PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Cornwall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parsons comes to the cage accompanied by Call Me The Breeze. Cornwall is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Lucky Bullets "Folsom Prison Blues". Charlie Parsons has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Parsons
vs
Cornwall

189 cm
25
218 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
25
208 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Charlie Parsons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ken Cornwall!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parsons shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Parsons takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cornwall throws a poor cross that misses

and Parsons counters with a takedown into side control.
Cornwall tries to buck Parsons off but Parsons is having none of it.
Cornwall is trying to control Parsons's posture but Parsons avoids it.
Cornwall tries to buck Parsons off but Parsons is having none of it.
Cornwall is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parsons content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Cornwall manages to work his way to half guard, despite Parsons's best efforts.
Cornwall is looking to improve his position.
Cornwall is trying to control but can't.
Cornwall tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Parsons has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Cornwall is working to get back to half guard.

That's two 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.
Cornwall sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Cornwall looking for submissions off his back.
Cornwall wants to improve his position but Parsons is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cornwall looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cornwall tries to get to full guard but Parsons has control of the leg.
Cornwall wants to control the action here but instead Parsons manages to pass to full mount!

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.
Cornwall is trying to escape the mount.
Parsons wants to take Cornwall's back but he can't do it this time.
Parsons prevents Cornwall from getting the reversal.
Cornwall wants to hold on but Parsons pushes him away.
Cornwall working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Parsons dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Parsons tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cornwall sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Parsons somewhat.
Cornwall misses with a combination

and Parsons decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cornwall's guard.

Cornwall had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Parsons defends it easily.
Cornwall is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornwall controls Parsons momentarily but Parsons frees himself.
Cornwall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Cornwall looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Parsons passes into half guard.
Well, if Parsons is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Cornwall tries to get to full guard but Parsons has control of the leg.

That's two 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.
Cornwall makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cornwall.
Parsons has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cornwall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parsons stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cornwall swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Cornwall is looking for a triangle but Parsons pushes his legs off easily.
Parsons trying to control the position from guard on top but Cornwall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parsons stopping the sweep attempt from Cornwall.
Cornwall will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Cornwall wants to sweep but no luck.

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.
Cornwall is breathing heavily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cornwall wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Parsons is now in half guard.
Parsons content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Parsons dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Cornwall throws a right hand that misses

and Parsons counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cornwall won't be happy with that.
Cornwall tries to improve position but can't.
Parsons controlling from side mount.
Cornwall struggling a bit here.
Parsons is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Cornwall's shoulder. That is not cool.
Cornwall is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Parsons is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornwall is working to get back to half guard.
Parsons controlling from mount.
Cornwall tries to hold on but Parsons pushes him away.
Cornwall is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Parsons content just to control the position here.
Cornwall is wriggling around trying to escape.
Parsons wants to take Cornwall's back here but Cornwall is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Cornwall is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornwall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cornwall is trying to reverse the position but instead Parsons has taken his back - oops!
Cornwall tries to roll but Parsons sticks to his back.
Cornwall is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Parsons.
Cornwall rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

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.
Cornwall tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Parsons has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Cornwall is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ken Cornwall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Parsons showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parsons, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

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