PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey Parrish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Grainger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Parrish
vs
Grainger

216 cm
24
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Geoffrey Parrish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leonard Grainger !
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parrish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Grainger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Grainger darts in and clinches Parrish up against the cage.
Parrish really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Grainger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Grainger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Grainger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Grainger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parrish tries to close the distance and clinch but Grainger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parrish pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Grainger shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Parrish wants to stand up but Grainger is controlling him.
Grainger passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Grainger prevents Parrish from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grainger in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Parrish is pushing Grainger 's head away, looking to escape. Grainger manages to hold on to the position though.
Grainger misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Grainger tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Grainger tries to move into full mount but can't pass Parrish's legs.
Parrish manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Parrish is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Grainger has managed to free his arm - good work.

Grainger is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Parrish pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grainger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grainger keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Grainger has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Parrish is on him like a limpet, forcing Grainger back against the cage.

Grainger manages to pull guard.
Grainger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parrish throwing strikes from guard but Grainger blocks nicely.
Parrish throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parrish wants to stand but Grainger has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Parrish working some strikes from top position.
Grainger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grainger is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Parrish throwing strikes from guard but Grainger blocks nicely.
Parrish working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Parrish tries to stand but Grainger is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Grainger pushes Parrish off and scrambles back to his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grainger .

Grainger drives through with a takedown into guard.
Parrish is trying to keep Grainger in close.
Parrish working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grainger .
Parrish is trying to control the position but Grainger postures up.
Grainger trying to control the position from guard on top but Parrish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parrish is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Grainger stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Grainger 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.

Grainger circles away from the clinch attempt.

Grainger fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Parrish, pushing him back against the cage.

Grainger decides to pull guard.
Parrish postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parrish loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grainger wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Parrish is now in half guard.
Parrish has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grainger wants to control but Parrish is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parrish sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grainger defending well though.
Grainger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parrish.
Grainger blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parrish.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grainger is defending against the submission attempts here by Parrish.
Parrish tries to stand and escape but Grainger is controlling the position.
Parrish 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.

Parrish gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Geoffrey Parrish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Grainger gets tackled into the cage by Parrish. Parrish maintains the clinch.

Grainger gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parrish is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grainger tries to free his leg and advance position but Parrish is retaining full guard.
Grainger stops Parrish from standing up.

Grainger avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Grainger advances position into side control!
Parrish is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parrish is looking to regain half guard here but Grainger keeps moving and retains side control.
Grainger has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Grainger throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Parrish because Grainger loaded up on that one.
Parrish holds on for dear life, controlling Grainger 's posture momentarily.
Leonard Grainger has got the better of the ground game so far.
Parrish sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Grainger not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parrish pushes Grainger off looking to stand but Grainger dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parrish makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Parrish.
Grainger slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Parrish will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Parrish is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Grainger won't allow Parrish to get back to his feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Grainger lands a jab to the nose.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Parrish moves into the clinch successfully.

Grainger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grainger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Parrish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grainger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leonard Grainger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Parrish enables Grainger to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Parrish manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Parrish has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Grainger has passed into side control.
Grainger wants to control but Parrish is keeping him busy.
Parrish tries to buck Grainger off but Grainger is having none of it.
Parrish manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Grainger wants to get back to his feet.

Parrish is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Grainger is just riding it out for now. Parrish eventually gives up the hold.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Grainger makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grainger moves into the clinch.
Grainger leaning his opponent against the cage.

Grainger breaks the clinch.

Grainger scores with a takedown into Parrish's guard.

Parrish manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grainger jumps guard.
Parrish being controlled here momentarily.
Parrish stops Grainger from standing up.
Grainger throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Grainger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Grainger looking to hit a scissor sweep but Parrish is one step ahead there.
Grainger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Parrish cracks Grainger with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grainger wants to stand up but Parrish is controlling him.

Parrish avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Parrish stands up over Grainger , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Parrish throws a big elbow that misses.

Grainger has an active guard here but Parrish has managed to pass into half guard.
Grainger is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Parrish's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Parrish's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grainger somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.

Grainger looking to break Parrish's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Parrish remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Grainger will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Parrish can't escape the position.
Parrish is trying to stand back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grainger doesn't have the hooks in and Parrish manages to turn into his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonard Grainger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Grainger 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonard Grainger !