PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Rosholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Parcaut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rosholt
vs
Parcaut

185 cm
25
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Rosholt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Parcaut!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Steve Montenegro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Parcaut shoots in and bounces Rosholt off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Parcaut lands a couple of elbows.
Parcaut in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parcaut thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parcaut throws a strike but Rosholt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Rosholt decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Rosholt fails to land with a series of punches.
Parcaut shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Parcaut shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rosholt but Rosholt pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rosholt stuffs the takedown attempt from Parcaut. Parcaut gets slowly back to his feet.
Jake Rosholt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Parcaut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parcaut dives in and grabs Rosholt's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rosholt pushes down on Parcaut's head and hops out.
A bone on bone clash there as Rosholt blocks the leg kick.
Parcaut misses with a takedown attempt

and Rosholt counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Parcaut's guard now.
Parcaut tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Rosholt stands and steps away. Parcaut gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Rosholt gets caught flat footed, as Parcaut shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Parcaut accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parcaut throwing strikes from guard but Rosholt blocks nicely.
Parcaut keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rosholt's head.
Parcaut throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rosholt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Rosholt pushes Parcaut off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut fails to land the takedown.
Rosholt fails with the takedown.
Rosholt shoots in for a takedown but Parcaut shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Parcaut scores with a takedown into Rosholt's guard.
Rosholt on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rosholt tries to get out of the position.
Parcaut missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Parcaut in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Parcaut working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rosholt is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut pushing down on Rosholt's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Parcaut throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rosholt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parcaut is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Parcaut throwing shots but Rosholt is blocking nicely.
Parcaut thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rosholt's head.
Rosholt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parcaut working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Parcaut has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Parcaut sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rosholt defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosholt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parcaut.
Parcaut is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Parcaut is keen to just control but Rosholt is a slippery customer.
Parcaut is controlling the pace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parcaut lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Parcaut not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralph Parcaut dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Parcaut shoots and misses

and Rosholt counters with a single leg into guard. Parcaut didn't expect that.
Rosholt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Parcaut on the ground.
Rosholt has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Parcaut is proving hard to escape from.
Parcaut throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Parcaut looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Rosholt won't allow Parcaut to sweep him here.

Rosholt stands up and waves to Parcaut to follow him.
Parcaut fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Parcaut shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rosholt as he jumps to the side.
Jake Rosholt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Parcaut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parcaut fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosholt lands with a good body shot.
Rosholt looks for a takedown but Parcaut sprawls well.
Parcaut fails with a takedown attempt.
Parcaut is breathing heavily.
Rosholt shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Parcaut.
Rosholt tries to bum rush Parcaut with a series of wild strikes but Parcaut uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Rosholt tries to sprawl but Parcaut drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Parcaut stops Rosholt from getting back to his feet.
Parcaut not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rosholt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parcaut.
Ralph Parcaut has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rosholt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rosholt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parcaut missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Parcaut seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parcaut throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Parcaut drops an elbow to the side of Rosholt's head.
Rosholt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parcaut.
Parcaut missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut drops an elbow to the side of Rosholt's head.
Parcaut looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Parcaut wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rosholt keeps working.
Parcaut wants to pass the guard but Rosholt is defending well.
Parcaut not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Parcaut scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Parcaut not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parcaut is looking to take a break and control but Rosholt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Parcaut lands a nice short elbow.
Parcaut passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rosholt!
BOOM! Parcaut connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parcaut breaks from Rosholt's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Parcaut with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralph Parcaut showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Parcaut feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Parcaut wants to control from the top but Rosholt keeps moving.
Parcaut throws and elbow that misses. Rosholt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Parcaut's guard. Nice move by Rosholt!
Parcaut looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rosholt is one step ahead there.
Parcaut manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rosholt manages to get himself to full guard.
Parcaut connects with a couple of short punches.
Parcaut missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parcaut throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Parcaut throwing strikes but missing.
Parcaut scoring with punches to the head and body.
Parcaut thows a big elbow that misses.
Parcaut loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rosholt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Parcaut is looking to work some ground and pound but Rosholt has wrist control.
Parcaut with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Parcaut is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rosholt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Parcaut is looking to work some ground and pound but Rosholt has wrist control.
Rosholt keeping full guard, as Parcaut tries to pass.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosholt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Parcaut.
Parcaut missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Parcaut accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Parcaut is looking to work some ground and pound but Rosholt has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Parcaut scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Parcaut connects with a couple of short punches.
Parcaut trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parcaut engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Parcaut is looking to work some ground and pound but Rosholt has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parcaut throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rosholt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Parcaut working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Parcaut tries to free his leg and advance position but Rosholt is retaining full guard.
Rosholt keeping moving, preventing Parcaut from controlling successfully.
Parcaut stays in close to Rosholt's body and controls the position.
Jake Rosholt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Parcaut is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Parcaut comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Parcaut has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Parcaut!