PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Ruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parsons comes to the cage accompanied by Call Me The Breeze. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Parsons
vs
Ruiz

189 cm
26
222 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

181 cm
30
205 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Parsons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Ruiz!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiz blocks a head kick by Parsons.
Parsons moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ruiz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Parsons counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ruiz thinking.
Ruiz throws a lazy uppercut

and Parsons counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Parsons.
Ruiz trying to keep a closed guard but Parsons is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parsons pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ruiz is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parsons in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Parsons scoring with some ground and pound.

Parsons postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ruiz is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Parsons, into his guard.

Parsons looking for a guillotine here but Ruiz defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Parsons 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.
Parsons looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ruiz stands up over Parsons, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Parsons tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Parsons is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Parsons missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Parsons trying to control the action but Ruiz is working from the bottom.
Parsons throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ruiz is controlling Parsons's trapped leg to prevent Parsons from advancing to side control.
Parsons is looking to stall here but Ruiz recovers full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parsons stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ruiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ruiz wants to sweep here but Parsons controlling him for the moment.
Ruiz tries to strike from the bottom.
Parsons passes Ruiz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Parsons missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Parsons prevents Ruiz from improving his position.
Ruiz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parsons thows a huge punch but Ruiz dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Parsons.
Ruiz is looking to improve his position.
Ruiz is looking to control Parsons's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ruiz avoid being mounted?

Parsons seems to be working for a kimura but Ruiz defends the submission attempt.

Parsons is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Parsons is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Parsons wants to pass to mount but Ruiz is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Parsons's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Parsons's back!
Ruiz is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Ruiz throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Parsons!
Parsons manages to reverse the position and now he's in Ruiz's guard. Nice work there by Parsons.
Ruiz trying to control the position.
Parsons throws and elbow that misses. Ruiz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Parsons's guard. Nice move by Ruiz!
Parsons working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ruiz.

Ruiz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Parsons has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ruiz has managed to get both his arms back between Parsons's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Parsons dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Parsons lands a right hook to the body.
Ruiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Parsons counters with a leg kick.
Ruiz swings widly with a right hand
and Parsons counters with an outside leg kick.
Ruiz misses with a lunging right hand
letting Parsons counter with a right hand.
Ruiz misses the body punch

and Parsons counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Parsons is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ruiz sees it coming and defends easily.
Parsons prevents Ruiz from improving his position.
Parsons throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Parsons works his way into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parsons is landing with some decent strikes but Ruiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Parsons unloads with some shots from mount but Ruiz bucks and avoids them well.
Ruiz is squirming around, avoiding Parsons's attempts to control the action.
Ruiz is trying desperately to improve position.

Parsons is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ruiz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Parsons lands a big shot there that rocks Ruiz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiz gets back to half guard.
Parsons trying to mount his opponent but Ruiz defends it.
Ruiz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parsons.
Parsons sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ruiz defending well though.
Ruiz is looking to improve his position.
Parsons is pressing down on Ruiz's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ruiz is holding on for now.
Ruiz trying to control from the bottom.
Parsons thows a huge punch but Ruiz dodges it nicely.
Parsons scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Charlie Parsons overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Parsons is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Parsons seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Parsons wants to work for an arm triangle but Ruiz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Parsons throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ruiz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parsons.
Ruiz tries to get to full guard but Parsons has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parsons prevents Ruiz from standing back up.
Parsons missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ruiz is not content to let Parsons control the position.
Ruiz tries to get to full guard but Parsons has control of the leg.
Parsons sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ruiz defending well though.

Parsons looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ruiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Parsons dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Ruiz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruiz swings widly with a right hand
and Parsons counters with an inside leg kick.
Ruiz misses with an uppercut
and Parsons counters with a series of strikes. Ruiz will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ruiz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ruiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ruiz misses the shot to the body.
Parsons chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Parsons takes one on the button.
Ruiz throws a predictable looking body shot

and Parsons counters with a single leg into guard. Ruiz didn't expect that.
Parsons tries to free his leg and advance position but Ruiz is retaining full guard.
Parsons lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Parsons thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruiz controls Parsons momentarily but Parsons frees himself.
Ruiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Parsons wants to control from the top but Ruiz keeps moving.
Parsons stopping the sweep attempt from Ruiz.
Parsons tries to free his leg and advance position but Ruiz is retaining full guard.
Parsons wants to control from the top but Ruiz keeps moving.
Ruiz 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.
Charlie Parsons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two 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.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Parsons scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ruiz keeping moving, preventing Parsons from controlling successfully.
Parsons content to stall in guard here.
Ruiz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ruiz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Parsons finds it's way round the side to connect with Ruiz's head.
Parsons dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Parsons there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parsons jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Parsons slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ruiz closes the distance but Parsons moves to the side
and Parsons counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Ruiz misses
and Parsons counters with an inside leg kick.

Ruiz forces Parsons back against the cage and clinches.
Ruiz has a couple of punches blocked by Parsons.
Ruiz is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Ruiz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ruiz working aggressively here.

Parsons wants the takedown. Ruiz is fighting it off but Parsons persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Ruiz's guard against the cage.
Parsons stops Ruiz from standing up.
Parsons trying to control but Ruiz is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parsons slips nicely into half guard.
Parsons wants to free his trapped foot but Ruiz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Parsons is trying to control the action in half guard but Ruiz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ruiz is trying to control but can't.

Parsons is looking for a kimura here.
Parsons content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

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