PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tron McFly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Parise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Disappear by Metalica. Tron McFly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McFly
vs
Parise

178 cm
27
180 lbs
14 - 12 - 1

178 cm
25
176 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tron McFly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Zach Parise!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parise throws a nice looking combination but McFly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McFly tries to close the distance and clinch but Parise swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parise looks to score with a jab to the body but McFly is just out of range.
McFly tries to clinch but Parise moves away
and Parise counters with a stiff right hand.
Parise throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McFly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McFly is looking to clinch but Parise is avoiding it.
McFly closes the distance but Parise moves to the side
and Parise connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McFly tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Parise to counter with a crisp jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Parise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFly moves in looking to clinch but Parise pushes him off.
McFly wants to clinch up but Parise keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Parise, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McFly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parise swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McFly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

McFly moves into range and clinches up with Parise.
McFly blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McFly.
McFly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parise takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Zach Parise has been cut.
McFly throws a knee to the head but misses.

Parise pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McFly was well out of range. Poor timing from Parise.
McFly tries to clinch up
and Parise counters with a nice uppercut.
Parise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McFly wants to clinch.

McFly moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McFly as Parise tries to tie him up.
McFly looking to throw knees to the head but Parise is blocking nicely.
Parise throws a head punch that misses.
McFly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parise has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parise misses with the head strike.
Parise misses with the head strike.

McFly breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Parise does no damage.
McFly wants to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parise getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McFly tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Parise connects with a crisp jab.
McFly tries to clinch there but Parise circles away.
McFly tries to clinch up
and Parise connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFly throws a lazy head kick
and Parise connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFly takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McFly wants to clinch up but Parise keeps it at a distance.

McFly moves into the clinch.
Parise wants to break the clinch but can't.
McFly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parise.
Parise lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFly scores a nice knee to the body.
Parise blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

McFly gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Parise tries to get to full guard but McFly has control of the leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Parise gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zach Parise will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zach Parise's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Parise cracks McFly with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Parise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

McFly rushes Parise and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McFly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parise blocks it with crossed arms.
McFly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parise has a couple of punches blocked by McFly.
Parise pushes McFly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McFly is stalling here.
McFly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parise is defending well for now.
McFly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Parise is trying to maintain a safe position but McFly gets an underhook and turns Parise into the cage.
McFly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McFly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parise.
McFly tries to land a knee to the head but Parise blocks with his arms.
Parise swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McFly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parise's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFly landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McFly trying to stall but Parise improves his position.
McFly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parise has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parise softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parise swings wildly with an uppercut but McFly uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFly misses with a knee strike.
McFly trying to land knees to the body.
McFly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McFly trying to control the position but instead, Parise has worked for underhooks and has pushed McFly into the cage.
A short right from Parise on the inside.
McFly lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McFly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
McFly misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parise managing to block the knees to the body from McFly.
McFly can't get the takedown.
Parise is trying to maintain a safe position but McFly gets an underhook and turns Parise into the cage.
A short right from Parise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parise digs a right hand underneath McFly's ribcage. McFly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McFly blocks a body shot from Parise.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Parise is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and McFly has denied him.
McFly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McFly tries to stall but Parise uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Maybe McFly would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
McFly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Parise misses with a hook to the ribs.
McFly blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parise wants to get back to striking at distance but McFly won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Parise fails to land.
Parise lands a right hand.
Parise makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parise lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McFly backwards.
McFly throws an elbow but it misses.
Parise lands a right hand.
McFly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Parise tries to throw a body punch but McFly avoids it by throwing Parise back against the cage.
Parise lands with a short shot to the head.

McFly is rocked!
Parise is trying to force a seperation but McFly has the dominant position.
Oh McFly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Parise softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parise misses with the head strike.
McFly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McFly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Parise breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Parise lands a nice shot to the body.
McFly is looking to land body kicks.
McFly seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parise connects with a body shot that sends McFly's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parise drops McFly with a huge uppercut! McFly drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Parise is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zach Parise!