PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stelios Segredos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Parxar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Segredos has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Kostas Parxar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Segredos
vs
Parxar

170 cm
25
255 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Stelios Segredos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kostas Parxar!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Parxar moves into the clinch successfully.
Segredos is working for takedown but Parxar is calmly controlling the position for now.

Parxar jumps guard.
Parxar trying to control the position here.
Segredos stopping the sweep attempt from Parxar.
Segredos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Parxar has his hands on Segredos's head, controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kostas Parxar.
Segredos wants to clinch up but Parxar keeps it at a distance.
Segredos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parxar circles away quickly and effectively.

Parxar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Segredos did well to prevent Parxar getting side control.

Parxar decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Parxar moves into the clinch.

Parxar drags the fight down to the ground.
Segredos stopping the sweep attempt from Parxar.
Parxar pulls Segredos in close to his closed guard and prevents Segredos from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Parxar has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kostas Parxar has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Segredos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Segredos is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Segredos scores with a leg kick.
Segredos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parxar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Parxar does no damage.
Segredos with a lazy takedown attempt

and Parxar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Parxar.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stelios Segredos. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Parxar gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Parxar gets a takedown into half guard.
Parxar seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Parxar seems to be working for a kimura but Segredos defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Parxar winds up and cracks Segredos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Segredos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Parxar is working away from the top position though.

Parxar decides to stand up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Parxar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Parxar showed some decent athleticism there.
Parxar trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kostas Parxar dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Parxar has Segredos up against the cage in a clinch.

Parxar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Parxar gets a takedown into half guard.
Parxar wants to pass the guard but Segredos is defending well.
Segredos trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Parxar manages to pass to mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Segredos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parxar looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Parxar unloading with bombs!
Parxar controlling the pace for now.
BOOM! Parxar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Parxar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Parxar jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Segredos manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Segredos looking for a sweep but Parxar has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Parxar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Parxar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Parxar controlling his opponent.
Parxar with good strikes from the mount here!
Parxar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Segredos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Parxar controlling his opponent.
Parxar with good strikes from the mount here!
Segredos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Parxar controlling his opponent.
Parxar postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Segredos out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Parxar goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kostas Parxar!
Kostas Parxar is the new heavyweight champion!