PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between DJ Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Parkachev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cross
vs
Parkachev

175 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
158 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, DJ Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Parkachev!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross tries to bum rush Parkachev with a series of wild strikes but Parkachev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parkachev lands with a right hand.
Parkachev connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cross lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parkachev circles away quickly and effectively.
Cross lands a body shot.
Cross keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parkachev lands a jab-cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parkachev. Cross does a little dance to reset his feet.
Parkachev takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cross misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cross throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cross slips a jab and a cross from Parkachev.
Parkachev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cross throws a right and a left that Parkachev avoids nicely.
Parkachev lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Parkachev misses with a two punch combination.
Cross throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parkachev lands with a cross.
DJ Cross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cross just misses with a punch to the body.
Parkachev jabs Cross to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parkachev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cross at a distance.
Cross throws a series of punches but Parkachev moves out of range.
Parkachev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cross.
Parkachev cracks a nice hook into Cross's ribs.
Cross throws a jab but it's blocked by Parkachev.
Cross misses with a combination
and Parkachev counters with a stiff right hand.
Cross throws a series of punches but Parkachev avoids them all with ease.
Cross is breathing heavily.
Parkachev looks to land a combination. Cross sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cross misses with a wild combination.
Parkachev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cross throws a series of punches but Parkachev moves out of range.
Cross is looking to wear down Parkachev with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Parkachev finds it's way through Cross's defenses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Parkachev staying out of range there.
Parkachev moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jab, jab by Parkachev - just one landing.
Parkachev lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Parkachev.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross misses the shot to the body.

Parkachev drops Cross with a beautiful combination! Cross stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Parkachev is looking for the KO!

Cross is rocked!
Parkachev lands a slapping body shot.
Oh Cross is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Parkachev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cross at a distance.

Oooooh!!! Parkachev has knocked Cross down with a huge combo! Parkachev steps away and waves a wobbly Cross back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Parkachev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cross with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Parkachev to score with a decent uppercut.
Parkachev lands with a nice combination. Cross backs away looking to recover.
Cross gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Parkachev gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Cross is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Parkachev!
A very excited looking Vladimir Parkachev rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.