PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Parr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohamed Abdul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne Parr has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Parr
vs
Abdul

195 cm
26
275 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
290 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wayne Parr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mohamed Abdul!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdul moves out of range of the body kick from Parr.

Parr scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Abdul keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Parr prevents Abdul from improving his position.
Abdul wants to control but Parr is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdul makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Abdul.
Parr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Parr tries to free his leg and advance position but Abdul is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdul bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Parr's guard.

Abdul slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Parr could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Parr keeping moving, preventing Abdul from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abdul postures up.
Abdul trying to control the position from guard on top but Parr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Abdul lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Abdul working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Parr keeping moving, preventing Abdul from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Parr misses with a few strikes there.

Abdul feints and as Parr raises his hands in defense, Abdul changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Abdul wants to pass the guard but Parr is keeping the position.
Abdul throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Abdul trying to control but Parr is working from the bottom.
Abdul postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdul is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abdul looking to sit in guard and control but Parr gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Abdul is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Abdul looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Abdul throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdul is looking to take a break and control but Parr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Parr wants to get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Parr is staying active underneath Abdul, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Parr is trying to maintain the position but Abdul is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohamed Abdul dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Parr slaps away a takedown attempt from Abdul, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Parr gets a clinch.
Abdul keeps control of Parr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Abdul pulls guard successfully.
Abdul bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Parr's guard.

Parr wants to stand and escape but Abdul is having none of it.

Abdul drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Abdul jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parr tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Parr wants to stand up but Abdul is controlling him.
Abdul trying to control the position from guard on top but Parr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdul stays in close to Parr's body and controls the position.

Abdul is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Abdul pushing down on Parr's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Abdul lands with a punch from half guard.
Abdul is looking to take a break and control but Parr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parr wants to control but Abdul is keeping busy.
Abdul wants to take a breather but Parr is having none of it.
Parr looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Well, if Abdul is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Abdul has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Parr is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Abdul throws a leg kick that misses.
Parr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Abdul just manages to avoid it.
Parr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Parr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Mohamed Abdul has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdul misses with a two punch combination.
Parr is looking to counter punch.
Abdul fails to land the takedown.
Good shot there by Parr.

Parr rushes Abdul and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Parr breaks from the clinch.
Abdul shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
As Abdul looks to move away, Parr throws a big counter combo bu Abdul just gets out of the way.
Wayne Parr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohamed Abdul.
Abdul misses with a takedown attempt - Parr sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Parr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Parr moves into the clinch successfully.

Parr ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Parr no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Parr keeping moving, preventing Abdul from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdul controls from within his opponent's guard.
Abdul trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Parr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Abdul wants to control from the top but Parr keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Abdul throws a big elbow that misses.
Abdul wants to control from the top but Parr keeps moving.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Parr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mohamed Abdul's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Parr closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Abdul's guard.
Abdul looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Parr trying to control the position from guard on top but Abdul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abdul trying to control the position.
Abdul seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Abdul looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Parr passes into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Abdul is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Parr pulls his head out easily.
Abdul takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parr wants to stand but Abdul has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Abdul punching from the bottom.
Abdul moves into full guard.
Parr tries to stand but Abdul is controlling from the bottom.
Abdul tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Parr stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Good work by Abdul as he checks the leg kick.
Abdul avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parr just misses with a punch to the body.

Parr shoots in and gets a takedown into Abdul's guard.
Abdul looking to control.
Parr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Abdul on the ground.
Parr stopping the sweep attempt from Abdul.
Abdul is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Parr is looking to control Abdul's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Parr avoid being mounted?
Abdul throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Abdul passes to full mount!
Abdul scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdul trying to control but Parr is having none of it.
Abdul controlling the pace for now.

Abdul is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Parr to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Parr shrugs it off.
Abdul takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Abdul punching from mount but Parr doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Mohamed Abdul has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Parr defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Abdul.
Abdul throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Abdul tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Parr is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abdul sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Parr is squirming around, avoiding Abdul's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mohamed Abdul comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Abdul 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohamed Abdul!
After the fight, Mohamed Abdul was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.