PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Curt Gessner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pizza Parlor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gessner
vs
Parlor

181 cm
20
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

225 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curt Gessner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pizza Parlor!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gessner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Parlor.
Gessner looks to land a left hand but Parlor moved out of range nicely.
Gessner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parlor.
Parlor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gessner back to the cage. Parlor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Curt Gessner has been cut.
Parlor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gessner walks into a left hand.
Gessner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gessner on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gessner looks to throw the jab but Parlor is out of range.
A jab from Parlor finds it's way through Gessner's defenses.
Gessner looks to throw the jab but Parlor is out of range.
Parlor lands with a hook. Gessner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parlor lands a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Parlor lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gessner doesn't seem phased though.
Parlor stuffs the takedown attempt from Gessner. Gessner gets slowly back to his feet.
Gessner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gessner throws a sloppy body shot
and Parlor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Parlor blocks a jab.

Gessner shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Parlor manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Parlor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gessner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gessner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gessner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Parlor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Parlor wants to get back to his feet but Gessner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gessner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Parlor can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gessner stops Parlor from standing up.
Gessner works over Parlor with some ground and pound from guard.
Gessner throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Parlor avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gessner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gessner thows a big elbow that misses.
Gessner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Gessner thows a big elbow that misses.
Parlor is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gessner is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parlor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Parlor is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gessner wants to control from the top but Parlor keeps moving.
Gessner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gessner postures up in Parlor's guard and throws a big left but Parlor blocks it.
Gessner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parlor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gessner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gessner trying to control but Parlor is working from the bottom.
Parlor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gessner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gessner scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gessner is looking to work some ground and pound but Parlor has wrist control.
Gessner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gessner is looking to work some ground and pound but Parlor has wrist control.
Gessner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Parlor's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pizza Parlor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Curt Gessner's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gessner fails with a takedown attempt.
Parlor is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Gessner throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Parlor tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gessner is in Parlor's guard.
Gessner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gessner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gessner postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Parlor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gessner trying to control the action but Parlor is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gessner throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gessner scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gessner misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Parlor is trying to get back to half guard.
Gessner is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parlor looking for a sweep but Gessner has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Gessner misses with a head shot.
Gessner lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Gessner throwing strikes here but Parlor is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gessner sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gessner looking to ground and pound but Parlor is blocking nicely.
Parlor is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Parlor is squirming around, avoiding Gessner's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gessner throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Parlor holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gessner tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
BOOM! Gessner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Poor strikes thrown by Gessner there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gessner misses with a head shot.
Gessner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gessner punching from mount but Parlor doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gessner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Parlor is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gessner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Parlor?
Parlor avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gessner.
BOOM! Gessner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Parlor is squirming around, avoiding Gessner's attempts to control the action.
Gessner thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curt Gessner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Curt Gessner's cut.
That's time! Gessner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gessner takes a swing at Parlor's ribcage but misses.
Gessner throws the left hand but Parlor avoids the punch easily.
Gessner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parlor shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gessner eats them both and turns towards Parlor to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gessner throws a big shot that misses.
Gessner misses with a straight left.
Parlor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gessner doesn't seem bothered though.

Gessner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Parlor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parlor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gessner throwing shots but Parlor is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gessner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gessner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parlor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gessner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gessner seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Parlor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Parlor is trying to get back to full guard.
Gessner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two 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.
Gessner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gessner working the head and body with strikes.
Parlor is not content to let Gessner control the position.
Gessner uses his free foot to push down on Parlor's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Parlor.
Gessner looking to finish with strikes here!
Gessner with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gessner thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gessner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gessner misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gessner won't let Parlor get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gessner throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Gessner looking to ground and pound but Parlor is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Parlor holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gessner tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gessner unloads with some shots from mount but Parlor bucks and avoids them well.
Parlor is working to get back to half guard.
Gessner controlling from the full mount.
Gessner cracks Parlor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

And that's the end of the fight!
Curt Gessner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gessner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curt Gessner!