PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wayde Parcins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Malfunction by Cro-Mags kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Joseph will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Parcins
vs
Joseph

159 cm
26
149 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

168 cm
27
169 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wayde Parcins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parcins is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Parcins looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Joseph just misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph looks to land a left hand but Parcins moved out of range nicely.
Joseph tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joseph scores with a leg kick.
Joseph slips under a jab.
Nice body kick there by Joseph.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parcins on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Parcins avoids a punch combination nicely.

Parcins closes the distance and clinches.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Parcins.
With the fighters up against the cage, Parcins throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Joseph's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Parcins.
Parcins pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parcins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Joseph is looking to break free of the clinch but Parcins has double underhooks.
Parcins pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Joseph is looking to break free of the clinch but Parcins has double underhooks.

Joseph's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joseph tries to land a leg kick but Parcins saw it coming and moves away.
Joseph is looking to slow Parcins down with leg kicks.
Joseph lands a jab to the nose.
John Joseph seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Parcins closes the distance and clinches.
Joseph working hard to break the clinch.
Parcins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Joseph looking to throw knees to the head but Parcins is blocking nicely.

Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parcins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parcins doesn't manage to clinch there - Joseph circles away.
Parcins could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A head kick misses from Joseph.
Joseph fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Parcins is able to avoid easily.
Parcins avoids the head kick by Joseph.
Joseph throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Joseph works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Good shot there by Parcins.
Joseph connects with a leg kick. Parcins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Joseph fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Parcins.
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Parcins has time to react.
Joseph fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Parcins checks it well.
Parcins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joseph throws a looping overhand right but Parcins ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Parcins misses its intended target.
Parcins blocks the body kick.
Joseph tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph throws a jab but it's blocked by Parcins.
Nice defenses there by Joseph.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Joseph, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joseph misses with an uppercut.
Parcins misses with a wild body shot.
Parcins misses with a hook.
Joseph throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parcins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joseph is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Some wild striking there from Joseph.
Parcins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joseph.
Joseph defending well as Parcins loads up on a big left hand.
Parcins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joseph throws out the jab.
Joseph misses with a body shot.

Parcins moves into the clinch.

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

Parcins darts in and clinches Joseph up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Parcins throws an elbow but misses.
Parcins is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Joseph's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Joseph breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Parcins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Joseph throws a head kick but Parcins moves out of range.
Joseph throws a nice looking combination but Parcins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joseph swats away the attempt to clinch by Parcins.
A big left from Parcins misses.
Joseph misses with a few strikes there.
Parcins thows a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Parcins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Parcins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Joseph's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joseph wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Parcins throws an elbow but misses.
Joseph swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Joseph dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Parcins slips a jab and a cross from Joseph.
Joseph pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joseph throws a looping overhand right but Parcins ducks down to avoid it.
Parcins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the body from Joseph misses

and Parcins holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Parcins has Joseph pressed against the cage, preventing Joseph from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Joseph avoids the elbow strike from Parcins, against the cage.
Joseph wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Joseph wants to get back to striking at distance but Parcins won't allow it.
Joseph avoids a wild elbow strike from Parcins.
Joseph is trying to break the clinch but Parcins is controlling him.
Parcins lands an elbow inside.
Parcins lands a damaging elbow.

Joseph breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
John Joseph is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joseph throws a body punch but Parcins moves out of range.
Joseph moves out of range of the strikes.
Parcins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Parcins avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parcins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joseph.

Parcins clinches.
Joseph tries to break free but Parcins pushes him back against the cage.
Parcins keeps control of Joseph as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Joseph escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joseph throws a head kick but Parcins moves out of range.
A big left from Parcins misses.
A slow jab from Parcins misses its intended target.
Joseph throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Joseph swats away the attempt to clinch by Parcins.
Parcins blocks a jab.
Parcins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Joseph tries a head kick but it misses.
John Joseph seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joseph lands a jab to the head.
Joseph tries to land a leg kick but Parcins saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a big shot that misses.
Parcins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph throws out a loose jab but Parcins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joseph wants to slow Parcins down by chopping away at his legs.
Joseph misses with a looping left.
Parcins throws a shot from downtown. Joseph moves away and avoids it.
Joseph throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Parcins moves into the clinch.
Parcins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Parcins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joseph's defenses.
Parcins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Joseph looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
Parcins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parcins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joseph is trying to force a seperation but Parcins has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph avoids the elbow strike from Parcins, against the cage.
Joseph has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Parcins seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Joseph can turn it around.

