound. This is bad for Van Damme!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Parker controlling the pace for now.
Parker landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Parker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jean Claude Van Damme'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. This is the final round!

Parker drives through with a takedown into guard.
Parker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Damme wants to stand up but Parker is controlling him.
Parker trying to control but Van Damme is working from the bottom.
Parker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Parker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Damme can do to turn this around?
Parker tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Damme is retaining full guard.
Parker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Van Damme takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Damme is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Parker is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Damme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Parker throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Van Damme tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Parker is in Van Damme's guard.
Parker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Van Damme wants to get back to his feet but Parker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Parker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Parker not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Parker throws a big right hand that misses.
Parker stands up over Van Damme, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Van Damme swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parker forces his way into half guard.
Van Damme pushes Parker off looking to stand but Parker dives back in and keeps control.
Parker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Van Damme keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Van Damme defending well though.
Parker winds up and cracks Van Damme with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Parker trying to control from half guard but Van Damme is working away.
Parker lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker prevents Van Damme from standing back up.
Parker trying to mount his opponent but Van Damme defends it.
Parker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Van Damme blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parker.
Parker working Van Damme over with strikes.
Van Damme avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parker.
Parker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Parker throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Parker there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Parker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Parker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Parker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Frank Parker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Parker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Parker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Parker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parker is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jean Claude Van Damme has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Parker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Van Damme with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Parker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Parker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Parker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Parker!