PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clarence Parish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clarence Parish is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Parish
vs
Drake

178 cm
21
158 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

173 cm
27
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clarence Parish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Drake!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parish swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Parish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Parish throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drake makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Drake wants to clinch up but Parish keeps it at a distance.
Drake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Parish avoids the head kick by Drake.
Drake thows a body shot but no joy.
Parish clobbers Drake with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Drake rushes Parish and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Drake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Drake defending well as Parish loads up on a big left hand.
Drake is looking to clinch but Parish is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Drake lands.
Parish lands an overhand right.
Drake throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Parish on the side of the head.
Drake uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parish.
Parish avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Parish looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drake throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Parish stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Parish takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Parish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Parish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parish misses with a left hand
and Parish takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Some wild striking there from Parish.
Clarence Parish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake tries to clinch but Parish moves away
and Parish counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parish throws a right hand that Drake ducks under and follows up with a left that Drake also avoids with ease.
Parish misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Drake has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drake there as he acknowledges the shot.

Drake moves into range and clinches up with Parish.
A shot in the inside from Drake.

Drake breaks the clinch.
Parish throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drake on the side of the head.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Parish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Parish misses with a body punch
and Drake counters with a left and a right that stings Parish.
Drake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Parish throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drake loads up on a big right hand but Parish slips the punch.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parish uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Parish throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Drake lands an overhand right.
Drake lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parish misses with a series of wild punches.
Drake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parish was well out of range. Poor timing from Drake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parish throws a big shot that misses.

Drake takes the fight into the clinch.

Parish breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Drake misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake wants to clinch.
Drake slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Drake dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Parish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parish defending well as Drake loads up on a big left hand.
Drake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Parish blocks a head kick by Drake.
Parish paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Drake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Parish misses with an uppercut
and Drake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Drake misses with a two punch combination.
Drake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Drake closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Parish swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Parish there.
Parish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Parish looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.

Drake moves into the clinch successfully.
Parish blocks the elbow strike.
Parish has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Parish's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Drake scores with a shoulder strike.

Parish breaks from the clinch.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drake misses with a hook.
Parish slips a jab and a cross from Drake.
Bobby Drake seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake swings widly with a right hand
and Parish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Bobby Drake has been cut.
Drake is looking to clinch but Parish is avoiding it.
Drake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Parish misses with a right hand
and Drake counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parish lands an overhand right.
Drake uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parish.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parish.
Parish throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Parish throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drake counters with a nice uppercut.
Drake throws a right hand that Parish ducks under and follows up with a left that Parish also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake scores with a three punch combo!
Drake takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Some wild striking there from Parish.
Parish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drake was well out of range. Poor timing from Parish.
Parish lands a slapping body shot.
Parish rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Drake counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Parish getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Drake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Parish throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parish thows a body shot but no joy.
Parish swings widly with a right hand
and Drake counters with a nice uppercut.
Drake misses with an uppercut.
Parish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drake throws a sloppy head kick and Parish moves out of range easily.
Parish lunges at Drake with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drake's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Drake doesn't manage to clinch there - Parish circles away.
Parish lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Parish throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clarence Parish dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Drake's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Parish lands a jab to the head.
Parish misses with a two punch combination.
Drake throws a low kick but it's checked well by Parish.
Parish throws a lazy uppercut

and Drake holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Drake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parish has Drake pressed against the cage, preventing Drake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parish blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parish blocks an uppercut.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Parish's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Parish throws an off balance right hand
enabling Drake to counter with a crisp jab.
Drake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Parish counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake feints and then cracks Parish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Parish down.
Drake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Parish throws a poor cross that misses
and Drake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Parish scores with a nice head shot.
Parish swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
Parish avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Drake moves out of range as Parish strikes.
Parish cracks Drake with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Drake steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parish.

Drake forces Parish back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parish wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drake lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Parish backwards.
Drake is trying to break free.
Drake keeps control of Parish as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drake throws a head punch that misses.

Drake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Parish misses with a looping left.
Drake drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Parish misses.

Drake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Drake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parish scores with a jab. Drake acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parish swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake lands with a nice body punch.
Parish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parish throws a body punch but Drake moves out of range.
Parish misses with an uppercut.
Drake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Drake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Parish manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drake gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Parish throws a lazy right hand but Drake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake wants to clinch.
Parish misses the shot to the body.
Drake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drake throws a predictable looking body shot
and Parish cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Parish misses with a right hand
and Drake counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parish scores with a nice head shot.
Parish misses with a left hand
and Drake counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Drake.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Clarence Parish.
I think Parish 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clarence Parish!