PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jin Chan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Parker
vs
Chan

190 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jin Chan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Parker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Chan tries to clinch
and Parker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Parker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Parker jumps guard but Chan stands there with Parker around his waist. Parker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Chan tries to circle away but Parker has him pinned against the cage.
Parker jumps guard but Chan stands there with Parker around his waist. Parker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Chan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Parker scores with a three punch combo!
Parker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Parker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Chan.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chan moves into the clinch successfully.
Parker tries to break free but Chan pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Chan fails to land.

Chan is trying to trip Parker. He has hold of a leg but Parker is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Chan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Chan gets to his feet. Parker looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Chan closes the distance and clinches up with Parker, looking for a takedown. Chan pushes Parker against the cage but Parker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Parker fails with a takedown attempt.
Parker throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chan's waist but Chan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Parker off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chan shoots in for a double leg but Parker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Paul Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parker fails to land the takedown.
Parker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Parker sprawls well. Parker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Chan gets slowly back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chan wants to clinch up but Parker keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Chan tries to avoid it but Parker manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Chan to the ground. Chan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Parker swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan keeps the fight on the outside.
Parker shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chan as he avoids it easily.
Chan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Parker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chan tries to clinch up.
Parker shoots in for a takedown but Chan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Chan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Parker defends it nicely.
Parker shoots in looking for a takedown. Chan tries to sprawl out of it but Parker keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Parker is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Chan sprawls well. Chan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Parker gets slowly back to his feet.
Chan tries to clinch there but Parker circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker shoots in but Chan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Parker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chan counters with a three punch combo that has Parker backing up. Parker nods at Chan to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jin Chan 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.

Chan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Parker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chan circles away quickly and effectively.
Chan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Parker counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Chan pushes Parker up against the cage in a clinch.

Chan successfully pulls guard.
Parker looking to sit in guard and control but Chan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Chan works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Parker on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker is trying to stand back up but Chan is controlling him
Chan sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Chan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Parker defending well though.
Parker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chan 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.

It looks like Paul Parker has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker is not content to let Chan control the position.

Chan decides to stand and escape the position.
Chan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Chan wants it to stay on the feet.
Chan looks to clinch
and Parker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chan.
Horrible takedown by Parker or perhaps it was just good defense by Chan which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Paul Parker's cut is getting worse.
Chan fails with the takedown.
Parker tries a head kick but it misses.
Parker tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Chan swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Parker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parker throws a body kick that misses.
Chan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Parker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch but Parker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parker shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Chan defends it nicely.
Paul Parker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Chan shoots in and drives through. Parker sprawls well.
Chan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Parker circles away.

Parker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chan wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chan is defending well for now.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Parker blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jin Chan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Parker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Chan throws a series of punches but Parker moves out of range.
Chan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A punch combination from Parker misses.
A head kick misses from Chan.
Chan tries for a takedown but Parker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Chan stuffs the takedown.
Chan misses with a series of wild punches.
Chan tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Chan as Parker shoots in.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Parker just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker with a lazy takedown attempt

and Chan moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Parker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Parker breaks the clinch.
Chan tries to clinch but Parker moves out of range.
Parker keeps the fight on the outside.
Chan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Parker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Chan counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Parker dives in and grabs Chan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chan pushes down on Parker's head and hops out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Chan tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Parker shoots in looking for a takedown. Chan tries to sprawl out of it but Parker keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Parker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Chan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Chan shoots in for a takedown but Parker shows good takedown defense.

Chan moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parker tries for a takedown but Chan manages to get underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Parker avoids the damage to the body.
Parker wants to get back to striking at distance but Chan won't allow it.
Chan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Parkers head.
Chan keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Chan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No luck for Parker with that takedown attempt.
Parker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Chan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Parker avoids it really well and circles away.
Chan throws a right hand that Parker ducks under and follows up with a left that Parker also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Chan gets a double leg takedown into Parker's guard.
Parker working a defensive guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker is pulling down on Chan's head to control his posture.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jin Chan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chan 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Jin Chan!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Jin Chan!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Jin Chan!

Jin Chan wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Jin Chan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.