PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pharoah Parisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Hawkes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I'm Shipping Up to Boston. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Parisyan
vs
Hawkes

178 cm
27
181 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

180 cm
33
181 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pharoah Parisyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonathan Hawkes!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parisyan misses with a body kick.
Hawkes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Parisyan as he jumps to the side.
Parisyan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pharoah Parisyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parisyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hawkes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Parisyan counters with a good low kick that Hawkes was not able to check.
Parisyan misses the shot to the body.
Hawkes clobbers Parisyan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Parisyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A shot to the body from Hawkes misses
and Parisyan counters with a right hand to the body.
Parisyan scores with a hook to the body. Hawkes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Hawkes bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkes tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Parisyan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hawkes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkes postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Parisyan tries to bench press Hawkes off him but Hawkes keeps the position.
Parisyan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hawkes.
Hawkes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parisyan keeps working.
Parisyan is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parisyan struggling a bit here.
Sloppy strikes there by Hawkes.
Hawkes scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan tries to bench press Hawkes off him but Hawkes keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawkes misses with the ground and pound.
Parisyan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hawkes looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Parisyan is avoiding damage well.
Parisyan dodges the ground and pound from Hawkes.
Hawkes throws an elbow but Parisyan slips to the side and avoids it well.
An elbow from Hawkes crashes against the mat.
Hawkes trying to control the action but Parisyan is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
You can see the frustration on Parisyan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkes trying to control the position but Parisyan is working away.
Hawkes grinds an elbow into Parisyan's temple.
Hawkes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hawkes wants to control but Parisyan is keeping him busy.
Hawkes might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Parisyan kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hawkes in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hawkes connects with a decent elbow.
Parisyan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
You can see the frustration on Parisyan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Hawkes tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hawkes controlling the position from side mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
You can see the frustration on Parisyan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Hawkes dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Parisyan lands a jab to the nose.
Parisyan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawkes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Pharoah Parisyan has been cut.
Parisyan misses with a right hand
and Hawkes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Good standup being displayed there by Parisyan as he connects with a hook.
Parisyan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Parisyan slips a straight right by Hawkes.
Hawkes scores with a one two! Parisyan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawkes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hawkes misses with an uppercut.
Horrible takedown by Hawkes or perhaps it was just good defense by Parisyan which made him look bad.
Pharoah Parisyan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Hawkes.
Parisyan lands a nice shot that snaps Hawkes's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parisyan scores with a kick to the body.
Parisyan stuns Hawkes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Parisyan.
Hawkes takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Parisyan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Parisyan misses with a straight left.
Hawkes avoids a kick to the body.
Parisyan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hawkes staying out of range there.
Parisyan is looking to wear down Hawkes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A cross from Parisyan lands.
Parisyan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan tries for a takedown but Hawkes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hawkes swinging wildly here.
Parisyan misses with a straight left.
Hawkes misses the shot to the body.
Hawkes checks a leg kick.
Parisyan lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parisyan connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parisyan. Hawkes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Parisyan misses with a leg kick.
Hawkes misses with a looping left.
Horrible takedown by Hawkes or perhaps it was just good defense by Parisyan which made him look bad.
Hawkes moves out of range of the body kick from Parisyan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan lands the left hand.
Parisyan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Parisyan jabs at Hawkes's body.
Parisyan lands with a good body shot.
Hawkes walks into a jab.
Parisyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hawkes.
Hawkes wants to clinch up but Parisyan keeps it at a distance.
Parisyan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Parisyan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hawkes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkes keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hawkes throws a low kick but Parisyan moves out of range easily.
Parisyan connects with a right hand. Hawkes shakes it off.
Parisyan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Parisyan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hawkes napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parisyan in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hawkes sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parisyan wants to control but Hawkes is keeping him busy.
Hawkes 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.

Pharoah Parisyan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pharoah Parisyan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Hawkes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parisyan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hawkes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hawkes tries to clinch but Parisyan is having none of it.
Hawkes blocks a low kick nicely.
Parisyan works the jab nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawkes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Parisyan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Parisyan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Parisyan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Parisyan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hawkes is out of range.
Parisyan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hawkes in his tracks.
Some wild striking there from Hawkes.
Parisyan throws a nice looking combination but Hawkes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jonathan Hawkes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parisyan lands a jab-cross combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hawkes.
Hawkes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A lazy body kick from Parisyan

and Hawkes counters with a single leg into guard. Parisyan didn't expect that.
Parisyan pulls Hawkes in close to his closed guard and prevents Hawkes from doing any damage or advancing position.

Parisyan working for submissions but it's allowed Hawkes to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawkes is looking to take a break and control but Parisyan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkes throwing shots but Parisyan is blocking nicely.
Parisyan tries to roll over but Hawkes keeps him under control.
Parisyan trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Hawkes manages to pass to mount!
Hawkes looking to control but Parisyan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Parisyan tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkes throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hawkes avoids the attempt from Parisyan to control.
Hawkes unloads with some shots from mount but Parisyan bucks and avoids them well.
Hawkes trying to control but Parisyan is having none of it.
Hawkes controlling from mount.
Hawkes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkes thowing shots but they're missing.
Hawkes with a couple of short strikes.
Hawkes landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parisyan manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hawkes is looking to take a break and control but Parisyan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Hawkes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hawkes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Hawkes!
A relieved looking Jonathan Hawkes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.