Joseph breaks the clinch.
Parcins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Joseph throws a sloppy head kick and Parcins moves out of range easily.
Joseph darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Parcins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Joseph misses with a low kick.
Joseph misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Parcins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Parcins just misses with a punch to the body.
Parcins throws the left hand but Joseph avoids the punch easily.
Joseph throws a head kick but Parcins moves out of range.
Parcins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joseph moves away.
Parcins throws a hook but Joseph blocks it.

Parcins instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph tries to break the clinch but Parcins is controlling the position.
Parcins keeps control of Joseph as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parcins pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parcins can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
Parcins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Parcins prevents Joseph from breaking the clinch.
Joseph wants to break free but Parcins has control.
Parcins has Joseph pressed against the cage, preventing Joseph from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Joseph is trying to force a seperation but Parcins has the dominant position.
Parcins has Joseph pressed against the cage, preventing Joseph from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parcins misses with an elbow over the top.
Joseph is looking to break free of the clinch but Parcins has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parcins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Parcins keeps control of Joseph as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parcins throws an elbow that misses.
Joseph wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Joseph showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Joseph connects with the punch.
Joseph throws a hook but Parcins blocks it.
A punch combination from Joseph misses.
Joseph tries to move into range but Parcins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Joseph scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Joseph tries to score with a low kick but Parcins moves his leg out of the way.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Parcins.
Parcins takes one to the side of the head.
Joseph throws a head kick but Parcins moves out of range.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Parcins.
Parcins moves away from the strike by Joseph.

Parcins clinches up with Joseph and pushes him back against the cage.
Joseph is trying to force a seperation but Parcins has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Joseph's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Parcins pushes off an throws an elbow but Joseph leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
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!
Joseph tries to break the clinch but Parcins is controlling the position.
Parcins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joseph's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Parcins throws an elbow but misses.
Joseph blocks the elbow strike.
Joseph wants to get back to striking at distance but Parcins won't allow it.
Joseph wants to break free but Parcins has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parcins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Joseph's brow.
Parcins prevents Joseph from breaking the clinch.
Wayde Parcins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Parcins tries a body shot but Joseph blocks it.
Joseph tries to circle away but Parcins has him pinned against the cage.
Joseph wants to break the clinch but can't.
Joseph can't break the clinch.
Joseph takes an elbow to the temple.

Joseph breaks from the clinch.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Parcins blocks the body kick.
Joseph tries to bum rush Parcins with a series of wild strikes but Parcins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joseph takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joseph avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parcins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joseph.
Joseph ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joseph motions for Parcins to come forward. Joseph throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Joseph defending well as Parcins loads up on a big left hand.
Parcins tries to close the distance and clinch but Joseph swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Joseph misses the shot to the body.
Parcins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joseph was well out of range. Poor timing from Parcins.
Parcins throws a lazy right hand but Joseph sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Parcins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joseph.
Joseph misses with a head kick.
Parcins staying out of range there.

Parcins takes the fight into the clinch.
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!
Joseph blocks the elbow strike.
Parcins misses with an elbow over the top.
Parcins prevents Joseph from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joseph.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joseph's defenses.
Joseph working hard to break the clinch.
Joseph tries to break free but Parcins pushes him back against the cage.
Parcins misses with an elbow strike.

Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joseph cracks Parcins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Parcins lands with a right hand.
Joseph misses with a hook.
Parcins tries to clinch but Joseph moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Joseph.

Parcins rushes Joseph and presses him up against the cage.

Joseph pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joseph misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Joseph.
John Joseph is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parcins.
Parcins tries to clinch but Joseph moves out of range.
Joseph ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joseph avoids the body shot from Parcins.
A head kick misses from Joseph.

Parcins rushes Joseph and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph wants to break free but Parcins has control.
Joseph takes an elbow to the temple.
Joseph has had enough of the clinch but Parcins keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joseph is trying to push Parcins away but Parcins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Joseph prevents a body shot from Parcins.
Wayde Parcins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Parcins throws an elbow but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to John Joseph.
I've got Joseph winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Joseph!
John Joseph was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.